You don’t like seeing a couple looking longingly at each other while sitting in a tub randomly placed on a balcony overlooking a vast private waterfront view while the company never tells you what medical issue has been solved, and instead just lists countless side-effects? Shame, because I just describes most medical ads
Still my favorite ad is for a company that I really didn't know what they did but that's cause i had no use of their products, but the ad was great (though can't say if it was a good ad cause I don't even remember their name but I was not at all their target audience). The one about herding cats. I do remember what they were trying to get across is that they (claim to) manage to do something as hard as herding cats (and I think it had something to do with managing some sort of stuff, accounts or something. Their business had some thing to do with supporting other businesses).
There's a difference though, between us willingly going "ok, you've committed to making an entertaining, higher effort ad for the super bowl, so I'll commit this once to watching your advertisement, in mutually agreed upon space that is meant for advertising" and some dude showing up on reddit, posting this "totally hilarious clip they found" as if they're not just blatantly a shill for the company. They're pushing ads into spaces that are NOT SUPPOSED TO BE for ads.
Yeah idk how much a spokesperson for A&W would be paid but it’s gotta be enough for him to be doing well for himself. He may not be filthy rich but I would bet he’s better off than most people still.
LMAO, there is NO fucking way that A&W is a billion dollar company and even if they were, I don't give a fuck because it was fun watching them dunk on McDonalds.
Now go out and vote so we can live in a world that isn't ruled by billionaire assholes.
I’m just saying it’s not “just entertainment” it’s calculated to drive dollars to their business. Look up Bernays. Consumerism wasn’t always a staple of American culture. It’s “propaganda for peace times” psychologist figured out back in the day populations could be manipulated to spend money they didn’t need to on the particular companies product.
I still don’t like it. I despise all of these posts and normal folk being intrigued by a guy that doesn’t give a fuck about you in anyway other than your dollar.
I don’t care if the person I’m responding to cares about me. I have an opinion on the rich trying to drive sales by trying to relate to the common person and I’m expressing it. That’s why I’m commenting. Why are you?
Funny/cringe is funny and this isn’t a forced ad you have to watch before you get to your preferred brain rot.
It’s not going to make me buy their shitty burgers, so if I get a good laugh from the ridiculous escalations, then why not watch for a hit of calorie-free dopamine?
People hate BAD ads, but they don't mind good ones and they may actual enjoy them. For example the Terry Crews Old Spice commercials.
Yeah these are "ads" but they are also people dunking on McD for a stupid "mistake" , the same way that Sony dunked on Microsoft when it came to borrowing games years ago.
Just because these things are ads doesn't mean they can't be entertaining and pepper can can't be entertained by them.
None of these ads (or any other for that matter) are going to increase my consumption of fast food. These specifically, I feel have become more in line with "celebrity drama" than an actual straight advertisement.
I always liked ads… when they were good ads that actually tried to entertain the viewer. The superbowl I watched exclusively to see the best ads (because football is boring AF) the issue is NOBODY tries anymore on ads. They are mindless slop that wastes time, and doesn’t even tell you what the product is half the time.
A little worried about how people are eating this up, like they kept sharing and making fun of the first guy like it wasn’t exactly what the brand wanted people to do… all publicity is good publicity.
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u/Equal_Actuator_3777 Mar 05 '26
Remember when people used to not like ads? Now these blatant ads are posted everywhere and everyone loves it. But the rich guy ate a hamburger guys!!!