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hhgregg, an electronics-appliance store, has just opened a bunch of stores in the Chicago area. As a result, local TV and radio stations have been bombarded with this abomination of a song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th67EtkBqBk It sounds worse on the radio. Doing a terrible cover of a Beatles song is not going to make me want to shop in your stores.
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I hate the new Taco Bell commercial where they have an "edgy" trick chef making that 99 cent chicken, ranch, cheese, and wrap. I'm trying to use my imagination but given the types of stoners that work at my local taco bell I have a hard time pretending that kind of effort is put into that wrap.
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Sep 14, 2011 00:58
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THIS has to be one of the all time worst it sort of rhymes with bellend
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Sep 14, 2011 01:05
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SnipeBob posted:hhgregg, an electronics-appliance store, has just opened a bunch of stores in the Chicago area. As a result, local TV and radio stations have been bombarded with this abomination of a song: It's still way better than these abominations. I hate that little bastard.
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Sep 14, 2011 03:23
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vyst posted:I hate the new Taco Bell commercial where they have an "edgy" trick chef making that 99 cent chicken, ranch, cheese, and wrap. I'm trying to use my imagination but given the types of stoners that work at my local taco bell I have a hard time pretending that kind of effort is put into that wrap. That one is pretty horrible, I keep hoping he'll slip and stab himself while making the thing.
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Sep 14, 2011 03:25
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Doc Hawkins posted:What the gently caress kind of currency is a ":-"? Swedish kronor in this case.
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Sep 14, 2011 08:54
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vyst posted:I hate the new Taco Bell commercial where they have an "edgy" trick chef making that 99 cent chicken, ranch, cheese, and wrap. I'm trying to use my imagination but given the types of stoners that work at my local taco bell I have a hard time pretending that kind of effort is put into that wrap. The long-form version of this commercial drives me loving berserk. Douche chef: I can do that. Judge: For 99 cents? Douche chef: Probably not. Grrrr! OF COURSE you can do it for 99 cents, jerkoff! THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS!
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Sep 14, 2011 14:53
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MillionsV posted:The long-form version of this commercial drives me loving berserk. I know the thing they're going for is "You wouldn't find somehting like this for 99c elsewhere!", but what that says to me is "We make these things with 99c worth of ingredients and effort".
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Sep 14, 2011 14:57
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gently caress you Tobacco Free Florida. This is just disgusting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHFybmby7-U
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Sep 14, 2011 17:02
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Sporadic posted:gently caress you Tobacco Free Florida. This is just disgusting. Goddamn I haven't seen that one yet here. That's nasty
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Sep 14, 2011 17:07
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I also like how the commercial doesn't mention anything other than the guy with the nasty aorta was 32 and a smoker. Statistically, if he's from the United States, then he's most likely overweight/obese, and we all know your weight has nothing to do with your heart functionality.
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Sep 14, 2011 17:12
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Public Enema posted:Swedish kronor in this case. Actually, I misspoke: I should have said, what kind of currency mark is that? They couldn't afford a unique symbol like the big-boy countries? Did Nordic politeness go too far? "Oh, we don't want to be a hassle for keyboard designers, just give us a few random punctuation marks to paste together, we'll make do!" I shouldn't be finding this as funny as I am.
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Sep 14, 2011 19:15
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Sporadic posted:gently caress you Tobacco Free Florida. This is just disgusting. They've been playing this in the NYC area for a while now. It's pretty gross.
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Sep 14, 2011 22:00
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ue-Dp_SwM I feel asleep a few weeks ago while the tv was on and this PSA made me jump. It's extremely loud and really unnerving.
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Sep 14, 2011 22:17
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Sporadic posted:gently caress you Tobacco Free Florida. This is just disgusting. Did they get that from an organ donor? Because that's a pretty insulting thing to do with someone's remains.
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Sep 15, 2011 01:26
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Vicas posted:They've been playing this in the NYC area for a while now. It's pretty gross. I was about to say. I remember that ad from YEARS ago, and it still grosses me the hell out to this day.
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Sep 15, 2011 01:26
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SpacePig posted:I know the thing they're going for is "You wouldn't find somehting like this for 99c elsewhere!", but what that says to me is "We make these things with 99c worth of ingredients and effort".
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Sep 15, 2011 02:48
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Polaron posted:The Budweiser one is actually the one they shot in response to the attacks back in 2001, but this time they've added the under-construction Freedom Tower to the skyline whereas in the original there was just, well, a big empty spot. I see, never watched much TV back in 2001. It still kinda makes me feel sick that they of all companies aired that, they're almost as bad as the companies that use the attacks to sell expensive novelty coins. At least they have attention to detail and put the new Freedom Tower in there, gotta give them that credit. Vicas posted:They've been playing this in the NYC area for a while now. It's pretty gross. Who on earth thought that was a good idea to put something gross like that on TV? The guy squeezed the thing like a loving Toothpaste tube, thats nasty.
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Sep 15, 2011 05:23
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I like the Pawn Stars Energy Stackers commercials because they're basically saying to the viewers, yeah, we're totally scripted, what are you gonna do about it?
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Sep 15, 2011 06:39
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JackGeneric posted:It's still way better than these abominations. I hate that little bastard. Wally Wingert does the voice. I see no issue with those commercials. 
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Sep 15, 2011 06:42
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I don't get people bugging out over the Taco Bell guy. You might as well rip into every car commercial ever because you'll never be doing 150MPH in the Great Salt Flats or something.
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Sep 15, 2011 14:27
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I just saw that goddamn Five-Hour Energy commercial. The one with the lady who apparently would much prefer her man stay the hell asleep rather then actually be awake and do poo poo with her. What the gently caress?
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Sep 15, 2011 22:39
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Holy crap just saw the Fiat commercial with jennifer lopez and that poo poo sucks so loving much. The car looks like a piece of poo poo, the song sounds loving horrible, and she does this really horrible dance move in the end. I really used to like jennifer lopez back in the the day and used to think she was a decent dancer but this poo poo lazy
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Sep 16, 2011 07:35
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I just saw that goddamn Five-Hour Energy commercial. The one with the lady who apparently would much prefer her man stay the hell asleep rather then actually be awake and do poo poo with her. What the gently caress? The best part of this post is that I saw that commercial while heading to the bathroom to pee and got all aggro about how seemingly every commercial is now about how couples hate the poo poo out of each other. It's not cute, it's genuinely destructive when like 90% of the poo poo you see while waiting to get back to your show is how everyone hates themselves. I'm sure there's an advertising reason for this -- something about tapping into the fact that people are unhappy right now in general, but I'm sick of it. It started with making the white dad a brain-dead dumb gently caress because that was "safe" and now it's just everyone and everything because "well, we can't not include the Necessary Ethnic Group (no biracial now!)" in things because then somehow some folks are excluded from identifying with the hate and distrust and superiority. It makes me really sad, and I don't really like watching TV anymore, which is sort of counter to this whole subforum. TontoCorazon posted:Holy crap just saw the Fiat commercial with jennifer lopez and that poo poo sucks so loving much. The car looks like a piece of poo poo, the doing sounds loving horrible, and she does this really horrible dance move in the end. I really used to like jennifer lopez back in the the day and used to think she was a decent dancer but this poo poo lazy Yeah, it's a really, really bad commercial. The car really is fugly (drat near Cube-level fugly if it weren't so goddamn... featureless), she's as hot as ever until she moves, but that song is... not so good. Or any good. And it's on. A LOT.
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Sep 16, 2011 07:49
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Yup, I'm straight-up double-posting because BRENDA WALSH IS HAWKING EDUCATION CONNECTION. I'm so not even kidding. I want you all to see it, naturally.
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Sep 16, 2011 09:02
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I just saw that goddamn Five-Hour Energy commercial. The one with the lady who apparently would much prefer her man stay the hell asleep rather then actually be awake and do poo poo with her. What the gently caress? Yeah I see that a lot on Hulu and it's so stupid. Nice husband making an effort to do things with her and she's a big cunting bitch about it. He should have kicked her after she threw that shirt at her. I know you can't avoid commercials on Hulu, but I really wish they'd switch them up. It seems you get the same commercial during the entire show you're watching, over and over again.
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Sep 16, 2011 09:16
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e: Oh, page 2 someone talked about the starburst dog ad. Sweet gently caress it's still on last.fm and inspires so much hate in me
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Sep 16, 2011 15:44
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big business sloth posted:I don't know if it's actually a television ad or not, but has anyone been listening to last.fm and continuously seen that loving starburst commercial with the dog and the two guys in the car? Yeah, that one's pretty bad. They're not all bad, though. The Scotch-Korean kid get a chuckle out of me.
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Sep 16, 2011 15:47
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That's still not a contradiction though. That's what gets me most.
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Sep 16, 2011 15:52
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SpacePig posted:Yeah, that one's pretty bad. They're not all bad, though. The Scotch-Korean kid get a chuckle out of me. I'll never stop laughing at the screaming mime. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5SEwZoS38&feature=related "I AM A MIME!!!"
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Sep 16, 2011 15:55
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big business sloth posted:That's still not a contradiction though. That's what gets me most. Neither is a Starburst. It's like how none of Alanis Morissette's ironies were actually ironic. If the things are delivered humorously enough, like the Scotch-Korean kid, or that mime posted above, then it doesn't really matter what it really is. What makes the dog one especially bad is that monotone "Hey, how about that dog, huh?" way it's deliviered.
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Sep 16, 2011 16:07
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SpacePig posted:It's like how none of Alanis Morissette's ironies were actually ironic. Actually....yes they were. There are quite a few different forms of irony. The one defined in the dictionary under "irony" is Literary Irony. There is also cosmic irony, which is defined thus: Dictionary.com posted:the idea that fate, destiny, or a god controls and toys with human hopes and expectations The majority of Alanis' examples would fall into this definition. There is also comic irony, dramatic irony, tragic irony, historical irony, and Socratic irony, to name a few more.
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Sep 16, 2011 21:27
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Bodnoirbabe posted:Actually....yes they were. There are quite a few different forms of irony. The one defined in the dictionary under "irony" is Literary Irony. No. The name of the song was "Ironic," which means "the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning." None of the examples in the song were ironic, which makes the title of the song appropriate.
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Sep 16, 2011 21:48
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Sizzlechest posted:No. The name of the song was "Ironic," which means "the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning." None of the examples in the song were ironic, which makes the title of the song appropriate. And you've completely missed what I was saying. Irony is not limited to the ONE definition, the one you've quoted, which is literary irony. Irony has quite a few different definitions. The song being called "Ironic" doesn't mean it has to be that one definition. Anything is ironic if it hits one of the definitions. For instance, The Gift of the Magi is completely ironic, but it doesn't fit your definition. It's ironic when someone who is apposed to helmet laws falls off his motorcycle and dies from a head injury at an anti-helmet law protest (true story). But that doesn't fit your definition either. Hence, the majority of examples in her song ARE ironic. They just aren't ironic in the literary sense. Someone who's afraid to fly because they think they're going to die and then finally getting on a plane only to die is cosmic irony. Someone who's innocent waiting to be pardoned and it does come, just too late to actually save them is cosmic irony. They are ironic, just as the song title states.
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Sep 16, 2011 21:58
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I've seen goons sometimes getting to be way smug over the name of that song* since I joined in 02, here's to hoping you're right. *Also "omg they played fortunate son in that vietnam movie, don't they know?"
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Sep 16, 2011 22:02
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TontoCorazon posted:Holy crap just saw the Fiat commercial with jennifer lopez and that poo poo sucks so loving much. The car looks like a piece of poo poo, the song sounds loving horrible, and she does this really horrible dance move in the end. I really used to like jennifer lopez back in the the day and used to think she was a decent dancer but this poo poo lazy She's wearing some seriously terrible "mom shorts" too. Is that supposed to be attractive? Also, it may just be me, but her make-up and facial expressions really reminded me of Kim K. Was that intentional, or do I just think all girls with huge asses look the same?
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Sep 16, 2011 22:04
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I can't see JLo the same anymore after I saw a picture of her in a snakeskin suit, and she looked like Stephen Tyler.
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Sep 16, 2011 22:08
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Thenipwax posted:She's wearing some seriously terrible "mom shorts" too. Is that supposed to be attractive? Reminds me of this spoof commercial from SNL - Mom Jeans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URYZVsEZE8M
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Sep 16, 2011 22:13
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She does commercials for Kohl's now too. Kohl's is a little rich for my blood but isn't it just a small step above Ross/Gordman's and about equal to JC Penney? Or am I completely off?
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Bodnoirbabe posted:It's ironic when someone who is apposed to helmet laws falls off his motorcycle and dies from a head injury at an anti-helmet law protest (true story). But that doesn't fit your definition either. That sounds like the opposite of ironic. Someone who is proud of not taking precautions against head injuries dies of a head injury. Wagonburner posted:She does commercials for Kohl's now too. Kohl's is a little rich for my blood but isn't it just a small step above Ross/Gordman's and about equal to JC Penney? Or am I completely off? I was always under the impression that it was just a step up from Wal/K-mart. It's a good place to go if you want to buy some cheap pants that aren't also shoddy pieces of crap.
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