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Bast Relief posted:I appreciate this post. I just figured I'd peace out since I guess it was too much to talk about what the gently caress is going on in ads in the marketing thread. I also don't get what's so bad about "effort posting". When others put consideration into their responses I enjoy it more than snarky poo poo posting. People don't like seeing other people be shocked and disturbed by things that they consider normal and harmless. It makes them think that maybe they're the weird ones, and nobody wants to hear that something they "cleared" a long time ago is bizarre and wrong, whether that's true or not. The natural reflex is to discredit - easy to do on this forum, you can usually safely assume someone has some social/mental problem with them that necessitates their posting here. (It's up to you, the reader, how you want to burn me with that awesome setup.) It's also easier to write someone off as being crazy the longer and more enthusiastic their posts are, but even a completely crazy post is way more interesting than some no-name goon knocking down some other goon for acting in a manner they perceived as too goony. bongwizzard posted:You guys watch way too much loving tv if ads get to you this much. It's the other way around - if you're not constantly inoculated to ads they appear more and more loving nuts. Cobweb Heart has a new favorite as of 22:16 on Mar 18, 2016 |
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Cobweb Heart posted:It's the other way around - if you're not constantly inoculated to ads they appear more and more loving nuts.
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There is definitely a conversation to be had about the ubiquity of marketing and how it shapes the world around us in negative ways, but you guys are using the same rhetoric my roommate used to use when he wanted me to watch Loose Change.
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Instant Sunrise posted:I know when people think of Apple marketing, they think of the Switch or the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads. But during the 1990's Apple was really dire straits, and were reduced to using late-night infomercials to try and market their computers. Microsoft was not necessarily much better, when you consider this Video Guide to Windows 95 starring superstars Jennifer Anniston and Matthew Perry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc In theory it's just an information video about Windows 95, but it's really more of a long infomercial. I watched and enjoyed this as a kid because I was a terrible nerd. But that's fine because coming from Windows 3.1, Windows 95 was 
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Mar 18, 2016 23:15
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I pirated Windows 95 from a dialup BBS and all it cost me was 24 3.5" floppies.
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Depressio111117 posted:There is definitely a conversation to be had about the ubiquity of marketing and how it shapes the world around us in negative ways, but you guys are using the same rhetoric my roommate used to use when he wanted me to watch Loose Change. Bush did New Coke
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Mar 18, 2016 23:34
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Cobweb Heart posted:Bush did New Coke New Coke didn't get released until a decade after Bush left the Air National Guard.
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Mar 19, 2016 08:37
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Karma Monkey posted:JACK FM here does that poo poo. I like the music, but they have tons of smug breaks between sets talking about how great they are that they don't have commercials - but the breaks are nearly as often and long as if they were commercials. emanating from my speakers. I can't see how smug assholery is a good marketing tactic; I know it got me onto other stations and eventually away from radio altogether.He does/did the Visine commercials, too. Not Ben Stein, but the disembodied "official" voice.
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Hirayuki posted:I think JACK FM is on the same model as DOUG FM (was?) here in MI, and your using the word "smug" specifically makes me think of the station voiceover guy, Colter Rule, who had whatever the voice version of backpfeifengesicht is (backpfeifenstimme?). Holy poo poo, was he insufferable. Pure Doug FM is annoying and bad, but the worst is that station that constantly goes "All the best hits without the rap (no rap, NO RAP, Nooooooo raaaaaaaaap)." Is that still around? They used to play Hey Ya which made it even funnier.
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Hirayuki posted:I think JACK FM is on the same model as DOUG FM (was?) here in MI, and your using the word "smug" specifically makes me think of the station voiceover guy, Colter Rule, who had whatever the voice version of backpfeifengesicht is (backpfeifenstimme?). Holy poo poo, was he insufferable. Pure According to the JACK FM wiki page  - the voice of JACK FM for the U.S. is Howard Cogan. Listening to his clips on YT, I think that's him. Here's a little taste of JACK FM's marketing. It's approximately 1/20th as annoying as the radio promos. They have edgy voiceovers about how they're too hip to do traffic reports, weather reports, sponsored content, etc. but then they do the traffic reports and weather reports and have sponsored content, so I don't know WTF is going on there.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5OSLs69B3E
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Mar 19, 2016 23:03
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British government decides to use an internet poll to name a new $300,000,000 research vessel. The current #1 choice (by a long way) is RRS Boaty McBoatface. http://www.newstalk.com/reader/47.301/68291/0/
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Phanatic posted:British government decides to use an internet poll to name a new $300,000,000 research vessel. You'd think governments would stop doing this sort of thing. I guarantee you they'll go back on it and piss a bunch of people off. Here in my city they asked the citizens to vote for the name for a new government building. And the winning name was the Harry Baals Government Center. He was a real mayor of my city, and they just said "Welp, we're just gonna name it whatever the gently caress we want anyway" Jimmy Kimmel got a ton of material out of it anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJvJKRKXALY
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Enos Shenk posted:You'd think governments would stop doing this sort of thing. I guarantee you they'll go back on it and piss a bunch of people off. That reminded me of when Austin, TX asked the Internet to name their garbage department.
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Jesus, second place had 19 votes? I figured something in a city that big would get more votes then that, even though it was overall unimportant.
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Phanatic posted:British government decides to use an internet poll to name a new $300,000,000 research vessel. I don't know, I kind of like that name. Granted I would have picked Weedlord Bonerhitler but what do I know?
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Phanatic posted:British government decides to use an internet poll to name a new $300,000,000 research vessel. Couldn't they come up with a more clever joke name than that? Blanky McBlankBlank is the laziest non-joke there is.
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grittyreboot posted:Couldn't they come up with a more clever joke name than that? Blanky McBlankBlank is the laziest non-joke there is. I think that adds to it, personally. if it was a genuinely funny name it might roll back over into sounding good.
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Somebody tell the british they're supposed to be clever and witty
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It's a pretty brilliant marketing move because they're getting a ton of press coverage about their new boat and all it cost was setting up a poll that they have zero obligation to actually listen to in the end.
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Carbon Thief posted:That reminded me of when Austin, TX asked the Internet to name their garbage department. To his credit, Fred Durst thought that one was hilarious.
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Bargearse posted:To his credit, Fred Durst thought that one was hilarious. I don't think he's clever enough to realize that the joke was entirely at his expense.
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Full Battle Rattle posted:Somebody tell the british they're supposed to be clever and witty It's dry humor. For a boat.
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Krispy Kareem posted:It's dry humor. For a boat. So, dry-dock humour?
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Full Battle Rattle posted:Somebody tell the british they're supposed to be clever and witty "Unsinkable II"
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Instant Sunrise posted:I know when people think of Apple marketing, they think of the Switch or the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads. But during the 1990's Apple was really dire straits, and were reduced to using late-night infomercials to try and market their computers. I remember one of the early IPhones using the song "You, Me, and the Bourgeoisie" Or how about Monopoly turning "It's not about the money" into "It's all about the money"?
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Phanatic posted:British government decides to use an internet poll to name a new $300,000,000 research vessel. From here: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/boaty-mcboatface-could-be-name-antarctic-research-ship-after-online-vote quote:The winner will be announced next month, after voting finishes on April 16, 2016. However, don’t get your hopes up just yet, as the NERC says: “An expert panel will review all suggestions before making the final decision.” That said, the NERC already seems to be jumping on the McBoatface bandwagon by tweeting #BoatyMcBoatface, along with their hashtag #NameOurShip. So they're happy with it, which is kind of cool I like this campaign (which I don't think will be succesfull though): https://www.change.org/p/iupac-join...ett-s-discworld
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Bertrand Hustle posted:I don't think he's clever enough to realize that the joke was entirely at his expense. He's rich enough to not care.
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http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/673784/air-force-reveals-b-21-long-range-strike-bomber.aspx  Planey McPlaneface and Bomby McBombface also make an appearance.
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Enola LGBT. And name the first bomb Morbidly Obese Manchild.
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Mar 24, 2016 09:39
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"Millions of College Scholarships" "The Radicalizer" "Theft of Public Funds" There's just so many good and apt names, it's hard to choose. 
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"The Economy" could be fun for headlines: ECONOMY CRASHES AND BURNS DUE TO SPENDING CUTS
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Lightning III, Exceeded deadline, Valkyrie II, Hanger Queen. There are many apt names for a bomber that isn't exactly useful in today's warfare environment. Especially when the B-2 is still flying. I do like "the economy" though.
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The B-2 is still flying, but they have to plan these things out decades in advance, so it makes sense to have its successor already planned. It doesn't make sense that we use these to bomb brown people without radar. They have great range and payload, but all their stealth technology is pretty much wasted. I'd like to see some massive Spruce Goose looking monster that holds 4k pounds of bombs and maybe costs 40 million per plane rather than the half-billion these new ones are going to cost. Maybe design the aerodynamics so it sounds like a fart every time the bomb bay doors open.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/24/microsofts-teen-girl-ai-turns-into-a-hitler-loving-sex-robot-wit/ Microsoft strikes again.
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They grow up so fast! *sheds a tear*
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Enos Shenk posted:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/24/microsofts-teen-girl-ai-turns-into-a-hitler-loving-sex-robot-wit/ Certainly developed the political opinions of a Teen Girl. Good job, Microsoft.
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Mar 24, 2016 16:36
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The bot is still smarter than Microsoft execs.
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Why are we getting crappy at Microsoft instead of the people that taught the robot to be Hitler-loving sex robot? 
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Because if you don't know better than to let the internet shape your Twitter bot in 2016 you are a blind goddamn moron.
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Krispy Kareem posted:The B-2 is still flying, but they have to plan these things out decades in advance, so it makes sense to have its successor already planned. You don't design the next 50 years of capability based around the adversaries you're fighting today, right now. That's what Gates did when he cut the F-22 buy in favor of the F-35s and seriously compromised us in the event of a real war against a near-peer. The B-2 and B-1 have actually been very useful aircraft for close air support. Yeah, the stealth technology is pretty much wasted against them, but the stealth technology would be just as wasted sitting in a hangar, you might as well use their range, payload, and precision delivery.
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