Unlikely, they’re one of like 5 shoe stores in the local mall. This goofy ass picture isn’t going to make me go there any more or less likely than before.

Maybe statistically even a bad ad skews the population on average? I wouldn’t say the examples you’ve provided would work on me, or anyone conscious of advertising in general. Unless that can be proven in some way, I refuse to believe that the excuses advertisers tell to justify their existence are true.

The only advertising that I know for sure works on me is SEO and search result manipulation. If I need a suit, I’ll search for places and usually will end up with whatever’s closest or in my price range. The power Google has over that decision is significant.

But let’s be real, seeing and making fun of some awkward store window decals on lemmy is not a significant deciding factor for anything.

Wow it worked so well, I’m going to immediately seek the nearest footlocker location and buy shoes!!!

Just seeing, or making fun of, a marketing image does not mean “it worked”.

I heard there may be trace remnants of dihydrogen monoxide in them, which is commonly found in people who die around age 100.