bilgistic March 21, 2015 Share March 21, 2015 Again last night, I saw that Sears commercial with the kid and the dishwasher, because NBC hates me. The kid is so old, he has has a beer gut. When the parents are in Sears buying the dishwasher that her 37-year-old kid destroys ten seconds later, the mother looks at the Sears salesman like, "Oh, me! What can *I* do about this charming rascal running through your store, knocking other customers unconscious and causing thousands of dollars of damage to major appliances and store fixtures? *Shrug*!" 3 Link to comment
lachesis March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 (edited) "You gotta gotta swipe it left, you gotta swipe it left!" The annoying song defeats the purpose of the anti-smoking PSA. I totally didn't understand the concept until I asked my niece why they were swiping left! Those new dating apps are beyond my comprehension... Edited March 22, 2015 by lachesis 4 Link to comment
Bastet March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 I totally didn't understand the concept until I asked my niece why they were swiping left! It's your turn to pass it on -- what does that mean? 3 Link to comment
Sandman87 March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 I have all sorts of problems with that "Swipe it left" commercial. Are they advocating that teens shun people (including other teens) who smoke, presumably so that they'll smoke even more out of loneliness? Or are they saying that you should crop the cigarettes out of the pictures before I post them? Or maybe they want us to know that non-smoking teens are shallow? Why should I care about the opinion of a hobo-looking guy who eats enough food for an entire wedding reception in one sitting at the local diner? Also, it wouldn't break my heart to know that I won't be hearing back from a girl who can't even pronounce kitten ("ki'-in") correctly. 1 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 It's your turn to pass it on -- what does that mean? In dating apps on your phone, if you see the profile of somebody you want more information on, you swipe right, if you don't want to know more about the person, you swipe left to move on. 2 Link to comment
Bastet March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 Thank you. I don't have a smart phone, apps, or any interest in dating sites, so I wouldn't have come up with that in a hundred years. 10 Link to comment
Prairie Fire March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 Aw, in defense of "Left Swipe Dat", I think it's effective. The song is catchy and current, Becky G is cute, Grace Helbig rapping is funny, the Lil' Jon guy is hilarious, and it gets the right message across: "here's another reason to put down the cigarettes". Truth has been hit or miss over the years, but I appreciate that they're never afraid to take the ball to the hole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcAj3lOyv3s 2 Link to comment
90PercentGravity March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 I don't like that that ad seems to be implying that it's totally cool to be an asshole to another human being. 5 Link to comment
SmithW6079 March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 (edited) I don't like that that ad seems to be implying that it's totally cool to be an asshole to another human being.But it's a dating app, right? If all you do is left swipe or right swipe, does the person actually know? Speaking for me personally, smoking is a deal breaker. Edited March 25, 2015 by SmithW6079 6 Link to comment
theatremouse March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 Conceptually, I don't really have a problem with it. The premise isn't "be an asshole to smokers"; the left swipe is basically a "no, thanks" or "not interested". So they're effectively saying "reject smoking" in shorthand. Frankly, smoking is a deal-breaker already for a lot of people in a dating context, which the ad seems to be aware of since they present it as "fact" (and I assume they'd be sued if that were a lie). So if they're trying to get the message across "hey smokers, lots of people won't date you til you quit smoking"...meh. I don't find it especially brilliant or thought provoking. I also don't find it offensive. It would appear to already be true? So just pointing it out, in an attempt to convince people not to smoke (or really, what they're doing is attempting to convince people to not advertise that they smoke in dating aps), I mean, if they think it'll help convince, ok? If they were being presumptuous or hyberbolic it'd be a little dicier but if they have found some amount of data to back up the statement, sure why not point it out. 2 Link to comment
Prairie Fire March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 Also, nobody forces anyone to sign up for Tinder...if you do so, you're saying you're OK with people left-swiping you (in stark contrast to most types of actual bullying, where the victim doesn't do anything to invite such acts other than just showing up to school...) 4 Link to comment
Janet Snakehole March 22, 2015 Share March 22, 2015 One thing that bothers me is that the people whose profiles are being looked at are listed as being 18 and 19. The woman and the man swiping left look.....significantly older. I guess 18/19 year olds are adults, but it still weirds me out. And the guy saying hash tag at the end is annoying. 2 Link to comment
Ubiquitous March 23, 2015 Share March 23, 2015 I have similar feelings about Hidden Valley Ranch giving themselves props for getting people to eat their vegetables. If they're drenched in salad dressing, it kind of defeats the purpose. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3oWR2QMrI9kTo be honest, I wouldn't want go associate wifh any of those people in the "Left swipe" ad. 3 Link to comment
erikdepressant March 23, 2015 Share March 23, 2015 Really sick of seeing Bud Light's commercial for their upcoming Hipsterpalooza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0WJVxWiQWY To apply for citizenship in Whatever, USA, you have to send a fifteen second audition video proving you're the biggest doucheblister. Warning: these following two USA Today articles contain those obnoxious video ads, so be prepared to mute/pause... This first article is about how Whatever, USA is actually good for the local economy: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/05/bud-light-turns-tiny-ski-town-into-whatever-usa/15172279/ But this second article is comedy. It describes how Bud Light fucked up the process of deporting these assholes out of my Colorado. Quite a few of the idiots tried to smuggle weed out of here. Bonus points for using a hashtagged ad slogan to humiliate a company: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/07/flight-delays-from-whatever/15263999/ Link to comment
LoneHaranguer March 23, 2015 Share March 23, 2015 One thing that bothers me is that the people whose profiles are being looked at are listed as being 18 and 19. The woman and the man swiping left look.....significantly older. I guess 18/19 year olds are adults, but it still weirds me out. It's also an interesting choice since many localities in the U.S. have a minimum age of 21 to buy cigarettes. 2 Link to comment
RedZoneTuba March 23, 2015 Share March 23, 2015 I finally saw the hashtag Toyota ladies (several times) this weekend. No words, or even faddish text markup, can express my rage and instant revulsion. #nowIhateyouToyota 6 Link to comment
chickieshortlegs March 23, 2015 Share March 23, 2015 The idiot in the Wendy's ad who is covering the fishbowl's 'ears' so his precious goldfish won't hear anything hurtful should also probably move his own damn fish sandwich which is sitting in front of the goldfish's uncovered eyes. 5 Link to comment
Sandman87 March 24, 2015 Share March 24, 2015 The idiot in the Wendy's ad who is covering the fishbowl's 'ears' so his precious goldfish won't hear anything hurtful should also probably move his own damn fish sandwich which is sitting in front of the goldfish's uncovered eyes.That ad reminds me of an old Jack Benny program that one of the local radio stations played last year. Everyone is discussing eating eggs, but they have to keep spelling it out because there's a parrot in the room. Link to comment
Jamoche March 24, 2015 Share March 24, 2015 Whatever "Young and Hungry" is, it and its ad full of people in white clothes having a food fight and smearing food around their open mouths when they eat cannot go away fast enough. Link to comment
GaT March 24, 2015 Share March 24, 2015 (edited) When I watch OnDemand, this commercial plays over & over & over & OVER again. I am so sick of this friggin' commercial I want to blow up my local Panera Bread. EDITED: Since I have posted the above, (only 35 minutes ago) they have run this commercial FIVE MORE TIMES. I now understand how people who hear voices telling them to kill feel. Edited March 24, 2015 by GaT 5 Link to comment
SmithW6079 March 24, 2015 Share March 24, 2015 (edited) I hate Jeff Goldblum on the Apartments.com commercials, not for "lowering" himself to make commercials, because everybody's gotta eat, but for the Steve Jobsesque persona, TED-type presentation, and the absolutely ludicrous "Apartmenternet" and "Web 5.0" jargon crap. Even though I'm a renter and even though I prefer to live in apartments, I will not use Apartments.com to find a new place because of those commercials. Edited March 25, 2015 by SmithW6079 10 Link to comment
Brattinella March 24, 2015 Share March 24, 2015 Jeff Goldblum (one of my all-time favorites) is an absolute disgrace in this commercial. Fie! 2 Link to comment
90PercentGravity March 24, 2015 Share March 24, 2015 I hate Apartments.com. You have to sign in to get any useful information and then the prices are always wrong. HotPads ftw. Link to comment
riley702 March 24, 2015 Share March 24, 2015 I'm kind of loving on Panera right now, because my boss sprang for Panera box lunches for everyone last weekend in appreciation of how hard we've been working lately. That was 50-60 box lunches out of his own pocket! 2 Link to comment
SoSueMe March 25, 2015 Share March 25, 2015 Cadillac 'Dare Greatly' commercials annoy me, I'm not sure why. 3 Link to comment
Cobalt Stargazer March 25, 2015 Share March 25, 2015 Cadillac 'Dare Greatly' commercials annoy me, I'm not sure why. Because 'Dare Greatly' is lousy grammar? 6 Link to comment
ethalfrida March 25, 2015 Share March 25, 2015 (edited) I hate the Seaworld ad because they think saying a few nice things about the orcas and other live creatures in captivity is going to distract from their being in captivity. And I hate the Flex Paint ad because they show a "mural" which actually graffiti as a "finished art piece" Anything to get that bottom line even if it encourages actitivites that are wrong. But I love the Minions Universal City ad... "si si"! Edited March 25, 2015 by ethalfrida 2 Link to comment
theatremouse March 25, 2015 Share March 25, 2015 I hate the Seaworld ad because they think saying a few nice things about the orcas and other live creatures in captivity is going to distract from their being in captivity.Yeah, I noticed they did some subtle but (to me) conspicuous things in their new ad campaign. In the past, you'd regularly see examples of the fin droop of the orcas in their ads, because, you know, all the whales there experience that. But since the Blackfish backlash, the latest slate of ads are carefully edited to make sure there are no images of orcas with the drooping dorsal fin in the ad at all. It stuck out to me because I'm used to always seeing the Seaworld orcas with it. 1 Link to comment
merylinkid March 25, 2015 Share March 25, 2015 Williamsburg has a new tourism ad that makes shackling your kids, and imprisoning women for being witches sound like great things to do on vacation. WHat next? Auctioning people who look different than you off in slavery for the LOLZ? Yes, these things are part of history, but they should not be advertised as a good time and fun. 6 Link to comment
slensam March 25, 2015 Share March 25, 2015 Williamsburg has a new tourism ad that makes shackling your kids, and imprisoning women for being witches sound like great things to do on vacation. WHat next? Auctioning people who look different than you off in slavery for the LOLZ? Yes, these things are part of history, but they should not be advertised as a good time and fun. Have fun hiking on the Trail of Tears! See the sights and get in a good workout! 8 Link to comment
Cobalt Stargazer March 25, 2015 Share March 25, 2015 Williamsburg has a new tourism ad that makes shackling your kids, and imprisoning women for being witches sound like great things to do on vacation. WHat next? Auctioning people who look different than you off in slavery for the LOLZ? Yes, these things are part of history, but they should not be advertised as a good time and fun. When I was a kid lo these many moons ago, my parents took me and my sister to Williamsburg in the dead of a Virginia summer. We walked around all day and saw stuff, watched the costumed re-enactors discuss the American Revolution, and when a cannon went off at around noon, one of the waitstaff where we were having lunch dropped an entire tray of lemonade glasses because they were so startled. I guess tourism hasn't changed much, even in the modern age. 3 Link to comment
iMonrey March 25, 2015 Share March 25, 2015 Some people enjoy being a receptionist, or take a similar position for other reasons (schedule, family, whatever). Doesn't make them stupid or only out to get government handouts. Just saying. Sure. But are young kids in grade school really going to be more excited about a Toyota receptionist than an astronaut or a fireman? Especially when the latter two have shown up in full uniform/gear? I think not. It's the kids who look dumb in that commercial. 6 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen March 26, 2015 Share March 26, 2015 "No other scents feel like Glade." What the hell does that even mean? 8 Link to comment
DeLurker March 26, 2015 Share March 26, 2015 (edited) If it were the Glades, a common shortening of Everglades, I would know - mosquito bites and sawgrass abrasions (and these would be the mildest "feels" associated with the Everglades). I know there is a shared hate for the Belvita Bitch, but this morning I saw an add for Belvita Bites with what I will now refer to as the Belvita Bastard. He's probably slightly less annoying than the Belvita Bitch, but not by much. My head canon will be they are married to each other and make each other as miserable as they make me. And this commercial seems like it has been around forever but since I see it fairly frequently, my loathing for it never dies. Purina Beggin' Strips has managed to make a commercial featuring a golden retriever, a dog with a high Awwww Quotient, unwatchable with that horrible voice they use for the dog. ETA: A Glades scented room freshner would be required to smell like swamp gas (lots and lots of methane). I can see Shrek buying that. Edited March 26, 2015 by DeLurker 3 Link to comment
erikdepressant March 26, 2015 Share March 26, 2015 And this commercial seems like it has been around forever but since I see it fairly frequently, my loathing for it never dies. Purina Beggin' Strips has managed to make a commercial featuring a golden retriever, a dog with a high Awwww Quotient, unwatchable with that horrible voice they use for the dog. LOL, DeLurker! When that commercial came on last night, I realized I hadn't seen it in a long time, so I had forgotten how utterly annoying it was. I made a mental note to come on PTV today to bitch about it. Thanks for handling it! 2 Link to comment
StaceyNotStacie March 26, 2015 Share March 26, 2015 When I was a kid lo these many moons ago, my parents took me and my sister to Williamsburg in the dead of a Virginia summer. We walked around all day and saw stuff, watched the costumed re-enactors discuss the American Revolution, and when a cannon went off at around noon, one of the waitstaff where we were having lunch dropped an entire tray of lemonade glasses because they were so startled. I guess tourism hasn't changed much, even in the modern age. I live an hour away from Williamsburg and have been there a few times; it's interesting for visitors, but I've seen the colonial stuff so many times that I'm now bored when I see it. Virginia summers are not fun (unless you're near a swimming pool, beach, or somewhere air conditioned) and I hope your parents also took you and your sister to Busch Gardens or Water Country USA as part of the trip. 1 Link to comment
Ubiquitous March 27, 2015 Share March 27, 2015 I did not realize that crappy beer's imaginaryville was in Colorado. I assumed they were using a small island in the Caribbean for douchapalooza. 2 Link to comment
90PercentGravity March 27, 2015 Share March 27, 2015 I know it has already been discussed at length, but no matter how many times I see the Nationwide commercials with the kids I come away with the message that Nationwide customers are spoiled brats. 1 Link to comment
Sandman87 March 27, 2015 Share March 27, 2015 "No other scents feel like Glade." What the hell does that even mean? I think it means that their new formula includes peyote extract. 6 Link to comment
slensam March 27, 2015 Share March 27, 2015 I recently saw an ad for Honest Diapers with a bunch of babies dancing around to some pop song with the word booty in it. I really don't want to think of babies booties. They're going to have a lifetime of being objectified over one thing or another. Can they have at least this little period to themselves? Babies don't know from booties. It's for the "hip" mothers. It's not cute and fun. Leave "em alone. 5 Link to comment
St. Claire March 27, 2015 Share March 27, 2015 Yeah, "booties" has a whole different meaning for the newborn set. 2 Link to comment
erikdepressant March 27, 2015 Share March 27, 2015 We can slowly work our way downwards from Toddlers and Tiaras to the intrauterine pageants of Fetuses & Sashes. The stage moms will become the stages. 5 Link to comment
DeLurker March 27, 2015 Share March 27, 2015 Your fetus can win Most Photogenic based on a sonogram. 4 Link to comment
Cobalt Stargazer March 27, 2015 Share March 27, 2015 I recently saw an ad for Honest Diapers with a bunch of babies dancing around to some pop song with the word booty in it. That song is All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor, and yes, I can't imagine what Honest Diapers' ad agency was thinking. It's a cute enough song, but I'm pretty sure they've never actually listened to the lyrics. 4 Link to comment
xls March 28, 2015 Share March 28, 2015 If it were the Glades, a common shortening of Everglades, I would know - mosquito bites and sawgrass abrasions (and these would be the mildest "feels" associated with the Everglades). I know there is a shared hate for the Belvita Bitch, but this morning I saw an add for Belvita Bites with what I will now refer to as the Belvita Bastard. He's probably slightly less annoying than the Belvita Bitch, but not by much. My head canon will be they are married to each other and make each other as miserable as they make me. He does that same annoying talk-singing, too! 1 Link to comment
xls March 28, 2015 Share March 28, 2015 Williamsburg has a new tourism ad that makes shackling your kids, and imprisoning women for being witches sound like great things to do on vacation. WHat next? Auctioning people who look different than you off in slavery for the LOLZ? Yes, these things are part of history, but they should not be advertised as a good time and fun. My friend finds this one offensive because it mocks Joan of Arc. I just think it's dumb because people didn't have cars back then! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSOcMXQZ5Go Link to comment
90PercentGravity March 28, 2015 Share March 28, 2015 IDK, I think it's hilarious when she says "I didn't turn your daughter into a rooster, she just looks like that." 12 Link to comment
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