Advertising

December 02, 2025, 09:21 PM

nhtagmember

Advertising

What is it with the stupid ads?

I don’t know about anyone else but I am of the opinion that if their ad is stupid, likely whatever they’re hawking us stupid as well.

A couple come to mind - any ad from the insurance company that keeps you from becoming your parents is not going to sell me anything

And those stupid ads with the ostrich and the yellow shirt guy - if that’s the best they can come up with their products must be even worse.

Make a smart ad and you might get my attention

December 02, 2025, 10:35 PM

smschulz

The horror of it all, eh?

December 02, 2025, 11:22 PM

YooperSigs

And no more ceaseless drug commercials!

December 03, 2025, 05:35 AM

Patriot

What’s worse?

Picture a Don Draper type boardroom with company executives sitting around the table and some Gibroni pitching those commercials and those executive saying yes, yes give me that!

It boggles the mind.

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December 03, 2025, 07:13 AM

Anush

quote:
A couple come to mind - any ad from the insurance company that keeps you from becoming your parents is not going to sell me anything

And those stupid ads with the ostrich and the yellow shirt guy - if that’s the best they can come up with their products must be even worse.

The ads got your attention and you remember the product.

December 03, 2025, 08:34 AM

SpinZone

I just figure that I'm not the target audience.

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December 03, 2025, 08:50 AM

2BobTanner

The Dixie Paper Plate ads are the most stupid ones around.

Boy friend has girl friend over for a romantic spaghetti dinner. He loads up a paper plate with marinara-drenched meatballs and pasta; nearly trips over the dog and dumps the Italian meal all over girl friend.

Young daughter wants to show Mommy her school project about the Arctic. Kid obviously put some thought, time, and effort into it. Mommy comes over with a fully loaded paper plate of Mexican food and subsequently dumps it all over the kid’s project.

Dumbass working from home in his PJ bottoms on a conference call swings around his chair to view his computer screen and subsequently dumps his fully loaded paper plate of Asian food all over his keyboard, stands up in front of computer cam, and fellow conference callers see his PJ bottoms.

And the bloody fools blame the paper plates for the food dump disaster. No, it’s the BLOODY FOOLS carrying the overloaded paper plates which are to blame for the disasters.

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December 03, 2025, 09:31 AM

chellim1

quote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
What is it with the stupid ads?

I don’t know about anyone else but I am of the opinion that if their ad is stupid, likely whatever they’re hawking us stupid as well.

A couple come to mind - any ad from the insurance company that keeps you from becoming your parents is not going to sell me anything

And those stupid ads with the ostrich and the yellow shirt guy - if that’s the best they can come up with their products must be even worse.

Make a smart ad and you might get my attention

I agree. Home/auto Insurance ads are the worst.
Well, next to pharmaceutical ads which I don't believe should even be advertised to the public.

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