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Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by petesergeant » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 12:05 PM UTC

kgwgk wrote: post #65

petesergeant wrote: post #55

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> Pensions sort of already are a lottery Annuities maybe, but those aren’t the only kind of pensions

That seems the definition of pension. You may be thinking of something else. pension a regular income paid by a government or a financial organization to someone who no longer works, usually because of their age or health

The first line of the Wikipedia article on pensions is more accurate than wherever you’ve pulled that from:

> A pension (/ˈpɛnʃən/; from Latin pensiō 'payment') is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work.

A pension is a financial instrument. There’s no need to purchase an annuity, which means a pension organised correctly can be passed on to your children or spouse, and there’s no lottery or gamble angle.

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by shric » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 12:06 PM UTC

hermitcrab wrote: post #248

shric wrote: post #247

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I'm only familiar with the latter definition. My mistake I guess.

>My mistake I guess. Not really. There just seems to be more than one meaning, and we were each aware of different ones. The meaning might vary by country (I am in the UK).

It was a mistake because I got downvoted by issuing a correct statement (if punter is interpreted as a gambler).

I am from the UK but moved to Australia about 35 years ago

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by hermitcrab » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 12:32 PM UTC

Argonaut998 wrote: post #249

hermitcrab wrote: post #121

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Do you actually live in the UK or is this based on Musk tweets?

NTA but I went to London for new years two years ago and it was worse than Musk’s tweets. “See it. Say it. Sort it” Ugh

I live in the UK. It is far from perfect and the laws restricting the right to peaceful protest (enacted by the last government) had a very unwelcome authoritarian edge. But I don't see it "rapidly diving into Orwellian dystopia".

Also London, is very different to the rest of the UK, in many ways.

>“See it. Say it. Sort it”

You know that the UK has a long history of terrorists placing bombs on public transport?

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by nxm » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 12:40 PM UTC

dboreham wrote: post #69

jasonlfunk wrote: post #39

I just hope that the US can ban ads for pharmaceuticals.

Never happen. There's a place called Canada though...

Same was said of tobacco... and I don't see any ads on TV for tobacco.

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by tim333 » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 12:55 PM UTC

Glad they got that through - the argument's been going on for ages. Here's a 2006 "Total ban for junk food ads around kids' shows" article https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/nov/17/health.food

But I don't think they did sugary breakfast cereals because Kelloggs et al made a fuss.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 12:58 PM UTC

jsheard wrote: post #5

Can we do gambling ads next? We banned tobacco ads and then seemingly forgot the lesson that it's actually bad to let advertisers shove addictive and self-destructive products in the publics face, including to former addicts at risk of relapse.

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Post by Der_Einzige » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 12:59 PM UTC

hermitcrab wrote: post #99

ashconnor wrote: post #41

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Considering Labour's connection to gambling companies [0] probably not. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/28/tory...

Indeed. It has been heavily covered in Private Eye, as well. Labour is deeply in hock to the gambling industry. So much for "gambling is the curse of the working class".

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Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by Der_Einzige » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 1:00 PM UTC

fakedang wrote: post #118

ashconnor wrote: post #41

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Considering Labour's connection to gambling companies [0] probably not. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/28/tory...

Funny how you can buy British politicians for dirt cheap. In India or the US, it would take at least $100k-200k to get a single politician's attention at the bare minimum, while in the UK you can influence party positions for 25k quid.

SK presidents wife cost one Dior bag worth 2200$ USD. Not even Gucci, Chanel, or Louis Vuitton!

Re: UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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Post by tonyedgecombe » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 1:07 PM UTC

b800h wrote: post #94

petesergeant wrote: post #57

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Move to the UK and only watch the BBC, and yes

That's not ad-free. You have to put up with ads for a load of BBC programmes which will almost inevitably contain a slew of progressive messaging.

The BBC is ad free in the UK.

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Post by tonyedgecombe » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 1:14 PM UTC

hecticjeff wrote: post #3

I don’t think this goes far enough. Kids see adverts for this stuff in so many other places, TV is just one small step. Take a kid into a supermarket and there’s junk food advertised everywhere.

When you think about it none of the ads are for healthy food. When did you ever see an advert for Broccoli on the television?

Probably best to ban all food advertising.