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Intel's House of Flying Laptops commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1KBppDI9ok Kind of skirts the line between stereotypes and racism with the last line. I almost hear the old guy say, "You bring great shame upon this Coffee Hut...Debbie Spend-It-Now."
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Iron Crowned posted:She's meant to appeal to that. She's meant to who we want to be, carefree and unburdened by the expectations of society. Someone who can just stay home and order tomato soup because it's raining. She is incredibly loving annoying and her over the top 'quirky' crap is just annoying. She is not anything I want to be, because I'm not a child. The commercial is really irritating. But what's worse by far are those Mio furry commercials - especially the one where the lemur says, "dude, you just totally crock-blocked me!" How did this pass? Why is this airing? Who are they trying to appeal to? I see so many commercials that I hate but two that I do enjoy: the Subway commercial with the happy Italian gondola guy singing about pepperoni, and the Tostitos commercial where the guy drops a big bowl of dip on the counter and shouts, "EVEN THIS BIG OL' DIP?" For some reason they both make me laugh. I also enjoy any J.G. Wentworth commercial, because the jingle is so catchy, I find myself humming it in the shower. 
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Apr 27, 2012 03:43
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Wagonburner posted:That's pretty bad. Kinda really glad I saw that here 1st instead of being surprised by it on TV. Lucky you, I've seen it like 5 times already this evening.
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Apr 27, 2012 04:07
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Pudding Tame posted:Intel's House of Flying Laptops commercial. Yeah they could have gone without the last line, it was kinda out of place. Other than that I thought it was a pretty effective commercial.
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Apr 27, 2012 13:22
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Aintain posted:She is incredibly loving annoying and her over the top 'quirky' crap is just annoying. She is not anything I want to be, because I'm not a child. The commercial is really irritating. Not everyone is as enlightened as us goons, the majority of people I know outside of work these days aren't as infantile as what's displayed in that commercial, but they're pretty close. People in their 20's these days are pretty childish, at this point I'm honestly surprised that they can fend for themselves. On the other end of the spectrum, the people I do know at work think that Family Guy is the pinnacle of comedy and one begins saying "beefcake" if South Park gets mentioned. 
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Apr 27, 2012 13:48
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Iron Crowned posted:Not everyone is as enlightened as us goons, Please tell me this is tongue-in-cheek.
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Apr 27, 2012 13:59
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Aintain posted:But what's worse by far are those Mio furry commercials - especially the one where the lemur says, "dude, you just totally crock-blocked me!" How did this pass? Why is this airing? Who are they trying to appeal to? Yeah, the Mio ads are terrible...though I admit I did find it slightly amusing to see that the crocodile is wearing a Lacoste shirt. crocodile logo shirt
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Apr 27, 2012 14:10
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muscles like this? posted:Kind of funny since the AT&T/T-Mobile merger got the kibosh put on it they're bringing back the T-Mobile girl. Except now she's all edgy and on a motorcycle. I will eventually get sick of what is certainly the first in a series of "now I'm a hardcore take-no-prisoners bitch" T-Mobile Girl 2.0 commercials, but for now I'll just appreciate that she's back on my television being mysteriously attractive.
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Apr 27, 2012 14:32
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Iron Crowned posted:Not everyone is as enlightened as us goons, the majority of people I know outside of work these days aren't as infantile as what's displayed in that commercial, but they're pretty close. Is how people act on their goof-off days now the way to judge their character? I dunno, the anger at the commercial seems way disproportionate to anything she does.
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Apr 27, 2012 14:35
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McSpanky posted:I will eventually get sick of what is certainly the first in a series of "now I'm a hardcore take-no-prisoners bitch" T-Mobile Girl 2.0 commercials, but for now I'll just appreciate that she's back on my television being mysteriously attractive. For one thing, her legs go allll the way up.
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Apr 27, 2012 14:38
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McSpanky posted:I will eventually get sick of what is certainly the first in a series of "now I'm a hardcore take-no-prisoners bitch" T-Mobile Girl 2.0 commercials, but for now I'll just appreciate that she's back on my television being mysteriously attractive. And wearing skin-tight leather/pleather/latex/whatever it is who cares it's hot. 
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Apr 27, 2012 14:44
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The Verizon ad with the mother and daughter trying to speak while crying is beyond awful, but it reminds me of the backwards-talking dwarf from Twin Peaks, so I guess it gets a pass by association.
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Apr 27, 2012 15:01
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Parachute posted:The Verizon ad with the mother and daughter trying to speak while crying is beyond awful, but it reminds me of the backwards-talking dwarf from Twin Peaks, so I guess it gets a pass by association. Yeah, that's the sort of thing that probably was cute on paper, but after several viewings, the rage starts to build.
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Apr 27, 2012 15:03
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Maxwell Lord posted:Yeah, that's the sort of thing that probably was cute on paper, but after several viewings, the rage starts to build. That's how I viewed that old, I think AT&T ad, where the mother and daughter were screaming angrily at each other but saying stuff like  "YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD MOTHER AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR ME!"
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Apr 27, 2012 15:09
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Maxwell Lord posted:Is how people act on their goof-off days now the way to judge their character? I dunno, the anger at the commercial seems way disproportionate to anything she does. I guess not, but that doesn't mean it makes for a good or interesting commercial. I don't rage about it like people do here, but I hate it because it's just so dumb. Everything about it seems so forced.
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Apr 27, 2012 15:21
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Cell carrier commercials have always been the worst. Blast from the past yall, en-jay-oh-why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nIUcRJX9-o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySR3hpieiQc&feature=related
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Apr 27, 2012 15:50
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Wagonburner posted:Cell carrier commercials have always been the worst. As soon as you said that, I knew what commercials you were linking. God, those were horrible.
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Meepo posted:As soon as you said that, I knew what commercials you were linking. God, those were horrible. That's so 29 seconds ago 
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Apr 27, 2012 18:57
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McSpanky posted:I will eventually get sick of what is certainly the first in a series of "now I'm a hardcore take-no-prisoners bitch" T-Mobile Girl 2.0 commercials, but for now I'll just appreciate that she's back on my television being mysteriously attractive. I wasn't aware they ever took the T-Mobile girl away, I've seen her in commercials pretty consistently. I didn't know the merger got killed though, makes me glad because as much as I feel like they rape my wallet, I shopped around to the other major carriers and holy gently caress how do people pay that much for a phone bill.
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Parachute posted:The Verizon ad with the mother and daughter trying to speak while crying is beyond awful, but it reminds me of the backwards-talking dwarf from Twin Peaks, so I guess it gets a pass by association. This was on every loving commercial break during the NFL draft. Did they really think the wailing of women would appeal to people watching the NFL draft? I switched from Verizon to Sprint about a month ago and that ad alone confirms to me that I made the correct choice. At least it specifically mentions mother's day so it probably won't be around for that long. Although it'll probably just be re-dubbed or use different subtitles and be around for years.
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Parachute posted:The Verizon ad with the mother and daughter trying to speak while crying is beyond awful, but it reminds me of the backwards-talking dwarf from Twin Peaks, so I guess it gets a pass by association. I'm okay with the commercial- despite the overly-annoying mother and daughter- just because of the absolute look of horror on the clerk's face.
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This is more of a radio complaint, but gently caress the trend of inanimate objects or meals calling and leaving voicemails in these awful, cloying voices. I actually turned off my radio for the duration of a new T-Mobile one. Christ almighty.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Yeah, the Mio ads are terrible...though I admit I did find it slightly amusing to see that the crocodile is wearing a Lacoste shirt. I hadn't noticed that, that is kind of cute. I think the reason they creep me out are the sexual parts (the camel and her big fake 'humps', the 'crock-blocking', etc) If they just made it animals doing human-like things, or making silly animal/human jokes, I would still think they were creepy but not nearly as bad. There is something uncomfortable to me about animal people + sex jokes. SpacePig posted:I guess not, but that doesn't mean it makes for a good or interesting commercial. I don't rage about it like people do here, but I hate it because it's just so dumb. Everything about it seems so forced. Is it "raging" to complain about a lovely commercial in the lovely commercial thread, though?
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SlothfulCobra posted:Jimmy Johns Ok I know I'm way late on this but as a 4 time Jimmy Johns employee (wrap your head around THAT poo poo) I feel I must clear up a few things. 1. Jimmy John's quality is WAY above Subway's. Not even close. They slice their own meat, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, etc. The fact that it was sliced by a dirty hippie and may be contaminated is beside the point. 2. There are 2 types of stores, franchise and corporate. The ones that plaster everything in JJ's flyers are corporate. The ones that invite you in for an interview, dick you around for a day, then get high and sexually harass their employees while you take the test are franchises. This is a dead-on-balls-accurate way of telling them apart. 3. Jimmy Johns drivers smoke pot. All of them. 90% of all employees I'd say. I wouldn't expect any of them to write Beethoven's 5th, but if you need a sandwich delivered in 5 minutes they can do it. 4. Jimmy is a big fat racist rear end in a top hat, a coke-snorting, sausage-inhaling, beefy sonofawhore. He hates hippies (there's a No Hippies Allowed sign in every store) but makes fucktons of money off them and pays them poo poo. He also has a gaggle of yes-men around him that think every idea he has is gold. 5. I'm sick of their food, but a #12 with bacon is one of the best sandwiches on the planet. Also, try the #8, add bacon (natch), and then crush some Jimmy John's(R) bbq chips and sprinkle them on, AKA the BBQ Bacon Billy Club. 6. The secret ingredient in the tuna is soy sauce.
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Gonz posted:SON OF A BITCH This made the NFL Draft hell
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Gweenz posted:3. Jimmy Johns drivers smoke pot. All of them. 90% of all employees I'd say. I wouldn't expect any of them to write Beethoven's 5th, but if you need a sandwich delivered in 5 minutes they can do it. Is there only one of these stores or  I mean how do you know most of them smoke pot? And does pot actually make you drive faster or something? If I ordered food, I would rather get it from a guy who isn't high as hell.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:This made the NFL Draft hell Precisely. It got to the point where I had to watch the whole thing on mute because they played this goddamn ad 4 times every commercial break. I've been a Verizon customer for years now, and I appreciate the fact that when I got my iPhone 4, they let me grandfather my contract agreement into it, allowing me to continue to have unlimited data for the same price, despite the fact that new customers have a data cap. But these ads are really trying my patience with Verizon, so much to the point that i'm considering going over to Sprint when the iPhone 5 comes out this fall. My contract is up in December, anyway. Get your poo poo together, Verizon. This is like nails on a chalkboard on a daily basis, now.
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Gonz posted:Precisely. It got to the point where I had to watch the whole thing on mute because they played this goddamn ad 4 times every commercial break. I refuse to believe this wasn't Verizon trolling hardcore NFL fans. 
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Aintain posted:Is there only one of these stores or Oops! I didn't mean to imply that it made them better drivers. And to be fair, the driver that shows up at your door is not guaranteed to be stoned. His dealer could have run out. My observations come from working at 3 different stores and having friends at others. JJ's is fairly unique for a service industry job in that the employees are strangely loyal; many have worked there for 5 years or more. It's almost like a small community where everyone knows everything about one another. Content: These commercials are actually ok but the song is like nails on a chalkboard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wayZ9e6sq8
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Wagonburner posted:Cell carrier commercials have always been the worst. I remember being in school while those were on TV. Girls would never stop imitating it and it drove me crazy.
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Gweenz posted:Content: These commercials are actually ok but the song is like nails on a chalkboard. Mother of God, there's a longer version?
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Maxwell Lord posted:
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Timby posted:Mother of God, there's a longer version? Imagine my surprise when I learned it wasn't Macy Gray but an even worse corporate version.
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Apr 29, 2012 18:46
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Surprised to see no complaints about the new Svedka ad. Sexy robots bother me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stj4fKMkesU
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Apr 29, 2012 21:37
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Tupping Liberty posted:Surprised to see no complaints about the new Svedka ad. Sexy robots bother me. It's like the robots from All is full of love got drunk which I guess it's what they're going for. For what it's worth it bothers the hell out of me too.
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Tupping Liberty posted:Surprised to see no complaints about the new Svedka ad. Sexy robots bother me. This is super creepy. If anyone is aroused by this they have some sort of issue. I think it was Svedka but I can't remember, but there was a vodka commercial that was really cool; it was some kind of robotic greyhound race with these weird, Lady Gaga-like people controlling them, and they were all different colours. I really like that one.
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Tupping Liberty posted:Surprised to see no complaints about the new Svedka ad. Sexy robots bother me. Oh god I saw that and threw up in my mouth a little. This is proof humanity is not ready for robots to exist.
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Tardcore posted:Oh god I saw that and threw up in my mouth a little. This is proof humanity is not ready for robots to exist. Unless they're animated. 
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