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Reagan used Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA" as one of his campaign anthems on the road. The song sounds very rah-rah America, as long as you ignore all the words in the verses about a veteran of a pointless war being ignored once he returns home.
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Walmart crashed and burned in Germany. Their corporate culture doesn't mesh well with the German culture. Beginning every shift by gathering up the store for a yee-haw rally group chant doesn't really thrill the German employees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1D5kI1TyMc Neither does having greeters at the door to smile at every customer who walks in. And the clerks are supposed to always be smiling. I guess if you're from a place that's not used to that in stores, it would be really creepy. IKEA sells a piece of artwork with a giant map on it that labels the sea between Japan and Korea as the "Sea of Japan". Koreans call it the East Sea, and the labeling of it is a politically sensitive topic. That map was on IKEAs shelves this year in Korea as they are struggling to succeed over there 
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Dec 5, 2014 18:58
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http://www.sidetalkin.com/ Ancient meme about having to hold the ngage sideways to talk on it and use it as a phone. People using it looked like they were speaking into a robot taco
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Geokinesis posted:They seem to be trying a bit harder down under though: Wait, chorizo is fancy hipster food in Australia? In the American southwest, it's nasty hangover food.
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Jan 3, 2015 00:22
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I was hoping Jaws had sharp metal teeth and hated James Bond. He is taller than the other kids.
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Jan 5, 2015 22:24
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Cage posted:Lululemon Athletica recently brought a store to a mall in Buffalo, NY. To give the store a local spin they put two text references to pretty major buffalo sports controversies: That's hilarious. I love the other stupid things Lululemon did that were mentioned in the article. The $100 see through yoga pants that they initially refused to admit were defective and see through.
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Jan 8, 2015 21:41
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They care about people! But employees aren't people.
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Jan 12, 2015 06:53
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As they say, pizza is like sex. Even when it's bad, it's still alright.
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Jan 12, 2015 17:58
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Johnny Aztec posted:What the hell, Arizona? In Arkansas, it is mandated by law to have a fence or gate around a(n inground) pool. It is in AZ too, but only if a kid aged 6 or under is living in the home. And just because it's mandated by law doesn't mean that people actually do it or know about it. It's also illegal to leave your kids/pets in the car on a hot day and roast them, but every single summer here a dozen kids die anyway.
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Jan 26, 2015 19:37
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The whole "generation gap" handwringing is rubbish. Everyone 10-15 years printed media raises red alert that kids these days are selfish, fickle, and crappy and nobody has any idea how to encourage them to get a job or not spit in the house. Part of the curriculum of a class I was in asked whether "millennial" employees are harder to manage. 22 year olds fresh out of school are idiots, and they have been idiots since the beginning of time. It maybe takes them 10 years to straighten up and fit into the mainstream, because then there are younger, dumber kids coming into the company and complaining about the "new generation" can start. You read the articles about traits of millenials, and it reads like a horoscope where the reader can read anything they want out of it. I once read an article that described a group as "fickle and brand disloyal" while simultaneously talking about how they are all universally obsessed with Apple and Starbucks. 
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Feb 3, 2015 17:17
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:To further the TV analogy, data caps are pretty much like if cable companies started capping you at X hours of HD or Y hours of SD otherwise you pay overage. TVs are just old enough that people realize its bullshit. "Measure what is measurable, and see if you can get the customer to pay for it" - Galileo
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Feb 4, 2015 17:05
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Mr. Flunchy posted:I think they're probably more interested in selling that data to marketing teams, record companies etc than recommending you music. Yeah, if you're using a digital service and not paying money for it, you're not getting a product for free, you are the product (being sold to advertisers)
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Feb 4, 2015 19:56
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Is it too early to call the Kinect a failed peripheral? Because there are very few Kinect-required titles for Xbox One, and it appears that only one is any good.
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Feb 19, 2015 02:18
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mamelon posted:I'm guessing from context that Joe's doesn't actually offer crab? They sell crab like how Red Lobster sells lobster. And their advertising/employee tshirts often roll back to the crabs/pubic lice double entendre.  "I got crabs from Joe!"
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Mar 26, 2015 00:14
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Jonathan Yeah! posted:Yeah, this is all well and good, but there was a Hulk Hogan sex tape? Holy poo poo, I never thought that would happen. Hold onto your shoes, here comes the meat!
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Apr 18, 2015 22:18
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Zaphod42 posted:Not to mention all the pure-CG bullshitting that goes on in games marketing. "in-game footage" = "in-game footage from an older, highly optimized build that was made for the purpose of making clips for trailers. recorded on absurdly powerful dev PCs rather than the console listed" ?
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Apr 20, 2015 17:51
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Last Chance posted:lol.. The mainstream TV ad world was not ready for Internet meme humor in 2004.
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Apr 22, 2015 18:57
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQYwFND7rHE All this talk of marketing makes me hungry for a delicious Subway Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki Footlong
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Apr 28, 2015 06:43
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Thunderfinger posted:So what were you doing with your wife's vibrator? Literally shaking
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Apr 29, 2015 02:38
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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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May 18, 2015 18:44
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lt_kennedy posted:I've been given a plastic lid, a pasta strainer and a plush elmo that's seen better days Plush? To take into a bathroom? 
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May 23, 2015 04:50
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GrandpaPants posted:Assuming "Those Kooky Gooks" (what the gently caress is wrong with you, by the way?) is Fresh Off the Boat, it's probably more racist against white people (namely Floridians) than Asians. It's not an Asian minstrel show, and I'm glad that Asian Americans can finally have their own show instead of being second fiddle. I've seen half an episode, and I agree. The TV/film checklist for Asian characters says that they must be a dry cleaner owner, doctor, scientist/computer hacker, or martial arts expert. And males may never ever be the love interest That show doesn't really seem to conform in that way.
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Jun 1, 2015 23:53
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The internet has changed traditional marketing in one big way, because the manufacturer/retailer marketing a product can no longer rely on controlling the majority of the messaging about their product or brand. If I'm buying a gas lawn mower, I'm going to start by searching online. I'm going to see Amazon reviews, find a half dozen different online retailers, and find a blog or two reviewing lawn mowers in detail with teardown photos. I may find a click-baity article discussing what to look for in lawn mowers, and maybe an online magazine or newspaper article telling me to compare the cost of buying a mower vs. hiring a landscaper. I'll see a forum of lawn mower enthusiasts  about their favorite mowers and how to buy one.Or I might just go to the store and buy a middle-priced model from a brand I recognize. 30 years ago I probably saw an ad in print/radio/tv, went to my local hardware store and started browsing. I recognize some mower brands from their TV ads, I'm reading the boxes, looking over the display models and make my selection based on what I think I need and what I can afford. In this case, the manufacturer or retailer has controlled the communication and messaging about the product the entire time. That's how it is for a lot of durable goods and big ticket items now.
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Captainsalami posted:Gonna be honest, if they had a bounce sheet that infused my clothes with the scent of working with cedar or pine woods i'd buy it. Yeah I'm on board with that too.
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Jun 3, 2015 18:40
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Military strength of north and economic strength of south would be more plausibly written as "military and economic strength of south with outdated and poorly equipped northern military well suited to be an occupying force"
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Jul 2, 2015 22:30
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Tunicate posted:Yeah bu it'll give the cops an easier time with the paperwork. http://forums.officer.com/t200370/ At least one out there is excited at the idea 
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Karma Monkey posted:
Too bad she never went through with her "Southern Plantation Style" wedding with tapdancing negro waiters
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http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/walmart-offers-rival-sale-to-amazons-prime-day/ Amazon is running a special anniversary sale called Prime Day on 7/15, which will offer exclusive deals to Prime members. Prime users pay $99/year for free 2 day shipping, some extra deals on mom stuff, and access to an anemic but growing streaming video library. Walmart is mad and jealous and will be running their own sale! With blackjack! And hookers! quote:"The idea of asking customers to pay extra in order to save money just doesn't add up for us," Fernando Madeira, CEO of Walmart.com, said Monday in a blog post. Oh how noble of them! quote:Hoping to build its online presence to help shore up slow-growing in-store sales, Walmart is now testing a free three-day shipping program called ShippingPass for $50 a year to rival Amazon Prime. 
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Hasters posted:I don't know, if I shopped at Walmart I might be more inclined to go with their program, especially with Amazon pushing Prime shipment times out to 3-7 days. Walmart's curbside grocery pickup is legit awesome. I work for a giant company with a zillion people on campus, so they list it as a pickup location. They have refrigerated grocery delivery trucks out there for online orders a few times a week. Order groceries online, pay online, and pick them up in the parking lot on the way out of the office. It's super convenient and keeps me from having to set foot in a store. A Good Move in Marketing, but I have no idea how they make any money doing it.
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http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/sto...ll-hall-of-fame Former MLB pitcher Randy Johnson is being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks when they won the World Series. The Diamondbacks organization is really excited about this upcoming Hall of Fame induction, and came up with the idea to temporarily rename State Route 51 in Phoenix after Randy Johnson (who wore 51 on his jersey when he played). Problem is, State Route 51 is already permanently named for Lori Piestewa, a Hopi Indian Arizona soldier who was KIA in Iraq in 2003 (the first Native American US Military servicewoman killed in combat in US history). After more than a few people said WTF, the organization and governor have backed out and apologized.
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They had the bluray Lord of the Rings box set at $2 below the all-time Black Friday low, so that was cool.
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A MLM mascara company, Younique (Get it? It's like UNIQUE and YOU!) is having all their pyramid scheme drones GO VIRAL by sharing videos of themselves in a specific format. The format has them staring sadly and silently into the camera revealing a handwritten page one at a time (Wile E. Coyote style) telling their story. At the end of their story, they lipsynch to a pop song with the chorus "THIS IS MY FIGHT SONG". Include a link to the Younique Mascara distributor's sales page, of course. What's their story? Their stories are all about sexual abuse that they have experienced. It's to "raise awareness".  Search for "younique y song" or "younique fight song" and be amazed that a marketer can be so callous. (Like all MLMs, the product is overpriced and sucks. It starts at $30/tube which is $11 more than department store staple Clinique)
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Rare Collectable posted:Some more classic examples of "Play our game, its better than *some horrible disgusting poo poo we came up with*" There's probably at least one person out there on the internet who looks back in retrospect and says "that's when I realized I was a furry"
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Jastiger posted:
Well that's because the people who switch save an average of $500!*  *(because the people who were quoted a higher price than they are currently paying didn't switch, so there are no negative numbers in that average)
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The Flo actress was about to quit acting all together since she was bombing all of her auditions and no one liked her as a serious contender for daytime TV. She would only find voice work and bit spots in (at the time) obscure shows.
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Yeah, you're supposed to do that with old west train robber bandits or 16th century buccaneers, not contemporary terrorist groups.
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Aug 14, 2015 18:51
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The "beef shirts" advertised in the banner could be sort of awkward. Especially the NFL shirts that say "I HATE THE REDSKINS" or the MLB ones that say "I HATE THE INDIANS" All about context, I guess.
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Aug 19, 2015 00:30
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:The weirdest part is going to a daddy-daughter dance/ "date night" that's sponsored by a fast-food restaurant. A cheeseburger-themed ball seems like the exact opposite of classy. It's chicken only, you uncultured swine.
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http://www.ispot.tv/ad/AL8x/papa-murphys-pizza-re-bold-your-man Here's a stupid ad. If a father is playing dolls with his daughter, his masculinity is diminished and you should purchase a buffalo chicken pizza so he can become a macho football fan dad. It's a collection of so many stereotypes in one.
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Oct 19, 2015 21:07
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Krispy Kareem posted:That happened with the first iPhone too. It was a buggy mess at its announcement and Steve Jobs had to follow a very precise series of steps to avoid revealing how beta the OS was. Probably a bunch of them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW7Rqwwth84
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Mu Zeta posted:I saw those ads at the movie theater yesterday and could not believe they were real. How did 5 companies decide these were good enough? $70 million down the drain. Those 5 companies do not make meaningful amounts of money off of phones and tablets, which are quickly becoming PC replacements for most people. They'll try anything.
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