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Luigi Thirty posted:They're not really that bad of gibberish. Goddamn I learned some things today.
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Wagonburner posted:Holy poo poo, got schooled. Can I offer you a structured settlement or some good mood food? I actually sat there and thought about those for a bit too. I was sure they were all made up, I had Chevrolet in there too before I edited it out remembering it was a founders name. Häagen-Dazs, on the other hand, is actually made up and doesn't make much sense in any European language ever (you sometimes see aa as an old form of å in Scandinavian languages, but it doesn't then have an umlaut on it).
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Nov 16, 2011 20:04
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Yeah, Haagen-Dazs is an example of the phony European bullshit you're thinking of.
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Nov 16, 2011 20:44
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I'm old enough to remember VW's "Fahrvergnügen," which a lot of people thought was phony European bullshit but isn't.
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Nov 16, 2011 21:38
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:I'm old enough to remember VW's "Fahrvergnügen," which a lot of people thought was phony European bullshit but isn't. Everyone who was anyone at my HS had a Fükengrüven sticker on their car cause it was so lol it implies the f word but parents and administrators have like no clue!
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Nov 16, 2011 22:19
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:I'm old enough to remember VW's "Fahrvergnügen," which a lot of people thought was phony European bullshit but isn't. One of my friends refuses to believe me that Tiburon is not a made up car name. Its shark in Spanish! You can look it up in the dictionary!
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Nov 16, 2011 23:30
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Here at Chevy we're gonna push our next lovely car out of an airplane! You should buy it!
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Nov 17, 2011 06:21
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I'm getting tired of those Old Navy commercials with the BLUE EVERYWHERE WHIMSICAL FACTORY. They were mildly amusing at first, but they played literally twice a commercial break sometimess and I'm getting sick of them now...
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Nov 17, 2011 10:53
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U.T. Raptor posted:I'm getting tired of those Old Navy commercials with the BLUE EVERYWHERE WHIMSICAL FACTORY. They were mildly amusing at first, but they played literally twice a commercial break sometimess and I'm getting sick of them now... Not to mention they seem just a little bit racist if we're thinking of the same one.
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Nov 17, 2011 16:20
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Sash! posted:One of my friends refuses to believe me that Tiburon is not a made up car name. He would know this if he ever played NFL Gameday on the PS1. Made by a company named Tiburon, and their logo was a shark.
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Nov 18, 2011 03:57
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Industrial posted:He would know this if he ever played NFL Gameday on the PS1. Made by a company named Tiburon, and their logo was a shark. Madden  . And they had an unlockable team with a shark logo and a stadium with a shark fin on the upper deck.
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Nov 18, 2011 04:25
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I really hate the AT&T 4GLTE commercials where they talk about stuff being "such and such seconds ago." They're pretty drat terrible.
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Nov 18, 2011 04:57
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I despise the target black Friday commercial.
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Nov 18, 2011 04:59
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I hate to ask this, and I swear I'm only doing it because I have to show these commercials to coworkers who don't believe they exist, but can someone please link to those terrible "pet poo poo" commercials that had women in dog and cat makeup and making GBS threads diarrhea on the carpet?
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Nov 18, 2011 05:30
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DrBouvenstein posted:I hate to ask this, and I swear I'm only doing it because I have to show these commercials to coworkers who don't believe they exist, but can someone please link to those terrible "pet poo poo" commercials that had women in dog and cat makeup and making GBS threads diarrhea on the carpet? Dear god, I'd forgotten all about those commercials. The product is called SCOE10X, and I don't know what the gently caress. The dog poo poo one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE6JkSgeiSw The cat piss one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPefoXW0T4Q
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Nov 18, 2011 06:11
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Not only did McDonald's bring back that awful "Mr. Snuggles" sweet tea commercial, they made it full-length every time they show it. I rush for the mute button every time I see it.You Are A Elf posted:Dear god, I'd forgotten all about those commercials. The product is called SCOE10X, and I don't know what the gently caress.
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Nov 18, 2011 06:27
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You Are A Elf posted:Dear god, I'd forgotten all about those commercials. The product is called SCOE10X, and I don't know what the gently caress. 
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Nov 18, 2011 07:24
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You Are A Elf posted:Dear god, I'd forgotten all about those commercials. The product is called SCOE10X, and I don't know what the gently caress. I had a feeling it wasn't the ad for the Potty Patch, but for some reason I clicked on it anyway. I regret that decision.
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Nov 18, 2011 08:26
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Darth Freddy posted:I despise the target black Friday commercial. I work at a Target, and it sucks having to hear like 95% of middle aged housewives guffawing over those commercials and how it's exactly how they feel and I'm just like
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Nov 18, 2011 15:54
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Y-Hat posted:Not only did McDonald's bring back that awful "Mr. Snuggles" sweet tea commercial, they made it full-length every time they show it. I rush for the mute button every time I see it. It was in the last thread, I think. Were those ever actually shown on TV? Because I can't see any network, even the shittiest cable station going "yeah, sure, we'll air that." It's like some horrible perfect storm of furries and scat play masquerading as a cleaning product.
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Nov 18, 2011 15:55
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the_Vandal posted:Has anybody ever counted how many "W's" are in the J.G. Wentworth logo? I'm guessing there are at least 40. Oh, yeah, I hate those commercials, too. CALL J. G. WENTWORTH, 877 CASH NOW 877 CASH NOW 8 7 7 CASH NOW CALL NOW! 
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Nov 18, 2011 20:26
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der juicen posted:CALL J. G. WENTWORTH, 877 CASH NOW 877 CASH NOW 8 7 7 CASH NOW I wonder how much they gently caress you on your annuities.
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Nov 19, 2011 00:15
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Mister Kingdom posted:I wonder how much they gently caress you on your annuities. I wonder how they operate...I mean, obviously their business model is that they go to whoever you're getting you yearly/monthly/whatever check from and say, "Hey, in the long runmthis will cost you $$$, but make just one payment of $$, and that's less!" so whoever is making the payments agrees. J.G.Wentworth then takes what I assume to be the lion's share of that $$, leaving the client with $...or like half a $. But are there really that many people with structured settlements out there for this business model to work?!
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Nov 19, 2011 04:12
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DrBouvenstein posted:But are there really that many people with structured settlements out there for this business model to work?! There's all sorts of people that are laid off from work with injuries they may or may not have actually received and are getting money from somewhere.
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Nov 19, 2011 05:08
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DrBouvenstein posted:I wonder how they operate...I mean, obviously their business model is that they go to whoever you're getting you yearly/monthly/whatever check from and say, I believe you sign the annuity to them. If you have a $10,000 dollar annuity set to pay over 10 years, you'll get $1,000 a year. If you go to JG Wentworth, they offer you $3,000. (No idea how much they'd actually pay). So you sign the annuity to them, they cut you a check for 3000 bucks, and then they make $7,000.
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Nov 19, 2011 05:26
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Yeah, the ads for places like that all tout the advantage of getting a large lump sum, but of course you get less in total. Which is fine if you've won the lottery or something, but if you're actually owed payment as part of a settlement it may not be the best idea.
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Nov 19, 2011 06:00
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Oh yeah, it's a terrible, terrible deal that preys on people who are desperate. But places like that, or payday loans, never tell you how badly you're getting screwed. Except for the Native American banks. At least their ads tell you up front they're loving you.
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Nov 19, 2011 06:10
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I always had an amusing mental picture of some guy seeing the MESOTHELIOMA? CALL RELION GROUP lawsuit commercials, calling, winning an annuity and then it goes to tv-black-and-white YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG land until he picks up the phone to call JG Wentworth so he can get 20 cents on the dollar of the settlement he got 20 cents on the dollar of.
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Nov 19, 2011 08:28
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The Senator Giroux posted:Oh yeah, it's a terrible, terrible deal that preys on people who are desperate. But places like that, or payday loans, never tell you how badly you're getting screwed. Exactly why I love the Western Sky commercials. They really hit home the message that "You're a loser and you're broke, but if you're that loving desperate we'll slide you a grand for 15 thousand." Even the drum beat in the background sounds like a man being rhythmically beaten for not coughing up his interest fees. Honesty in advertising folks, got to love it. On the other hand those loving sappy "Foundation for a Better Life" http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/110-We-Shall-Be-Free commercials piss me off. The company that does them was founded by Philip Anschutz, the fundamentalist, Kyoto banishing big time oilman also known as "The Greediest Executive in America." It's a blatant and terrible lie that is basically saying "You can make the world a better place for all by not being gay or a democrat, and also by not arguing with big oil and just following the status quo. Don't question authority, just be a sheep." It is made all the worse by the fact that it heavily features minorities and foreigners, two groups that would suffer the most if the people who made this were to stay in power. The world needs more honest Native Americans and less white liars, is what I'm saying.
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I'm sure that that this spot has been mentioned already, but if you are basing a purchase of a vehicle because it is the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 ultra xbox killer then there might not be any help for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26JrjuwKiQo Stairs posted:On the other hand those loving sappy "Foundation for a Better Life" http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/110-We-Shall-Be-Free commercials piss me off. The company that does them was founded by Philip Anschutz, the fundamentalist, Kyoto banishing big time oilman also known as "The Greediest Executive in America." It's a blatant and terrible lie that is basically saying "You can make the world a better place for all by not being gay or a democrat, and also by not arguing with big oil and just following the status quo. Don't question authority, just be a sheep." It is made all the worse by the fact that it heavily features minorities and foreigners, two groups that would suffer the most if the people who made this were to stay in power. My station airs these PSA's almost every local break starting around midnight and going through about 6 a.m. What's worse is we air the 1:30 long ones over and over again.
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Nov 20, 2011 23:27
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Weird, I remember those being ads from the Mormons that were all "Families are great!". Nothing sinister about them at all. Maybe since then the brand has been taken over by evil corporate execs. I hate the Al-anon ads they show. Some of them are serious, like people drinking and driving, ignoring their family, but one of the ones I've seen has a woman going "He likes to go out with his friends and drink on Fridays, and i'm worried his drinking is out of control". Yes, one night of the week he drinks, omg! with his friends no doubt! I guess a huge amount of people are alcoholics. It doesn't help the sketches they did of the Al-anon members all look like women from the temperance league pictures they showed in the Prohibition documentary.
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Stairs posted:The company that does them was founded by Philip Anschutz, the fundamentalist, Kyoto banishing big time oilman also known as "The Greediest Executive in America." It's a blatant and terrible lie that is basically saying "You can make the world a better place for all by not being gay or a democrat, and also by not arguing with big oil and just following the status quo. Don't question authority, just be a sheep." This reminds me of the terrible natural gas commercials airing right now with the smug college students convincing their classmate how superior natural gas is in every way. "Actually it's cleaner AND it creates jobs."  Then of course the classmate is convinced and goes along with it just on the word of these people and we're supposed to do the same I guess.It just comes off as arrogant and irritates me so much that I don't even care if what they're saying is true or not.
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NaturalLow posted:This reminds me of the terrible natural gas commercials airing right now with the smug college students convincing their classmate how superior natural gas is in every way. "Actually it's cleaner AND it creates jobs." I want someone to make a parody of this where the classmate, as a counterpoint, fills up a bucket full of water, throws it on them, then throws a match at them, which causes the tap water contaminated because of natural gas fracking to ignite and burn them alive.
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I really loathe the paper towel commercials where a dad and a kid are horsing around in the kitchen, make a mess, the mom walks in, smiles, and then cleans it up for them. The worst one is the dad and kid flinging a bowl of salsa back and forth. If my mom walked in my dad and I doing that, she not only wouldn't smile, she'd probably break the towel dispenser off in my dad's rear end for teaching me that poo poo. And then she'd make HIM clean it up.
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I actually rather enjoyed the paper towel commercial where the kid sprays the soda and then the mom sprays him with the sink hose.
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I want to know which person on the Kohl's advertising team decided "you know that Rebecca Black song that made such a fuss on the internet? Let's rewrite it and use it for our Black Friday commercials!" Because they deserve a demotion.
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Why is there a Cockney gecko walking across the Brooklyn Bridge and, in his Cockney accent, telling people to "Fugheddaboutit" when wanting to park their cars in "New Yowk"? e- Stairs posted:On the other hand those loving sappy "Foundation for a Better Life" http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/110-We-Shall-Be-Free commercials piss me off. The company that does them was founded by Philip Anschutz, the fundamentalist, Kyoto banishing big time oilman also known as "The Greediest Executive in America." It's a blatant and terrible lie that is basically saying "You can make the world a better place for all by not being gay or a democrat, and also by not arguing with big oil and just following the status quo. Don't question authority, just be a sheep." It is made all the worse by the fact that it heavily features minorities and foreigners, two groups that would suffer the most if the people who made this were to stay in power. These air on Speed Channel nearly constantly, especially during races and racing-related programming. They seem to like the "Granny needs salad dressing, but is way too short, so the tall black guy comes over to help, but she didn't get enough, so she tries to get more and knocks them all down." spot the best. The "kid plays piano" one makes more than its fair share of appearances, too. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Nov 21, 2011 |
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Kruller posted:I really loathe the paper towel commercials where a dad and a kid are horsing around in the kitchen, make a mess, the mom walks in, smiles, and then cleans it up for them. The worst one is the dad and kid flinging a bowl of salsa back and forth. If my mom walked in my dad and I doing that, she not only wouldn't smile, she'd probably break the towel dispenser off in my dad's rear end for teaching me that poo poo. And then she'd make HIM clean it up. Yeah I'm not sure that's normal buddy.
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Kruller posted:I really loathe the paper towel commercials where a dad and a kid are horsing around in the kitchen, make a mess, the mom walks in, smiles, and then cleans it up for them. The worst one is the dad and kid flinging a bowl of salsa back and forth. If my mom walked in my dad and I doing that, she not only wouldn't smile, she'd probably break the towel dispenser off in my dad's rear end for teaching me that poo poo. And then she'd make HIM clean it up. In the bizarro universe of advertising, women are the only ones capable of using paper towels, glass cleaner, mops, etc. Also they never get pissed at their kids for making some godawful mess while their husbands would apparently go feral and live in filth without them. I understand women are the target demographic of this stuff, but the ads are always so cut off from reality. Would it really be so hard to just show the woman making a mess and cleaning it up occasionally? At least then it would make slightly more sense.
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I know this one got mentioned recently, but the Target Black Friday lady needs to die in a fire. If only because she's trying to be Jerri Blank, but richer.
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