Hipsters Lose (II): Now This Is What We Call Deceptive Advertising

So I’m about to climb on the 4-6 tram the other day at Ferenc körút when out of the corner of my eye I see a slick-looking sticker on the ticket machine saying “Kannabisz pont.” Well look at that, I think to myself. Some clever and enterprising group of local drug dealers have put together a nicely-branded network of street corner sales outlets. Just what this town needs!

If only…

Unfortunately, when you go to www.kannabiszpont.hu to find out, you know, where to go to get some weed, it turns out the whole thing is just an anti-drug campaign. And not only that, it’s sponsored by T-Mobile. Not that this should be surprising, given that they are experts in deceptive advertising engineered to get people to spend money on an addictive habit that some researchers says can cause irreversible brain damage. I’d say I’m going to throw away my phone in protest, but now I’m gonna need the damn thing for you-know-what. Bumma.