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If we’re doing politicians it’s real hard to beat W’s carrier landing and “mission accomplished” banner but yeah the thread will be better if we stay away from political gaffes.
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Just drop it or this thread will start talking about 2016 and all hell will break loose. Here, have a sad one: quote:In 2007, a radio station held a "hold your wee for a Wii" contest in which people competed to see who could drink the most water without using a bathroom. I remember hearing about this one including doctors/nurse calling into the show live telling them they are going to kill some one.
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American Apparel's Hurricane Sandy sale. You know, in case you're bored during the storm. #sandysale
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That's a really sad way to die
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Jimi Heselden, the owner of Segway dies in 2010 when he falls off a cliff while riding a Segway.
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That time that the airline I wanna say American but I dont remember tweeted out an extremely NSFW picture of a lady shoving one of their model planes into her privates was pretty dang funny
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Didn't Benetton used to have some super edgy poo poo. Seems like they were always in the news a long time ago.
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holy gently caress that isnt real is it?
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There was a Canadian hockey team that did an almost identical thing, with almost identical results.
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Bill Cosby Twitter asking people to meme him was also definitely a well thought out plan
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Feb 28, 2019 21:49
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When you automate your PR.
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Nooner posted:holy gently caress that isnt real is it? https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/11/13/7218461/patriots-try-to-thank-all-their-fans-create-twitter-nightmare It's real 
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It's almost as if 50-something ad executives are completely out of touch with the youth markets they're charged with targeting:
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Dr. Gojo Shioji posted:It's almost as if 50-something ad executives are completely out of touch with the youth markets they're charged with targeting: This one is genius and in touch though
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If only they had done a full commercial with that man loving the hamburger.
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big nipples big life posted:If only they had done a full commercial with that man loving the hamburger.
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a peck of pickled peckers posted:Imagine being that guy and having “hosed Hamburger” on your resume. Cant be as bad as the actors having to put down "Herpes sufferer #1" or "stared in a commercial about anal lesions medication"
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That Twitter account ran by an intelligent AI that dynamically learned from users to showcase a new technology became racist and sexist wthin a day
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Dre2Dee2 posted:That Twitter account ran by an intelligent AI that dynamically learned from users to showcase a new technology became racist and sexist wthin a day lmao, Tay was some top tier not understanding the internet 
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limpy wimpy posted:Cant be as bad as the actors having to put down "Herpes sufferer #1" or "stared in a commercial about anal lesions medication" “I started out as Man Suffering From ED, but once I got my big break as the Hamburger Fucker, I knew I had made it.”
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big nipples big life posted:I think the lesson from all this is that video game companies do a really poo poo job of vetting PR hires. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NL50_W_mgU
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"Everyone, the Three Mile Island partial meltdown is COMPLETELY SAFE for nearby residents. Expect the pregnant women, they should leave. Kids too."
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Just lol if you think you are smarter than a multi billion industry powered by advanced ai and all the personal data you gave out for free in the last 20 years.
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Colonel Cancer posted:Just lol if you think you are smarter than a multi billion industry powered by advanced ai and all the personal data you gave out for free in the last 20 years.
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I dunno if this was really a disaster but BK’s “Whopper Sacrifice” promotion was awesome. If you unfriended 10 people on Facebook, you got a free whopper. Initially I think the people got a message that you had sacrificed them for a whopper, then they got rid of that, and then not long after they got rid of the promotion cause Facebook was pissed. This was in like 2009.
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Way, way back in 1992 Hoover dropped a big one in the UK with a promotion offering free flight tickets to European destinations for the purchase of an appliance. It started off well enough and proved popular, but then they got above themselves and extended it to flights to the US, effectively giving £600-worth of tickets for a purchase outlay of £100. Here's the info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_free_flights_promotion
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Pokémon Go Fest, Chicago 2019. The very definition of poo poo show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFm8SJ0VOaA I think the best parts are the hosts trying to be all upbeat amidst an openly hostile crowd. Jay_Zombie fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Feb 28, 2019 |
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Frazzbo posted:Way, way back in 1992 Hoover dropped a big one in the UK with a promotion offering free flight tickets to European destinations for the purchase of an appliance. It started off well enough and proved popular, but then they got above themselves and extended it to flights to the US, effectively giving £600-worth of tickets for a purchase outlay of £100. Here's the info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_free_flights_promotion that reminds me of the guy who saved up enough pepsi points/cut a huge check for a harrier jet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico,_Inc.
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In 2013, Justine Sacco sent out a tweet before flying from Heathrow to Cape Town to visit family: "“Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” At that time she was Senior Director Corporate Communications at a company called IAC. She later said that she was critiquing the bubble of privilege that white Westerners live in, not having to worry about AIDS on such a scale. ***************************************************************************** In 2015, DraftKings employee Ethan Haskell won $350,000 on FanDuel in one day, which just happened to be the same day he mistakenly posted lineup info from FanDuel on Twitter. To quote AdWeek: "DraftKings and FanDuel posted on their sites an unusual joint statement saying they have no evidence anyone misused information for profit. The statement said nothing is more important than the integrity of the games they offer to customers and that employees with access to data are 'rigorously monitored by internal fraud control teams.'” quote:“We operate based on the trust of our players,” FanDuel's Director of Communcations said. “This is not a new issue for us as a company or an industry, and maintaining the integrity of our contests and games is paramount to sustaining and growing our business.” ***************************************************************************** Guess who FanDuel's Director of Communications was? Eventually, the DraftKings employee was cleared of wrongdoing as it was found he received that lineup info that he accidentally posted 40 minutes after the rosters were locked, so no way he could have used inside information to win big that day. And Justine Sacco is back at IAC, this time as Vice President Communications at Match Group (Tinder, OkCupid, Match.com, PlentyofFish and others) per her LinkedIn.
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Bold Robot posted:I dunno if this was really a disaster but BK’s “Whopper Sacrifice” promotion was awesome. If you unfriended 10 people on Facebook, you got a free whopper. Initially I think the people got a message that you had sacrificed them for a whopper, then they got rid of that, and then not long after they got rid of the promotion cause Facebook was pissed. This was in like 2009. like black mirror but for 5th graders
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It is impossible to fail once you reach a certain level of executive in corporate America
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FactsAreUseless posted:It is impossible to fail once you reach a certain level of white male
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