how can someone find ads becoming persuasive. I don't want or seek them out, but those that I do see are some of the least relevant crap in my life. so many car ads (dont have a license), ads in languages I don't speak (including languages that aren't widely spoken in the country I live in), ads targeted at demographics I clearly am not (pensioners, people with specific diseases, parents), adverts for schools (I have a masters degree, I'm unlikely to be going to a college)

"targeting" is a myth imo. If they even tried a little bit, they wouldn't have these problems.