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Advertising tends to be a devil’s advocate sort of device, convincing smart people to buy things they shouldn’t (Coke, candy, over-priced clothes) by appealing to some of their most basic desires. This scenario is made especially literal in the sorts of ads featured in mental_floss’s listicle of 8 Angel Vs. Devil Commercials, our favorite of [...]

Sending kids to stand in the corner to reprimand naughty behavior seems, well, slightly arcane as far as ways of flexing parental authority go. Why not make them wear dunce caps too while we’re at it? A slightly more humane–though infinitely more creepy and still on balance foolish–variation of the standing in the corner punishment [...]