rolling nyc subway ads discussion thread

when the taxis had flowers on them wtf

I thought that was Bloomberg's subtle revenge for the protests from cab drivers at the time.

http://www.mynetworktv.com/banners/jpg_banner_1223084183.jpg
http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/medium/29062/8558884

^^ not as bad as the tyler perry reruns ads

omg that one glowering guy from the wrestling ad genuinely disturbs me - he looks like an actually terrible person

is that a relative of jimmy sooka(sp?)?

Ok, Arubans are mildly creepy imho -- it's like they want me to come there because THEY'RE desperate for friends.

apparently they have cacti too. and you can talk to the wildlife.

http://nastynets.com/?p=379

ilx: 90,000 friends you never knew you had

mrs. z is shy!

did u guys know dr z designs those ads HIMSELF!

i admire his choice of color palette.

i can't wait to get $10 back for every $100 i spend in transit purchases before december 31!

today i noticed the rest of the ad: "great, now can you do something about the price of a studio below 23rd street?"

you fucking douches! can you do something about the price of any apartment anywhere?!?!!

lol all those empty midtown studios to be had for $800/mo

she's not looking for studios above 23rd street

it was a he.

shes lookin 4 dat dik

http://www.desktopexchange.com/gallery/albums/WWE_wallpaper/Triple_H_WWE_2.jpg
HI DERE

Mainly just starting this because I have an RFID -

There's this attorney ad with a dark background and a picture of this middle-aged dude (sort of handsome, trustworthy-looking) and then it says "Robert _____, paid spokesperson" - which I think is hilarious because it's just his picture and he's not saying anything.

Oh nm, figured it out - it's Wilentz and Baker, featuring John Roland, compensated spokesperson.

or rather Wilens & Baker

http://o.onionstatic.com/images/23/23402/original/700.jpg?1695

o_O

classic

Oh nm, figured it out - it's Wilentz and Baker, featuring John Roland, compensated spokesperson.

That guy was an utterly banal local news anchor in the '80s and '90s. Trustworthy for life, obviously.

My fave EZ Pawn ad was the one featuring the beehived gal who looked like she was a 1964 Shirelles concert attendee.

yeah, something was so weirdly transfixing about that beehive girl!

I'm kind of mezmerized by vaguely evil uncle sam tbh

i saw it again on the way home, the 1964 girl is for GEM Pawnbrokers.

http://i.imgur.com/V2EfafO.jpg

http://www.legendarylifestylemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Jack-Ryan-Shadow-Recruit-Kenneth-Branagh-2-590x860.jpg

https://mobile.twitter.com/doctorzizmor

http://i.imgur.com/V2EfafO.jpg

:( :( :(

not an ad, but i really truly hate that smug poem that ends with the line about roast chicken and red wine.

I hate all these "in the know new yorker" ads for seamless and flatrate and that other storage company. Really, really hate.

And also I agree about that roast chicken and red wine poem.

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
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wow freud so hipster very brooklyn

all these bushwick kids with their "worlds greatest grandpa" tees

are you in NYC Ryan?

yeah I live here now! texan in the big city midnight cowboy style. minus the cowboy hat.

In Texas is there lots of overly familiar "Yeehaw we're Texas, truckballs on my Ford amirite?" advertising? Cuz it seems like a symptom of that whole "I'm a New Yorker" thing that comes from really wanting to identify with here because you left somewhere else that was too boring or square.

it's literally inescapable in Texas, with bonus bashing of other places as in the famous picante sauce ad where the salsa is revealed to be made in *shudder* new york city.

I think part of what I hate about the NYC stuff is that it's mostly stuff that does not actually make me feel proud

tbf though most salsa made here is some bullshit

"We order lots of takeout because we can't cook for ourselves, our apartments are small and shitty, and we're shallow, superficial, judgmental and materialistic!"

Is there even a salsa industry in NYC anymore? I mean if there is I'm sure it's triple-priced craft salsa or w/e.

hurting 2 is burt stanton and i claim my $5

take out is by far the #1 reason to live in ny, just one of the greatest human achievements ever, and i cook for myself v well fwiw

wait not takeout DELIVERY

I'm probably just bitter because there's no good delivery in my hood now. It's like, uzbek kebab and that's it.

http://www.steinerfoods.com/images/brands/brooklyn_salsa.jpg

first time i saw this, thought of those "new york city!" ads

guys i learned about the NY state family leave thing from subway ads and now i get like a whole extra month of paternity leave. the rare case of subway ads gone right.

the other of course being the school of practical philosophy, which changed my life.

I bought a Casper mattress

well I saw something and said something so

i ate a snickers

i used the NYC transit promo code when i bought the mattress

i got my breasts enlarged

I also bought a Casper mattress, but haven't taken it out of the box yet. Maybe Friday.

I bought some thinx to clean up egg spills, but they didn't really seem as ideally designed for that as advertised

fuck, if Morbs bought a Casper then they truly have won.

the okcupid "DTF" ones are individually quite stupid and faux-with-it (ah yes, the cool leftie kids are totally down to flirtily thumb-wrestle trump voters!) but i was on a car that had an uninterrupted frieze of them running the full length, and it's kind of great because each individual ad is split into two panels (wacky photo, caption) and since there's no additional border at the edge of an ad, it's very easy to read an image as being paired with the next caption over. hijinks ensue.

e.g. these, though i bet the side-by-side thing won't happen once i hit post:

https://i2.wp.com/www.ifitshipitshere.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/E_okc_dtf_hero7.jpg?resize=800%2C518https://i0.wp.com/www.ifitshipitshere.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/D_okc_dtf_hero10.jpg?resize=800%2C518

i giggle each time i see the ones for the show BILLIONS, but only because the first one i saw was the one with the blonde woman holding some grapes, and someone had defaced it with a speech balloon reading

I used some of my billions to buy these grapes!

BILLIONS!

Twee Seamless delivery instructions are more than just unfunny. They represent the petty demands of a privileged class that sits atop our neo-feudal order.https://t.co/PTrflFsuPj

— The Baffler (@thebafflermag) August 16, 2018

Mainly they're unfunny though

yes to both points. fuck them.

the lyft adds hyping up long-established NYC destinations have been my main source of fury lately, though. you know what's a great way to get to the Cloisters or Rockaway Beach? THE FUCKING PUBLIC TRANSIT NETWORK YOU'RE STANDING IN, LOOKING AT THIS AD. kind of amazing they approve ads that are that nakedly like "fuck the subway." granted, cuomo's MTA is sliding towards disaster but i'm pretty sure a 90-minute cab ride is not going to compete with a $2.75 or less subway fare.

https://i.imgur.com/aBIuqEQ.jpg

I like the detailed cartoon ads, they work well for avoiding looking at other people

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlTpNtaVAAEACUb.jpg:small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DluDGahUcAAQsBA.jpg

Lucas bides his time. Lucas lets John believe he has won.

https://i.imgur.com/eOSL1YY.jpg

GrubHub is back on the "what up, fellow New Yorkers?" kick, with slogans like "When you're craving cake so badly, you'd crash a Central Park wedding to get it."

Also, I hate how every dumb campaign like this now has twenty variations of the same concept/joke plastered all over the same car. I know that's been a thing since at least the days of creepy Venmo Lucas, but it's just so dispiriting. Today's Zizmors stand no chance.