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user-inactivated  ·  3623 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Super Bowl roll call: Who is watching, who isn't and why?

Happy Junk Food Thanksgiving everybody!

Edit: I hate these commercials. Thinly veiled fascades. My sister and I have been deconstructing each and then guessing what they are.

"dog! Farm! Rough and tumble white guy comes out next to horse stable! Survey says: budweiser!" *ding ding"





ghostoffuffle  ·  3623 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I used to get all bent out of shape when commercials exploited deep emotions for crass purposes ("be a good dad! Buy our useless fucking car!"). Then I went on facebook and realized that new marketing amounts to, "hey, I noticed you mentioned girdles in your totally private e-mail. Here's a shitty picture of a girdle. Buy it."

Now I appreciate the fact that ad men at least have to employ some artistic sense to shill their shit. Dying art form, that.

I've never mentioned girdles in an e-mail, for the record

user-inactivated  ·  3623 days ago  ·  link  ·  

OTOH, a browser plugin can prevent you from seeing ads on the Internet. You're going to see the ad man's artistry if you watch TV. I much prefer the advertising I don't see to the advertising I do.