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Topic: "Fake-Out" Commercials rot your brain (Read 50780 times)
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NowhereMan
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Plus ancient man would probably have looked at something that looked like a giant booger and thought, "looks like food!" anyway. I somehow doubt most had a refined and delicate pallete. Hell beyond that oysters were pretty much stock snack food around Europe until the late 1800's.
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HaemishM
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For ancient man, I'm pretty sure what didn't kill him got eaten again. Hell, our refined pallettes that scoff at offal bits of meat is only a century or two old at most. Medieval man would have eaten whatever he could find too.
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Sky
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Modern man's palate isn't as refined as he might think it is. Look no further than a starving man.
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HaemishM
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The line between civilized man and skull pounds rock for sustenance is very very thin.
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Azazel
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Oysters, however, (and clams) you can put down to mimicry of otters. See what the animals eat without dying and know you can probably do the same. Right, but it still had to be a dude who was dying or stupid. I mean, nobody looks at a raw oyster for the first time and thinks, mmmm. They think it looks like a giant booger. Only if you look at it with your 20th/21st century 1st world mindset. |
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Paelos
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Oysters, however, (and clams) you can put down to mimicry of otters. See what the animals eat without dying and know you can probably do the same. Right, but it still had to be a dude who was dying or stupid. I mean, nobody looks at a raw oyster for the first time and thinks, mmmm. They think it looks like a giant booger. Only if you look at it with your 20th/21st century 1st world mindset. I left my 5000 BC mindset in my carry-on. |
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Azazel
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Shame you seem to have left your logic and perspective in there as well. Oh sorry, I forgot your special perspective on the development of man. "a dude who was dying or stupid"  |
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Paelos
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Shame you seem to have left your logic and perspective in there as well. Oh sorry, I forgot your special perspective on the development of man. "a dude who was dying or stupid" Yep, I'm not an anthropologist. I do get a joke when I see one though. Btw, how the hell did we get on this topic from a comment that an oyster looks like a booger?  |
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Azaroth
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Advertisers don't think you're stupid. They have concrete proof, based on copious amounts of research, that you, me and everyone in America is clincally and terminally stupid.
I keep a rather long mental shit list of companies that feel the need to constantly insult my intelligence. Not that it's personal, of course. But if your target audience for that car is "stupid people", then I'm not assuming it's a real peach of a deal. Oh, and go fuck yourselves because really I'm just a lonely, ornery fucker watching a lot of TV. |
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Paelos
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Advertisers don't think you're stupid. They have concrete proof, based on copious amounts of research, that you, me and everyone in America is clincally and terminally stupid.
I keep a rather long mental shit list of companies that feel the need to constantly insult my intelligence. Not that it's personal, of course. But if your target audience for that car is "stupid people", then I'm not assuming it's a real peach of a deal. Oh, and go fuck yourselves because really I'm just a lonely, ornery fucker watching a lot of TV. Actually, I do the same thing. I'll never buy a Dodge or anything from Old Navy based on their ad campaigns. That's just the most offensive, but there's a long list that I can't stand based on ads. Verizon is on there too. |
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Righ
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Actually, I do the same thing. I'll never buy a Dodge or anything from Old Navy based on their ad campaigns. That's just the most offensive
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« Last Edit: March 02, 2009, 04:20:33 PM by Paelos »
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Righ
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It may only have been 10s, but it was usually immediately followed by an annoying 10s commercial for ActivOn, FreedHem, PreferOn or RenewIn followed by another HeadOn commercial. Sometimes they would buy a minute of time to give viewers a triple punch at the start and the end of a commercial break.
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