The bing to the McNugget bong, the ding to the dong: Ads You Hate.

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bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

ElwoodCuse posted:

HH Greg is opening some stores around here for the first time ever. They have this ad playing almost non-stop with a lovely cover of Help! and I think I hate this chain already even though their stores technically aren't even open yet.

I knew without even looking at your profile that you were from Pittsburgh. I couldn't agree more.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2011 04:17

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 22:27

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Dalai Lamacide posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehjo28X5JY8

Keith Stone is hilarious.

I would have to say though, I think this is the best beer commercial ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNQa5HCUYCQ&feature=player_embedded

# ¿ Jun 24, 2011 06:13

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

I haven't decided what side of the question this falls under, but Rob Zombie directed a Woolite commercial.

http://www.movieline.com/2011/06/video-rob-zombie-directed-a-commercial-for-woolite-obviously.php

# ¿ Jun 27, 2011 17:46

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

The biggest problem with the little girl car commercial is that you can hear the car running for the whole commercial, but she doesn't get the keys and start it up till the end.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2011 13:47

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Well, Kohl's must be doing something right with those ads. I drove by Kohl's on the way home from my parents tonight and the Kohl's parking lot was pretty much 100% full at 12:15.

# ¿ Nov 25, 2011 07:33

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

I'm worried that Mark Lilly was fired from the DOI since he's now doing Wendy's radio spots. Who's going to look after Doug now?

# ¿ Dec 3, 2011 03:02

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Flameingblack posted:

She's from the Scott Pilgrim character, playing vaguely the same type of character. Except instead of loud, cursing, violent hipster, she's just quiet, uncaring, monotone hipster.

They're trying to appeal to Hipsters.

She's playing her character in Parks and Recreation more than anything else.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2011 16:59

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Living around Pittsburgh with our huge Italian population, it's foreign to me to think there aren't non-chain Pizza places around.

I have at least a half dozen within a 2 mile radius of my house and I live in the suburbs.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2012 17:15

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Yeah, and it's such an rear end message. I don't WANT paper statements. I'm happy I don't have electric bills and gas bills littering up my house. They serve no purpose and if I really needed one for something I can go to the website and print out one.

Not to mention that it's a shitload more environmentally friendly. There's no paper used and no fuel used to deliver the bill.

98% of what I get in the mail, without hyperbole, goes directly into the recycling.

I don't have answers as to how the USPS can remain solvent, but trying to go back in time just isn't the answer. They need to evolve.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2012 07:01

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Tupping Liberty posted:

The new KFC ad where the grandpa and grandson are arguing and start to choke each other over what side they are going to get, and then the family walks in with all their food like seconds later.

Why are they arguing if the family already went and got the food? Their argument has no purpose.

I think it's the same logic as what's behind the Sprint commercials where Wifi or getting stuff off your phone via USB must not be a thing. Yes little girl, your dad can upload your the video of your play once your he gets home. Stuff isn't held hostage on the phone because he has a limited data plan.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2012 17:35

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

raditts posted:

I just saw this commercial today, and the only word that comes to mind is "amazing."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N52pcjil2_Y

Apparently it's adapted from a 2-year-old British commercial. I think it's pretty funny how they even dubbed over the background "rapper" or whatever that's supposed to be.

They play that jingle on the radio constantly and it earns an instant mute from me.

Dear god, so irritating.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2012 06:51

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Malachite_Dragon posted:

I'm marginally impressed that the iPhone can make panoramic pictures. I'll give it that much. I'm getting really goddamn tired of the new Kia commercial, though; I preferred the old one with the dancing robots.

It is neat functionality, I've been using it for almost a year already on Android.

# ¿ Sep 28, 2012 03:42

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

What Sony Execs See: Their fictional character Kevin Butler playing a Wii game which will completely confuse people and hurt the Sony brand.

What Everyone Else Sees: Oh cool, it's that actor that played Kevin Butler. He was pretty funny in those commercials, I'm glad to see he got more work. What? Sony is suing him? WTF Sony, remind me again why I keep buying your products?

Oh Sony, keep on trucking doing everything possible to make people annoyed with you.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2012 17:20

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Mister Kingdom posted:

Nothing says Christmas like a creepy German boy WHO NEVER loving BLINKS!!

YOU WILL BOW DOWN TO ME, MR. CLAUS!!

You know, I didn't get this ad until this evening when I found out it is an homage to Miracle on 34th Street.

# ¿ Dec 25, 2012 07:11

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

If there's one thing this thread has taught me, it's that some people have REAL hangups over eating sounds.

I mean, I'm not saying I enjoy them or anything, but the extreme reaction that people have in this thread to them is really something to observe.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2013 20:36

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Retail Slave posted:

So what would be the disadvantage to Dish to offer the "record 6 shows at once" service at all times of the day across any channels available to their subscribers?

It's a technical issue.

The DVR only has 3 tuners. Dish puts the 4 major networks on a single transponder so that only one tuner is necessary to record all 4 channels at once (leaving the other two free). Since which channels share a transponder is determined at the satellite level, you can't really blanket enable that feature across the board for all channels to allow each tuner to record more than one show simultaneously.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2013 05:44

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Say what you want about Samsung's marketing, it's working. They are currently, by far, the #1 smartphone manufacturer.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2013 19:48

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

It actually isn't just the pure number of models or components. The SGS3 specifically (that one model) has been the #1 selling smartphone and the SGS4 is on pace to beat it by a decent margin.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2013 22:56

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Well, some of the surface ads are going to go away since the showcase product on some of them was discontinued by Dell.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2013 04:47

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

vyst posted:

I wonder how many dicks the irl mayday people see.

None, the video doesn't work both ways. I suppose someone could have porn up in the browser and then hit the mayday button, but I also doubt people want their amazon account banned.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2013 07:18

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

happyhippy posted:

As a non-USian I don't get these ads.
I know about credit score and so forth, but can't you request your own freely and not have to pay for it?

You can request your credit REPORT and get that freely. Credit scores are propriety metrics to each credit reporting agency (Experian, TransUnion, Equifax) uses and you have to pay to get that summarized number.

For example, I can request and get my credit report within 60 days for free. However, that just tells me things like my open accounts, how much debt, and inquiries on my credit. However, I don't know how each of the agencies are interpreting that data to arrive at a score. Now, my American Express card gives me one free credit score report a year, but it's only through Experian. So, I know what my Experian credit score is, but to find out TransUnion or Equifax, I would have to pay.

To summarize the summary, you can get the raw data for free but you have to pay to get a pretty number.

# ¿ Nov 15, 2013 22:11

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

BaronVonVaderham posted:

Someone said it earlier, you can't use both while streaming audio.

Yeah you can, I do it constantly.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2013 02:10

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

BaronVonVaderham posted:

Perhaps your phone can, but don't assume that means everyone's does. For some reason mine overrides the audio and all that comes through my sync is the directions.

Sounds like it's an issue with Sync, not your phone. Pretty much every phone that's been sold on the market in the past 3-4 years should be able to output multiple audio streams to A2DP. Sounds like Sync is not using standard A2DP and is doing something else.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2013 02:21

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Sash! posted:

I look at Google Maps too

I just don't have the phone sitting there telling me "TURN RIGHT" because I used my memory to do it.

I could take out my saxophone, which I haven't touched in 5 years, and play my high school march of 16 years ago without skipping a beat.

I'm likely to forget half the items on a 5 item grocery list before I get to the store.

Yet, I never have to write down appointments in a calendar.

Memory is a funny thing.

That's besides the point though. If I'm driving somewhere I don't know well in Pittsburgh, I always use GPS since there's a non-trivial chance the way I looked up is closed for construction, blocked by traffic, or actually existed only on a parallel dimension. That way, I can just head out in the general direction of my destination and let the system reroute to the point where I actually get there.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2013 03:25

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

skaboomizzy posted:

I miss living in Pittsburgh. I frequently had to give directions to people that included the phrase "turn up".

My favorite is "You can't get there from here."

I literally spent a half hour one evening trying to figure out how to get on a bridge (before smartphone days.) I drove around it, I drove under it, I was within 15 feet of traffic traveling across it, but I never did figure out how to actually get ON the bridge. I ended up taking an alternate route.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2013 06:02

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

I am sick as hell of the Bose Soundlink Mini commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4MvjbFl5oM

Let's count the demographic boxes they tick.

Young guy in studio apartment listens to indy music!

Look, he rides a bike to work! No car for our hero.

He's a creative guy who works in a warehouse converted into an office. Urban reclamation!

He's so creative that he doesn't work a full day and meets his friend for lunch, gracing the public around him to his eclectic music taste.

Finally, what urban hipster day would be complete without spending the evening on a rooftop overlooking the city?

# ¿ Dec 19, 2013 05:53

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Edmantium posted:

Oh yes, it's a complete shock that the mime broke his silence, much greater than a baby magically talking.

That is kinda the whole joke they were going for there.

I'm not saying it was a very good joke mind you, just that they intentionally did that.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2014 00:10

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Yeah, the issues with Taco Bell have nothing to do with it being "ethnic" (term used very loosely here) and everything to do with the fact that it's bottom tier fast food that is digestible in only the most rudimentary sense.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2014 18:14

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

This Robocop commercial is the most offensive commercial in existance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwLfhVnALOA

The reason is it was done under the guise of a drunk driving PSA. The end of the commercial says "Paid for by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration."

That's right folks, your tax dollars just went to pay to advertise for a lovely remake.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2014 02:17

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

computer parts posted:

There's a joke here that you're not getting and that the NHTSA may not have got either.

It's slightly funny on the whole "corporation bought out the government shill for them" angle, but let's not pretend that the commentary was anything other than accidental. I would have been all on board for a proper Robocop drunk driving PSA, but it's only a 30 second ad spot for the movie with zero subtext.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2014 03:30

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

computer parts posted:

Read up on who the director of the film is and think about it some more.

I really doubt the director had anything at all to do with this ad spot.

Seriously, you are giving the whole thought behind this way way way too much credit. It's not some biting social commentary on our draconian drunk driving laws and how regressive the penalties are against the poor as opposed to the rich who can buy their way out of trouble.

It was a half baked cross promotion by some ad executive that completely missed the point.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2014 03:52

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Kimmalah posted:

I don't really understand what's so horribly offensive about "hey guys let's make a trailer that's branded sort of like a real-life PSA!" Yeah it's kind of dumb, but I've seen far worse attempts at movie promotion.

It's because the government paid for the spot, that's the big problem. Tax dollars were used to promote a movie for MGM. If it were some sort of original creation for the PSA featuring RoboCop, that would be one thing. All they did though was show scenes from the trailer with a voiceover that ended with saying "go see RoboCop.". It just really rubs me the wrong way.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2014 06:00

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Brodie posted:

There is no visual part so they have to really slap you across the face with whatever awful point they are trying to make.

Case in point, Lysol has been running this ad on the radio recently...

"You come home from work and find your dog has let loose, REALLY loose, all over the living room, kitchen, dining room, hallway..."

Yes, good job lysol, you are LITERALLY associating your product with canine diarrhea.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2014 03:02

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Gaunab posted:

It was totally unrealistic because no one was cursing under their breath or throwing a tantrum.

Under their breath?

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 03:10

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

The Surface Pro 3 really is one of the best drat computers on sale today if you don't need a dedicated GPU in your portable. It's full Windows 8.1 pro, it has the same full power ULV processors that any other ultrabook has, the screen is among the best in the whole market, it lasts forever on a battery, and is portable as hell. The only con is it's a bit pricey, but it certainly has the hardware to back those specs up.

It's also selling exceedingly well for Microsoft. Hardware sales, especially the Surface Pro 3, helped salvage their last quarter's financial results.

# ¿ Nov 27, 2014 18:54

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

For the past 6 years I've used TaxCut online. They have all my info to import and I can get my taxes done in like 15 minutes. Never had an issue with them.

Their ad campaign(s) this year are driving me away. Especially the ones where they say nine (or ninety) over and over and over. So incredibly irritating. It's actually motivating me to even contact them and tell them that their ad campaign drove me away from their service.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2015 03:37

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

That is odd.

I can't even think of who would want this to happen. Pretty much the whole radio industry is owned by ClearChannel and I think they would probably rather you listen to iHeartRadio where they can collect all kinds of fun metrics than listen to FM directly.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2015 23:23

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

If you want to see what a 15 minute commercial break is like, just turn on TNT, TBS, or FX during a movie.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2015 18:18

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

Short Penguin posted:

I actually like that one, it's cute.

It's really loving dark when you think about it.

He spends the whole commercial saying about how he's "never" going to do something and then does it. The last thing he says is he's "never letting go." Cut to the insurance logo where one of the things they highlight is "life insurance."

That guy is as good as dead, he probably passed away 30 seconds after the commercial ended.

# ¿ May 1, 2015 00:24

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 22:27

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

That's Chevy Chase levels of physical comedy right there.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2015 20:11

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