Wednesday Morning Rant

Let's wokify
::spins wheel::
speakers

Activists always look for any opportunity to push the message and promote the cause. Marketing departments across the land - across several lands - are packed to the rafters with activists, and they never fail to create opportunities to promote their ideals. Things that have (and should have) nothing to do with politics or social movements are nonetheless shackled to them to serve as vehicles for activist ambition. From razor blades to beer to sports to underwear, wokism is ever-present.

Some of these - like Victoria's Secret - are examples of "go broke, get woke." When the business isn't in good shape, go for the wokism to make some waves. Some of them are more like Gillette or AB-InBev, where a reasonably healthy business loses its mind and goes all-in on divisive politics. The big names are big, but the same problem is literally everywhere. This ad is a few months old, but it only entered rotation on my TV set recently:

This is an ad for a bluetooth speaker made by Marshall, not that it's in any way obvious. At first, this looks like an ad for body-positivity activism (What's particularly funny is that she apparently isn't primarily a "body postivity" activist, but a "shade-inclusivity" beauty products activist.). The ad says nothing about the product. They don't tell you that it's $300. They don't tell you that it's water and dust resistant. They don't tell you that it has four speaker drivers. They don't tell you the product's name (apparently, it's "Middleton") and while they show the logo throughout, they don't bother to even say the name of the company. It leaves with you a vague impression that it's for speakers, but doesn't go out of its way to make the point.

The short-form ad (the YouTube preroll ad version) is even worse. It's just the activist woman and it truly leaves you guessing. If I didn't already know what Marshall is, I would have no clue that the ad was for a speaker. Even setting aside the distastefulness of activism-based marketing, this is a failure of an advertisement.

So-called "lifestyle" marketing is nothing new and this is actually a prime example of it. The print copy could have come from any point in the modern era:

For over 60 years, Marshall has shown that Rock 'n' roll is more than just a genre, it is a state of mind. To celebrate the launch of Middleton, we've partnered with four cultural pioneers to amplify their voices and celebrate their unique stories. Constant travelling, online noise, burnout and unwanted looks are part of their daily lives. And how they deal with it has made them who they are.
Meet Seb Murphy, Sophi St. Louis, Efron Danzig, and David Yang. Follow the story.

"Live that Rock 'n Roll lifestyle, you renegade!" Nothing new here. It's bog-standard and, bluntly, boring stuff. The commercial, though, doesn't even tie in. The ad just screams "activism," and doesn't even bother screaming it through a Marshall Stack.

15 years ago, an ad agency that pitched to executives, "let's have a frenetic visual mess that relates nothing about the product, the company or the Rock 'N Roll Rebel lifestyle, but be sure to put an activist in it at both the start and finish of the ad" would have been fired. Now, they aren't. Now, it's normal. Now you get kicked out of the room if you don't do it.

The first company to kick out the activists and reconquer the marketing department is going to get a whole lot of market differentiation for free.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 Yeet

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2024 11:06 AM (HMS1n)

2 1st?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 01, 2024 11:06 AM (9yWhg)

3 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2024 11:07 AM (GTI3j)

4 Damn. Not first. Oh well, I'll go cull the otters.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 01, 2024 11:07 AM (9yWhg)

5 Should ads like this be treated as political contributions rather than marketing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:07 AM (GBKbO)

6 Levi's was a pioneer in this field. Their products now suck the big one, but hey, we're cool and edgy (in our minds).

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:08 AM (CsUN+)

7 always relevant comic on this topic:

http://tiny.cc/mvtwxz

Posted by: brak at May 01, 2024 11:08 AM (25k9m)

8 always relevant comic on this topic:

http://tiny.cc/mvtwxz
Posted by: brak at May 01, 2024 11:08 AM (25k9m)
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Exactly.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:09 AM (HnUIn)

9 "Meet Seb Murphy, Sophi St. Louis, Efron Danzig, and David Yang. Follow the story."
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Naturally, these are all "diverse" folks, with nary a straight, white "John Smith" among them....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2024 11:09 AM (7fElN)

10 I remember the cat herders commercial.

I do not know what it was advertising. I'd guess insurance of some kind.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:10 AM (GBKbO)

11 To celebrate the launch of Middleton, we've partnered with four cultural pioneers to amplify their voices and celebrate their unique stories. Constant travelling, online noise, burnout and unwanted looks are part of their daily lives. And how they deal with it has made them who they are.

Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:10 AM (CsUN+)

12 The real failure is that no one will watch this and think "these people are better than me, i want to be like them by buying whatever the hell this is".

They'll think "Da fuq is this nutsack? 4... 3....2...... aaand skip."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 01, 2024 11:10 AM (+yhUM)

13 Most YouTube short commercials get their product name in there in the first 5 seconds, at which point the viewer can hit the "Skip" button.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 01, 2024 11:10 AM (Cus5s)

14 Should ads like this be treated as political contributions rather than marketing?

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Yep. Just like Speilberg working for Biden for free, or Oprah or Tay-Tay or anyone else giving endorsements.

Billions upon billions, tax free.

But they're going to ping my "unrecognized gains"

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2024 is an IQ test. Why are you poorer? at May 01, 2024 11:10 AM (OTNVO)

15 "Activist"....how tiresome.

Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

16 Marshall speakers have an appreciative eye for the feminine form! Hubba hubba!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:11 AM (JCZqz)

17 Mesa Boogie for real tone and heavy metal crunch!

Dual Rectifier and Mark II/JP2C for the win!

Posted by: JROD at May 01, 2024 11:11 AM (IlL6s)

18 Has anyone ever seen a fat chick insisting on body positivity for men?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2024 is an IQ test. Why are you poorer? at May 01, 2024 11:11 AM (OTNVO)

19 I swanny.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2024 11:11 AM (NxC5+)

20 The first company to kick out the activists and reconquer the marketing department is going to get a whole lot of market differentiation for free.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

Spot on Joe!
What's old will be new again. Finally.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 01, 2024 11:11 AM (W/lyH)

21 Marshall speakers have an appreciative eye for the feminine form! Hubba hubba!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:11 AM (JCZqz)
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LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:12 AM (HnUIn)

22 I hope Ace uses the picture of the Chapel Hill frat boys saving the US flag from the terrorist-supporting scum today. I hope that Trump reaches out to all of them.

Posted by: jmel at May 01, 2024 11:12 AM (RWHIh)

23 Orange Amps sound better and are warmer and richer than Marshall Amps.

There I said it!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 01, 2024 11:12 AM (XV/Pl)

24 Also dang that's a big ol' fat black woman. Dang, baby.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2024 is an IQ test. Why are you poorer? at May 01, 2024 11:12 AM (OTNVO)

25 Has anyone ever seen a fat chick insisting on body positivity for men?
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Men don't need it. We all think we're studs.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 01, 2024 11:12 AM (9yWhg)

26 18 Has anyone ever seen a fat chick insisting on body positivity for men?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2024 is an IQ test. Why are you poorer? at May 01, 2024 11:11 AM (OTNVO)

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Has anyone seen a fat male mannequin in a clothing store?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:12 AM (GBKbO)

27 I bet it doesn't even go to eleven

Posted by: Gaff at May 01, 2024 11:13 AM (jPS2y)

28 Has anyone ever seen a fat chick insisting on body positivity for men?

why should I settle? I deserve better than some lazy slob. I'm big and beautiful

Posted by: Fat Chicks at May 01, 2024 11:13 AM (25k9m)

29 Has anyone ever seen a fat chick insisting on body positivity for men?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2024 is an IQ test. Why are you poorer? at May 01, 2024 11:11 AM (OTNVO)
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Yes, with an asterisk.

The "body postivity" are inclusive. It's great for everyone, of course!

Just don't ask any chicks to bang one of the "body positivity" men. They won't.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:13 AM (HnUIn)

30 It's an op. They need to marinate you in the madness. The ideas from these companies are rarely independent sparks from within.

Note how many "things" feature genderless blobs now instead of women or men. Been going on since probably 2016, slowly inveigling its way into culture.

Not even butch women or effeminate men, but formless massless featureless sexless creepy empties where you're not quite sure of they're male or female. Often they are teenagers since those are easier to find.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:13 AM (h10td)

31 29
Just don't ask any chicks to bang one of the "body positivity" men. They won't.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:13 AM (HnUIn)

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What if the man identifies as a woman?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:13 AM (GBKbO)

32 The first company to kick out the activists and reconquer the marketing department is going to get a whole lot of market differentiation for free.

Them: Hi, we're Acme, and we make superior widgets.
Confused Zoomer: I don't get it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:13 AM (CsUN+)

33 Activist = body odor

Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at May 01, 2024 11:14 AM (5FlEF)

34 Michael Moore Predicts Biden’s Support for Israel Will Cost Him Election

.. guess Democrats must embrace the Palestinian hate

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2024 11:14 AM (RHGPo)

35 Constant travelling, online noise, burnout and unwanted looks are part of their daily lives.

I have a really difficult time feeling a lot of sympathy for people who sought fame and then found it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:14 AM (T7iTv)

36 Just don't ask any chicks to bang one of the "body positivity" men. They won't.
--

You better be six feet tall = stronk women's preferences

You shouldn't be fat = misogyny

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2024 is an IQ test. Why are you poorer? at May 01, 2024 11:15 AM (OTNVO)

37 33 Activist = body odor
Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at May 01, 2024 11:14 AM (5FlEF)

*perks up*

Posted by: Axe Body Spray Marketing Department at May 01, 2024 11:15 AM (PiwSw)

38 I have a really difficult time feeling a lot of sympathy for people who sought fame and then found it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:14 AM (T7iTv)
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"Be careful what you wish for."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:15 AM (HnUIn)

39 I wonder if that Lume 96 hour "shower alternative" spray covers up that sausage pizza and salt pork body odor?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2024 is an IQ test. Why are you poorer? at May 01, 2024 11:16 AM (OTNVO)

40 Them: Hi, we're Acme, and we make superior widgets.
Confused Zoomer: I don't get it.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:13 AM (CsUN+)

Yeah, too young to have watched Wiley Coyote cartoons so they don't get the joke.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:17 AM (T7iTv)

41 38 ++++
"Be careful what you wish for."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:15 AM (HnUIn)

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I wished for regular-sized margins!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

42 Not even butch women or effeminate men, but formless massless featureless sexless creepy empties where you're not quite sure of they're male or female. Often they are teenagers since those are easier to find.

It's....PAT!

https://tinyurl.com/4n5dztam

Pat is now "problematic" and "controversial". Of course.
https://tinyurl.com/ujzzya67

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:17 AM (CsUN+)

43 I wished for regular-sized margins!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:17 AM (GBKbO)
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I fixed it. Took me a minute to notice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:18 AM (HnUIn)

44 Michael Moore Predicts Biden’s Support for Israel Will Cost Him Election

So, "I want all of you to die without me having to order the US to bomb you" is just too Jew-loving for the left?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:18 AM (T7iTv)

45 I remember the cat herders commercial.

I do not know what it was advertising. I'd guess insurance of some kind.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:10 AM (GBKbO)

If it's the one I'm thinking off, it was for EDS, Electronic Data Systems. Ross Perot's IT consulting company. I was serving time with the company when it came out at as a Super Bowl commercial.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 01, 2024 11:18 AM (XT+5H)

46 I first noticed the gender op back in like 2012 and pointed it out right here on these very pages, when I observed that Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber - two of the world's biggest stars - had mysteriously morphed into the same person.

https://tinyurl.com/3ev4pfak

This is why I sound like a maniac. My comments are designed to be read a decade later when they make more sense.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:18 AM (h10td)

47 29 Has anyone ever seen a fat chick insisting on body positivity for men?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2024 is an IQ test. Why are you poorer? at May 01, 2024 11:11 AM (OTNVO)
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Yes, with an asterisk.

The "body postivity" are inclusive. It's great for everyone, of course!

Just don't ask any chicks to bang one of the "body positivity" men. They won't.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:13 AM (HnUIn)
The 'plus' size men are all dragqueens.

Posted by: Eromero at May 01, 2024 11:18 AM (NxC5+)

48 salt pork body odor

Posted by: Moron Robbie - 2024 is an IQ test. Why are you poorer? at May 01, 2024 11:16 AM (OTNVO)

fat back?

Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:18 AM (AwYPR)

49 Most YouTube short commercials get their product name in there in the first 5 seconds, at which point the viewer can hit the "Skip" button.
Posted by: illiniwek

In my feed I am getting donation requests from the JEF with Mushbrains standing with him or Kumalot begging.

YT algorithms are laughable.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2024 11:19 AM (WXNFJ)

50 People still watch television?

Posted by: Hunh. Who knew at May 01, 2024 11:19 AM (dg+HA)

51 Adam Carolla has talked about this for a long time. Example he always brings up is Subaru. All their ads are good vibes, never really mentioning what the car can do.

And eve more hilarious, Subaru makes weapons for the Japanese military. lol. And yet they sell their cars to leftists who think buying a Subaru makes the world a better place.

It’s fucking genius marketing.

Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 11:19 AM (Y6Wgg)

52 45 If it's the one I'm thinking off, it was for EDS, Electronic Data Systems. Ross Perot's IT consulting company. I was serving time with the company when it came out at as a Super Bowl commercial.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 01, 2024 11:18 AM (XT+5H)

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I was WAY off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:19 AM (GBKbO)

53 Marshall was sold to Zound, a Swedish audio technology company, in 2023.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2024 11:20 AM (rJ48h)

54 >>>The first company to kick out the activists and reconquer the marketing department is going to get a whole lot of market differentiation for free.
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Or cancelled. One or the other, and I hope the former!

Little story: my wife loves Grammerly and so I thought I'd try it. First use, instead of suggestions for clarity I get an admonition that my writing has some hateful components (I am part of an anti-DEI free speech group and I was writing an email) and the Ap won't help me tune up any of that stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 01, 2024 11:20 AM (jtgLT)

55 I'd rather the plastic asshole activist than the fake cowboy.

Sweet fuck am i sick of fake cowboys everywhere.

You're not Sam Elliot. Your BigMan ToughGuy pickup truck is designed for fat stumpy middle managers to drag their asshole stepkids to AllTheSports practice while their wife bangs her ex. Now clear your fucking throat and take off that preposterous hat, you silly little 'mo.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 01, 2024 11:20 AM (+yhUM)

56 "Unwanted looks." Gotta love how even looking at someone is a cultural sin now.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 01, 2024 11:20 AM (7XQ/q)

57 Marshall was sold to Zound, a Swedish audio technology company, in 2023.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2024 11:20 AM (rJ48h)
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And then Zound took the name.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:20 AM (HnUIn)

58 ...Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber - two of the world's biggest stars - had mysteriously morphed into the same person.

I'm guessing they both took a lot of cock in their childhood careers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:20 AM (T7iTv)

59 I think the JVC Home Theater system I have is like 20-25 years old. Still works great. Now the display is fucked, but with the remote, I can figure things out.

Hell, these computer speakers are a pair of Bose I have had for at least that long.

Speakers should not be a particularly high wear item.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:21 AM (di6C2)

60 I just saw one of these speakers last night at a restaurant.

I thought it looked like a pretty good speaker and was interested in it.

That ad just turned my stomach and made me MUCH less likely to even consider the speaker now.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 01, 2024 11:21 AM (JMAcK)

61 I drive a Subaru because I like the way it drives.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:21 AM (h10td)

62 55 I'd rather the plastic asshole activist than the fake cowboy.

Sweet fuck am i sick of fake cowboys everywhere.

You're not Sam Elliot. Your BigMan ToughGuy pickup truck is designed for fat stumpy middle managers to drag their asshole stepkids to AllTheSports practice while their wife bangs her ex. Now clear your fucking throat and take off that preposterous hat, you silly little 'mo.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 01, 2024 11:20 AM (+yhUM)

*Kevin Costner has entered the chat*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 01, 2024 11:22 AM (PiwSw)

63 Do Palestinian Nazis have Tiki torches ?

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2024 11:22 AM (RHGPo)

64 I'm guessing they both took a lot of cock in their childhood careers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:20 AM (T7iTv)

Sad true

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:22 AM (h10td)

65 9 Naturally, these are all "diverse" folks, with nary a straight, white "John Smith" among them....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2024 11:09 AM (7fElN)

Where's the hardass Marine Drill Sergeant shouting "BUY THE GODDAMN SPEAKERS, MAGGOT, OR I WILL BEAT THE SOUL OUT OF YOUR PATHETIC WEAK BODY!"?

Posted by: XTC at May 01, 2024 11:22 AM (UnA8+)

66 Speakers should not be a particularly high wear item.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:21 AM (di6C2)

Heh.

Posted by: Pete Townshend at May 01, 2024 11:23 AM (PiwSw)

67 salt pork body odor

Posted by: Moron Robbie

fat back?
Posted by: BignJames

The back of her neck resembled a package of hotdogs.

That's the first thing I thought. The second thing was - I gotta get outta her.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2024 11:23 AM (WXNFJ)

68 I just saw one of these speakers last night at a restaurant.

I thought it looked like a pretty good speaker and was interested in it.

That ad just turned my stomach and made me MUCH less likely to even consider the speaker now.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 01, 2024 11:21 AM (JMAcK)
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That's the risk of activism marketing. You'd better hope that, in your addressable market, more people who see the ad will like it than hate it. And it does need to be one or the other because those who are indifferent were unlikely to make the purchase anyway.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:23 AM (HnUIn)

69 I count 6 appearences of the actual speakers in that ad.

Also, does anyone else fucking hate the trend of schizo/strobe lighting and cuts in commercials and everything?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:23 AM (di6C2)

70 I didn’t know Marshal amps were still a thing?

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 01, 2024 11:23 AM (BjRQH)

71 Oh geeze -

'here', I meant 'here'.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2024 11:23 AM (WXNFJ)

72 I drive a Subaru because I like the way it drives.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:21 AM (h10td)

Were you a lesbian before?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:23 AM (T7iTv)

73 Not even butch women or effeminate men, but formless massless featureless sexless creepy empties where you're not quite sure of they're male or female. Often they are teenagers since those are easier to find.

That thing/soldier in Fallout. Xelia Mendes-Jones as Dane.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:24 AM (hF4JZ)

74 73
That thing/soldier in Fallout. Xelia Mendes-Jones as Dane.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:24 AM (hF4JZ)

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Devs has one. Obviously a girl who cuts her hair short and wears baggy clothes. Called he. She's a minor character.

Still, at least Devs is good around that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:24 AM (GBKbO)

75 That's the risk of activism marketing. You'd better hope that, in your addressable market, more people who see the ad will like it than hate it. And it does need to be one or the other because those who are indifferent were unlikely to make the purchase anyway.

That ad in particular will alienate the epileptic community.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (CsUN+)

76 Oh geeze -

'here', I meant 'here'.
Posted by: Tonypete

Heh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (R4t5M)

77 The lady in the ad manages to look like a pasty black woman. Grossly obese.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (di6C2)

78 Speakers should not be a particularly high wear item.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:21 AM (di6C2)

Depends on how hard you push 'em.

Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (AwYPR)

79 The back of her neck resembled a package of hotdogs.

Your mama so fat....

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (hF4JZ)

80 Are we sure that Marshall ad isn't for Dramamine?

It made me nauseous to watch it and not because of the "body positivity."

The cinematography was atrocious, all quick cuts and fast movement designed to disorient the viewer. Ugh.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (7fElN)

81 Were you a lesbian before?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:23 AM (T7iTv)

I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (h10td)

82 Michael Moore Predicts Biden’s Support for Israel Will Cost Him Election

Corruption, perversion and senility are irrelevant?

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (JLq/1)

83 Also, does anyone else fucking hate the trend of schizo/strobe lighting and cuts in commercials and everything?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:23 AM (di6C2)
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Yes, entirely. It's related, I think, to the other increasing trend in advertising: vertical video. Lots of vertical video in ads now.

I call it the "TikTok Effect." TikTok video is vertical. TikTok video - when it isn't a single discrete chunk like a dance video - has frenetic editing due to the duration limitation. Advertising is reflecting TikTok production methods. Fast-paced, quick-cut, flashing text on screen, vertical orientation (often with multiple vertical panels to fill up the normal TV aspect ratio).

The kids are already used to it, and it pairs nicely with the Ludovico Technique.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (HnUIn)

84 It's just simple stupidity.
I pass a HUGE billboard every day. It is for a sizable local jewelry outlet. Apparently they want to sell you a wedding ring for your betrothed. However the chick on the billboard, instead of looking happy and joyful, has a look on her face like you just slipped a rat's asshole on her ring finger. Stupid.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (pohLc)

85 I thought Marshalls was just your basic strip mall clothing store.

Posted by: Way outta date at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (dg+HA)

86 For over 60 years, Marshall has shown that Rock 'n' roll is more than just a genre, it is a state of mind. To celebrate the launch of Middleton, we've partnered with four cultural pioneers to amplify their voices ...

cultural sparkomatic > cultural pioneer

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (v3pYe)

87 Michael Moore Predicts Biden’s Support for Israel Will Cost Him Election

Corruption, perversion and senility are irrelevant?

Michael Moore is relevant?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (CsUN+)

88 Unwanted looks = Average men making $50K smiling at average women

Posted by: Moron Robbie - feminists, remember when society valued women so much they didn't even sweat? at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (Cgfkv)

89 >>> I first noticed the gender op back in like 2012 and pointed it out right here on these very pages, when I observed that Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber - two of the world's biggest stars - had mysteriously morphed into the same person.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:18 AM (h10td)

In bieber's defense I'd say he's probably got dorked up the squeeker by a lot of people in the entertainment industry early on. Well, that probably explains miley too for that matter.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (Y6IkP)

90 I've been in marketing since 2006. One client I worked for was Stanley Tools. They were launching a job site music player that was supposedly very rugged and durable.

Art director and I would walk to get lunch every day, which took us past a construction site. Regular dudes, pretty gruff looking, no nonsense types.

We pitched an idea that revolved around classic album covers reimagined as construction scenes. Welp, the team we pitched it to was 7-8 girls all under the age of 25, sans the female boss.

None of them knew the albums. Was likely that none knew a construction worker.

That's who's occupying these departments. Them and their "allies."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (KbCG3)

91 82 Michael Moore Predicts Biden’s Support for Israel Will Cost Him Election

Corruption, perversion and senility are irrelevant?
Posted by: Northernlurker at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (JLq/1)

Nope. And anyway, I believe that's a false narrative.

Posted by: Yellow Dog Democrats everywhere at May 01, 2024 11:27 AM (PiwSw)

92 The kids are already used to it, and it pairs nicely with the Ludovico Technique.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (HnUIn)

Landscape is only format to take a picture.

So let it be written.

So let it be done.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:27 AM (di6C2)

93 Michael Moore Predicts Biden’s Support for Israel Will Cost Him Election

Corruption, perversion and senility are irrelevant?

Michael Moore is relevant?
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Biden supports Israel?

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 01, 2024 11:27 AM (wQXfi)

94 Meet Seb Murphy, Sophi St. Louis, Efron Danzig, and David Yang. Follow the story.

big fan of his corridor

Posted by: that nice mr. hilter at May 01, 2024 11:27 AM (v3pYe)

95 name field change

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Turns out the Gaza port is for exporting terrorists at May 01, 2024 11:27 AM (Cgfkv)

96 Michael Moore is relevant?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (CsUN+)

Yes. To plate tectonics.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:27 AM (h10td)

97 I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.

Posted by: Coke at May 01, 2024 11:27 AM (SYTee)

98 Michael Moore is relevant?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (CsUN+)
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He's a vital part of the National Lard Reserve.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 01, 2024 11:27 AM (Be/+i)

99 The kids are already used to it, and it pairs nicely with the Ludovico Technique.

The Ludovico Technique
https://tinyurl.com/ydxnmy3u

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:28 AM (CsUN+)

100 If Marshall put a volume knob that went to 11 ……
Sales would increase

Posted by: kactus at May 01, 2024 11:28 AM (K93PH)

101 Orange Amps sound better and are warmer and richer than Marshall Amps.

There I said it!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 01, 2024 11:12 AM (XV/Pl)

I don't really have a preference on my amp. Maybe my guitar playing isn't refined enough.

Anyway, here's the commercial for Orange's competing speaker to Marshall:
https://tinyurl.com/4ayhr36e

Still clearly made to be "DIVERSE", but there's no message. It's not turning my stomach, and it looks like these people are having fun.

Orange may have just gotten my business. Marshall might have gotten it if I hadn't seen their ad.

That's the exact opposite of what marketing should do.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 01, 2024 11:28 AM (JMAcK)

102 Marlboro commercials with the theme from The Magnificent Seven. See the USA in your Chevrolet. Funny VW commercials. Barbasol signs along the road. Yep, they got it all wrong.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 01, 2024 11:28 AM (0EOe9)

103 87 Michael Moore Predicts Biden’s Support for Israel Will Cost Him Election

Corruption, perversion and senility are irrelevant?

Michael Moore is relevant?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (CsUN+)

That's what you call support?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:28 AM (di6C2)

104 TikTok video - when it isn't a single discrete chunk like a dance video - has frenetic editing due to the duration limitation. Advertising is reflecting TikTok production methods. Fast-paced, quick-cut, flashing text on screen, vertical orientation (often with multiple vertical panels to fill up the normal TV aspect ratio).

How long before they start advertising on balls of yarn for the kids to bat around between naps?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:28 AM (T7iTv)

105 What I got from this ad is that Marshall make speakers small enough to put between your rolls of fat between the TV remote and the Subway sammich.

Posted by: Minuteman at May 01, 2024 11:29 AM (LaNzR)

106 How long before they start advertising on balls of yarn for the kids to bat around between naps?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2024 11:28 AM (T7iTv)
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Never. In the glorious future, there will be no spare yarn.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:29 AM (HnUIn)

107 Ummmmm ... 'Marshall' ... ? They 'used to be' a 'THING!'. Key words: 'USED TO BE ... '. Ain't no more. Sad. Marshall used to be the speakers every kid with a guitar wanted. 'USED TO BE ... '. You woke. You be broke. Go toke.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (ayRl+)

108 Welp, the team we pitched it to was 7-8 girls all under the age of 25, sans the female boss.

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hahahaha

I love the idea of marketing any type of tool that isn't some $20 all-in-one Christmas gift* directly to women. That's hilarious.

* you know the ones - a hammer, a pair of pliers, some picture hanging wire, etc.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Turns out the Gaza port is for exporting terrorists at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (Cgfkv)

109 85 I thought Marshalls was just your basic strip mall clothing store.

also a chain of art galleries.

what? you've not heard of marshall arts?

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (v3pYe)

110 What I got from this ad is that Marshall make speakers small enough to put between your rolls of fat between the TV remote and the Subway sammich.

What I got from this ad is that the ad execs think all black women are grossly obese and delusional.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (CsUN+)

111 Q: How do you when your girlfriend is too fat?
A: when you can’t hear the stereo when she ….

Posted by: Fenderbender at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (jUX1o)

112 46
‘ My comments are designed to be read a decade later when they make more sense.’

And we all congratulate you for it.
Ten years from now.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

113 Corruption, perversion and senility are irrelevant?
Posted by: Northernlurker at May 01, 2024 11:25 AM (JLq/1)

Nope. And anyway, I believe that's a false narrative.
Posted by: Yellow Dog Democrats everywhere

Rachel Maddow's guests said Biden is sharper than ever, and Trump’s the one with physical and mental deterioration. And I believed xim/xer!

Posted by: Unhinged DU Lefties at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (JCZqz)

114 Marlboro commercials with the theme from The Magnificent Seven. See the USA in your Chevrolet. Funny VW commercials. Barbasol signs along the road. Yep, they got it all wrong.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 01, 2024 11:28 AM (0EOe9)
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"Atsa some spicy meatball-a!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (Be/+i)

115 105 What I got from this ad is that Marshall make speakers small enough to put between your rolls of fat between the TV remote and the Subway sammich.
Posted by: Minuteman at May 01, 2024 11:29 AM (LaNzR)

Now I want Jimmy Johns.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (di6C2)

116 112 46
‘ My comments are designed to be read a decade later when they make more sense.’

And we all congratulate you for it.
Ten years from now.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:31 AM (GBKbO)

117 106 Never. In the glorious future, there will be no spare yarn.

brother, have you heard? yarn ration's going up!

Posted by: parsons at May 01, 2024 11:31 AM (v3pYe)

118 I don't really have a preference on my amp.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 01, 2024 11:28 AM (JMAcK)

Tube over solid state

Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:32 AM (AwYPR)

119 TV made the shift once to this fast paced ADD crap back around 2000. I remember being forced to watch an episode of Survivor and feeling nauseated by the editing.

Nothing lingered more than 3 seconds. No time to think. And now we're making the days of 3 second cuts look like The Godfather.

In 20 years entertainment will be fed to our cortex in single frames like we're Johnny 5.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:32 AM (h10td)

120 Forgot to ask if the 'new' ones 'GO TO ELEVEN!' ... Betcha 'Spinal Tap' wouldn't touch 'em.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 01, 2024 11:32 AM (ayRl+)

121 33 Activist = body odor
Posted by: Zeera
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Activist = rolling down the stairs at Columbia being clubbed by the cops. Cops = +1

Posted by: Braenyard at May 01, 2024 11:32 AM (lCWOD)

122 ... but a "shade-inclusivity" beauty products activist.

Shade-inclusivity? You mean, like, hiding from the racist Sun?

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 01, 2024 11:32 AM (P8k8D)

123 Past 100, so here's something I posted in the undernood last night.

There's something else. Apparently, House DEMOCRATS have called on the Columbia trustees to put an end to this thing. I imagine they're looking at some pretty disastrous polling.

House Democrats demand Columbia University trustees disband ‘tent camp’ or resign

https://tinyurl.com/h9mh3v7y

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:33 AM (CsUN+)

124 I thought Marshalls was just your basic strip mall clothing store.

also a chain of art galleries.

what? you've not heard of marshall arts?
Posted by: anachronda

I thought it was a law. Marshall law.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:33 AM (hF4JZ)

125 118 Mom and Dad got me a Gibson Scout amp. I still remember the "warm up smell".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 01, 2024 11:33 AM (0EOe9)

126 A buddy lived in a house with a guy that had a “NO FAT CHICKS” neon sign in the big front window. Radical fat chicks would shoot that window regularly. Had about six or seven bullet holes in it.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at May 01, 2024 11:33 AM (17s+e)

127 One way to look at these woke commercials and market directions is that it is an opportunity for the left to loot companies. I suspect this is more accurate as to what is really behind it then anything else...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2024 11:33 AM (ibTVg)

128 Kramden's Delicious Marshall

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:34 AM (h10td)

129 And we end with

"Marshall. Full of sound and fury. The speaker for today's dystopia."

Posted by: Don Draper at May 01, 2024 11:34 AM (LaNzR)

130 102 Marlboro commercials with the theme from The Magnificent Seven. See the USA in your Chevrolet. Funny VW commercials. Barbasol signs along the road. Yep, they got it all wrong.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Don't forget about me!!!

https://tinyurl.com/66xafsft

Posted by: Epic Yugo Commercial at May 01, 2024 11:34 AM (JCZqz)

131 ... I would have no clue that the ad was for a speaker.

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Speaker Mike "Benedict" Johnson hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 01, 2024 11:34 AM (P8k8D)

132 83 I call it the "TikTok Effect." TikTok video is vertical. TikTok video - when it isn't a single discrete chunk like a dance video - has frenetic editing due to the duration limitation. Advertising is reflecting TikTok production methods. Fast-paced, quick-cut, flashing text on screen, vertical orientation (often with multiple vertical panels to fill up the normal TV aspect ratio).

The kids are already used to it, and it pairs nicely with the Ludovico Technique.

up next: blipverts

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2024 11:34 AM (v3pYe)

133 Shade-inclusivity? You mean, like, hiding from the racist Sun?
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 01, 2024 11:32 AM (P8k8D)
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No. It's a girl race activist makeup thing.

In her words, from an interview with Vogue:
“This is 2021. People shouldn’t still have to struggle with finding their foundation shades,” the Haitian, Florida-based beauty obsessive tells Vogue over a Zoom call. “I remember when I was younger, I was forced to use foundation shades that were three shades lighter than me and I always wondered why.”

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:34 AM (HnUIn)

134 I will say, sound used to be richer, it seems like. I'd say that is almost entirely down to speaker quality. I am not sure the recording media has as much influence as we think it does. A nice turntable of a bach concerto will still sound tinny coming over a phone speaker as anything else.

On the other hand, an HTC One M8 I had had PHENOMENAL speaker quality for phone. It was really nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:34 AM (di6C2)

135 127 One way to look at these woke commercials and market directions is that it is an opportunity for the left to loot companies. I suspect this is more accurate as to what is really behind it then anything else...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2024 11:33 AM (ibTVg)

It goes back to a comment someone made about why teachers feel the need to interject politics into everything:

THE MESSAGE is always right.

It's always the right time to promote THE MESSAGE.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 01, 2024 11:35 AM (KbCG3)

136 And we all congratulate you for it.
Ten years from now.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

You're just trying to make me feel good.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:35 AM (h10td)

137 I thought it was a law. Marshall law.
Posted by: rickb223

Marshall Dillon has entered the chat.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2024 11:35 AM (WXNFJ)

138 123 There's something else. Apparently, House DEMOCRATS have called on the Columbia trustees to put an end to this thing. I imagine they're looking at some pretty disastrous polling.

House Democrats demand Columbia University trustees disband ‘tent camp’ or resign

https://tinyurl.com/h9mh3v7y
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:33 AM (CsUN+)

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I always put at least equal consideration to fundraising. Rich Jewish donors have been making noises for months now about how they're not happy with what's going on, even going so far as to pull some funds from universities like Harvard and Bill Ackman.

I suspect that's happening to the Democrat Party as a whole as well. Fundraising from big dollar donors is down, and they need a sign that elected Democrats are against this.

An angry letter could work. Especially if it includes some exclamation points. Failure theater isn't just a Republican thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:35 AM (GBKbO)

139 I actually saved a copy of the Cat Herders commercial. It's adorable but sells nothing except at the very end. "In a way, this is what we do...(viewer's interest fades immediately) blah blah blah bonk bonk on the head."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 01, 2024 11:36 AM (BxvY+)

140 Ummmmm ... 'Marshall' ... ? They 'used to be' a 'THING!'. Key words: 'USED TO BE ... '. Ain't no more. Sad. Marshall used to be the speakers every kid with a guitar wanted. 'USED TO BE ... '. You woke. You be broke. Go toke.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 01, 2024 11:30 AM (ayRl+)

Marshall still makes some great amps.

Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:36 AM (AwYPR)

141 “I remember when I was younger, I was forced to use foundation shades that were three shades lighter than me and I always wondered why.”
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:34 AM (HnUIn)

Yep. Still glad I am a guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:36 AM (di6C2)

142 Mom and Dad got me a Gibson Scout amp.

I still remember the "warm up smell".
Posted by: bill in arkansas

The wall wiring and insulation?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:37 AM (hF4JZ)

143 Yep. Still glad I am a guy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:36 AM (di6C2)
++++
But so is Lola.
L-O-L-A LOOOO-LA!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:37 AM (HnUIn)

144 Tube over solid state
Posted by: BignJames

It's tough to tuck your tube when it's in a solid state, let me tell ya. https://tinyurl.com/7bvsd4v8

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:37 AM (JCZqz)

145 I recall the early ads for the Infiniti car maker. An engineer I worked with said, "What's with waterfalls and forests?!? Tell me what's great about the car!"

Ads. Phooey.

Posted by: JM in illinois, behold the Manchurian President at May 01, 2024 11:37 AM (Rekkz)

146 That commercial needs more tattoos and fatasses.
It’s not as unappealing as it could be.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (jbnUc)

147 (apparently, it's "Middleton")

They named it after the princess? They could have called it "My Johnson" after an actual Speaker.

Posted by: t-bird at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (uDISK)

148 It's tough to tuck your tube when it's in a solid state, let me tell ya. https://tinyurl.com/7bvsd4v8
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:37 AM (JCZqz)

Now what, in our right mind, would possess us to click on that link?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (di6C2)

149 107 Ummmmm ... 'Marshall' ... ? They 'used to be' a 'THING!'. Key words: 'USED TO BE ... '. Ain't no more. Sad. Marshall used to be the speakers every kid with a guitar wanted. 'USED TO BE ... '. You woke. You be broke. Go toke.
Posted by: Dr_No
-------------------------

Or going broke go woke.
Could it be that American music is moving on from the quality of loud to something else?

Posted by: Braenyard at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (lCWOD)

150 I suspect that's happening to the Democrat Party as a whole as well. Fundraising from big dollar donors is down, and they need a sign that elected Democrats are against this.

You're probably right, although that is partially encompassed in the polling I mentioned.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (CsUN+)

151 You call that a commercial?

THIS is a commercial:

https://tinyurl.com/36j826af

They don't make models like they used to.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (h10td)

152 I recall the early ads for the Infiniti car maker. An engineer I worked with said, "What's with waterfalls and forests?!? Tell me what's great about the car!" ...
Posted by: JM in illinois, behold the Manchurian President at May 01, 2024 11:37 AM (Rekkz)
++++
I found the problem. These people are impossible to sell to.

Posted by: Marketer at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (HnUIn)

153 More annoying commercials are the ones run by the animal welfare people. Narrated by a lady too depressed to be on NPR. D- piano softly paying in the background. Please give or we will keep running this every break.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (0EOe9)

154 145 I recall the early ads for the Infiniti car maker. An engineer I worked with said, "What's with waterfalls and forests?!? Tell me what's great about the car!"

Ads. Phooey.
Posted by: JM in illinois, behold the Manchurian President at May 01, 2024 11:37 AM (Rekkz)

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I suspect that "experience" ads are actually decent for something like a car. Regular people who aren't engineers imagining what they could do with the car, where they could go, sort of thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (GBKbO)

155 I always put at least equal consideration to fundraising. Rich Jewish donors have been making noises for months now about how they're not happy with what's going on, even going so far as to pull some funds from universities like Harvard and Bill Ackman.

I suspect that's happening to the Democrat Party as a whole as well. Fundraising from big dollar donors is down, and they need a sign that elected Democrats are against this.

An angry letter could work. Especially if it includes some exclamation points. Failure theater isn't just a Republican thing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

You know what would work better?

Videos of hickory shampoos & walnut conditioners.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (hF4JZ)

156 Now what, in our right mind, would possess us to click on that link?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (di6C2)
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Morbid curiosity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (HnUIn)

157 Good morning! I am guessing the marketing departments are thinking this resonates with a younger audience who will see the name and google it to identify the product. This interactive engagement, dare I use the term, sits adjacent to interacting with insta reels or stories. Does it work when it’s this nebulous? Probably. Because they will want to know what Marshall is, and maybe be surprised it’s a speaker. It makes it stick in the brain as a result. Those of us who are a bit longer in the tooth aren’t going to really be interested in the content to start so we may not google to find out more.

It does work. I get a lot out of our instagram account, both the reels or stories that are obvious snippets of a workout, as well as our funny posts, people want to find out who we are and click on our bio, to our website, and then book classes.

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2024 11:39 AM (ZdaMQ)

158 There is a reason people hate advertisements.

It's really sad they apparently work even so.

Posted by: Just Lily at May 01, 2024 11:39 AM (vivhj)

159 One of the greatest commercials ever made has entered the chat.

"Some say you can almost taste the bush."

https://tinyurl.com/ysan55mc

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Turns out the Gaza port is for exporting terrorists at May 01, 2024 11:39 AM (Cgfkv)

160 150 I suspect that's happening to the Democrat Party as a whole as well. Fundraising from big dollar donors is down, and they need a sign that elected Democrats are against this.

You're probably right, although that is partially encompassed in the polling I mentioned.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (CsUN+)

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Big dollar donors do not reflect the whims of the people. I thought that was prima facie evidence at this point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

161 None of them knew the albums. Was likely that none knew a construction worker.

That's who's occupying these departments. Them and their "allies."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (KbCG3)
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So same team that destroyed buttlight

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at May 01, 2024 11:39 AM (17s+e)

162 I've got a plan.

Posted by: General George C. Marshall at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (dg+HA)

163 I figure woke advertising works like this.

Let's say there's a fast food place. They're doing okay, they're in 12 place, but they're not starving.

The CEO says "Let's get a marketing firm in here so we can expand." They go looking online for a firm, and find one that's won lots and lots of awards, so they hire them.

The marketing firm says "Your new spokesperson is Megan Rapanhoe! It'll be great!" The CEO is uneasy, but, all those awards must mean something...

So they go ahead with Megan Rapanhoe, and they drop from 12th place to 23rd place. The CEO resigns.

The marketing from wins and Inclusion Award, and proudly adds it to their webpage.

The cycle continues.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (BxvY+)

164 155 You know what would work better?

Videos of hickory shampoos & walnut conditioners.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (hF4JZ)

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But then Iran will be angry. And Valerie Jarrett will be displeased.

And Qatar's donations will go down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (GBKbO)

165 Just for that, here is an unused link I had when I checked for busty tea earlier- turns out there are not too many gifted gals posing with teacups, just dishwater shorts.)

https://tinyurl.com/y997td3x

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (di6C2)

166 Body-positivity activism has a problem. You aren't allowed to have too many white models anymore or racist. So many/most of the obese bony positive models I've seen are black/latina.

Wait! Are you a saying blacks/latina are mostly fat? That's RACIST!

Only winning move with the wokes is not to play.

Posted by: Ripley at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (JojsZ)

167 It does work. I get a lot out of our instagram account, both the reels or stories that are obvious snippets of a workout, as well as our funny posts, people want to find out who we are and click on our bio, to our website, and then book classes.
Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2024 11:39 AM (ZdaMQ)
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It probably does, to some degree. But it isn't appealing to anyone else.

And you can do TikTok-style advertising without heavy-handed activism. Swiffer does a lot of that.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (HnUIn)

168 Put a chick in it, make her gay.

Posted by: Erica Cartman at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (SYTee)

169 Now what, in our right mind, would possess us to click on that link?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Morbid (often morbidly obese) curiosity? Self loathing? Some kind of reverse psychology?

So...maybe the "right" part of "right mind" is an issue...If you're heavily day drinking, maybe you click it on accident, and sober up from the vomiting?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (JCZqz)

170 I laugh at the ads showing the "off road" competency of some pussified suv running down a dirt road that wouldn't give a Cadillac hearse a challenge.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (pohLc)

171 OT:

silly example of social media censorship

my wife and I have built a pretty nice home gym in our garage. she took a few videos to show off some of the equipment to upload to her fitness oriented instagram account. Of 3 short videos, 1 was inexplicably banned for violating rules. it didn't give any details why

my wife asked what I thought it might have been. it's literally videos of gym equipment. I asked her "did you get the flags in the background?" We have flags hanging on the wall. Texas flag, a few others. One of them is the Gadsen Flag

Sure enough, the banned video had a quick shot of the Gadsen Flag in the background. Objectionable content. Video removed. I told her she's on a watchlist now.

Posted by: brak at May 01, 2024 11:41 AM (25k9m)

172 Big dollar donors do not reflect the whims of the people. I thought that was prima facie evidence at this point.

I did say "partially".

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:41 AM (CsUN+)

173 Marshall Marshall Marshall!

Posted by: Jan Brady at May 01, 2024 11:41 AM (PiwSw)

174 I suspect that "experience" ads are actually decent for something like a car. Regular people who aren't engineers imagining what they could do with the car, where they could go, sort of thing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

"Just a good old boys
Never meaning no harm
Been in trouble with the law
Since the day they were born

Flattening the hills
Straighten the curves
Someday the mountain might get them
But the law never will.

Drive a Chevy Leaf today"

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:42 AM (hF4JZ)

175 I recall the early ads for the Infiniti car maker. An engineer I worked with said, "What's with waterfalls and forests?!? Tell me what's great about the car!" ...
Posted by: JM in illinois
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I found the problem. These people are impossible to sell to.
Posted by: Marketer

My BIL is a retired aeronautical engineer (USAF, Martin-Marietta, NASA). Our family has coined a term for him shopping for anything - "The Full Uncle Mike" - meaning - two full years of research before buying a ream of copier paper. It's even worse if he is shopping for a car.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 01, 2024 11:42 AM (WXNFJ)

176 151 You call that a commercial?

THIS is a commercial:

https://tinyurl.com/36j826af

They don't make models like they used to.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2024 11:38 AM (h10td)

https://tinyurl.com/24mc34tw

Remember attractive women- right there on your TV?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:42 AM (di6C2)

177 So...maybe the "right" part of "right mind" is an issue...If you're heavily day drinking, maybe you click it on accident, and sober up from the vomiting?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:40 AM (JCZqz)

Hah! You are not really selling this, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:43 AM (di6C2)

178 171 Sure enough, the banned video had a quick shot of the Gadsen Flag in the background. Objectionable content. Video removed. I told her she's on a watchlist now.
Posted by: brak at May 01, 2024

Facebook? I hate Facebook. That is where the old ladies with nothing better to do make complaints. You can appeal it.

Insta, even though owned by the same people, is much less ridiculous. You can appeal there, too, however.

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2024 11:43 AM (ZdaMQ)

179 Remember attractive women- right there on your TV?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:42 AM (di6C2)
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Those were dark, hateful days. We've since defeated the Male Gaze.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:43 AM (HnUIn)

180 "The ad says nothing about the product."

Like most ads. They sell an image, a feeling, an inspiration, not a product or service. It works usually.

Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (MvF+J)

181 My BIL is a retired aeronautical engineer (USAF, Martin-Marietta, NASA). Our family has coined a term for him shopping for anything - "The Full Uncle Mike" - meaning - two full years of research before buying a ream of copier paper.

-

I'm not the former but definitely relate to the latter. If I'm spending money I want it to be on the best available and something that will last/perform.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Turns out the Gaza port is for exporting terrorists at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (Cgfkv)

182 89 In bieber's defense I'd say he's probably got dorked up the squeeker by a lot of people in the entertainment industry early on. Well, that probably explains miley too for that matter.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (Y6IkP)

He absolutely got victimized by Sean "P. Diddler" Combs.

Posted by: XTC at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (UnA8+)

183 Landscape is only format to take a picture.
So let it be written.
So let it be done.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It's basic biology. Your eyes are placed side by side. Your field of vision is wider than it is tall.

Portrait Mode only makes sense for space aliens with eyes placed vertically up their foreheads.

Posted by: mikeski at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (AnSGD)

184 @104

>>I don't really have a preference on my amp. Maybe my guitar playing isn't refined enough.

I'm a piano player but I have a number of guitars I like to noodle on.

The combination of a Strymon Big Sky and Baritone Guitar through an Orange Micro Dark Amp is amazing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (XV/Pl)

185 180 "The ad says nothing about the product."

Like most ads. They sell an image, a feeling, an inspiration, not a product or service. It works usually.

Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (MvF+J)

Sell the sizzle.

Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (SYTee)

186 This busty black lady loves music but is not an activist and so doesn't know what to buy:
http://tiny.cc/dytwxz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (HnUIn)

187 123
‘ House DEMOCRATS have called on the Columbia trustees ’
It burns my ass that this is the only reason that we can run run the scum out.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 01, 2024 11:45 AM (jbnUc)

188 Like most ads. They sell an image, a feeling, an inspiration, not a product or service. It works usually.
Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (MvF+J)
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True, but this is an extreme example. Most ads - even "lifestyle" ads - at least tell you what the product *is.*

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:45 AM (HnUIn)

189 Insta, even though owned by the same people, is much less ridiculous. You can appeal there, too, however.

yeah it was Instagram. She just reshot the video without the flag in the back. Not even worth the appeal

Posted by: brak at May 01, 2024 11:46 AM (25k9m)

190 "Meet Seb Murphy, Sophi St. Louis, Efron Danzig, and David Yang. Follow the story."
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Naturally, these are all "diverse" folks, with nary a straight, white "John Smith" among them....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2024 11:09 AM (7fElN)

i assume he isn't Glenn's son...?

Posted by: SturmToddler at May 01, 2024 11:46 AM (nXhwP)

191 Those were dark, hateful days. We've since defeated the Male Gaze.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:43 AM (HnUIn)

https://tinyurl.com/5n8trrmw

Yeah. Sorry, were you saying something?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:46 AM (di6C2)

192 It's clear that this is all decadence.

It's clear we don't even know how to to help each other co-survive, which is arguably the telos of social species associations.

And when a culture enters decadence, we humans are so stupid that only the ground coming up and smacking you in the face can pull you out.

Decadence does not last because it cannot last. It is a dissociation and garbling of life's lessons.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (krQz2)

193 Titillating.

Posted by: SWIDT? at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (dg+HA)

194 something that will last/perform.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Turns out the Gaza port is for exporting terrorists at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (Cgfkv)

prepare to be disappointed

Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (AwYPR)

195 Tube over solid state
Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:32 AM (AwYPR)

Ok. I'll give you that one. But they are much more expensive.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (JMAcK)

196 186 This busty black lady loves music but is not an activist and so doesn't know what to buy:
http://tiny.cc/dytwxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:44 AM (HnUIn)

She looks pissed. Nice rack.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (di6C2)

197 And you can do TikTok-style advertising without heavy-handed activism. Swiffer does a lot of that.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024

I don’t really have a tik tok presence. I can only handle so much social media! When I pay for digital advertising, it’s usually banner ads on instagram or Facebook, free class, click here, simple stuff. Facebook makes it incredibly complicated. I don’t know why.

I do get the occasional ping from instagram asking me to identify something or boost it to monetize, but that is related to the number of plays, the more plays, the more they want to you to monetize and get their cut.

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (ZdaMQ)

198 prepare to be disappointed
Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (AwYPR)

My Family motto.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:48 AM (di6C2)

199 Ooooo, that's gonna leave a mark.

Privilege is when you hold a loudly disruptive, all-night hate festival in the center of campus, sleep in cozy, matching tents, and when the grown-ups finally force you to leave, custodians who work hard for a living are called in to clean up your mess.

https://tinyurl.com/msc554e3

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:48 AM (CsUN+)

200 I don’t really have a tik tok presence. I can only handle so much social media! When I pay for digital advertising, it’s usually banner ads on instagram or Facebook, free class, click here, simple stuff. Facebook makes it incredibly complicated. I don’t know why.

I do get the occasional ping from instagram asking me to identify something or boost it to monetize, but that is related to the number of plays, the more plays, the more they want to you to monetize and get their cut.
Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (ZdaMQ)
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Insta reels. YouTube Shorts. Same thing. It's the style, not the platform.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:48 AM (HnUIn)

201 136
‘ You're just trying to make me feel good.’

Now + 10 => 👍

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 01, 2024 11:48 AM (jbnUc)

202 ‘ House DEMOCRATS have called on the Columbia trustees ’
It burns my ass that this is the only reason that we can run run the scum out.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 01, 2024 11:45 AM (jbnUc)
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So we're back to Dems supporting rioters again....

I think the Democratic Party is one of the biggest symbols and vehicles of decadence.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2024 11:48 AM (krQz2)

203 It doesn't matter that Black and Mexican women are mostly not fat.
That demographic, lean and thoughtful, is not their target.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 01, 2024 11:48 AM (lCWOD)

204 "There's something else. Apparently, House DEMOCRATS have called on the Columbia trustees to put an end to this thing. I imagine they're looking at some pretty disastrous polling."

Trump was endlessly smeared and nearly impeached for suggesting doing that to the BLM mobs in DC.

Posted by: Ripley at May 01, 2024 11:49 AM (JojsZ)

205 The nicest part of not watching TV is I miss all the gays, sodomites, and the happy negroes driving their Hyundais adverstisments, old bints and their digestive issue advertisments, dumb white dads being the butt of jokes advertisements, know it all children and fast food advertisements which lie and misrepresent.

Enjoy life, avoid watching TV.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 01, 2024 11:49 AM (4a+k3)

206 I really hate getting moralized to by my TV. It seems like every ad is a little morality play, admonishing me about how life should be. I really, really hate that. Just sell me your fucking product and shove the moralism up your ass.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 01, 2024 11:49 AM (O2GRA)

207 192 It's clear that this is all decadence.

It's clear we don't even know how to to help each other co-survive, which is arguably the telos of social species associations.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (krQz2)

A Man should fend for himself.

If he cannot thrive on his own, his genes are not fit to pass on to others.

Posted by: XTC at May 01, 2024 11:49 AM (UnA8+)

208 161 None of them knew the albums. Was likely that none knew a construction worker.

That's who's occupying these departments. Them and their "allies."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 01, 2024 11:26 AM (KbCG3)
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So same team that destroyed buttlight

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at May 01, 2024 11:39 AM (17s+e)

Essentially. I doubt they enjoyed the product and most likely made it their mission to avoid people who did.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 01, 2024 11:49 AM (KbCG3)

209 Anybody remember the godawful ads when Infiniti cars were introduced? Zen bullshit featuring streams and pussywillows.
Kneecapped the brand from the beginning.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 01, 2024 11:49 AM (rJ48h)

210 And you know what piss off with your foundation shades everyone knows black don't crack just throw on some moisturizer and eyeliner, count your fucking blessings, and shut the fuck up while the pasty people smear goop on their faces to cover all the blotches and pimples.

What, you gonna bitch that only cripples get to cruise around in wheelchairs next? Fuck off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 01, 2024 11:50 AM (+yhUM)

211 Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (ZdaMQ)

Btw, Piper. On bear squats, are your arms supposed to be more inward under the body instead of being a right angle to the body? Seems like it stretches things better when they are that way.

Also, judging by the dog, I do look ridiculous.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:50 AM (di6C2)

212 I have the cheapest ad budget in existence. Word of mouth has kept me in business for 50 years.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2024 11:50 AM (nOwFe)

213 Now my Amp is woke.

Eh. Bought it used anyway. 35 years ago.

Posted by: Reforger at May 01, 2024 11:50 AM (CpTFW)

214 Kill your TVs.

Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 11:51 AM (MvF+J)

215 Portrait Mode only makes sense for space aliens with eyes placed vertically up their foreheads.
Posted by: mikeski

You'll note Mannix girls are almost entirely in portrait mode. I assume most people hold their phone in portrait mode, so when they click a Mannix girl link, they get a full-sized image instead of a narrow bar of lady. Even if you hold your phone horizontally, a woman in landscape mode won't look as good. Lots of wasted space.

Now, some of MY ladies can only be fully appreciated in landscape mode, but they're VERY special cases.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

216 It doesn't matter that Black and Mexican women are mostly not fat.

from HHS:

African American women have the highest rates of obesity or being overweight compared to other groups in the United States. About 4 out of 5 African American women are overweight or obese.

Among Hispanic American women, 78.8 percent are overweight or obese, as compared to 64 percent of non-Hispanic white women.

Posted by: brak at May 01, 2024 11:51 AM (25k9m)

217 "from Those Wonderful Folks that Brought You Pearl Harbor" by Jerry Della Femina. From when folks knew how to write ad copy

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 01, 2024 11:51 AM (yeEu9)

218 Tube over solid state
Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:32 AM (AwYPR)

Ok. I'll give you that one. But they are much more expensive.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

With rat shack going out of business, the only place I know of to get tubes is Russia. Good luck.

Svarog Slug Molds are impossible to get thru customs.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:51 AM (hF4JZ)

219 I took a marketing class from a guy that never went to marketing school, other than the hard knocks one. His philosophy was the job of the cover of a magazine is to get you to pick up and open the magazine. The next page is to get you to go further into the magazine. Then to get you to read. Then to get you to keep it on the table and read it again. It made sense to me.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at May 01, 2024 11:52 AM (17s+e)

220 I really hate getting moralized to by my TV. It seems like every ad is a little morality play, admonishing me about how life should be. I really, really hate that. Just sell me your fucking product and shove the moralism up your ass.

I don't understand. If you can't look to ad executives for moral guidance, this world just doesn't make sense any more.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:52 AM (CsUN+)

221 Michael Moore accurately predicted Trump’s 2016 Michigan win.

Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 11:52 AM (Y6Wgg)

222 I don't understand. If you can't look to ad executives for moral guidance, this world just doesn't make sense any more.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:52 AM (CsUN+)
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LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:52 AM (HnUIn)

223 It doesn't matter that Black and Mexican women are mostly not fat.

*Lard snow cones have entered the chat

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:52 AM (hF4JZ)

224 Perhaps its been said, but I might have to sell my Marshall. That ad made me sick.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 01, 2024 11:52 AM (Z8Yh2)

225 Yeah, reconqistador the Marketing and HR departments.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at May 01, 2024 11:53 AM (tN/qK)

226 Ok. I'll give you that one. But they are much more expensive.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (JMAcK)

best "bang for the buck" amp evah!...imo

https://tinyurl.com/324keve3

Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:53 AM (AwYPR)

227 "the job of the cover of a magazine is to get you to pick up and open the magazine. The next page is to get you to go further into the magazine. Then to get you to read. Then to get you to keep it on the table and read it again."

And to pick up the blow-in cards that fall out. And sniff the scratch ads. And pass the mag along to others to read.

Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (MvF+J)

228 Perfume has been this type of stupid marketing as well. Not so much woke just selling the image of the product instead of the product itself. I guess most fashion is that way too.

Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (Y6Wgg)

229 ++++
Insta reels. YouTube Shorts. Same thing. It's the style, not the platform.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024

I probably owe you some money, I haven’t thought about YouTube as a channel, which is really dumb in my part! Thank you! I will see what I can do there, too.

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (ZdaMQ)

230 Anybody remember the godawful ads when Infiniti cars were introduced? Zen bullshit featuring streams and pussywillows.
Kneecapped the brand from the beginning.

IIRC, the spokesman was the high sparrow (Johnathan Pryce), who talked with a posh Brit accent to let you know you weren't good enough to buy their cars.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (CsUN+)

231 The Simpsons were onto this tomfoolery 30 years ago.

https://youtu.be/gArU-BAO7Kw?si=QcTKNo5ogzzCBtoZ

Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (F4bAW)

232 Who pays attention to ads?

Mute
Get up and pee or grab a snack or pet the cat.

Wander back 20 mi it's later.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (ZzUF8)

233 I probably owe you some money, I haven’t thought about YouTube as a channel, which is really dumb in my part! Thank you! I will see what I can do there, too.
Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (ZdaMQ)
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My commission is 90%. Shoulda checked the contract terms before you signed!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (HnUIn)

234 228 Perfume has been this type of stupid marketing as well. Not so much woke just selling the image of the product instead of the product itself. I guess most fashion is that way too.
Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (Y6Wgg)

======

How do you sell a scent visually?

I have no idea. Models bending over sideways in interesting locales is as logical as anything I could come up with.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:54 AM (GBKbO)

235 I have the cheapest ad budget in existence. Word of mouth has kept me in business for 50 years.
Posted by: Ben Had

--

ha

You should suddenly start putting out loud and flashy 30 second Tik Tok ads with dance music and filters on the horses faces

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Turns out the Gaza port is for exporting terrorists at May 01, 2024 11:55 AM (Cgfkv)

236 "the job of the cover of a magazine is to get you to pick up and open the magazine. The next page is to get you to go further into the magazine. Then to get you to read. Then to get you to keep it on the table and read it again."

Juggs

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:55 AM (hF4JZ)

237 I have the cheapest ad budget in existence. Word of mouth has kept me in business for 50 years.
Posted by: Ben Had

*Chinese Buffets have entered the chat

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2024 11:56 AM (hF4JZ)

238 Moron Robbie. I have learned to never mess with success

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2024 11:56 AM (nOwFe)

239 209 Anybody remember the godawful ads when Infiniti cars were introduced? Zen bullshit featuring streams and pussywillows.

the one i remember involved the amazing focusing of the headlight. left me scratching my head; the point of a headlight is to throw light all over the place, not project an image of the filament on the road.

Posted by: anachronda at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (v3pYe)

240 That Marshal ad is real?? Gotta be some trolling going on. The ad features some repulsive people you can almost smell through the computer screen (and not just the fat black chick), has almost nothing to do with the product, and is done in cheap AfterEffects filters and gimmicks that might have been innovative 30 years ago. Just a truly terrible ad that will repulse 90% of viewers.

Oh and former rock band member here. Marshall makes a good product, but they were never worth the inflated prices. I found competitors to be just as good if not better, and more reasonably priced. Marshall was mostly selling based on the name alone.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

241 I don’t have cable or any live TV. Only ads I see are on YouTube. And maybe it’s because YT figured out what ads to show me vs what not to show me. But I’ve been seeing a lot of white dude ads, white nuclear family ads, and a lot less of the multi racial gay parent ads.

Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (Y6Wgg)

242 You'll note Mannix girls are almost entirely in portrait mode. I assume most people hold their phone in portrait mode, so when they click a Mannix girl link, they get a full-sized image instead of a narrow bar of lady. Even if you hold your phone horizontally, a woman in landscape mode won't look as good. Lots of wasted space.

Now, some of MY ladies can only be fully appreciated in landscape mode, but they're VERY special cases.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

That, but also, landscape gives you a sense of place and what the subject is in relation to that. A picture from a gal is not trying to show you her bathroom or her living room, she is trying to show you her without any distractions.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (di6C2)

243 Wow. I'm glad I went with Hughes & Kettner.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (DTX3h)

244 Bongino just cursed everybody out, and that should finally fix things.

Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (MvF+J)

245 With Lume, Mando, and some Skunky wipes in between, you don't need water at all.

Posted by: Brainwashed And Hardly Stinky at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (V5BDR)

246 234 How do you sell a scent visually?

I have no idea. Models bending over sideways in interesting locales is as logical as anything I could come up with.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE MY SCENT COMES FROM THE INTERESTING LOCALES OF MODELS BENDING OVER SIDEWAYS

Posted by: gwyneth paltrow at May 01, 2024 11:58 AM (v3pYe)

247 244 Bongino just cursed everybody out, and that should finally fix things.
Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (MvF+J)

=======

My knee doesn't do that weird popping thing when I do bicycle crunches anymore!

Thanks Bongino!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

248 No Ferrari. Acura papa.
Best car ad of the 90s.

Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 11:58 AM (Y6Wgg)

249 241 I'm a YT addict who never sees ads. Chrome with AdBlock Plus on Linux Mint on a desktop PC.

Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 11:59 AM (MvF+J)

250 Perfume has been this type of stupid marketing as well. Not so much woke just selling the image of the product instead of the product itself. I guess most fashion is that way too.

Perfume ads have had some awesome sound tracks, though. It's where I first heard the Ink Spots: I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (although it wasn't actually the Ink Spots).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLVryVUh-E

Honorable mention to Chris Isaacs Wicked Games and Jaguar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r0LfmB3bYw

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 11:59 AM (CsUN+)

251 My knee doesn't do that weird popping thing when I do bicycle crunches anymore!

Thanks Bongino!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

Now I don't feel quite so alone in looking retarded. Thanks TJM!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 12:00 PM (di6C2)

252 These are the Sprunt years.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 01, 2024 12:00 PM (+yhUM)

253 I addition to the adoption of wokeism, ads are just plain getting more idiotic and offensive. Commercials for Old Spice keep cropping up on my Youtube viewing and they're just moronic. And they've got two "storylines" going: one features an angry black man who keeps confronting his wife about using his body wash, and the other one features two Asian couples, and all I learned from the latter is that one of the guys has horrendously stinky feet. And then there's an ad for another product (some kind of deodorant) in which a chubby young black woman, who's obviously just finished working out at the gym, says, "You know, it's not just my armpits that stink". No class at all.

Posted by: Paco at May 01, 2024 12:00 PM (njExo)

254 I don’t have cable or any live TV. Only ads I see are on YouTube. And maybe it’s because YT figured out what ads to show me vs what not to show me. But I’ve been seeing a lot of white dude ads, white nuclear family ads, and a lot less of the multi racial gay parent ads.
Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (Y6Wgg)
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I rarely watch live TV. Most of my "TV" viewing is YouTube. I have noticed similar, but from specific advertisers.

Swiffer, Farm Bureau Insurance, Dollar General stores and, oddly, Amazon. The rest are not on board.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 12:00 PM (HnUIn)

255 Modern Old Spice seems to be trying to sell me crying black dudes.

I miss Bruce Campbell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 12:00 PM (di6C2)

256 My BIL is a retired aeronautical engineer (USAF, Martin-Marietta, NASA). Our family has coined a term for him shopping for anything - "The Full Uncle Mike" - meaning - two full years of research before buying a ream of copier paper. It's even worse if he is shopping for a car.
Posted by: Tonypete
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I think I would like your Uncle Mike because we have a similar approach. On the other hand, people that put in the research work before hand rarely have buyer's regret.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2024 12:01 PM (peJ7P)

257 ... No class at all.
Posted by: Paco at May 01, 2024 12:00 PM (njExo)
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Class doesn't sell, apparently.

Not that they've tried recently.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 01, 2024 12:02 PM (HnUIn)

258 Deion Cole is a pretty damn funny comedian. But i hate old spice commercials. Really any of these twee little exercises in absurdist humor that don't land at all. Feh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 01, 2024 12:02 PM (+yhUM)

259 Now, some of MY ladies can only be fully appreciated in landscape mode, but they're VERY special cases.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Indeed

Posted by: Braenyard at May 01, 2024 12:02 PM (lCWOD)

260 How do you sell a scent visually?

I have no idea. Models bending over

Ass.

The fragrance. From Calvin Klein.

Posted by: Ad Wizards at May 01, 2024 12:02 PM (8EFeo)

261 255 Modern Old Spice seems to be trying to sell me crying black dudes.

I miss Bruce Campbell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 12:00 PM (di6C2)

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The best Old Spice commercials were the ones with Isaiah Mustafa.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 01, 2024 12:02 PM (F4bAW)

262 202
‘ Democratic Party is one of the biggest symbols and vehicles of decadence.’

All that and a bit more.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 01, 2024 12:03 PM (jbnUc)

263 I think I would like your Uncle Mike because we have a similar approach. On the other hand, people that put in the research work before hand rarely have buyer's regret.
Posted by: whig at May 01, 2024 12:01 PM (peJ7P)

Endorsed. Plus, if you cannot maintain your desire for something after full examination, you did not need it to begin with.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 12:03 PM (di6C2)

264 All "advertising" is pure propaganda where there is One Commandment: "Thou Shalt Push THE MESSAGE". The products themselves are very nearly irrelevant and utterly interchangeable.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at May 01, 2024 12:03 PM (PWI4f)

265 It burns my ass that this is the only reason that we can run run the scum out.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 01, 2024 11:45 AM (

If you're highly placed in a prominent institution, they didn't just snatch you off the street. You came up through the institutions. You know who matters. It ain't the (R)enfields, or the subject classes.

If the Party faithful want to shriek "KILL THE JEW! KILL THE JEW!" all night, you'll let them for fear of the Inner Party. If the Inner Party objects, you'll stop them, for fear of the Inner Party.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2024 12:03 PM (0FoWg)

266 The best Old Spice commercials were the ones with Isaiah Mustafa.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 01, 2024 12:02 PM (F4bAW)

Two sides of the same coin really. Manly men, each in his way. Want to be like them- or at least smell like them? Buy this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 12:04 PM (di6C2)

267 Imma assume Sophie needs to lose a few lbs.

Posted by: DanMan at May 01, 2024 12:04 PM (8uzBS)

268 There was an Old Spice commercial or whatever back in the day that had some hot white chick talking about guys, and the tagline was "I don't care how cute he is. If he stinks, then it's over." Even then, I wondered how it was possible that dudes would go on dates smelling like ass. Wouldn't you be sure to go out well groomed and on your best behavior?? But I guess there was a real dude demographic out there that didn't get that memo.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 01, 2024 12:04 PM (iFTx/)

269 The best Old Spice commercials were the ones with Isaiah Mustafa.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 01, 2024 12:02 PM (F4bAW)
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Those were fun ads. It was marketing done *right*.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2024 12:05 PM (7fElN)

270 "Wouldn't you be sure to go out well groomed and on your best behavior?"

Only if my date does too. Not happening.

Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 12:06 PM (MvF+J)

271 FTSB - The Raid begins. Stinkies are being dragged out of occupied Hamilton Hall by cops. Cops have announced that they will be charged with criminal trespass.

Will Bragg actually press charges?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 01, 2024 12:06 PM (aD39U)

272 Commercials for gash spray and women hocking pills for regularity while pinching one off on the throne are the epitome of class.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 01, 2024 12:06 PM (R4t5M)

273 All "advertising" is pure propaganda where there is One Commandment: "Thou Shalt Push THE MESSAGE". The products themselves are very nearly irrelevant and utterly interchangeable.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at May 01, 2024 12:03 PM (PWI4f)
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Sadly, that has leaked into the entertainment product as well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2024 12:06 PM (7fElN)

274 English Leather sold both hipness and sadism in one fragrance. Two thumbs up

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 01, 2024 12:07 PM (BjRQH)

275 During SB LI, 84 Lumber had a commercial in which they showed their sympathy for people who simply stroll scores the border without going through a PoE, or showing a passport to a CBP official at said PoE. It was a heart string tugging ad in favor of open borders, and you couldn’t tell it was an 84 Lumber commercial until the end. (Remember that around that time the Evil Orange Man had taken office, and he’s big on silliness like border enforcement and making sure people enter the country the right way.)

People can, and should, stop doing business with 84 Lumber. By the way, that advert said NOTHING about why I should get my wood from 84 Lumber either. They openly hate the country.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 01, 2024 12:07 PM (uTTG7)

276 Will Bragg actually press charges?

Oh, I think we both know the answer to that. Or at least they'll eventually be dropped.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 12:07 PM (CsUN+)

277 Perfume is the hardest thing to buy without trying it
You like the scent but it may not work with your body chemistry
Patou 1000 on the wrong chemistry goes from super sexy to old where if one is not careful

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2024 12:07 PM (nOwFe)

278 274 English Leather sold both hipness and sadism in one fragrance. Two thumbs up
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 01, 2024 12:07 PM (BjRQH)

Brut

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2024 12:07 PM (Akjoo)

279 Women buy most things.
Women are more emotional. Hence ads are emotional instead of analytic.

Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (Y6Wgg)

280 is it you or your parents in that woke bs bracket?

Posted by: bored383 at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (4Kzkx)

281 268 There was an Old Spice commercial or whatever back in the day that had some hot white chick talking about guys, and the tagline was "I don't care how cute he is. If he stinks, then it's over." Even then, I wondered how it was possible that dudes would go on dates smelling like ass. Wouldn't you be sure to go out well groomed and on your best behavior?? But I guess there was a real dude demographic out there that didn't get that memo.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 01, 2024 12:04 PM (iFTx/)

Which is hilarious to think of in the reverse.

Guy 1: You bang that chick last night?
Guy 2: Yeah. She stunk but I got through it.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (KbCG3)

282 Gosh, why would 84 Lumber support illegal aliens coming over?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Turns out the Gaza port is for exporting terrorists at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (Cgfkv)

283 There is scent in so many things. I sometimes think perfume and cologne is over doing it.

Hell, I still remember a gal in college who had this strawberry shampoo or conditioner. Sexiest smell in the world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (di6C2)

284 >>Ass.

The fragrance. From Calvin Klein.

I remember when a perfume named 'Poison' came out. I recall it because a close friend of DanMa'am came over and about 5 minutes later I asked if somebody sprayed Raid? And I wasn't joking.

got pulled aside and was told it was Jana's new perfume.

Posted by: DanMan at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (8uzBS)

285 The best ad for perfume is Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.

Made me want to go out and buy a whole bunch!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (GBKbO)

286 The best Old Spice commercials were the ones with Isaiah Mustafa.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 01, 2024 12:02 PM (F4bAW)

I'm on a horse!

https://ytube.io/3te5

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (aD39U)

287 Dammit, old whore

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2024 12:09 PM (nOwFe)

288 English Leather sold both hipness and sadism in one fragrance. Two thumbs up

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 01, 2024 12:07 PM (BjRQH)

Brut

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2024 12:07 PM (Akjoo)

Hai Karate

Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 12:09 PM (AwYPR)

289 Bongino isn't a broadcaster.

Posted by: I miss Rush at May 01, 2024 12:09 PM (dg+HA)

290 African American women have the highest rates of obesity or being overweight compared to other groups in the United States. About 4 out of 5 African American women are overweight or obese.

Among Hispanic American women, 78.8 percent are overweight or obese, as compared to 64 percent of non-Hispanic white women.
Posted by: brak
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Here's the cultural bias

80% Black - ghetto culture glorifies fat
78.8% Mexican - it's genetic, we get older we get fatter
64% White - too much TV

Posted by: Braenyard at May 01, 2024 12:10 PM (lCWOD)

291 People can, and should, stop doing business with 84 Lumber. By the way, that advert said NOTHING about why I should get my wood from 84 Lumber either. They openly hate the country.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 01, 2024 12:07 PM (uTTG7)

Funny story not at all related. Father was in construction. Was helping him on a job. 84 Lumber delivered an order and the wood was real crap.

My father threw a huge fit and sent it all back. He turns to me once the truck left and said, "I wasn't really that mad but if I make a huge deal, maybe they'll give me something for free."

Can't remember if they did but I liked the attempt.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 01, 2024 12:10 PM (KbCG3)

292 241 I don’t have cable or any live TV. Only ads I see are on YouTube. And maybe it’s because YT figured out what ads to show me vs what not to show me. But I’ve been seeing a lot of white dude ads, white nuclear family ads, and a lot less of the multi racial gay parent ads.
Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 11:57 AM (Y6Wgg)

I still get a bizarre array of ads from YT. My faves are when they advertise to me in Spanish. Which is a complete and total waste. Yes, I know YT like a lot of Americans ACHE for America to have its own Quebec or Belgium but if I can’t understand the ad, it’s a failure. They are better off advertising to me in German.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 01, 2024 12:10 PM (uTTG7)

293 got pulled aside and was told it was Jana's new perfume.
Posted by: DanMan at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (8uzBS)

*fistbump*

Last week a gal supervisor at one of the sites had this really acrid odor about her. I asked one of the other supervisors whether this was some drug thing and was told it was because she blasted on perfume.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 12:10 PM (di6C2)

294 nood

Posted by: gp Shakes Your Milkdrink at May 01, 2024 12:10 PM (MvF+J)

295 New Pogroms

Posted by: Archimedes at May 01, 2024 12:11 PM (CsUN+)

296 Fuck you, 84 Lumber.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 01, 2024 12:11 PM (R4t5M)

297 279 Women buy most things.
Women are more emotional. Hence ads are emotional instead of analytic.
Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 12:08 PM (Y6Wgg)
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"Sell the sizzle, not the steak." Old saw from the car-sales industry that is probably applicable to most marketing. As a car salesman and manager, I was continually amazed at what potential car buyers found important to making a decision. It was often trivial things like "my wife likes this color" or "these cupholders hold big cups."

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 01, 2024 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

298 Yeah I get the occasional ad in espanol as well. But I do speak a little Spanish so I can kinda understand the gist of it.

Posted by: Montec at May 01, 2024 12:12 PM (Y6Wgg)

299 Now, some of MY ladies can only be fully appreciated in landscape mode, but they're VERY special cases.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

This is the closest thing to Truth in Advertising that I've seen regarding your links, Admiral A.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 01, 2024 12:12 PM (9miN6)

300 What you say is true but there is something else going on here. Thinking, Fast and Slow, 2011 book by Daniel Kahneman, lays out the foundation. Modern commercials are using the vague approach because we are bombarded by commercials every second of every day. We tune out the obvious. We are curious about the stuff that is not obvious. I'm not convinced that it works but it is the trend.

Posted by: 4077th at May 01, 2024 12:13 PM (r24M9)

301 268 There was an Old Spice commercial or whatever back in the day that had some hot white chick talking about guys, and the tagline was "I don't care how cute he is. If he stinks, then it's over." Even then, I wondered how it was possible that dudes would go on dates smelling like ass. Wouldn't you be sure to go out well groomed and on your best behavior?? But I guess there was a real dude demographic out there that didn't get that memo.

Posted by: Elric Blade
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All about demand and supply in the dating market.

Men are desperate until they can afford to be choosy. Women are choosy while they can be but at a certain point in time it flips into desperation.

Take a look around society's frivolity--we are in the twilight of a long prosperous era where silly things matter more than worrying about putting food on the table.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2024 12:13 PM (peJ7P)

302 Best ad ever was for "Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor".

DAAAMN!!!!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 01, 2024 12:13 PM (4a+k3)

303 "Sell the sizzle, not the steak." Old saw from the car-sales industry that is probably applicable to most marketing. As a car salesman and manager, I was continually amazed at what potential car buyers found important to making a decision. It was often trivial things like "my wife likes this color" or "these cupholders hold big cups."
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 01, 2024 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

The truck that I still drive was bought because it was a stick AND had a tach. The other one that I could have gotten had no tach.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 01, 2024 12:14 PM (uTTG7)

304 299 Now, some of MY ladies can only be fully appreciated in landscape mode, but they're VERY special cases.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 01, 2024 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

This is the closest thing to Truth in Advertising that I've seen regarding your links, Admiral A.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

If there was a block function on this blog, it would block the eyebleach links from Ackbar. Mannix or Fen are the safe ones to open.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2024 12:14 PM (peJ7P)

305 253 it's not just my armpits that stink". No class at all.
Posted by: Paco at May 01

Not classy for sure. I can tell you, though, swampy smells happen, though I wonder if this would be a wonderful blend of swampy plus flowers. 😂. I just change my leggings out if I teach more than 2 classes. In case you wondered.

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2024 12:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

306 Johnathan Pryce gives off the villain vibe but never interesting or likeable or fun. He was only ever well-cast in Baron Munchausen. Not a good Bond villain.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 01, 2024 12:15 PM (cf/0E)

307 All TV is propaganda.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 01, 2024 12:16 PM (lCWOD)

308 >>209 Anybody remember the godawful ads when Infiniti cars were introduced? Zen bullshit featuring streams and pussywillows.
Kneecapped the brand from the beginning.

I remember those. Even Adweek and Ad Age, who never met an ad campaign that they didn't love, were like "ummm..."

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at May 01, 2024 12:17 PM (IGKzA)

309 I still get a bizarre array of ads from YT. My faves are when they advertise to me in Spanish. Which is a complete and total waste. Yes, I know YT like a lot of Americans ACHE for America to have its own Quebec or Belgium but if I can’t understand the ad, it’s a failure. They are better off advertising to me in German.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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That is a good thing--it tells you that Big Google's data file on you is corrupted--probably by spurious linkages due to key identifiers being shared with some other person.

Always, always give thought to corrupting marketing databases through putting in enough dubious information that it ends up getting propagated throughout the internet data brokers.

Posted by: whig at May 01, 2024 12:17 PM (peJ7P)

310 I worked at Faberge corporate offices for several months doing a renovation. Most beautiful women per square foot of anyplace I've ever been. This was around 74. Sammy Cahn the songwriter had a big office there. IIRC, Faberge produced a movie that Sammy did the music for-A Touch of Class.

Posted by: NY Refugee at May 01, 2024 12:18 PM (V5BDR)

311 It's nothing new; this theory of advertising goes back to Edward Bernays (a name everyone on the Right ought to know). We were turned into "consumers" (a word that would have had no meaning in centuries prior) through psychological manipulation which deconstructed our traditional identites, centered around religion, family, community, and nation, and rebuilt them around an image of the self, as expressed through things like consumption choices and brand loyalties.

Even when the images were superficially beautiful, masculine, strong and healthy it was still fundamentally a con. It's just that now, with their grip on our nations firmly established and our people thoroughly degraded and demoralized, these subversives can be more open in expressing their true vision of the new Man: an ugly, sickly, listless, weak, misshapen creature, mumbling in a drugged stupor about "freedom" while completely enslaved to his base appetites.

Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at May 01, 2024 12:27 PM (0Uf+z)

312 I am longing for Mad Men style ads.

Posted by: Mutnodjmet at May 01, 2024 03:18 PM (duHLz)

313 prepare to be disappointed
Posted by: BignJames at May 01, 2024 11:47 AM (AwYPR)

My Family motto.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2024 11:48 AM (di6C2)
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I'm proud my family's motto is "You snooze, you lose."

AKA, "You weren't using it."

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2024 04:50 PM (krQz2)

314 Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at May 01, 2024 12:27 PM (0Uf+z)
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* applause *

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2024 04:51 PM (krQz2)

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