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I guess I missed these, but Stubhub's "ticket oak" is just...creepy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwUlWpacmEA&feature=relmfu
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CapnAndy posted:Burger King is better than McDonald's. Wendy's is better than either of them. My colon's reaction to the first (and last) Baconater I ever had begs to differ. 404GoonNotFound fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Apr 6, 2012 |
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Apr 6, 2012 03:09
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Rhyno posted:Jimmy Johns radio ads are so bad that if I'm in the car and one comes on it makes me want to drive my car into the nearest school building. They're really lovely but for some reason I like the one where the guy's house is on fire. Yes I did, grab a bucket.
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Apr 6, 2012 03:20
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Rhyno posted:Jimmy Johns radio ads are so bad that if I'm in the car and one comes on it makes me want to drive my car into the nearest school building. I've made it a point to never, ever eat Jimmy Johns solely because of how annoying it was in college to have their delivery people wallpaper the entire floor of my apartment complex in doorhangers and flyers every time they delivered. Their radio ads are just par for the course. Big Mean Jerk posted:What the gently caress is going on in those furry wet dream Mio water thing commercials? They're on all the time and I don't get the joke. I think they're trying to rip off those french Orangina only with less artiness and even more creepiness.
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Apr 6, 2012 03:24
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Tupping Liberty posted:I guess I missed these, but Stubhub's "ticket oak" is just...creepy. Can I get four tickets to this weekend's game--whaaaaaat?
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Apr 6, 2012 03:29
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404GoonNotFound posted:My colon's reaction to the first (and last) Baconater I ever had begs to differ. It's not Wendy's fault that you're too weak to handle it. 
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Apr 6, 2012 04:05
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I just saw a commercial earlier during Community about adult diapers, having some no-name actress change into them on the red carpet. 
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Apr 6, 2012 05:18
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Rirse posted:I just saw a commercial earlier during Community about adult diapers, having some no-name actress change into them on the red carpet. There's another one with NFL players.
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Apr 6, 2012 06:36
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Rirse posted:I just saw a commercial earlier during Community about adult diapers, having some no-name actress change into them on the red carpet. Apparently Depends commercials are a thing now. This came up in TFF a few days ago. e: beaten, but I have a link
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Apr 6, 2012 06:38
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Farbtoner posted:I've made it a point to never, ever eat Jimmy Johns solely because of how annoying it was in college to have their delivery people wallpaper the entire floor of my apartment complex in doorhangers and flyers every time they delivered. Their radio ads are just par for the course. I have a vendetta against the local Jimmy Johns due to how terribly unprofessional they were when I applied there a few years back. The manager made me wait 20 minutes to take their menu test in an empty building while he wandered about, got stuff out of his truck, made sexual advances at one of his employees, went back to his truck. Then looked at my menu test while blatantly high as a kite, and told me that they weren't hiring. EDIT to add: This of course was after they had me fill out an application, briefly interviewed me and told me to memorize the menu and come back the next day. Upon coming back the next day, I was told that the guy I needed to speak with wasn't there and to come back again the next day. I know I shouldn't judge an entire company by one store, but this was the manager and he couldn't be bothered to be even semi-professional, which leads me to believe that there's at least regional issues. Iron Crowned fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Apr 6, 2012 |
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Apr 6, 2012 10:01
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What kind of restaurant is Jimmy Johns? Is it fast food? Don't have those in the W Mass area that I know of.
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Apr 6, 2012 12:01
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Clamknuckle posted:What kind of restaurant is Jimmy Johns? Is it fast food? Don't have those in the W Mass area that I know of. It's a sub shop with delivery, basically. Subway's even scummier and less healthy cousin.
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Apr 6, 2012 12:09
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Mokinokaro posted:It's a sub shop with delivery, basically. Subway's even scummier and less healthy cousin. Don't you dare impugn Jimmy John's honor. When you're too drunk to walk at 2 in the morning, they will bring subs to you. That's magical.
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Apr 6, 2012 15:26
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I like their subs better than Subway's, too.
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Apr 6, 2012 15:43
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Jimmy Johns talk: I also prefer JJ to subway almost every time. Annoying ad talk: You know what annoys me now? THE HAAAAPAR! (Dish's Hopper DVR, in non-New England speak) It doesn't help my mom thinks it's hilarious.
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Apr 6, 2012 15:58
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Buzkashi posted:Don't you dare impugn Jimmy John's honor. When you're too drunk to walk at 2 in the morning, they will bring subs to you. That's magical. This is literally Jimmy Johns' business model. Hire college drunks/stoners to run a cheap delivery outlet for college drunks/stoners. When I was in college it was great, now that I'm out I'm never going to one again.
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Apr 6, 2012 15:58
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Iron Crowned posted:I know I shouldn't judge an entire company by one store, but this was the manager and he couldn't be bothered to be even semi-professional, which leads me to believe that there's at least regional issues. They're franchises.
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Apr 6, 2012 17:10
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Leon Einstein posted:They're franchises. Franchises are still accountable to their franchiser on some level. I worked for a janitorial company that franchised out their cleaning cleaning contracts, no one liked to see me because I meant that the franchisees were going to lose money.
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Apr 6, 2012 17:19
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I know this is not a new commercial, but it still makes me laugh that Justin Bieber goes to these girls house and they shriek and two seconds later hes like "Im here with some Proactiv for your backne". Not to mention cameras too. Even though its probably staged, its still a hilarious premise.
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Apr 6, 2012 17:27
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I actually like the level of control over your sandwich that you get at subway, but Jimmy Johns is definitely more dedicated. Last year when campus was snowed in and earlier this week when we were pinned down by a tornado warning, they were still delivering. Their drivers fear no death.
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Apr 6, 2012 17:39
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Iron Crowned posted:Franchises are still accountable to their franchiser on some level. I worked for a janitorial company that franchised out their cleaning cleaning contracts, no one liked to see me because I meant that the franchisees were going to lose money. Of course they are, but I'm just saying that it explains the varying quality of the stores.
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Apr 6, 2012 18:58
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SlothfulCobra posted:I actually like the level of control over your sandwich that you get at subway, but Jimmy Johns is definitely more dedicated. Last year when campus was snowed in and earlier this week when we were pinned down by a tornado warning, they were still delivering. THC's a helluva drug.
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Apr 6, 2012 23:59
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Erbert's and Gerbert's is the best sub delivery place but I don't think its too widespread. Jimmy John's has delivered to me when I was desperately hung over and waiting in a line a few times though so they have that going for them.
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Apr 7, 2012 10:40
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Just caught an ad for Selldvdsonline.com, a company that buys DVDs & CDs. I went to their website and you have to enter the UPC code and they'll make you an offer. I put in the UPC code for my Criterion Robocop. The offer? Ten cents.  Then I put in the MST3K Volume 10 (the original with the now-discontinued Godzilla vs Megalon). They offered $7.80. Yeah, I'm gonna pass.
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Iron Crowned posted:Franchises are still accountable to their franchiser on some level. But that level varies wildly. McDonald's, for example, will hand out a franchise to just about anybody with enough cash to afford it (though they've slowed down that practice since about 2004 or so, when they started buying out franchisees left and right), but they keep some pretty strict regulations on the franchisees and retain the right to buy back the franchise at any time. Culver's, on the other hand, is incredibly tight on its franchising -- Craig Culver personally interviews anyone who's made it to the final round of franchisee interviews, and you don't make it to that point without passing through two rounds of interviews and background checks, then spending two weeks working at a Culver's location (and by working, that means register / line cooking / fry station / cleaning ... the whole kit and kaboodle). Mister Kingdom posted:I went to their website and you have to enter the UPC code and they'll make you an offer. I put in the UPC code for my Criterion Robocop. To be fair, the Criterion RoboCop is pretty much matched, or outmatched, by the later MGM releases in all respects outside of it actually having the spherical aspect ratio that Jost Vacano shot the film in, and the reproduction of Paul Sammon's Cinefex article about making the film. The Criterion transfer, as I recall, is pretty ugly. Timby fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Apr 7, 2012 |
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Apr 7, 2012 16:28
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All of these LIFE commercials from the Prius C, at first it was the annoying fat beiber haired "Sushi is Peeuuushi" and for no reason the redhead just staring at the camera. The second one was a girl talking about how her dolphin tattoo isn't even ironic. And now, they have a caveman in a suit.
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Apr 7, 2012 18:11
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There's a PSA of sorts for a gas utility here in Toledo where a guy and the most annoyingly voiced wife of all time say "sweetie" about 30 times while discussing how to call the gas company before digging a hole. I'm not sure if it's used elsewhere. You know it if you've heard it.
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Apr 9, 2012 14:56
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I know it's been discussed here before, but those Mio commercials creep me out more every time I see them. I suspect it's because of the sheer level of detail they put into them and I just notice more and more every time I see them.
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There's this new Bayer Advanced commercial that drives me nuts. There's a guy on a plane, and he asks the stewardess for an Advil, and she hands him a Bayer Advanced and he says "No, I'm not having a heart attack, I want pain relief" or something, and he talks to this woman like she's absolutely retarded. He's so condescending. The new HR Block one is bad too where the woman says "I just always thought we should get more back." Since when does your refund depend on how much you feel you should get back?
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Leon Einstein posted:There's this new Bayer Advanced commercial that drives me nuts. There's a guy on a plane, and he asks the stewardess for an Advil, and she hands him a Bayer Advanced and he says "No, I'm not having a heart attack, I want pain relief" or something, and he talks to this woman like she's absolutely retarded. He's so condescending. IIRC the guy is on a Korean flight or something and thinks the stewardess doesn't speak English. Of course that doesn't explain why he thinks explaining his problem in English is going to help.
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raditts posted:IIRC the guy is on a Korean flight or something and thinks the stewardess doesn't speak English. Of course that doesn't explain why he thinks explaining his problem in English is going to help. Language barrier aside, did he really think that she thought he was having a heart attack? "Oh, this guy's having a heart attack, better get him some aspirin instead of a doctor!" Leon Einstein fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Apr 9, 2012 |
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Apr 9, 2012 16:33
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In a bit of fairness, asprin's been known over the last few years as a great heart attack preventative (not in every case, consult your own doctor, I'm not a doctor blah blah blah), and can reduce risk of death in the event of one. Doesn't change that the guy does act like a dick towards her, but still. And hell, asprin was known as a pain reliever long loving before the heart attack stuff was discovered. So it makes even less sense.
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For the past while now, all of Bayer's ads, and even the packaging itself, proclaimed that it was great for heart health and was used to prevent heart attacks. I guess people forgot it was asprin or something, and now they're trying to remind them in the dumbest way possible.
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Leon Einstein posted:Yeah, I thought that was part of it, but the stewardess spoke perfect English, and it was just ridiculous the way he gestured and talked to her like she was retarded. It reminds me of somebody speaking English loudly and slowly to someone that doesn't understand it thinking it will help them comprehend it. He is an idiot. That was the joke.
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I like these. Simple and low key. No stupid gimmick or retarded stereotypes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjB3e7B3V08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIiWI3Iiliw
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SpacePig posted:For the past while now, all of Bayer's ads, and even the packaging itself, proclaimed that it was great for heart health and was used to prevent heart attacks. I guess people forgot it was asprin or something, and now they're trying to remind them in the dumbest way possible. It's a simple branding thing, if I recall correctly they don't ever refer to Bayer as aspirin. Basically it is to milk money out of everyone who doesn't realize that it's aspirin.
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Iron Crowned posted:It's a simple branding thing, if I recall correctly they don't ever refer to Bayer as aspirin. Basically it is to milk money out of everyone who doesn't realize that it's aspirin. Well, I mean, you can, but it'd be as effective as putting on an ad saying "buy paper towels!"
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CapnAndy posted:Aspirin is generic, you can't market yourself as just that. Actually, they used to own the name Aspirin. They had to give it up because of the Treaty of Versailles. Really.
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Sash! posted:Actually, they used to own the name Aspirin. Heroin too
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkoYChaDSvk Because when I think "a better diet," I think McDonalds. Although I suppose it is relatively "better" if you're a goat who literally eats garbage. Not by much, though.
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