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13 on Jan 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The rise of fake engine noise

At some point the engine noise just becomes completely arbitrary. Avertisers will buy out your engine noise sounds, as you pass by in your Telsa furniture warehouse salesmen will scream from the engine compartment.

zemvpferreira on Jan 22, 2015 | [–]

Eerily reminds me of "sales pitch", the Philip K Dick story where advertisers hijack your thoughts while you're commuting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_Pitch_(short_story)

Semiapies on Jan 22, 2015 | [–]

Not quite the same thing, but related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n17B_uFF4cA

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