Everyone makes mistakes, but it’s especially funny when big brands make them.
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
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Times of India journalist writes “facts” like “women don’t bathe every day” and “breasts don’t like bouncing around.”
"We all know women are pretty, soft, sexy, and attractive but have you ever imagined another side to them, a slightly unkempt one at that?"
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Happy 33rd birthday, Harry Potter. We’re so sorry.
Via: Jen Lewis/Buzzfeed
Via: Jen Lewis/Buzzfeed
Via: Jen Lewis/Buzzfeed
Via: Jen Lewis/Buzzfeed
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Warning: graphic image.
The Depilex SmileAgain Foundation is a nonprofit helping acid and kerosene attack victims in Pakistan. According to their website, they do everything from provide medical treatment and reconstructive surgery to legal and job placement assistance to ongoing support help through a network of voluntary workers.
Also according to their website, young girls and women between the ages of 14 to 25 are the most common victims. The motives are obsession, jealousy, suspected infidelity, failure to give dowry, husband wanting to re-marry, sexual non-cooperation, and enmity. The face is the most common target, but sometimes men also attack genitals.
Often graphic imagery in PSAs has been found to do little or nothing to solve the problem, most notably with drunk driving ads.
But sometimes — like with these brutal Irish child abuse awareness commercials— shocking people is the best way to stir action.
Ad agency: : IAL Saatchi & Saatchi Pakistan.
Via: adsoftheworld.com
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Only signs will understand.
You display information.
reddit.com
Sometimes you have pictures and text.
quicklol.com
You tell people how to feel.
whatevo.com
You warn people about things like violent excrement.
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What’s their ploy? SEX, of course.
This latest commercial, via the UK, for the shoe that some people have eaten, apparently, is mildly amusing, but smacks of utter desperation.
My ad flamethrower stayed sheathed for the first 30 seconds. I was thinking 'OK, if this story has a well-thought-out, funny ending, it might actually be a winner.'
But then: sex with the hot saleswoman?
Give me a fucking break.
What a cliche.
And, it's a bit creepy.
Ad agency: in-house.
Produced by Compulsory.
As of 7/31, the ad on YouTube has 519 Likes and 64 Dislikes. But it appears folks associated with CROCS are spamming it and the comments. Check out all the generic responses:
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Except for maybe the 1900 self-spanker — that had possibilities (#10).
1932: Iron Dynasphere, Car of the Future. "J.H. Purves imagined that...his electrically-driven unicycle would roll like tumbleweeds alongside more conventional vehicles." Not shown: Purves was decapitated by a delivery truck.
Via: popsci.com
Get the FUCK outta here with that Dead Man See-Sawing piece of crap. Just watch my man Vinnie Jones.
A head electrocution waiting to happen.
Via: wonderscissors.tumblr.com
Hair perming apparatus, 1920s Germany. Another head electrocution device.
Via: retronaut.com
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And not a potato in sight.
This news story.
Via: thejournal.ie
This pothole.
Via: imgur.com
And this sign.
Via: imgur.com
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YouTube channel VitalyzdTV is usually known for its comedy pranks. But this time, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy used his channel to make the day of a random homeless man named Martin.
First Vitaly approached Martin and asked him if he wanted a makeover.
You could say Martin was into it.
So they went shopping.
And got Martin a haircut.
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
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Reddit users were asked what the best horror story they could come up in two sentences was. The results, appropriately, are terrifying.
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Ladies and gentlemen, meet your future leaders of the free world.
The boy who chose not to lie in the face of overwhelming adversity:
Via: huffingtonpost.com
The kid who carefully planned out his agenda for his or her first four years in office:
Via: raids.com
And then an agenda for their second term:
Via: huffingtonpost.com
The kid who was not afraid to intimidate his or her enemies:
Via: theberry.com
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“My GF’s vagina does look like an avocado.” Don’t worry…unless you’re offended by bananas, it’s safe for work.
For example, porn star penises vs. civilian penises:
Only 40% of women have tried anal in real life.
And only 30% of women actually swallow.
Also, less than 20% of women have been in a threesome.
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It’s a new project by London photographer Carl Warner, and it’s beautiful.
"The Desert of Sleeping Men"
British photographer Carl Warner is most well known for his food photography — see his "Foodscapes" work here.
His new project is called Bodyscapes, which he describes as "an alternative portrait of a human being whose body becomes a landscape of themselves and plays on the sense of space in which we dwell."
I've seen this kind of work done in advertising, for instance, this fat-shaming mountain bike campaign via Switzerland from 2009.
But Warner's body work is on a different level. Take a look.
"Valley of the Reclining Woman"
"Headless Horizon" ( I love this shot, so simple)
Via: mymodernmet.com
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Well, besides this tampon ad . July was an unusually good month for good advertising.
Nexcare waterproof bandages (Thailand).
Hilarious ads. Just fucking hilarious.
Ad agency: O&M, Bangkok.
Second ad below.
Via: ibelieveinadv.com
Via: ibelieveinadv.com
FXB International (France).
FXB is a nonprofit that fights poverty and AIDS for children worldwide.
A clever and easy-to-get way to show how little you need to do to help.
Ad agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris.
Via: ibelieveinadv.com
Schweppes Limón Dry (Spain)
I generally hate celeb endorsement campaigns, because they are usually lazily thought-out, wholly unentertaining commercials. But the choice of Iggy Pop here, for this particular product, is perfect. Bravo, China (the responsible Madrid ad agency). Third ad featuring a full upper body shot here.
Monday, 29 July 2013
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Via Australia.
Just Cremations started this amazing campaign late last year, with this naked old man on a log ad.
Well, now they've got a whole slew of crazy-ass ads out there, including the above warm, loving layout.
What do funeral home billboards usually look like? Like this depressing crap.
The headline "No fuss..." is perfect. Normally, I'd poo-poo the misused ellipsis at the end of a line, but with this campaign, it somehow works.
And, what else is there to say about death that hasn't already been said?
Nice logo, too.
More ads below.
Campaign via tips.
That's right, have a slug.
Slugs for everybody.
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It is 37 seconds of pure horror and the scariest thing you see this summer!
LINK: Via: Laughing Squid
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You finally have a reason to be happy your Starbucks is full of hipsters.
The rules are easy!
1. Listen to the baristas call out names.
2. Since you are listening to the names, spelling (i.e. Lindsay vs. Lindsey) does not matter. This is obviously for the best since Starbucks baristas don't care about spelling names right.
3. First person to get a B-I-N-G-O wins.
4. You can pick whatever you want as the prize! (i.e. losers buy the winners their drink/a gift card.)
CLICK HERE for a printable four-player PDF version of this game!
Here are 5 game boards for you to use
Via: Chris Ritter/Buzzfeed
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Amazing. Hilarious. Perfect. The girl in the commercial is a joy.
"I GOT MY PERIOD."
And with those words, Hello Flo just won Ad of the Year (so far).
What sets Hello Flo apart from other delivery options (besides the amazing spot) is that they're a subscription service that automatically ships your care package "when you want it with what you want," according to their website.
If you're an American woman, I don't have to tell you about the traditional hush-hush nature of this country's menstruation advertising, with all the never say the p-word, "blue liquid" commercials through the years.
Well, this sassy little girl just changed that flo.
The following words come out of her mouth:
• PERIOD
• RED
• GYNO
• MENSTRUATION
• VADGE!
• VAGINA!!!!!
Hello Flo isn't just for 12-year-old girls of course. But, if you get them loving your product/service early, and you're good at it, chances are better that you've got a customer for a long time.
Brilliant.
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Super-simple hacks for your pricey gadgets. It’s about time you showed your headphones who’s boss.
Everything is better with untangled headphones.
Via: giphy.com
LINK: Check out this post for even more low-tech hacks for your high-tech gadgets.
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In the best possible way.
You generally ended up with "adventurous" haircuts:
Via: reddit.com
Your parents were never afraid to make fun of you:
Via: heavy.com
And they still aren't:
Via: littlewhitelion.com
Things tended to get creative:
Via: pleated-jeans.com