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This isn't a metaphor. Just a story about a roach.
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But these ads definitely don't work on me because I'm just built different π€
Ads can't work on you if you never see them
"These don't work on me because I don't have any friends, connections, or value!"
Also I worked in advertising. They really donβt work on me and completely have the opposite effect.
They don't work on me because I'm actually just a highly condensed ball of plasma and rage in a trenchcoat.
That plan only works when the ad is not so controversial that it makes people want to boycott the company.
Because now I am boycotting that company even though I really needed to replace my shoes and already had them picked out.
This assumes you're in the market for the product / can boycott it.
For example the biggest culprit of this in my area are ads saying "stop hiring humans" for some AI company. I may hate the company, but my opinion doesn't matter. The only people that would be in the market for something like that are ghoulish CEOs who just view employees as a cost on their balance sheet. If that ad can make them laugh and look into your product, it doesn't matter if the other 99% if people hate your company.
Well yes, in this instance I assumed they were talking about the converse ad, and I was literally about to buy some new shoes from them cause my favourite ones just ripped. I saw the ad, will now find another brand to purchase from.
This assumes you're in the market for the product / can boycott it.
And it's a correct assumption otherwise the entire point of the meme makes no sense since someone will use it anyway
I boycotted Canadian tire for years because of their annoying commercials with that guy they tried to write as a normal guy that would talk about Canadian tire products in natural situations... that felt so contrived and fake he just came off as some loser corporate shrill. I remember the first ad was actually for some windshield wipers that looked pretty good but the ads were so off putting I not only didn't buy those wipers but didn't step foot in their stores at all until a while after they got rid of that guy (which also sucked for him because he was just some actor doing what some dumbass marketing writers and directors told him to and it did hurt his career because a lot of people hated those ads).
Wait what did a shoe company do?
Posted elsewhere on this thread
The ad essentially showed what appeared to be a hanging pair of converse, held up by a person wearing a white skirt, and a 'trick of the light' reflected what appeared to be a KKK hat. Wasn't terribly subtle.
Look, this politician says really stupid things. Let's all point out how stupid he is, share it, comment on it and boost it in any possible way.
My preferred curse for journalism is that every time they announce the statement of someone totally unqualified, like Trump, they must also announce the statement of someone equally unqualified, like a drunkard on the street who believes theyβre all lizard people that were sent by the Egyptian pharoahs.
I mean, I was hoping we could give genuinely intelligent people and educated experts more of a platform, but I guess that works too.
Nowadays it's "look at this ugly AI image someone made"
You mean like Musk throwing a rock at an "unbreakable" window?
That was genuinely an embarrassment for him, and probably hurt cyber truck sales. More like, sharing his vile racist tweets or video of him performing a Nazi salute
Nobody in the world bought cubic truck based on it's merits. It's an ideological purchase, and nothing those goobers do or say changes their camp, so it can't hurt or boost the sales.
Agree or disagree, I don't think this is the most apt Musk observation
I'll go to the grave believing it was either intentional or Musk said 'fuck it, if it breaks, it breaks'. I have no proof of it, but as soon as I saw it something in me said 'come on...'. Call it extroverted intuition..
Recently an ad caught my eye by showing somebody putting mustard and ketchup on the shoes on their feet. I have no clue what they were selling.
What's the ad so I can look at it?
i hate to be the person giving them exposure, but at the point where they went through bbc and nyt, i don't think that few people on lemmy make a difference...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crwyzj53pl1lo
Converse pulls 'deeply upsetting' advert after backlash
American footwear brand Converse has pulled an advert that social media users said evoked Ku Klux Klan imagery, saying it recognised "that we got this wrong".
The photo, posted to the company's Instagram account, received backlash online after critics described lighting in the image as looking like a white pointed hood.
A pair of shoes, dangling in the picture, were also likened to an image of a lynching victim by social media users.
I assumed it was about that recent Converse ad that looked like a KKK hood with someone hanging. When I read the headline about that I thought βthat has to be an exaggeration or a reachβ, but then I searched for it and went oh naw, the people that saw that at first glance werenβt reaching. I can see how an office full of marketing people with zero perspective could miss it, but I feel like most normal people would go βdamn bro that kinda looks like a KKK hoodβ.
My first thought was the recent Sydney Sweeney sport betting ad. The fact that we're having a thread like this, I feel seems to highlight the witty-ness of this comic lol.
Oh... I though the ad was the Roach Poison.
It's controversial because roaches don't share the food, they die and the other roaches cannibalizes each other.
...
Um... I might be reading too much in to this. I am probably completely wrong.
the ad is the roach poison. it's just saying we poison people in our circle by sharing negative content, and that it's controversial by design.
Last time I remember this happening is fake ads for 'the boys' Amazon series.
The number of people, mostly women, getting outraged about Sydney Sweeney right now shows this very much still happens.
And now I have to go Google what you are talking about, making you that guy π
Edit: So you don't have to Google it: some apparently famous woman appears in an ad for a company without morals who profits off of exploiting addiction and ignorance, and she is almost entirely nude in most of the ads
she is almost entirely nude in most of the ads
That will stop people from looking it up.
Dunno why though. The internet is full of actual porn, why bother going to look for some g rated pseudo porn that's actually just an ad?
In the same vain, most tits look very similar, so if you saw like 10 different pairs, you get the gist of it and you wouldn't be surprised by new ones. Yet, for some reason, people keep looking at photos of bare chested women all the time, over and over again.
We really hangout with different type of people huh
Yeah I totally definitely did not just look it up
LOL
I'm glad you agree π
For those who need slightly more info to not Google it, some actress reached out to some ~~sports betting site~~ (edit:shoe company) and spearheaded an ad that is basically a sports illustrated "body issue" where she puts on some gear or holds some sportsball or stick in front of the naughty bits. The whole controversy is about the sexualization of women on sports (obviously)
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That's my 2 minute analysis while on my morning walk, so take it with a container of salt
It's a sports gambling company that she also invested in, which may be relevant
"This ad annoys me, which makes me not want to buy the product! Hey everyone, isn't this ad annoying?"
What's your opinion on sharing good ads? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXP3C5Kg-7w
Apparently this is the same guy from 'Stop drinking, becomes good for society' advert.
Got to love Zack and his satire.
I get so irate when people sing jingles at me. It was fucking everyone I knew growing up-- classmates, family, everyone but maybe one friend. And only because we didn't sing or do anything whimsical. Why do people enjoy advertising at me? At least they could try to get paid for shoveling [product] at me, but it doesn't even register. I'd long ago given up trying to express that I would like to avoid being advertised at. Its just something fun to do to eachother! We sing the corporate jingle and we all have a laugh! Wow! What an interesting way of thinking! Lets go buy [product]!
You're probably over 40? There used to be a lot fewer channels, and less things to buy (less ads total) so more people would see an individual ad.