Dumb Ads

dar512 · 06-20-2005, 02:20 PM

I've seen a number of the Microsoft "We see" print ads. On the whole I thought they were ok in a bland corporate "yay us" kind of way. But the latest one I ran across made me snort and think "What twits!".

It's not quite so obvious in this small version but keep an eye out for the two-page print ads. Most people don't strum a bass - or chord one either.

Normally this sort of goof doesn't bother me. I'm a programmer and there can be all sorts of outrageously bad computer stuff in TV programs and movies and it doesn't phase me.

Maybe it's the whole "We understand you." theme and then this.

Happy Monkey · 06-20-2005, 02:30 PM

From the people who brought you creepy blue butterfly-suit roller skaters...

glatt · 06-20-2005, 02:58 PM

I get National Geographic Magazine. On the outside back cover for a few months now, there has been a car ad. Picture of an SUV out in the desert somewhere, driving down some rock hill. Almost tipping over, but looking really rugged and macho while doing it. The text is "No intelligent life out here. Just you." I know it's supposed to be a reference to Star Trek and the reader is supposed to get the feeling that if only they had this SUV they would be able to go out into the hinterlands of some exotic planet and drive down cliffs.

I read it and immediately think that it means "No intelligent life out here, including you (if you buy this SUV and drive it down rock cliffs.)"

xoxoxoBruce · 06-21-2005, 04:28 AM

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Most people don't strum a bass - or chord one either.

The girl's got to have a gimmick to get 3 gold and 3 platinum.

Undertoad · 06-21-2005, 07:56 AM

Also it would take real talent to strum a bass with painted fingernails, never mind fretting one. But playing through a guitar amp, that's pretty much normal.

russotto · 06-21-2005, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

From the people who brought you creepy blue butterfly-suit roller skaters...

You mean a 240-lb man in a butterfly suit and inline skates doesn't induce you to switch to MSN? I wish I'd been able to get in on that; they were paying good money.

This is also the same company running "Where do you want to go today?" ads while the music in the background contained the lines "The damned and accursed are convicted to the flames of Hell" (in Latin).

wolf · 06-21-2005, 01:24 PM

I do so love it when the ad agency has a hell of a sense of humor and the client has no clue.

Hobbs · 06-21-2005, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Also it would take real talent to strum a bass with painted fingernails, never mind fretting one.

No kidding. They see "3 gold, and 3 platimum." We see 3 chipped nails and one bleeding index finger.

OnyxCougar · 06-21-2005, 02:17 PM

I dont see her strumming anything....looks like she just has her fingers on the strings, thinking.

But hey, I don't know.

mrnoodle · 06-21-2005, 02:21 PM

The big magnet in her amp probably isn't doing the computer any good, either.

06-20-2005, 02:20 PM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Dumb Ads I've seen a number of the Microsoft "We see" print ads. On the whole I thought they were ok in a bland corporate "yay us" kind of way. But the latest one I ran across made me snort and think "What twits!". It's not quite so obvious in this small version but keep an eye out for the two-page print ads. Most people don't strum a bass - or chord one either. Normally this sort of goof doesn't bother me. I'm a programmer and there can be all sorts of outrageously bad computer stuff in TV programs and movies and it doesn't phase me. Maybe it's the whole "We understand you." theme and then this. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

06-20-2005, 02:30 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	From the people who brought you creepy blue butterfly-suit roller skaters... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-21-2005, 01:24 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I do so love it when the ad agency has a hell of a sense of humor and the client has no clue. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-21-2005, 02:17 PM	#9
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I dont see her strumming anything....looks like she just has her fingers on the strings, thinking. But hey, I don't know. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

06-21-2005, 02:21 PM	#10
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	The big magnet in her amp probably isn't doing the computer any good, either. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

06-20-2005, 02:58 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I get National Geographic Magazine. On the outside back cover for a few months now, there has been a car ad. Picture of an SUV out in the desert somewhere, driving down some rock hill. Almost tipping over, but looking really rugged and macho while doing it. The text is "No intelligent life out here. Just you." I know it's supposed to be a reference to Star Trek and the reader is supposed to get the feeling that if only they had this SUV they would be able to go out into the hinterlands of some exotic planet and drive down cliffs. I read it and immediately think that it means "No intelligent life out here, including you (if you buy this SUV and drive it down rock cliffs.)"

06-21-2005, 07:56 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Also it would take real talent to strum a bass with painted fingernails, never mind fretting one. But playing through a guitar amp, that's pretty much normal.

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