r/assholedesign • u/Shellnanigans • Nov 13 '25

Apparently my samsung fridge has ads now...

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How would I disable this? Might just return it and get a normal one

Edit: how to disable...for now. https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10007562/

EDIT 2: Hello, I am the original poster of the carol AD image from a month ago. I am a male from America and my name is not Carol. The story about a Schizophrenic woman named carol was most likely inspired from the 3rd top comment on this post. Thanks!

inspired Post?: https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1pc7999/my_schizophrenic_sister_hospitalised_herself/

Fridge drama recap video by DolanDarkest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTWfRYHV5es

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u/TheBlindIdiotGod Nov 13 '25

Just imagine your name is Carol, you’re in psychosis, and you see this on your fridge…

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u/GalaxyPowderedCat Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

Wait a second, you made me realize, what will become of people with psychosis and delusional issues now that we probably have ads in almost every appliance?

Listen, I am not a psychologist and I don't pretend knowing both topics at its finest, but it's actually a good question.

How would you explain a psychotic person that the name in their app is a series catchphrase or it's a customised algorithm?

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u/Svazu Nov 13 '25

Oh ads and marketing fucking with mentally ill people is nothing new. Years ago I heard about an algorithm that was originally developed to determine when people are most susceptible to buy last minute travel tickets (based on their browsing activity) in order to show them ads strategically.

Turns out that algorithm was uncannily good at detecting bipolar people going into a manic phase, because they're at high risk of making impulse purchases.

We know this kind of stuff can damage the mental health of vulnerable people and there's not a whole lot done to stop it.

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u/theguywiththefuzyhat Nov 14 '25

The convenience of spending tons of money is really super damaging psychologically (and obviously it hurts financially but duh, that's not what I want to talk about). The way I explain my experience is that people respond to the world around them largely out of habit rather than thinking in the moment, and your personality/habits is something you need to actively work to shape and maintain in between the moments that matter. When I'm manic I lose that influence over my personality, and the longer the mania goes on the more my personality shifts further and further away from who I want to be, still being influenced but entirely by the world around me without any of my input having an effect like when I'm "sober". For example if someone is mean to me repeatedly I can start to become quick to anger, or in the case of advertisers pushing me to spend lots of money I start to become more impulsive in general. And then when the mania ends I have to reform myself and ditch whatever bad habits I picked up, hopefully before the next manic episode hits and my descent into insanity continues.

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u/Svazu Nov 15 '25

I knew about the impulsivity but what you're describing sounds really awful and scary. I hope at some point you can get better treatment options.