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Well just saw this advert for an Audi in front of Avengers: Age of Ultron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ceAFeT-7s Can see the train of thought that leads to that but Jesus... A cinema showing full of kids made it better, a mum just laughing in front of us with her two kids asking what's funny. Also I wonder why Audi spent money on product placement for this film, there was a blatant few and on TV there is an advert comparing the A5 I think to the Avengers. Wouldn't of thought I be worth a high end car makers time really.
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Afterdark posted:Well just saw this advert for an Audi in front of Avengers: Age of Ultron: The perspiration. Audi's basically the car of the Marvel universe. Whatever marketing deal they made years ago must be lucrative if they're still going. Iron Man's the most in-your-face about it, since they get to showcase a garage full of luxury cars every time he goes into his lab.
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cheerfullydrab posted:They're worried about their jobs? "Wear all the Spuds MacKenzie t-shirts you want!" is a more dangerous proposition than "ban Spuds MacKenzie t-shirts", because one of those definitely pisses off powerless students who can't do anything, but the other option might possibly piss off parents, administrators, voters in school board elections, school board members themselves, etc. Causing trouble for the one group has way less risk than possibly being hassled by the other group. Even kids have to make decisions like this, everyone does. Blend in our stand out.
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Afterdark posted:Well just saw this advert for an Audi in front of Avengers: Age of Ultron: I guess that's what happens after that car ad from Southland Tales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCYB0lzoofc Seriously though what the gently caress.
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# ? May 6, 2015 21:34 |
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Under Armour presents, "Band of Ballers" Oops!
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# ? May 17, 2015 22:38 |
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Under Armour presents, "Band of Ballers"
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Someone on my facebook posted that and it got racist alarmingly fast. I didn't read all of it, but from what I gather, those basketball players might be black and are probably thugs, which only adds to the inappropriateness. Yep...
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Cakefool posted:After my wedding we couldn't get hold of the photographer for nearly 6 months then a cd was slipped through the door containing a mix of full and low res images and I heard shortly afterwards he quit the business. So he never got paid, because how could I? Turns out the photos taken by a friend and guest were actually better through. So you're saying he never ever requested payment? Wow. Side: As a writer/editor of over 15 years, I definitely agree with the point of view that photos shouldn't be used or watermarked without getting permission from the original photographer. I see a lot of photographers who get hosed over and it sucks. That said, I have never, ever, ever interacted with a photographer who wasn't a pretentious douchebag, or a guy with basic photography skills passing themselves off as an artist. I'm sure there are many pro photographers who aren't, but I've never met one in the dozens of interactions I've had. Dumb move in marketing: In 2002, the people of Lauderhille Florida wanted to promote their town with a ceremony for the upcoming Martin Luther King Day. They got celebrated black actor James Earl Jones as their featured speaker, and commemorated a plaque and some stamps. Somewhere along the line, someone hosed up hard: James Earl Ray shot MLK Drunk Nerds has a new favorite as of 23:18 on May 17, 2015 |
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Drunk Nerds posted:Dumb move in marketing: In 2002, the people of Lauderhille Florida wanted to promote their town with a ceremony for the upcoming Martin Luther King Day. They got celebrated black actor James Earl Jones as their featured speaker, and commemorated a plaque and some stamps. Somewhere along the line, someone hosed up hard: lol oops
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Under Armour presents, "Band of Ballers" Not seeing the problem here
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# ? May 18, 2015 00:55 |
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Under Armor is foolishly squandering its share of the age 70-90 demographic
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# ? May 18, 2015 01:09 |
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OctoberBlues posted:Someone on my facebook posted that and it got racist alarmingly fast. I didn't read all of it, but from what I gather, those basketball players might be black and are probably thugs, which only adds to the inappropriateness. Yep... Isn't organised sports one of the few ways underprivileged black youth have to get out of the ghetto? If people really were against 'urban thugs' or whatever the current racist lingo is, they should be celebrating that shirt.
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# ? May 18, 2015 06:32 |
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I really don't see the problem with that shirt at all. I understand the reference, but how can anyone get offended by that.
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# ? May 18, 2015 13:12 |
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tbs very funny
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Broken Cog posted:I really don't see the problem with that shirt at all. Old folks that were alive in the 1940s love to romanticize and/or sentimentalize WWII as the greatest thing that ever happened in their lifetimes for some ugly and strange reason. Also, the AMURICAH LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT THIS IS ARE COUNTRY mentality of others. Parody or satire something from both camps, and you've got offended people.
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McDonald's is continuing to rage against the dying of the light....I think we've officially reached the point in industrial capitalism where McDonald's is having its noble, Sean Bean worthy death scene, and it's a sight to behold. Pinkham sums it up better than I can in this little bit on the most odious and absurd commercial in McDonald's recent advertising push: http://kitchenette.jezebel.com/what-the-hell-is-happening-in-mcdonalds-recent-hamburgl-1704618583 And here's some more lovely, tone deaf stuff for your amusement. #Millenials #Sirloin #FORCETHELOVINDOWNYOURTHROAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri2ehtK2Fus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPcG5npVM94 I gotta admit though, "Enjoy this lovin' while it lasts" is probably the most unintentionally apt slogan McDonald's has yet come up with.
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# ? May 18, 2015 13:59 |
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I'm waiting for McDonald's to try to reinvent itself with organic, dairy free, gluten free burgers.
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# ? May 18, 2015 15:20 |
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I can't believe taco bell is somehow the only one who "gets it". It's like if RC Cola suddenly figured out how to outmarket Coke.
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Your Sledgehammer posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPcG5npVM94 "He calls the Sirloin third pound burger from mcdonalds the sirloin third pound burger from mcdonalds.... mainly because there's not enough time to invent a new name for it. Also he's not a young man anymore... its a generational thing. Respect." What in the gently caress? What is even going on in this statement. I guess the implication is "old people McDonalds isn't for you its for hip cool kidz like us" but wow does it fail. Gotta love the dude who is clearly in his 30s wearing a backpack so as to attempt to look like a ... teenager? college student? Zaphod42 has a new favorite as of 16:58 on May 18, 2015 |
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Isn't he one of those pretty goobers from New Girl? Also a very popular Millennial show got to hit that demo so.hard hit it so drat hard.
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jojoinnit posted:I can't believe taco bell is somehow the only one who "gets it". It's like if RC Cola suddenly figured out how to outmarket Coke. Gotta survive the Franchise Wars eventually somehow.
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jojoinnit posted:I can't believe taco bell is somehow the only one who "gets it". It's like if RC Cola suddenly figured out how to outmarket Coke. I always felt this way about Cracked. You go from being a much maligned knock off to listcle kings, while your former competitors wallow in obscurity having broken one of the founder's main desires. (Mad magazine having ads is my MTV doesn't play music )
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jojoinnit posted:I can't believe taco bell is somehow the only one who "gets it". It's like if RC Cola suddenly figured out how to outmarket Coke. If you have closed captions on during commercials you can see the subliminal message from TB. That bell sound at the end of the commercial? [bong]
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Your Sledgehammer posted:McDonald's is continuing to rage against the dying of the light....I think we've officially reached the point in industrial capitalism where McDonald's is having its noble, Sean Bean worthy death scene, and it's a sight to behold. Pinkham sums it up better than I can in this little bit on the most odious and absurd commercial in McDonald's recent advertising push: Yeah I am sure that all the execs who have watched their stock price quadruple in 10 years are really concerned about the imminent death of their brand
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grittyreboot posted:Traditional weddings are for the birds. Especially Catholic weddings. Whose idea was it to force all their friends and family to sit through mass? Occasionally I find myself obliged to be forced to sit through a Catholic mass, but luckily I have bad hay-fever and the censer sends me into fits of sneezes so I can make my excuses and wait outside I am physically allergic to church.
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Broken Cog posted:I really don't see the problem with that shirt at all. Seriously? I mean I'm sure a lot of people are mad because Old Racist White People and Support Are Troops but come on. The original photo is from an island that was basically a big horrific dirty meat grinder covered in poo poo and rats that nations threw young men into for like a month for no good reason and IIRC like half those guys in the pic were killed before they ever got to leave the island. It's a clever shirt idea and if someone was selling it on etsy or something, nobody would bat an eye but big companies are generally held to a much more conservative standard and will probably need to wait another couple of generations before they can get away with profiting off the deaths of kids haha oh god who am I kidding. MonkeyHate has a new favorite as of 21:18 on May 18, 2015 |
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hyperhazard posted:Audi's basically the car of the Marvel universe. Whatever marketing deal they made years ago must be lucrative if they're still going. Iron Man's the most in-your-face about it, since they get to showcase a garage full of luxury cars every time he goes into his lab. It makes sense, as I imagine Tony Stark would be exactly the sort of rear end in a top hat to tailgate people, honking and flashing his lights at them.
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Zaphod42 posted:"He calls the Sirloin third pound burger from mcdonalds the sirloin third pound burger from mcdonalds.... Wait, are they really trying to market a third pound burger? Take into consideration what happened when A&W tried that: quote:One of the most vivid arithmetic failings displayed by Americans occurred in the early 1980s, when the A&W restaurant chain released a new hamburger to rival the McDonald’s Quarter Pounder. With a third-pound of beef, the A&W burger had more meat than the Quarter Pounder; in taste tests, customers preferred A&W’s burger. And it was less expensive. A lavish A&W television and radio marketing campaign cited these benefits. Yet instead of leaping at the great value, customers snubbed it.
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Bluemillion posted:Wait, are they really trying to market a third pound burger? Take into consideration what happened when A&W tried that: Thank you for that, I hadn't yet considered suicide today.
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A lot of nicer burger places do 1/3 of a pound per patty, so that could be McDonalds' reasoning, make them seem more like a real restaurant rather than one where the odor of dirty socks wafts in every time the door to the playplace is opened.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I'm waiting for McDonald's to try to reinvent itself with organic, dairy free, gluten free burgers. Well they did just release new "artisan" chicken sandwiches which are more expensive and taste worse than any other chicken sandwich from any chain.
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Decrepus posted:Well they did just release new "artisan" chicken sandwiches which are more expensive and taste worse than any other chicken sandwich from any chain. But, but Millenials! They seem to like it...in the commercial
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# ? May 18, 2015 23:34 |
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Speaking of Taco Bell getting their customers better, apparently a new one opening in the Wicker Park area of Chicago has applied for a liquor license.
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Choco1980 posted:Speaking of Taco Bell getting their customers better, apparently a new one opening in the Wicker Park area of Chicago has applied for a liquor license. The promised land... I would gain like 50 pounds in a month if I lived anywhere near there.
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Bluemillion posted:The promised land... Dude, think of your colon. Your poor, poor colon.
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# ? May 19, 2015 03:28 |
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Smith & Wesson makes a line of handguns called the M&P. This is not how to advertise that:
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# ? May 19, 2015 03:30 |
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I dunno about you, but that hashtag's got my gun's well-oiled and primed Too bad it's a .22
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# ? May 19, 2015 04:00 |
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I don't want to experience bullets, or feel them. In fact I have dedicated a significant portion of my life to not doing so.
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Phanatic posted:Smith & Wesson makes a line of handguns called the M&P. If you think that's bad... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beKVrPW0LLQ also I keep reading that hashtag as Man DP
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