Adverts that make you wanna smash your TV set up. (Vol 2)
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Tesco introducing their "new" plant food range with another one of the "real" people cooking recipes.
Primary school age daughter comes home from school and says she no longer wants to eat animals. Dad decides that he's going to stop eating meat completely too because although he loves meat / burgers, he "loves his daughter more" - if it wasn't for that
statement at the end i don't think i'd even have noticed the ad tbh.
Primary school age daughter comes home from school and says she no longer wants to eat animals. Dad decides that he's going to stop eating meat completely too because although he loves meat / burgers, he "loves his daughter more" - if it wasn't for that
statement at the end i don't think i'd even have noticed the ad tbh.The Government "Get ready for Brexit" adverts, giving people advice on things they need to do, like "Check your passport is valid for the country you're visiting". You do that anyway, no matter where you're travelling to, and there won't be any issues within the EU, so what am I supposed to be now checking for?
21st Century Man said:
The Government "Get ready for Brexit" adverts, giving people advice on things they need to do, like "Check your passport is valid for the country you're visiting". You do that anyway, no matter where you're travelling to, and there won't be any issues within the EU, so what am I supposed to be now checking for?
Some people watching the advert may not have a UK or a European passport.Doofus said:
21st Century Man said:
The Government "Get ready for Brexit" adverts, giving people advice on things they need to do, like "Check your passport is valid for the country you're visiting". You do that anyway, no matter where you're travelling to, and there won't be any issues within the EU, so what am I supposed to be now checking for?
Some people watching the advert may not have a UK or a European passport.21st Century Man said:
o what would they be now checking their passport for? Particularly in the case of a non European passport holder?
I don't know. Perhaps they might have a passport which grants them free movement through EU member countries or something?There is a reason why the advert says what it does, even if you and I don't know what it is
Found it.
Passport has to be valid for six months. I always understood this to be the case anyway, but apparently this wasn't required for travel to some (but not all) countries within the EU, it just needed to be valid for the dates of the trip.
Passport has to be valid for six months. I always understood this to be the case anyway, but apparently this wasn't required for travel to some (but not all) countries within the EU, it just needed to be valid for the dates of the trip.
Edited by 21st Century Man on Thursday 10th October 10:36
WJNB said:
TV advertisers are so worried about being accused of racism or homophobia they are shying away from using images of white people and straight couples.
Marketing departments are even putting diversity above relevance to their target audience to avoid accusations of bigotry, a survey of 500 companies has found. The effort made to be diverse actually distracts from the products themselves.
A third of advertisers questioned said they had used fewer white models and heterosexual couples over the past year. More than a third of these said they were taking this approach to “prevent perceived discrimination”.
You can play a fun game when watching an advertisement & especially the 3 main soaps.
A point is awarded every time:
1. A mixed race couple is depicted.
2. 2 members of the same sex are depicted being affectionate with each other.
3. At least one person of colour is included in every crowd or family scene.
4. A person with a mobility issue is shown i.e. a wheelchair or with a prosthetic limb.
5. Any individual who is presenting with some form of mental anxiety issue.
Maximum points & credibility can be earnt by those companies & programmes who have accurately & with due respect reflected the profile of this countries population mix.
Observing this should NOT make you want to smash up your TV but be immensely grateful every minute & hour of the day that we live in such an enlightened & tolerant country.
Almost all of those are wheeled out in the God-awful ad for McCain's greasy, flavourless, sodding oven chips! It's chips for God's sake, not a social workers' course!Marketing departments are even putting diversity above relevance to their target audience to avoid accusations of bigotry, a survey of 500 companies has found. The effort made to be diverse actually distracts from the products themselves.
A third of advertisers questioned said they had used fewer white models and heterosexual couples over the past year. More than a third of these said they were taking this approach to “prevent perceived discrimination”.
You can play a fun game when watching an advertisement & especially the 3 main soaps.
A point is awarded every time:
1. A mixed race couple is depicted.
2. 2 members of the same sex are depicted being affectionate with each other.
3. At least one person of colour is included in every crowd or family scene.
4. A person with a mobility issue is shown i.e. a wheelchair or with a prosthetic limb.
5. Any individual who is presenting with some form of mental anxiety issue.
Maximum points & credibility can be earnt by those companies & programmes who have accurately & with due respect reflected the profile of this countries population mix.
Observing this should NOT make you want to smash up your TV but be immensely grateful every minute & hour of the day that we live in such an enlightened & tolerant country.
The Alexa advert.
It’s raining outside and the silly cow looks out the window and asks Alexa what’s the weather like. Alexa says it’s raining, we know this as we can see this. Infuriating, then they finish off and she’s blind.
Feeling bad now But then I think, blind people have super sensitive Spider-Man style hearing and she’s clearly a seeing actor playing blind.
On top of that blind people listening to the advert on their overly priced radios won’t know she’s blind they’ll be shouting stick your hand outside.
It’s raining outside and the silly cow looks out the window and asks Alexa what’s the weather like. Alexa says it’s raining, we know this as we can see this. Infuriating, then they finish off and she’s blind.
Feeling bad now But then I think, blind people have super sensitive Spider-Man style hearing and she’s clearly a seeing actor playing blind.
On top of that blind people listening to the advert on their overly priced radios won’t know she’s blind they’ll be shouting stick your hand outside.
The current smart meter adverts that start with clips of children saying thank you. It’s difficult to think of a supposedly public service advertisement that manages to get everything it says wrong, but this one manages it admirably.
It’s a smart meter, it tells you how much electricity you’re using. Stop trying to suggest it’s anything other than that.
It’s a smart meter, it tells you how much electricity you’re using. Stop trying to suggest it’s anything other than that.
motco said:
That s
tbag of a character with his ugly dog advertising a bank but actually running a campaign for Remain. "We are not an island", he says. Where the hell is he from then? Makes me vomit.
I think you will find we ARE an island unless he is talking pre Ice Age melting (the original Global Warming)!tbag of a character with his ugly dog advertising a bank but actually running a campaign for Remain. "We are not an island", he says. Where the hell is he from then? Makes me vomit. Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff