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Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Snatch Duster posted:

All these campaigns succeeded though?

People are still talking about them and the brands long after they stopped airing.

That didn't help Taco Bell. Apparently that stupid little chihuahua was actually a put-off in the aggregate.

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Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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I'm happy for anything that reduces the demand for those creepy-rear end stalker dolls.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Nipponophile posted:

Even worse, that was the second giant failure of a campaign to push the Arch Deluxe as an "adult" burger. The first one involved Ronald McDonald hanging out in bars, smoking and shooting pool. For some reason, concerned parents didn't care for that too much.

I saw the commercial where he died of hypothermia under a bridge crying for his dead wife and cursing an uncaring God. Really wanted a very specific burger, I can loving tell you that.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Elfface posted:

Isn't Light Beer low alcohol content? Why are they giving that a slogan which is basically "You'll get drunk and do stupid poo poo" when presumably light is for people who don't want to get drunk, or at least not so easily?

They wanted something a little more sinister than "piss goes in, piss comes out."

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Red Robin is my chain burger crap restaurant of choice for when the need arises. I'd normally hate it, but after a long loving day of physical labor you just want to cram steak fries in your face. It's poutine logic.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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The MSJ posted:

This is how The Cheat stays in business.

Here the Cheat, have a trophy!

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Removing one row of seats can in fact mean more legroom for everyone else without retrofitting; it's why airline seats are on tracks. They revise the space ratios often.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Well, I tried to mock it by kissing the spine of a book. You can get your lips around it but it can't do a lot for you, so I assume they're riding on their emotional connection, which if anything makes it more romantic.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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bongwizzard posted:

I guess so, but kissing is pretty great, I think those robots are missing out on some good stuff.

I don't think it's fair to suggest that because one of the robots has a physical barrier to traditional kissing that their experience can't be as valid and fulfilling as that of two people with traditional lips.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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oldpainless posted:

IT lacks the intimacy, like trying to blow a dude with no balls.

Right, but then are you insinuating a man with no balls (maybe from a war injury) can't feel full intimacy from a blowjob from the wife who waited loyally for him? That's a messed up attitude that you are projecting onto these robots.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

I started typing that post before you made yours. Don't waste your time on such a flimsy excuse. Probating the pro-human-decency poster and telling the pro-corporate-greed poster he's really gotta watch it because one of these days, if he posts tens of thousands of words of hate often enough, he might get a wrist slap, if he keeps doing it, really I swear someday it might happen, is a clear enough message on its own.

Oh shut up.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Don't you have one of your dozen "teehee ima girl" threads to post in, dogfucker?

I've never even owned a dog :psyduck:

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

See, government regulation does work!

That joke doesn't even make sense?

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Hey GBS do ladies like me, a lady, ever have trouble getting jokes? Ask me anything about my vagina!

You really need medication, you have some really serious problems.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Oh I'm so sorry, I've been unfair. You do diversify:



Yeah, because I'm interested in other people and their perspectives and experiences. I think it would probably help you feel more at ease with the world if you took the time to do that periodically, and reflect on why someone's experiences are different from your and how it has affected their development as a person.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

You're interested in yourself. I've literally, like not joking, really truly only ever seen about a dozen posts from you where you weren't talking about yourself. My friends have a drinking game about it. It's creepy and sad, like your animal porn.

I not only think that's not true, but it's entirely beside the point of what I recommended to you.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Prove me wrong, nerd kween. I'd be loving delighted to stop seeing your inane personal anecdotes everywhere on this site. And if you think I'm not interested in other people your lily white rear end has a very narrow definition of "people." Unsurprisingly.

Yeah, unfortunately for you, my investment caps at recommending to you that you get therapy because your approach to other people strongly indicates that you are not a happy person, and I don't think that this avenue leads you to a place where you will be happy with how you have experienced your life.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Gee, sounds like I Have A Lot Of Growing Up To Do.


It's a sip every time you see Pick talking about herself (otherwise you'd die,) drink every time you see her advising someone to be more like herself, and do a shot every time she posts one of Those Threads.

Drink!

Yeah, you really would benefit from reflecting on how you interact with others. You don't realize that your own anger sabotages what you want, and reinforces your perceived need to be angry. Why would you even care about what I do, one of seven billion people on Earth? Take up photography or something.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

You're like that girl everyone has in elementary school who furrows her brow in fake concern whenever the teacher's looking, and then goes back to pulling pigtails the minute backs are turned. And then she grows up and you find out she fucks dogs.

Really, take some time for personal meditation and maybe take a trip to one of the Dakotas, it is a good way to center yourself and get away from some of the city buzz. And at least take the hint and revise it to catfucker, since I do have one of those.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Barudak posted:

I only watch films Im spoiled on. There isnt enough time in life to sit through films I can find out in mere seconds if Ill like or not like.

Aso spoiler culture is the death of discussing media.

TROLLS IS ABOUT DEVELOPING HEALTHY COPING MECHANISMS IN A NIHILISTIC FRAMEWORK

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Barudak posted:

When I has just returned to the states as a little kid, like maybe five, we visited some family friends. They had a cat and I ignored it since my parents told me not to play with strange animals and I dont think I had literally ever seen one before. The owner asked if I wanted to pet it and then started walking me through how to be good with a cat. Finally they told me to hold out my hand while they also reached to pet the cat so it was comfortable. It clawed me so badly and deeply on my forearm my family had to rush me to a hospital to make sure I was ok.

In terms of dumb marketing Acclaim offered to pay people Acclaim got to put video game advertisements on those peoples tombstones.

Wow dude you are definitely a werewolf or some poo poo, maybe just marked

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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The important thing about Spam is that it is incredibly, incredibly salty so if you actually work your rear end off, it tastes amazing. Like poutine.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Choco1980 posted:

Today's photoshop contest on Cracked is filled with entries that fit this thread perfectly.

Most of these are no big deal or obviously unintentional. People need to lighten the gently caress up.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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MrYenko posted:

My favorites are the drugs for relatively benign conditions that also have horrific, life-altering side effects. Like Accutane, an oral acne medication:


I'll keep the loving pimples, thanks. :stonk:

Accutane is a life-saver, don't knock it.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Taylor Swift owns.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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crosshatch posted:

That thing is almost exactly halfway between my house and my office in Old Town, so I walk by it every day and I hate it so much.

It's been finished since at least last November and I don't think anyone's moved in yet. They didn't build any parking, either.

Same, it's near my office and it drives me loving insane.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Coke Zero is delicious and frankly it's hilarious that they've tricked millennials into thinking Izze is healthy.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Why would I pay for what I get for free every month

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Phlegmish posted:

It's a way of signaling your class and cultural capital, that you have the right tastes, aesthetics and preferences, like knowing that you're only supposed to eat steak rare. Not that that makes it wrong, of course.

Or pretending raclette is fancy when it's just swiss cheez whiz

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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You're still talking about bread?! Well, all bread publicity is good bread publicity.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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I get the adaptability and chronic illness excuse, hell better than some I'm sure!, but I've never seen that actually be the bread and butter of one of these businesses. At some point, that itself becomes a marketing gimmick that further takes advantage of those who need real help and not overpriced exploitative consumerist bullhooey.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Barudak posted:

Its even more more insidious;

To be offered to buy the poo poo you want you must build rapport with a specific rep by buying bizzare overpriced poo poo you dont want (example 800 dollar hermes brand rocking horse) until they like you enough to call you when they do get inventory you want, but the store nor reps get any control over inventory they sent so youre gambling on them even recieving the style of bag you want much less color, and from a corporate level there is a cap on how many of their bags youre allowed to buy in a year.

In review, you must bribe a salesperson so that theyll call you for a high-pressure buy-it-now-or-miss-out opportunity on a thing you may not 100% want because nobody cares what you actually want and the thing you want may never be sent to the store you decided to build rapport at.

This process can take weeks or months to go from "first time in a store" to "actually buying a bag" so Diehard Hermes shoppers recommend you take a vacation to paris and go to the flagship store and spend 5-7k over your short trip as that store has the most inventory so theyre more likely to call you back in a short window o buy more stuff.

Ask me about a friend who had over 100k in non-bag product from hermes just so she could get access to their top tier bag, which itself retails around 50k

Edit: Do you think you may have a counterfit Hermes? Well their process is you send it to their people who make them to take apart and confirm if it is. You do not get an assembled purse back, just confirmation if it was or wasnt an Hermes

I hate purses as the top-level fashion item instead of jewels because purses suck poo poo and I just want to throw them around. also they intentionally made it purses because it doesn't matter if you're fat, they can just make the same garbage with no tailoring or anything. fashion has become a crap.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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big dyke energy posted:

God my brain can not get around some parts of capitalism. That's loving insane.

I can understand a company having a completely bonkers business plan like that, I can not FATHOM how the people who buy this don't just...move on to other luxury brands that don't make you buy poo poo you don't want to get things you do want (maybe, if you're lucky). I guess it's just a sunk-cost thing? More money than sense? Goddamn.

Rich people are bored. It's a game.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Mu Zeta posted:

Mitt Romney somehow has over 100 million in his IRA. There are articles about how he could possibly do it and no one can figure it out since for most of his life you could only put in a couple grand a year into it. The system is rigged.

Were the articles written by morons? Because I can tell you.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Barudak posted:

Purses and high fashion are very stupid but thanks to my job I now have a vested interest in you all buying as many of them as you can afford.


I like fashion, some fashion, but I hate purses. I only own like four and I get grief about it but I hate purses so much.

I'd rather just madeline albright it up and have something gorgeous, well-made, and imperious like a nice st. john.

"Pick why do you wear old lady fashion??" says person who only three years ago was probably wearing Juicy Couture like a middle-class tramp

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Krispy Wafer posted:

Weekends?

Russians drink on the job. But yes, you had a situation where you could wait years for a lovely apartment or car. Drinking was cheap and it was communal so that's what men did.

In the Russian air force, they'd drink the pure alcohol that was meant to deice or cool advanced jet components.

Oh no, having to wait years for an affordable apartment in the city where I live? That's unthinkable. an affordable apartment!

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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Krispy Wafer posted:

I don't know if you can compare the housing situation in Soviet Russia with apartment scarcity in a modern American city.

I was actually thinking about Stockholm

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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umalt posted:

Autistic People loving hate Autism Speaks because of that mentality. In addition to how Autism Speaks believes that Autism is a disease to be cured, rather than merely a different way that the human brain thinks (that happens to have difficulty coping with modern society).

yo I have a frisky dash of the 'tism and it's also ok to recognize we make people hate us because we're assholes usually unless we try harder. The reason our brain works differently is because it's broken. If you tell me it's ok to "act naturally" around people I will do things that are unpleasant to them that they have no reason to accept or tolerate.

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Pick
Jul 19, 2009
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chitoryu12 posted:

Also Pick has talked at length about her childhood in the past and I can absolutely guarantee that she’s hosed up by her parents and not any form of autism.

Some of those things, like not being allowed to chew inside the house, were because of autistic siblings so it's not unrelated on that end either.

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