Dawgluver
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Apparently, it was shown in Korea (not anywhere else), and they realized how tasteless it was. I think I saw that an apology was issued.
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Cooking Goddess
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I just got a Sonata. First cool car after driving two different Dodge Caravans over the last 16 years. This stoopid ad just sucked a little of the fun out of my car. 
Thanks a lot MrsLMB. 
Advertising has always been about grabbing your attention. I took a couple advert classes back in the early 1970s. Created a print ad that was a bit of a shocker back in the day. I would have been so embarrassed if anything would have come of it but getting them used wasn't the goal, getting a good grade was. Prof loved it-I got an A in the class. I retrospect it wasn't that good... If pushing the envelope results in sales, many companies consider it a win. However, they need to realize there is a line they need to pay attention to.
Thanks a lot MrsLMB. Advertising has always been about grabbing your attention. I took a couple advert classes back in the early 1970s. Created a print ad that was a bit of a shocker back in the day. I would have been so embarrassed if anything would have come of it but getting them used wasn't the goal, getting a good grade was. Prof loved it-I got an A in the class.
I retrospect it wasn't that good... If pushing the envelope results in sales, many companies consider it a win. However, they need to realize there is a line they need to pay attention to.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
I just got a Sonata. First cool car after driving two different Dodge Caravans over the last 16 years. This stoopid ad just sucked a little of the fun out of my car.
Advertising has always been about grabbing your attention. I took a couple advert classes back in the early 1970s. Created a print ad that was a bit of a shocker back in the day. I would have been so embarrassed if anything would have come of it but getting them used wasn't the goal, getting a good grade was. Prof loved it-I got an A in the class.
I am Madison Avenues' worst nightmare. I am not swayed by ads. If I like it, I watch it strictly for the entertainment value. But that doesn't mean I am going to out to buy it because of the ad. My sister was a sucker for ads. I swear she believed everything said in them. I have ads that are a pet peeve. The ones selling medical insurance to supplement Medicare. They say "you can choose any doctor you want" and "no referrals necessary". Those benefits are not the result of what the supplement insurance offers, it is the law of Medicare. You have those benefits without the supplement insurance. I see ads on TV that are directed right toward the elderly. And they just border of lying, but not quite. They use the "fear factor."
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
TV ads are now so bizarre and off topic that you have no idea what the product is until the end. Those ads turn me off. I do a lot of DVR-ing and when we watch the DVR-ed shows I take great pleasure in skipping through the ads at warp speed.
I agree, Andy. The thing that these advertisers don't realize is that I'm not going to wait around for the end of the commercial to see what they're advertising.
I LOVE my mute button!
I sometimes wish there were a way to gray out the screen so I don't have to see it either.
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bakechef
Executive Chef
I hate the way we are marketed to. I'm pretty easy going and not much flusters me, but it's like they are trying their darnedest to. I also hate how just about every ad insults our intelligence.
This is disappointing from Hyundai/Kia. They have made awesome strides with their cars in the last 10 years. They have gone from cars that nobody noticed of questionable quality to market leaders making great cars. Why would they want to tarnish their image like this? We have both a Hyundai and a Kia, great cars.
This is disappointing from Hyundai/Kia. They have made awesome strides with their cars in the last 10 years. They have gone from cars that nobody noticed of questionable quality to market leaders making great cars. Why would they want to tarnish their image like this? We have both a Hyundai and a Kia, great cars.
bakechef
Executive Chef
This reminds me of one of my jobs as a bakery manager. We had this cake that the company insisted on calling "Chocolate Suicide Cake" (a play on "death by chocolate"). I didn't like this name at all, I also had a cake decorator that lost a son to suicide. I made a new sign to go in front of the cake that read "Chocolate Overload Cake". I had a fight on my hands with that decision, one that I ultimately won, at least for my store. I almost lost my job on that one when I told the bakery director (daughter of the company's owner!), that I wanted her to go explain to Sandy, why it was so important to label a cake "suicide".
Yep yep .. kudos to the person who invented fast forward LOL
There are so many ads on TV that are funny and entertaining. But really I can probably only tell you what about 1/8 of them are selling. I remember some of the ads by what I see but not by what they sell .. same goes for previews of TV shows. Right now there is an ad running for some show - no idea what show it is - but there is a cut in there of some guy saying bippity boppity boo and then he smacks the guy looking at him. No clue what the show is .. love the bippity boppity boo though.
jharris
Sous Chef
MrsLMB said:
And the mute button!
The Mute button does not work...Shrek pushes it and pushes it and I just keep on talking...
The Mute button does not work...Shrek pushes it and pushes it and I just keep on talking...
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Cooking Goddess
Chef Extraordinaire
Just because I took advertising classes doesn't mean I pay attention to ads. I'm right there with you Addie.
One time a survey company in a mall asked if I would take a survey in exchange for something like $5 or $10 bucks. The kids were starting to make "we're hungry" noise so I said "sure" and they took of for the food court. The survey company gave me one section of a newspaper and told me to turn the pages and scan each one. When I was done and closed the up the questions started. Turns out they were looking to see which banking ad was most effective. Problem was I was very satisfied with our bank. When the exasperated person said "did you notice ANY ads?" I told her "yeah, Rockside Market has milk on sale". She wondered how I could miss 2 (two, yes TWO) full-page bank ads and not have a clue who they were for but I could spot a 2x3 inch grocery ad? I told her sure, I didn't need a bank but I did need milk.
You can get my attention only if I'm in the market for something. We don't buy much so I'm a waste of advertising dollars too.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
If I could I would be kicking my own backside right now. I really did it up good this time. All day I have been poking away at a bunch of little jobs that I have been putting off. And now I am paying for it. I even managed to turn and flip the mattress. I was too impatient to wait for Spike. Every bone in my body is hurting so much I can't relax enough to rest. I took one Vicodin and it hasn't even touched my joints filled with pain. I will have to take another. And I hate to. I hate taking pain meds. But I guess I need them this time. I feel as bad as I did the day after my son's wedding.
I had just had surgery on my bad leg. I should have been in a wheelchair. I told the surgeon that all I wanted was to be able to dance just five steps at my son's wedding. Well I danced with the DJ, my son, my SIL, all the Albanian men and women, and anyone else who would dance with me. I danced the night away. Two weeks earlier there was talk of amputating the leg. The next day I couldn't even move my legs to get to the bathroom. Needless to say when I went for my next visit to the surgeon's office I told her what I have done. "Just five steps?" That was all she said about it.
Well that's me. Always pushing myself beyond what I should be doing. Since I can't kick myself, would someone do it for me? Please?
I had just had surgery on my bad leg. I should have been in a wheelchair. I told the surgeon that all I wanted was to be able to dance just five steps at my son's wedding. Well I danced with the DJ, my son, my SIL, all the Albanian men and women, and anyone else who would dance with me. I danced the night away. Two weeks earlier there was talk of amputating the leg. The next day I couldn't even move my legs to get to the bathroom. Needless to say when I went for my next visit to the surgeon's office I told her what I have done. "Just five steps?" That was all she said about it.
Well that's me. Always pushing myself beyond what I should be doing. Since I can't kick myself, would someone do it for me? Please?
Cooking Goddess
Chef Extraordinaire
Oh Addie, I hope the meds kick in soon and your joints stop hurting enough to get to sleep. My ankles hurt a lot but at least most of the time I get relief with a couple ibuprofen and a good dose of Icy Hot rubbed on the ankle joint.
Your story about dancing at your son's wedding reminded me of my own Dad. His legs went out under him the July before my wedding. His back was bad and he really needed surgery. When he asked the doctor if he would be able to walk me down the aisle after the surgery the doc told him there were no guarantees. Dad's legs were wobbly as a newborn foal and his back hurt like hell, but he waited on the surgery until after our wedding four months later. Two days later he was under the knife and, thankfully, ended up fully recovering. The things parents go through when their kids get married, huh? God Bless you all!
Your story about dancing at your son's wedding reminded me of my own Dad. His legs went out under him the July before my wedding. His back was bad and he really needed surgery. When he asked the doctor if he would be able to walk me down the aisle after the surgery the doc told him there were no guarantees. Dad's legs were wobbly as a newborn foal and his back hurt like hell, but he waited on the surgery until after our wedding four months later. Two days later he was under the knife and, thankfully, ended up fully recovering. The things parents go through when their kids get married, huh? God Bless you all!
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
You know I am supposed to take two Vicodin three times a day to keep the pain in my hips and spine at bay. But being stubborn and non-compliant as I am, a ten day supply lasts me almost three weeks. I take only one at a time. That usually does the job. But I really did it up good today. So I just took another one. My second one today.
My son the P.A. told me that I will not become addicted to pain killers as long as I am in real pain. (And I am.) But I still have that fear in me. I have arthritis in both hips and spine. Usually if I sit down when the pain starts and rest, I am all right. I just couldn't sit down long enough today. My mind kept racing of all the things I wanted to accomplish. And turning and flipping that mattress didn't do my any good either.
My son the P.A. told me that I will not become addicted to pain killers as long as I am in real pain. (And I am.) But I still have that fear in me. I have arthritis in both hips and spine. Usually if I sit down when the pain starts and rest, I am all right. I just couldn't sit down long enough today. My mind kept racing of all the things I wanted to accomplish. And turning and flipping that mattress didn't do my any good either. I am thinking I may have arthritis starting in my left knee...it is always quite achy on the outside of it and when I saw a specialist a couple of years ago about my shoulder, he checked other parts of me and told me that I have some arthritis in my left knee...so maybe I have 
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
I am thinking I may have arthritis starting in my left knee...it is always quite achy on the outside of it and when I saw a specialist a couple of years ago about my shoulder, he checked other parts of me and told me that I have some arthritis in my left knee...so maybe I have
It is quite possible. A lot of folks don't realize that a simple childhood injury such as a sprain can be a major contributor to the early onset of arthritis. My system is auto-immune and arthritis is part of that. My sister had rheumatoid arthritis. She got it from rheumatic fever when she got a sore throat and ignored it. The infection went into her heart. That arthritis is extremely painful and disfiguring.
