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raditts posted:Recently while watching the late night talk shows I've noticed a bunch of local commercials that start with "WE KNOW WHY YOU'RE AWAKE!" then proceed into the spiel for the local farmers market or bail bonds or boner pills or whatever. They come on like 4 or 5 in a row but they're for completely different products. I googled for it and this is apparently a pretty widespread thing - it looks like all these youtube links are from North Carolina and I live in Pennsylvania. A couple months ago I was up really late doing homework with friends and we had the TV on tuned to SyFy in the background. At around 2 or 3 am literally every single commercial was for either a "cam girls" website or a penis pump. It was the most surreal thing. 
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7aM93AxstE Oh wow yeah. This is that exact "penis pump" commercial that I saw.  The only other commercial I vividly remember from that night was a cam girls commercial with really lovely special effects and lots of ejaculation symbolism (basically lots of things exploding).
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Apr 25, 2013 05:54
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:That's not racist, nor was it implying all italians do that. Maybe not, but it is perpetuating an Italian stereotype.
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Apr 28, 2013 21:36
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Yes commercial, urea is found in cat pee and cigarettes. It can also be found in: Nair Skin Cream Dish Soap Tooth Whitening Products What is your point, commercial? Is this what anti-smoking commercials have to stoop to? Misleading gross-out tactics? Is CIGARETTES WILL GIVE YOU HORRIBLE CANCER, YO not enough to dissuade people? Because that is a sign that something is very wrong here.
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May 15, 2013 19:32
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5-Hour Energy may not be the only people making a product you don't need and are probably better off without, but they are particularly bad at marketing it. I'd like to take this opportunity to bring up this 5-Hour Energy commercial again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSHCbizqIo0 They actually thought this parade of obvious half-truths would fool people. dijon du jour fucked around with this message at 17:41 on May 17, 2013 |
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May 17, 2013 17:39
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FuzzySkinner posted:Shouldn't belong in this thred, but it's just a reminder that some people are trapped in the 18th century. Oh wow, the fact that there is a mixed race couple in the ad never registered for me until now. I wonder if General Mills is being intentionally socially forward with that ad or if they are as surprised as I am that apparently there are thriving communities of time travelers from the pre-civil war era out there.
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Jun 6, 2013 09:10
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. I hope the next round of ads feature gay couples to piss off people that are offended by this type of stuff.
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Retail Slave posted:Also feminine products. Often times it is demonstrated how absorbent they are by how much blue liquid they can hold. WHO THE loving HELL SECRETES BLUE LIQUID? Question: what would you prefer they pour on the pads, as an alternative?
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Jun 14, 2013 06:15
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Gawd, Denny's new ad actually has someone saying "murica" in it.   : "Red, white, and blue pancakes? I wonder what they taste like?"*Long pause*  : "Murica."
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Jun 22, 2013 05:35
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Also that reservoir looks pretty small. Seems like it'll hold one or two sessions at most, and if I know old people, they can't go thirty minutes without peeing.
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Jul 5, 2013 07:25
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The Human Cow posted:Why wouldn't you just pee in the woods anyway? That's one of the best parts of playing golf. Well you saw those three guys peeing side-by-side didn't you? You can't have other dudes looking at your junk while you're taking a leak, bro. That's how pornos start. 
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Jul 5, 2013 18:30
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7VPa/sea-bond-denture-adhesive-wafers Huh, I always wondered what happened to the Bobbin Bros.
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Jul 6, 2013 00:55
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Cathis posted:The new fresh and easy commercials.. love? Hate? Moatly hate but the whole "f'n easy way" part took me a bit by surprise... Oh my god this commercial is so twee every DVD in my house turned into a copy of Juno. I mean he's playing a goddamn ukulele. Come on, son. VVVVVVVVV Okay, "strumming", whatever. dijon du jour fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Jul 6, 2013 |
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Jul 6, 2013 19:59
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rotinaj posted:Why is he poorly lipsynching? The video looks to be very badly desynced. The clapper "clap" at the beginning comes at least a half second after it should. e: Oh man that description.  quote:It's about time someone wrote a song about how great it is to shop for food the fresh&easy way. But watch out, this song is pretty fresh&easy to get stuck in your head. Yeah you wish. This song is as forgettable as that that one song by that band whose name escapes me. dijon du jour fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Jul 6, 2013 |
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Jul 6, 2013 23:34
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Capn Beeb posted:In related terrible news, I saw a commercial/preview for the ~*Honey Boo Boo Watch & Smell Television Event*~ today. I can't find it on youtube but it's... yeah. The advertising for Here Comes Honey Boo Boo has always played up the "white trash" angle to a... disturbing extent. I feel like I'm looking at a carnival flier telling me to come to their freak-show and throw rotten vegetables at a dwarf.
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Jul 7, 2013 01:17
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:Reality tv has a really creepy brave new world hypnopedia thing in general going on. Half the shows are "I'm so glad I'm not a poor person" and half the shows are "I'm so glad I'm not a rich person" to show you truly you are in the proper place and you should neither help the poor nor aspire to the rich. It must be working based on the number of people I've seen who genuinely want to kill the Kardashians.
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Jul 7, 2013 19:15
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BaronVonVaderham posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdv_Y3ewllM I will never understand it when companies want me to associate their product with douchebags.  : "Mmm hmm hmm I sure do relieve gas fast. What's that, antacid? You have gas? Well fuuuuuuuuuuck you buddy."
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Jul 8, 2013 02:58
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Oh my god why are people in these commercials so amazed that you can swipe over on whatever phone that is (it showed up in that Best Buy commercial) without touching it. It's only a couple of inches difference just touch your drat phone. Are they trying to market to germaphobes or something?
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Jul 13, 2013 02:06
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piratepilates posted:The real sad thing is how many people out there that would instead think "oh yeah that's a great idea, I can throw a party this way!", it is too bizarre how many terrible financial ideas there are commercials advertising I can't believe that people would fall for these commercials. No poo poo they're going to encourage you to take out a loan for everything. It's like a grizzly bear sending you a letter saying what a great time of year it is for camping. 
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Jul 19, 2013 05:13
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Sash! posted:Personally, I've never had fragments of toilet paper clinging to my butthole and had no idea that America was plagued with this epidemic. Well it's better than if they depicted the real issues that are caused by weak toilet paper i.e. showed the bears getting poo poo smeared all over their wiping hand.
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BaronVonVaderham posted:Holy. poo poo. Well you may well have to describe it because the video is set to private.
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Aug 23, 2013 07:08
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greatn posted:Those pretzel burgers really are loving fantastic though. As are the salted caramel shakes. Has anyone noticed the salted caramel trend? I think Arby's just introduced some too. I tried the Arby's salted caramel shake and it was pretty disgusting. The extreme saltiness completely drowned out all other flavors (then again, I am extremely sensitive to saltiness, so feel free to take my experience with a grain of salt  ).Also, while I don't like Wendys burgers, if anything can make those slabs of grease edible, it would be a pretzel bun.  SpookyLizard posted:God do I hate those sea shanty loving miller commercials. While I don't drink, I do know enough about beer to know that implying that anyone would sing songs about Miller 64 is pretty much a slap in the face to decency and truthfulness. dijon du jour fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Sep 4, 2013 |
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Electric Phantasm posted:With 9/11 a week away can we expect terrible commercials like this to pop up again or have they stopped doing this? I've seen commercials as late as last year selling commemorative coins and brooches for the Titanic disaster. So no, those commercials will never go away. Although I wouldn't mind if all the ads were as hilarious as that one. "Covered in .999 pure silver leaf!? Wowzers! That means there could be upwards of seven or maybe even eight dollars worth of silver on there!" 
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Sep 5, 2013 05:03
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Pretty much all tablet and phone commercials are slowly moving towards a singularity point of smugness where every commercial break makes you want to claw your own eyes out in embarrassment for owning the product being advertised. How did advertisers come to the conclusion that overbearing smugness is a sure-fire strategy? We can all agree that the Mac vs PC ads were dumb as hell right?
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Nov 12, 2013 21:51
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Tupping Liberty posted:I really hate the Dior one with Charlize Theron, simply for the song. "It's a funny waaaay to make ends meet, something something on every street," etc. I hate the singer of that song. Holy balls that CGI Marilyn Monroe is terrifying.   Between this, Orville Redenbacher, and that one ad that had CGI Audrey Hepburn in it: advertisers: stop turning dead celebrities into your computerized meat-puppets. It is extremely creepy.
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Wait, why is everyone crying at the end? "Oh thank god he was just making a video I thought he was autistic."
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Dec 22, 2013 07:31
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DJExile posted:People sometimes get emotional and cry during sentimental moments. Well yeah, people do that. I do that. I often cry from both first and second hand sentimentality. What I'm saying is that the ad seems to be far overstating how powerful the video is. This is stuff that happened less than a week ago, and the kid's mom is acting like it's footage from their last Christmas with grandma, and the ad doesn't seem to be implying that is the case.
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raditts posted:I'd take those any day of the week over the Jamster-like frequency I've been seeing commercials for Candy Crush Saga and King's other lovely cell phone cash grabs. Welcome to the Year Of Our Lord 2013 where you can see commercials for cash-grab Peggle knockoffs on your actual TV. It's a really weird feeling, seeing the commercial. It's like seeing an ad for Dr. Thunder.
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Dec 31, 2013 07:18
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Rap Music and Dope posted:Taco Bell is the only fast food place I go to and it fuckin' owns and all these people complaining about stomach problems are hyper sensitive snowflake goons. Yeah I said it, go get 3 soft tacos for 3 bucks and eat that poo poo then smoke that poo poo bitch. No thanks. My doctor has put me on a strict, low e-coli diet.
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Max22 posted:I actually like this commercial, but the YouTube comments seem to pan it I think one's personal enjoyment of it probably depends on your tolerance level to tweeness.  For the record I think it's cute as well.
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Jan 31, 2014 21:22
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RMZXAnarchy posted:Yeah, I've seen this one like twice. In the grand scheme of Anti-Smoking ads, they tend to have either the "Let's scare people to stop smoking." and "Lets gross people out to stop smoking." and this commercial mixes both with general uneasiness. Don't forget the dash of "appeal to vanity". "Don't do drugs because they'll make you into a total uggo with bad teeth and skin! You don't want to look ugly do you teenage girl this ad is directed at?""
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Mar 5, 2014 06:43
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I'm guessing you guys all live in temperate climates because when my state banned smoking in public buildings smokers were horrified because winters here average in the single digits in terms of temperature. Couple that with the fact that the state-wide ban includes having to stand at least 15 feet away from the building when you smoke and I'm surprised nobody's died.
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Mar 19, 2014 18:11
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Suzuki Method posted:I live in Canada I think your father should probably consider a career change if he can stand outside in sub-zero temperatures and say "Yup, this is still better than working."
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...of SCIENCE! posted:The indigenous residents of Fiji who can't get clean water because their groundwater was privatized probably wish that this was true. It's okay, they're getting back at us by slowly giving us arsenic poisoning. quote:Fiji bottled water as tested had "6.31 micrograms of arsenic per liter"
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I feel like that song was made to be sung by Drag Queens about Grindr but somehow the muse missed her mark and it ended up in someone whose idea of funny is "let's just make it kinda bad, but ironically" like a post-'aughties version of the late 90's without a single lick of self-awareness about how kinda mean-spirited the whole thing is.
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Oh man I can't wait for the Sprint commercial starring Foamy the Squirrel.
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