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/^t/It is scarcely possible to avoid reading, listening to, or wathing advertisements in our modern world. Advertisements became something unavoidable in our everyday existence. They brighten up even such places as railway stations, usually providing a great fun. A cheerful, witty advertisement produces a a great contrast to a drab wall or some other obscure place. Lots of people, however, pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim must be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible to avoid having anything to do with advertisements, even if we hate them. Some people believe it to be a useful 'service', for others it is a deceitful form of brainwashing. However, let's imagine a railway station or even a newspaper without advertisements. Wouldn't it be better to spend time looking at colourful advertising posters instead of gazing at dark walls, or reading railway bye-laws while waiting for your train. Let's imagine newspapers without colourful, bright advertisements, just overfilled with calamities. How would we feel about such a weird view?