what does the packaging say though?
― sarahel, Saturday, 7 November 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
happy birthdayi also totally hate when ad copy pretends it cares about you
― harbl, Saturday, 7 November 2009 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
oh they have this thing where they go 28 grapes! 5 apples! 6 strawberries! and no bungalows! and ur meant to be like "oh shiz i didn't see that coming!"
― plaques (I know, right?), Saturday, 7 November 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
i hate products with annoying stupid names that it almost triggers a fit of self-loathing to even say to yourself, let alone out loud.
― sarahel, Saturday, 7 November 2009 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link
current ad copy placed on each label of Arrowhead:
THE ULTIMATE HYDRATORArrowhead brand mountain spring water has no calories, and we do not add anything: no sweeteners, no caffeine, no sodium - it's pure refreshment that quenches your thirst and replenishes your body. Be Healthy.
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 8 November 2009 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
This bag of Doritos has this inspirational story about a kid on the back, but I can't get past the bold type on bright yellow that says:
Buddy Booby'sBirthmark Read Along
― sarahel, Sunday, 8 November 2009 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
In the Mouth of Madness.
― pringles and loving it (latebloomer), Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
When it comes to juice we understand your need to get Naked.
― sarahel, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
50cent owns vitamin water?
― plaxico (I know, right?), Saturday, 12 December 2009 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link
do you not listen to rap music?
I took quarter water, sold it in bottles for two bucks/Coca-Cola came and bought it for billions, what the fuck?
― can you eat baconator? (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 December 2009 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmuH0H7u6u8
― can you eat baconator? (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 December 2009 23:56 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, when u said that line i realised i knew it but i didn't like that song and it never i dunno sunk in which is weird cos its pretty wtf
― plaxico (I know, right?), Saturday, 12 December 2009 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF020-Skub.gif
― =皿= (dyao), Sunday, 20 December 2009 07:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i45.tinypic.com/2v12reh.jpg
why are there dog sweaters all of a sudden? People have had dogs for centuries. People have knitted sweaters for centuries. Why dog sweaters now?
― sarahel, Monday, 28 December 2009 08:19 (fourteen years ago) link
The only thing I can think of to explain this, is the increased anthropomorphization of pets, especially dogs, which includes talking about them as if they were one's children, social networking sites for pets, bringing dogs to work, restaurants, etc.
― sarahel, Monday, 28 December 2009 08:25 (fourteen years ago) link
The As Seen On TV store I work at has dog Snuggies. I got one for my sister's dog this Christmas as a gag gift.
― hear shart attack (latebloomer), Monday, 28 December 2009 09:04 (fourteen years ago) link
this?
http://brandonreed.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/dog-snuggie.jpg
― sarahel, Monday, 28 December 2009 09:04 (fourteen years ago) link
yep!
― hear shart attack (latebloomer), Monday, 28 December 2009 09:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah - it's gotta be some anthropomorphizing desire. Someone suggested that it had to do with people having breeds of dogs as pets that aren't "native" to the particular climate, but I've seen long-haired dogs in dog sweaters, and I live in the Bay Area which has a pretty mild climate as it is.
― sarahel, Monday, 28 December 2009 09:11 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/15zfryq.jpghttp://i50.tinypic.com/28r1mk2.jpghttp://i48.tinypic.com/mj154.jpg
almost all these vacuums have clear parts, which often seem to connote a need for the user of the product to see it working.
― sarahel, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 00:52 (fourteen years ago) link
gross
― =皿= (dyao), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:31 (fourteen years ago) link
will probably inculcate the buyer with insecurities about the cleanliness of their vacuum cleaner, necessitating the need to buy a smaller, opaque vacuum cleaner to keep their big vacuum cleaner clean
― =皿= (dyao), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:32 (fourteen years ago) link
sadly i recognize that price tag+ store fixtures as being from Bed Bath and Beyond.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:44 (fourteen years ago) link
it's meant to scare the buyer straight. at a glance, s/he can witness the buildup of dust, pubes, dead bugs, foot particles, etc. all over the floor. overcome by horror and nausea, the buyer vows to pull out the vacuum at the merest hint of uncleanliness, lest the floor grime should turn sentient and devour all the neighborhood children. the overused vacuum will wear out and need to be replaced sooner than usual, putting more money in Mr. Bissel's wallet.
― un(!)registered (unregistered), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
also - corndogs - is there a relation between the popularity of corndogs with hipsters and the way they "perform" masculinity?
― i don't know whether it's really popular in Canada as well (sarahel), Monday, June 21, 2010 1:57 PM (4 minutes
i think this post fits better in this thread
― i don't know whether it's really popular in Canada as well (sarahel), Monday, 21 June 2010 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
has the innocent smoothies semiotic mode crossed the atlantic?
Does the entire Innocent Smoothies aesthetic strike you as deeply fucking irritating?
would it be considered too 'pretentious' for american consumers?
― the most promising US ilxor has thrown the TOWEL IN (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Saturday, 20 July 2013 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
things that announce themselves as things
things that want you to like them
― the most promising US ilxor has thrown the TOWEL IN (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Saturday, 20 July 2013 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
I sorta catch on to what's happening there. It's become so ubiquitous since the late 90s that I hardly notice it anymore. One of those annoying things in pubic that's become so commonplace that my brain has learned to accept it, like people talking on their cellphones.
is there a US brand that pulls this kind of stuff?
― goole, Monday, March 19, 2012 11:20 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
said it in the thread I think but fuck the assholes who write copy for Groupon gave me a p similar vibe
― Cantera: Vulgar Display Of Puyol (DJ Mencap), Monday, March 19, 2012 1:54 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^ Good answer.
― pplains, Saturday, 20 July 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
― hear shart attack (latebloomer)
XD
― imago, Saturday, 20 July 2013 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
GrubHub, one of those online food delivery services embodies the Innocent Smoothies Aesthetic:
Oh, hey. We wrote this tweet for you.This @GrubHub order rivals the time I was dealt a Fake Jewel Card during a fierce match o' Fireball Island. http://bit.ly/ZM1wk
― Gregory Bateson is always appropriate (sarahell), Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
do innocent smoothies and related products that utilize the faux coziness also have sans serif fonts?
this is the food delivery service logo:
http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/1/49595/2843172/grubhub1.jpg
― Gregory Bateson is always appropriate (sarahell), Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
yes, mostly
― the most promising US ilxor has thrown the TOWEL IN (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/QaBU6cu.png
― the most promising US ilxor has thrown the TOWEL IN (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
it definitely is associated with childhood and whimsy and slightly saccharine storybook narrators.
oh, the notebook paper in that popcorn ad! like classroom assignments.
it definitely derives from the "friendly face of corporate commerce" concept:
http://www.tshirtgalleries.com/wp-content/uploads/pit-pat-tshirt.jpg
of which this is a parody
― Gregory Bateson is always appropriate (sarahell), Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
army long underwear or womens stretch pants vs Ariat riding pants /???
― color definition point of "beyond "color, eg a transient that, Friday, 26 July 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
energy drinks
― The concept of making the Zuiderzee docile (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 9 August 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/oCjqYLN.jpg
― The concept of making the Zuiderzee docile (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 9 August 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDsAZRn2DZE
― The concept of making the Zuiderzee docile (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 9 August 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VPxdd2e.jpg
this one is swedish
― The concept of making the Zuiderzee docile (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 9 August 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
The Reeds is definitely the odd one out in that display
― not some dude poking a Line 6 pedal with his dick (sarahell), Sunday, 11 August 2013 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.censorwatch.co.uk/images/ad_pussy_energy_drink.gif
― ogmor, Monday, 12 August 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
wowww
― MAAVENN (Matt P), Monday, 12 August 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
wait is that real
yeah
― The concept of making the Zuiderzee docile (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Monday, 12 August 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
The name Pussy shocks and demands attention - that's the point. Inhibition is a recipe for mediocrity. This is a premium energy drink named with confidence.
...
We believe in challenging the consensus – and moving things forward. Pussy is about natural energy, it’s irreverent, sophisticated and a pleasure to drink. Pussy is NOT about being serious, chemical energy, having a corporate attitude or being predictable.
― vermonter, Thursday, 31 July 2008 16:50 (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This shit was the F-Word last night giving Graham Norton some obvious jokes to make.
― Jarlrmai, Thursday, 31 July 2008 17:25 (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Why is every product advertisement/promotion these days just total wank? Actually that would be a good name for an energy drink - Total Wank. "Yes folks, drink Total Wank! The energy drink that tastes like, er, total wank..."
― snoball, Thursday, 31 July 2008 18:14 (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― The concept of making the Zuiderzee docile (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Monday, 12 August 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
time was bro drinks just needed some extreme sports tie-ins, now they're all about fight club negs *raises delilo novel in one hand like bible*
― MAAVENN (Matt P), Monday, 12 August 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.geaugaconstitutionalcouncil.org/userfiles/image/GoatBehind.jpg
― imago, Saturday, 24 August 2013 10:09 (eleven years ago) link
_http://www.geaugaconstitutionalcouncil.org/userfiles/image/GoatBehind.jpg
― imago, Saturday, 24 August 2013 10:10 (eleven years ago) link
__http://www.geaugaconstitutionalcouncil.org/userfiles/image/GoatBehind.jpg
― imago, Saturday, 24 August 2013 10:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/News/ORP/4E42FE4F-9490-A743-863F070F6A36F16D.jpg
― not some dude poking a Line 6 pedal with his dick (sarahell), Saturday, 24 August 2013 10:12 (eleven years ago) link