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The Grimace posted:Those 'Don't Text And Drive' commercials are almost as obnoxious as the anti-smoking campaign commercials with people using vocal emitters and poo poo, coming from someone who doesn't text and drive or smoke. gently caress I wish I could opt out of seeing those commercials.
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# ? Jul 29, 2012 18:20 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 17:27 |
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"Machu Picchu? Where's Machu Picchu?" "Where am I ever going to find a laundromat...around here?" I can never hit the mute button fast enough. Also, the idea of a computer stealthily searching for things it hears creeps me out.
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# ? Jul 29, 2012 20:08 |
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Mokinokaro posted:My last car was wrecked by an idiot running a red while texting and driving, so yes those people exist. poo poo, my dad texts on his iphone and picks his nose while swerving down the highway. He gets a lot of traffic tickets, but I am surprised he hasn't crashed yet.
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# ? Jul 29, 2012 21:23 |
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The Grimace posted:Those 'Don't Text And Drive' commercials are almost as obnoxious as the anti-smoking campaign commercials with people using vocal emitters and poo poo You talking about these? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEWky9PEroU Cause I actually like them a lot. Effective and quietly funny but respectful of the audience and the people in the ads.
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# ? Jul 29, 2012 22:02 |
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The Devil Tesla posted:You talking about these? They're not effective, everyone on the drat planet knows smoking is bad for you. They're going for shock value at best, and at worst they're throwaway ads financed by the tobacco companies themselves because politicians like to think they're somehow doing good, following that dumbfuck "if it saves just one life..." mentality while happily taking billions upon billions of tax money from tobacco sales. Moreover, what in blue hell is funny about them? E: drat I got worked up DJExile fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Jul 29, 2012 |
# ? Jul 29, 2012 23:27 |
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My favorite one of the texting and driving ads is the one where it was "This is the text I sent my sister". Like, I understand the one with the guy with brain damage, and the one when the girl who got a text from someone as their car crashed, but making it "I texted my sister while she was driving" is a bit weird, because that person has no obligation to check the text while driving. It just seems weird to me.
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# ? Jul 30, 2012 14:34 |
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There was actually a court case about that somewhat recently. It was about whether or not you could be prosecuted for sending a text to someone who was driving. Of course, that's ridiculous, and it got thrown out for that reason. That commercial definitely sucks, though, because it places the blame on the person who sent the text rather than the person who read the text in their car. Yeah, that'll solve the problem.
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# ? Jul 30, 2012 15:03 |
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I love how the rest of FAS shows up in this thread whenever one of us posts in here Also jesus christ I am going to blow up my radio if I hear any more of these NEED TA BUY A HOPPA ads.
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# ? Jul 30, 2012 15:10 |
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Guys the point of that specific commercial is to make people aware of the reality that taking your eyes off of the road even to read a text message can be deadly. And it would probably be pretty hard to get the girl who died to tell people that.
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# ? Jul 30, 2012 15:33 |
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I guess I'm kind of glad that texting and driving is getting the same attention as drinking and driving, or not doing meth or smoking cigarettes. The commercials may be annoying but they raise awareness. I teach in a small rural community and we had a former graduate die because she was checking a text and her car was hit by a train (it was one of those stops that doesn't have the bars that come down). It led to a fairly extensive "X the Text" campaign at our school. Honestly, working with teenagers, repetition is good for them.
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# ? Jul 30, 2012 16:02 |
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I understand the message, and I think the commercials are doing a really good job of getting it across. I don't mind them, really. It's just that one that seemed odd to me. It sounded less like "Don't check your texts while you're driving" and more like "Don't text someone that is driving" to me, is all. I honestly don't even hate the commercials, I just find that specific one to not get the message across as well.
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# ? Jul 30, 2012 16:26 |
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Tupping Liberty posted:I guess I'm kind of glad that texting and driving is getting the same attention as drinking and driving, or not doing meth or smoking cigarettes. It should at least get as much attention as drinking and driving, because much like drinking and driving I don't want some dipshit slamming into me because he was busy typing "lol" to his dipshit friends.
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# ? Jul 30, 2012 17:41 |
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DJExile posted:They're not effective, everyone on the drat planet knows smoking is bad for you. You don't understand how advertising or people work.
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# ? Jul 30, 2012 18:40 |
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Not really an annoying commercial, but every time I see the Downy commercial with Amy Sedaris, I get overcome with crippling sadness because it reminds me that I don't have access to Strangers With Candy. so sad. e: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU SIR. QuickbreathFinisher fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Jul 31, 2012 |
# ? Jul 31, 2012 01:35 |
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Not really an annoying commercial, but every time I see the Downy commercial with Amy Sedaris, I get overcome with crippling sadness because it reminds me that I don't have access to Strangers With Candy. so sad. Don't have access? Full episodes here. http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/strangers-with-candy
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# ? Jul 31, 2012 05:14 |
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How would anyone possibly know that girl flipped her car while reading a text? Also, how long does it take to read the word "yeah?"
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# ? Jul 31, 2012 13:08 |
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Thanks Applebees, for showing us that science is for nerds and realizing that I just want to fill my slop hole with tangy brown stuff. I'll make sure to use an Alton Brown book as toilet paper the next day!
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# ? Jul 31, 2012 13:16 |
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So it only took 2.5 days for NBC to go through all their available Olympic commercials. I'm already sick of them which is sad because some are alright. But jesus, I do not need to see another Coke or BP commercial and...Oh...there it is again. Thwomp fucked around with this message at 14:49 on Jul 31, 2012 |
# ? Jul 31, 2012 14:46 |
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SubponticatePoster posted:Imagine the TV of the future when custom content is delivered directly to the chip in your brain. For people who aren't idiots, your PSAs are things about upcoming city council meetings and possible ballot inclusion of the latest initiatives, for morons it's a constant barrage of "Don't text and drive!" "Being fat is bad for you!" "Stop using the hair dryer in the tub you loving dipshit!" Haha, I love you. DJExile posted:They're not effective, everyone on the drat planet knows smoking is bad for you. They're going for shock value at best, and at worst they're throwaway ads financed by the tobacco companies themselves because politicians like to think they're somehow doing good, following that dumbfuck "if it saves just one life..." mentality while happily taking billions upon billions of tax money from tobacco sales. This is my stance on it. They're unnecessary advertisements. The ones that actually care about what tar inhalation can do to the body already don't smoke. Perhaps I'm wrong and there are a few outliers that have quit smoking after viewing these ads, but I'm not optimistic. Smokers won't quit smoking after seeing those things because they'll just go, "WELL, THAT WON'T HAPPEN TO ME!" and then throw a table and be on their way. Shock value just spites people rather than give them incentive to quit. But I do agree that, while annoying as hell, the "texting while driving" commercials do raise awareness to some degree. I go nuts when I see people texting and driving because it's so drat unsafe.
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# ? Jul 31, 2012 17:44 |
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Someone may have already posted this, but I hate the Target back to school ads where teachers sing school supply lists to the tune of songs from the 1980s. I have to mute the tv every time one of these come on.
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# ? Aug 1, 2012 01:39 |
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constantIllusion posted:Someone may have already posted this, but I hate the Target back to school ads where teachers sing school supply lists to the tune of songs from the 1980s. I have to mute the tv every time one of these come on. They even brought back the DENIM! guy from last year
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# ? Aug 1, 2012 02:55 |
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DJExile posted:They're not effective, everyone on the drat planet knows smoking is bad for you. They're going for shock value at best, and at worst they're throwaway ads financed by the tobacco companies themselves because politicians like to think they're somehow doing good, following that dumbfuck "if it saves just one life..." mentality while happily taking billions upon billions of tax money from tobacco sales. What is so shocking about those ads? They are rather dryly stating the facts of their lives, not rubbing your face in how gross they are or like showing pictures of cancerous lung. And is it so hard to believe that the people who made the ads actually want to prevent people from smoking? Yes, there is hosed up stuff surrounding tobacco law in this country, but the CDC isn't exactly in the middle of all that. quote:Moreover, what in blue hell is funny about them? Quietly funny. Funny in a, if you didn't laugh you'll cry, sort of way.
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# ? Aug 1, 2012 03:00 |
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The Grimace posted:This is my stance on it. They're unnecessary advertisements. The ones that actually care about what tar inhalation can do to the body already don't smoke. Perhaps I'm wrong and there are a few outliers that have quit smoking after viewing these ads, but I'm not optimistic. Smokers won't quit smoking after seeing those things because they'll just go, "WELL, THAT WON'T HAPPEN TO ME!" and then throw a table and be on their way. Shock value just spites people rather than give them incentive to quit. You two put too much stock into human intelligence, and way too much stock into teenage human intelligence.
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# ? Aug 1, 2012 06:02 |
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raditts posted:You two put too much stock into human intelligence, and way too much stock into teenage human intelligence. You're right, but accepting that's even more depressing than those advertisements.
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# ? Aug 1, 2012 06:35 |
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constantIllusion posted:Someone may have already posted this, but I hate the Target back to school ads where teachers sing school supply lists to the tune of songs from the 1980s. I have to mute the tv every time one of these come on. TV would improve dramatically if every ad was sung to the tune of Cameo's Word Up
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# ? Aug 1, 2012 07:24 |
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Dr_Amazing posted:There's another car commercial where this guy moves back in with his parents after finishing college. They make it clear that he's a lazy idiot who can barely take care of himself. The whole thing comes off as really insulting considering how many people are in that situation for purely economic reasons. NEW BURGER KING CHICKEN NUGGETS!
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# ? Aug 1, 2012 07:44 |
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Frot Lesnar posted:TV would improve dramatically if every ad was sung to the tune of Cameo's Word Up The one where they poo poo all over "She Blinded Me with Science" is on right now, and they can all burn in hell as far as I'm concerned.
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# ? Aug 2, 2012 01:06 |
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I cannot stand this commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WSkyOgF46Q The song is so loving bad.
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# ? Aug 2, 2012 01:10 |
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No More Heroes posted:Progressive isn't very progressive. They can't be. I have no idea how my insurance increased when I moved from Saginaw to a smaller town outside of Grand Rapids. And, talking about Beats audio, I have to nitpick that commercial with the guy running, playing that "Feel so close to you right now" song. One of two things has to happen, either he is a loving moron that doesn't know that Rio Vista is a brisk 4-5 minute walk from his apartment door, or he has that song on repeat while he is jogging. Commercial doesn't make a lot of sense, and I get that AT&T wants you to feel so close to being lost in the music. Either way, he needs to feel so close to a bus that runs a stop sign. trunkwontopen fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Aug 2, 2012 |
# ? Aug 2, 2012 13:49 |
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trunkwontopen posted:They can't be. I have no idea how my insurance increased when I moved from Saginaw to a smaller town outside of Grand Rapids. I like the Olympics one better, where the guy listens to the Iliad. Come to think of it, though, I'm not actually sure if they're selling the same product.
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# ? Aug 2, 2012 15:36 |
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Tupping Liberty posted:I like the Olympics one better, where the guy listens to the Iliad. Come to think of it, though, I'm not actually sure if they're selling the same product. That one is a more appropriate alternative than playing a sample from "song of the week."
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# ? Aug 2, 2012 16:02 |
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raditts posted:The one where they poo poo all over "She Blinded Me with Science" is on right now, and they can all burn in hell as far as I'm concerned. I think all these commercials have some subliminal "old-school" message to them. Seriously, I think someone in their marketing department threw out those two words and their diseased collective consciousness let it fester into this.
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# ? Aug 2, 2012 23:54 |
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The Target "Back to School" ads are terrible. It's not that I was a huge fan of the songs they used to parody, but they just make them extremely ear coveringly bad. Also, "Back to School" ads suck in general. Even as someone who's towards the end of their education, and is in College, there's a certain buzz killing effect to them.
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# ? Aug 3, 2012 06:25 |
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I'm sure anyone watching the Olympics (especially the 5 hour primetime coverage that ends up being spoiled 12 hours earlier) hates seeing this loving commerical during every break. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKPmFAzlkM I think I get the message that you can do anything with a Silverado, but this has to be one of the most obnoxious and irritating ads I've ever seen (perhaps more than the Target back to school ads, although it's a close race). What's worse is that I know this ad has been around for a while, but I've seen it way more times during the Olympics than anywhere else.
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# ? Aug 3, 2012 12:52 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:Also, "Back to School" ads suck in general. Even as someone who's towards the end of their education, and is in College, there's a certain buzz killing effect to them. To be fair that staples one with Alice Cooper they've had for the last few tears kind of owns.
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# ? Aug 3, 2012 13:00 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:The Target "Back to School" ads are terrible. I'm your child's science teacher, here is what they'll need: $250 in pencils and paper and poo poo! PaganGoatPants fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Aug 4, 2012 |
# ? Aug 3, 2012 13:09 |
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Part of the reason for them using those songs is because people who have kids in school now were kids in the 80's. Using a lovely cover/ripoff for commercials is nothing new, but some genius somewhere went "wait, demographic says the majority of these parents were in elementary school in the late 80's and would know these songs!"FuzzySkinner posted:It's not that I was a huge fan of the songs they used to parody, but they just make them extremely ear coveringly bad.
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# ? Aug 3, 2012 18:09 |
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This Rockauto.com commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeiyZWGgoQ4 Yes, every counter guy at every brick & mortar store is a stoner who is completely clueless.
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# ? Aug 4, 2012 13:56 |
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Mister Kingdom posted:This Rockauto.com commercial: I have checked out a few of these now, and every single commercial has the features of a Tim Buckley comic strip. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
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# ? Aug 4, 2012 14:55 |
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I get that advertising during the Olympics is a great opportunity. And, I really want to see Wreck it Ralph, it looks funny. But Disney, please stop showing commercials for it NOW when it doesn't come out til November...
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# ? Aug 4, 2012 16:30 |