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Mark Jackson is probably the worst chapter in battery advertising. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQhkaw_ypE
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ElwoodCuse posted:I love checking out Ross and Marshalls for the weird sports stuff they get. Traded players, out of date jerseys, whatever. And sometimes you can really find legit good stuff. But their buyers are sometimes really off. Stuff I have seen in Pittsburgh that probably did not go over well: They also have championship shirts/hats for teams that actually lost - I saw someone the other day that got a Royals 2014 World Series Champions shirt for under $10. I would love to have something like that, regardless of team.
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Hirayuki posted:And surprisingly, the real ones' parts cost about the same. In other news a $700 smartphone costs about $200 to build. I'm vaguely surprised a pair of Beats costs that little to make. But without knowing the retailer markup or what the components in a pair of competing headphones cost, it's difficult to tell whether consumers are getting ripped off.
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:It probably says a lot about me that most of my clothes are five years old or even older, and that most are from a department store in country I moved away from three years ago. Some of the clothes I own that fit me the best are the ones I bought from a luxury (read: as good as standard American fare) South African chain while living in Dar es Salaam. Clothes are weird.
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Pocket Billiards posted:Mark Jackson is probably the worst chapter in battery advertising. This was definitely the weirdest bit of America's brief fascination with all things Australian. Okay, Paul Hogan, Mel Gibson, the America's Cup, Aussie slang, fine. But some random footballer hawking batteries with "Oi!" as the catchphrase? Where's that come from? 
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Phanatic posted:This was definitely the weirdest bit of America's brief fascination with all things Australian. Okay, Paul Hogan, Mel Gibson, the America's Cup, Aussie slang, fine. But some random footballer hawking batteries with "Oi!" as the catchphrase? Where's that come from? We had those ads here in Australia for a good part of the 90s, too. I didn't understand it either.
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Xibanya posted:Some of the clothes I own that fit me the best are the ones I bought from a luxury (read: as good as standard American fare) South African chain while living in Dar es Salaam. Clothes are weird. Honestly, if you have decent thrift shops in your area, they're by far your best bet. I live around the corner from a fairly awesome one, and just by popping in when I'm bored I have far more nice things than I'd otherwise be able to afford. They're especially great for kitchen stuff... I've scored Le Creuset pans, a Sodastream, indestructible vintage Pyrex, and gorgeous plates and glassware, and have rarely spent more than ten bucks on anything. Paying retail is for chumps.
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Aug 4, 2015 17:29
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Theres a segment from 'Hard Copy' from 1993 about Mark Jackson's rise to international battery stardom on youtube.
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Saw this posted near my house recently: I get what they're going for, but the name "sad yoga" and the picture of a woman with a bag on her head just seem really weird and dumb.
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I only found out last week that "hot yoga" is yoga done in a heated environment, and not yoga done for the purposes of becoming more sexy.
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Dr_Amazing posted:I only found out last week that "hot yoga" is yoga done in a heated environment, and not yoga done for the purposes of becoming more sexy. it's actually always both
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Aug 8, 2015 20:08
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Okay people, we're making a magazine cover that will get people excited about VR technology. Can you all handle that? Good work, everyone.
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Aug 9, 2015 02:19
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FutonForensic posted:Okay people, we're making a magazine cover that will get people excited about VR technology. Can you all handle that? If it wasn't for the date and the caption about the Oculus Rift (  ) I would swear this was a cover from 1995.
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Aug 9, 2015 02:21
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Looks like it was photoshopped in the 90s too.
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darkhand posted:Looks like it was photoshopped in the 90s too.
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Grey Fox posted:Coincidentally the last era Time wasn't poo poo Don't diss the one magazine smart enough to make me man of the year, pal.
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Screaming Idiot posted:Don't diss the one magazine smart enough to make me man of the year, pal. When they said "this screaming idiot on youtube" was person of the year, they meant a different one
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Aug 9, 2015 07:03
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The White Dragon posted:When they said "this screaming idiot on youtube" was person of the year, they meant a different one It had my face on the cover.
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Crow Jane posted:Honestly, if you have decent thrift shops in your area, they're by far your best bet. Estate sales. Everyone's there for hidden antiques and not the serviceable kitchenware or craft supplies.
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Screaming Idiot posted:It had my face on the cover. The goatse edition was pretty bold, I have to admit
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Aug 9, 2015 17:22
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FutonForensic posted:Okay people, we're making a magazine cover that will get people excited about VR technology. Can you all handle that? I think it was Giant Bomb that linked to this with the headline "Time empties a full clip into public acceptance/perception of VR"
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Aug 9, 2015 18:23
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Dumpy nerds who hate being outside are the only people who are ever going to buy an Oculus Rift. I applaud Time for standing by the unpopular truth.
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Contrecoup posted:Dumpy nerds who hate being outside are the only people who are ever going to buy an Oculus Rift. I applaud Time for standing by the unpopular truth. It might take off with the over 40s who have the disposable income. When the iPhone first launched it was regarded as an "old people" phone because all the young hip people were Blackberry 4 lyfe, and it wasn't until the 3g that Apple really exploded and bypassed RIM leaving Blackberries primarily as a corporate tool and not a popular consumer product. It really depends on ease of use. If using Oculus is harder then pressing a button and picking a file/game then there's no way in hell the non-tech crowd will even bother.
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Will I be able to live out my bizarre sexual fantasies with the Oculus Rift Y/N? That's the real deal breaker.
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Phlegmish posted:Will I be able to live out my bizarre sexual fantasies with the Oculus Rift Y/N? That's the real deal breaker. A hooker is probably cheaper.
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Phlegmish posted:Will I be able to live out my bizarre sexual fantasies with the Oculus Rift Y/N? That's the real deal breaker. Don't worry there's already countless waifu simulators
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Phlegmish posted:Will I be able to live out my bizarre sexual fantasies with the Oculus Rift Y/N? That's the real deal breaker. 
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I liked the stories about kids who bought Oculus Rift not realizing its dev kit and being upset they can't just plug it into their Xbox and play everything in 3d. A friend of mine actually got one for development and honestly, it looks like poo poo.
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FutonForensic posted:Okay people, we're making a magazine cover that will get people excited about VR technology. Can you all handle that? Good article about all the ways in which that cover is lovely: https://fstoppers.com/originals/time-magazine-cover-so-bad-i-feel-sad-and-inspired-once-79917
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Aug 10, 2015 00:48
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It's meant to look poo poo and lame because that's what virtual reality is like
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Chard posted:actually it's a great cover because it's got idiots everywhere talking about TIME magazine time definitely knew what they were doing because shortly after that hit the racks they published this article http://time.com/3987961/virtual-reality-time-magazine-cover-memes/
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So this just popped up on my newsfeed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO0dgLfTBEo yep, still too soon to capitalize as the first shot of your product "in action" Handiklap has a new favorite as of 04:25 on Aug 14, 2015 |
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Aug 14, 2015 04:21
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If you click the X you prevent 9/11.
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i thought so too but when i did it just duplicated the towers so there were 4 of them burning e: oh it's android so you'd have to slide it to the right to mimic the path of a third plane
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Has anyone else seen these billboards around: This is a full sized billboard, but they've also got smaller square billboards where the blue text is squeezed into that green background making it impossible to read. I've only seen the smaller ones, hopefully because this is considered a PSA and the billboard operators just stick it on any unused properties. Your tax dollars at work.
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Krispy Kareem posted:Has anyone else seen these billboards around: What in the Christ is even happening here. I am so confused.
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Aug 14, 2015 16:05
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Using any remaining bit of their budget so that they won't have it reduced next year/quarter.
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umalt posted:Using any remaining bit of their budget so that they won't have it reduced next year/quarter. I can understand that; it's just so odd. If they were so married to the superhero theme they could have dressed an old person in a generic outfit from PartyCity, taken a cell phone pic, slapped on some Comic Sans, and it would have still looked better than this. I sincerely hope they stuck that billboard on the commute of some politician in Washington with the power to defund the Social Security marketing department.
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