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bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



JacquelineDempsey posted:

Ha, that is a good one.
Thanks for the article, though I find this comparison a bit off:


There's a big difference, there. One is having a little chit chat while the cashier rings up your cart full of groceries --- an interaction that takes a few minutes, you're both stuck there anyways, why not make it pleasant? The other is having a discussion on race relations when the goal should really be "take order, move on to the next customer as quickly as possible".
(Disclaimer/source: my boyfriend worked for TJ's for many years. It's not a "trend"; they hire outgoing people, and the company treats them well, so for the most part they are actually happy to be there and have a chat with you, if only to break up the monotony of swiping things over a scanner for hours.)

Hell, it was the same at my super lovely grocery store job. You chat with customers during the slow times to escape having to work their.

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bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



The Blue Pyramid posted:

I end up seeing this commercial several times a day. The only impression I get from it every single time is

1- What the gently caress did I just watch
2-Why should it make me want to buy chocolate


Before anyone asks the slogan at the end is "taste your fantasies"

Man, who wouldn't want to buy chocolate which is laced with LSD?

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Radio Help posted:

"The woman had to use the crapper. Turns out, so did I.

Buy Canadian."

It's a really stupid McDonald's ad campaign.

Another one has a guy dressed as a boat captain in Montreal saying "It's a place to keep warm" and another is two teens saying "We're just waiting for the bus" thereby screaming that nobody actually goes to mcdonalds for the food

EDIT:Meanwhile. the Ottawa Senators clearly have a better mcdonalds promotion...

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bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



WickedHate posted:

What could the intended point possibly be aside from that? What were they thinking?

I have no loving clue. But the fact that one of their ads is literally "WE had to poo poo while driving down the highway, and we didn't want to do it at the side of the road so instead we went to mcdonalds" really doesn't engender confidence.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Well it's no pearl harbour spaghettios tweet

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Karma Monkey posted:

If my surname were Scholar, I would totally name one of my kids Rhodes, but that's the only scenario I would do it in. (And I would expect and accept my child's hatred for it.)


Only if my surname was Crazy, Moon, or Bath.

I've never heard of Sailor Bath

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Wasn't it changed again in Asian countries so it was Canada invading? Cause, um, sure, that's more reasonable.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



I drink tea and coffee. I have a french press for when I have time, and a Keruig when I don't (IE running out the door to work). I am hated by everyone.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Lumberjack Bonanza posted:

Drinking coffee doesn't do it for me anymore, I take espresso enemas.

I have Enrique give me them, but not for the caffeine.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



I call my girlfriend Unicorn because she doesn't exist.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



yeah, so, he just posted incest comic porn. Great.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



They also had one talking about it havinga butterface.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Friends. Chandler bing made smoking cool again

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



canyoneer posted:

Who buys or drinks V8 anyway? I needed some for a soup base, and a 6 pack (smallest quantity available!) was $7. A giant quart can of the store brand stuff was like $1.50.

For some reason they still always offer it on planes :shrug:

Because it legit tastes better at 30'000

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Wtf does this ufo drama short film have to do with Pepsi

E:no seriously wtf.

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bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Rainbow 6 vegas did that too. Leading to me getting Canadian Forces recruitment ads.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



FWIW, I like how greg proops handles it in his podcast. Usually, in a lull, he'll splice in audio, each ad (even for the same product) is different, and obviously improv with a bit of humour.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Or.go with friends and.mock them.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



RagnarokAngel posted:

She was having this weird existential crisis about the fact that she couldn't die and her very first appearance was, iirc, getting hit by a train and having her friend film it to document it since then they couldn't explain it.

Basically, it's a really stupidly common comic book trope where characters are given "depth" by having them whine that their totally bad rear end power is a curse. I feel like the only time that ever worked was Rogue since her power had legitimate downsides.

She jumped off a derelict silo.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



AlphaKretin posted:

Belgian soldiers and police 'held orgy' during Brussels lockdown

Thanks to Krispy Kareem in the obsolete technology thread of all places.

Not sure what marketing is this. Unless it's for a Belgian pornhub?

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Holy poo poo.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



The convenience store at my office building sells them for $1 so my filing cabinet in full of them

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



One of the automatic responses was a video from P.K. Subban thanking them.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Cakefool posted:

I know killing your customers isn't the best long term plan but "gently caress you there's meat and meat fat in everything we serve" sounds great.

That's the heart attack grill

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Also take showers,z get laid, and shave

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



dpbjinc posted:

Thinking about it, the only burger places I've seen where the burgers appear remotely as advertised are McDonalds and Whataburger. Maybe Burger King, too; I can't remember the last time I had one there. It could just be the franchises around here since we only have one Whataburger, but McDonalds are indeed pretty consistent with appearance.

A local burg place here does it too
Don't you want those burgs?

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



That Robox posted:

Does anyone remember a few years ago when gmail was becoming a thing, Yahoo mail announced you could now get an email address like

"(whatever)@ymail.com"

and immediately got torn to shreds by everyone for trying to imitate gmail while offering absolutely nothing new.

Around the same time they were offering

"(whatever)@rocketmail.com"

addresses too, which were mocked for also being nothing new, but now with an unnecessarily long name.

I don't actually know anyone who had one of those, and nobody I know seems to remember it but me.

I remember it because I run into those email addresses all the time.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



What the gently caress is wrong with the French?

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Mu Zeta posted:

Isn't that just nyquil?

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Next he'll be telling us that people spend money of expensive things instead of food. And also food instead of something like soylent.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



John Goodman

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



But I thought people were all about that bass bout that bass bout that bass no treble?

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



The Door Frame posted:

Facebook keeps showing me gay Israeli resorts, stuff written in Portuguese talking about Brasil, and is trying to get me to repatriate to London. I'm a straight white man who has never left America and can't read any other languages besides English. Ad robots aren't as accurate as people would have you believe

Yeah....that's my fault. You never log out of Google so I use your account. Those are all for me.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Oh buttsalts McAfee who hid from police looking for him for his neighbour's murder by digging a hole in the beach, climbing in, and put a cardboard box on his head.

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



A significant portion will end up in evidence lockers

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Screaming Idiot posted:

There's a difference between being the boy in the plastic bubble and practicing basic hygiene.

Goons know what the boy in the plastic is

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Isn't weed legal in Colorado?

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



I'm willing to admit I am an alcoholic

bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Speaking of Dumb McDonald's moves, in Canada, despite their restaurants being actually really good for nut allergies, they threw it out the window by adding a nut thing to thier mcFlurry's. What this means is that, whoops, now they are losing the approx 5 million Canadians with nut allergies, for some people who want nuts in their mcFlurries? In WINTER.

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bunnyofdoom
Mar 29, 2008

Jaxxon: Still not the stupidest thing from the expanded universe.



Krispy Kareem posted:

Yeeeeeah sure. You almost got us.

5 million people with nut allergies in Canada. What, does 1 out of every 2 people have an allergy?

Apologies, it's 2.5 Million which 7% of Canadians.

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