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Even more adverts you despise

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    #7082
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,674 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Regarding all the Vodafone adverts, if those people were relying on that companies services to achieve the seemly life-altering moments in their lives then they might be spending far too much of their time staring at a non-responsive terminal.


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    #7083
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,282 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Manach wrote: »
    Regarding all the Vodafone adverts, if those people were relying on that companies services to achieve the seemly life-altering moments in their lives then they might be spending far too much of their time staring at a non-responsive terminal.

    I've never had major issues with Vodafone. Virgin Broadband could be iffy, Imagine was decent but then they started strangling their bandwidth.

    Eir broadband was the WORST... absolutely abominable. Everything from cutting out, cutting off, to suddenly having your speeds cut to almost 56kbps slowness.


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    #7084
    Sam Hain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭Sam Hain


    Lidl with the level the playing field one. Its like a headache.


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    #7085
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,282 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Sam Hain wrote: »
    Lidl with the level the playing field one. Its like a headache.

    Plus it ignores how TG4 were sponsoring the Ladies football for years. (Until budget cuts).


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    #7086
    golondrinas
    Registered Users Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭golondrinas


    Sam Hain wrote: »
    Lidl with the level the playing field one. Its like a headache.

    Misandry at work here? Wont shop there anymore if that’s their mindset.


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    #7087
    irs
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭irs


    Manach wrote: »
    Regarding all the Vodafone adverts, if those people were relying on that companies services to achieve the seemly life-altering moments in their lives then they might be spending far too much of their time staring at a non-responsive terminal.

    Against some tough competition Vodafone have had the creepiest ads of the past year. The latest one has the line "we are more connected then ever before" which is an unbelievable thing to say in the circumstances. Then there was "the way we are connecting is changing" last year.


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    #7088
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    I absolutely despise Supervalu ads


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    #7089
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,844 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    I absolutely despise Supervalu ads

    The radio version is way too chirpy about mundane savings and products.


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    #7090
    Pythagorean
    Registered Users Posts: 244 ✭✭Pythagorean


    castletownman wrote: »
    Furthermore to that ad, the young nerdy lad role-playing as some army general wouldn't last thirty seconds in military training :D

    I thought that army person at the start was actually a butch female, in fact I think there is a feminist subtext to the advert, the mothers imperious "and Tom...." with her finger in the air. The angelic child is androgynous too. The men in the ad are mute, and passively compliant. :(


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    #7091
    lapua20grain
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭lapua20grain


    Pythagorean wrote: »
    I thought that army person at the start was actually a butch female, in fact I think there is a feminist subtext to the advert, the mothers imperious "and Tom...." with her finger in the air. The angelic child is androgynous too. The men in the ad are mute, and passively compliant. :(

    It's an ad I despise i know that's a bit strong but it really bugs me


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    #7092
    trashcan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,918 ✭✭✭trashcan


    lapua20grain wrote: »
    It's an ad I despise i know that's a bit strong but it really bugs me

    I’m finding it hard to recall another ad that has generated so much negative comment on this thread. Seems fair to say it’s the most reviled ad of recent times.


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    #7093
    Shakyfan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Shakyfan


    RTE's ad for that First Dates show where the guy at the end goes "I'm not interested in girls!"

    You'd never have guessed!


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    #7094
    [Deleted User]
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    trashcan wrote: »
    I’m finding it hard to recall another ad that has generated so much negative comment on this thread. Seems fair to say it’s the most reviled ad of recent times.

    I hope official complaints are being made. I'd love to read those.


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    #7095
    Zak Flaps
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Zak Flaps


    dirk_dangler wrote: »
    The standard is terrible now, years ago there would be regular ads that people would enjoy and talk about, Hamlet cigars for one

    Also, remember this one?



    I recall being in a bar in Dublin watching a big soccer game, the pub was jam packed, at half time everyone started chatting as the ads started up. This ad came on and no exaggeration....the pub went totally silent as everyone just watched in amazement. A proper ad.


    Sorry for going against the topic.


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    #7096
    Sam Hain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭Sam Hain


    Shakyfan wrote: »
    RTE's ad for that First Dates show where the guy at the end goes "I'm not interested in girls!"

    You'd never have guessed!

    is that the tangerine traveller lad thats a reality TV whore?


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    #7097
    Shakyfan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Shakyfan


    Sam Hain wrote: »
    is that the tangerine traveller lad thats a reality TV whore?


    No idea who he is! He makes a comment about some woman's hair being lovely and then tries to stress that he's not hitting on her!


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    #7098
    Nevin Parsnipp
    Registered Users Posts: 832 ✭✭✭Nevin Parsnipp


    Pythagorean wrote: »
    I thought that army person at the start was actually a butch female, in fact I think there is a feminist subtext to the advert, the mothers imperious "and Tom...." with her finger in the air. The angelic child is androgynous too. The men in the ad are mute, and passively compliant. :(

    Yeah WTF is going on here ...men are being emasculated big time....the mother ordering her "Staff" around and the imperious finger wag at the end...

    Saw the advt the other in the middle of serious session the other evening and had a strong impulse to fire an empty bottle at the screen.

    May have to consider a makeshift chicken wire Grille......

    And now we has the "More Mna" movement being promoted by various gobby beures .

    Will not end well.......


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    #7099
    Boulevardier
    Registered Users Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Boulevardier


    I have had about enough of that Redheaded prune who goes up to the attic and blows on a book about Shaw. Right now I can't even remember what the ad is for, so it hasn't worked anyway.


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    #7100
    corcaigh07
    Registered Users Posts: 6,280 ✭✭✭corcaigh07


    castletownman wrote: »
    The new Lidl ladies football ad.

    Such aggression from the narrator, you'd swear they were still 'excluded' from playing the game. Fact is, they are getting more air-time than ever before despite being an inferior product.

    That sort of toxic feminism does far more harm than good for their 'cause'.

    I just hate it because you'd never have a match on a hill like that. Also, the opposition are useless!


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    #7101
    Acosta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭Acosta


    "I'm a nodder. Up to the football, down to the app. Like a dog on a dashboard."

    You're a twat


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    #7102
    fricatus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭fricatus


    Acosta wrote: »
    "I'm a nodder. Up to the football, down to the app. Like a dog on a dashboard."

    You're a twat

    What ad is that? Let me guess - Ladbroke’s?


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    #7103
    Tim76
    Registered Users Posts: 953 ✭✭✭Tim76


    corcaigh07 wrote: »
    I just hate it because you'd never have a match on a hill like that. Also, the opposition are useless!

    I played a couple of soccer matches on hills like that. Where's my ad?


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    #7104
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Boulevardier wrote: »
    I have had about enough of that Redheaded prune who goes up to the attic and blows on a book about Shaw. Right now I can't even remember what the ad is for, so it hasn't worked anyway.


    Yeah...and why does she have a picture of Fr.Jack.............:D


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    #7105
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,614 ✭ [Deleted User]


    lapua20grain wrote: »
    It's an ad I despise i know that's a bit strong but it really bugs me

    What bothers me is it's clearly dinner time and she's still got her staff in a meeting. While her 8 year old serves up dinner poor Tom is thinking "Great, now I can start cooking my own dinner".

    If she was my boss, I'd be spending my days on indeed.com.


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    #7106
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,614 ✭ [Deleted User]


    irs wrote: »
    Against some tough competition Vodafone have had the creepiest ads of the past year. The latest one has the line "we are more connected then ever before" which is an unbelievable thing to say in the circumstances. Then there was "the way we are connecting is changing" last year.

    Which is ironic because anytime I try to contact vodafone it's a complete nightmare. They even removed their "Talk to" forum from Boards. Also their website and app have turned to complete sh1te.


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    #7107
    Acosta
    Registered Users Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭Acosta


    fricatus wrote: »
    What ad is that? Let me guess - Ladbroke’s?

    I think so. Between watching stuff online and on TV, I'm bombarded with with so much betting ads can't be a hundred percent it's Ladbrokes.


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    #7108
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,043 ✭✭✭✭neris


    stupid new ad for coke with everyone dancing or doing some stupid leg movements


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    #7109
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,614 ✭ [Deleted User]


    neris wrote: »
    stupid new ad for coke with everyone dancing or doing some stupid leg movements

    Saw that last night. Took an immediate dislike to it.

    Has anyone mentioned the dominos ad yet? Himalayan Herring. I mute that ad anytime it comes on.


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    #7110
    fricatus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭fricatus


    AIB: "Our range of blahblahblah solutions are tailored for your needs"

    English grammar 101: a singular noun (range) takes a singular verb form (is tailored).

    How the hell do advertising professionals not catch this? Shoddy!


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    #7111
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,116 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    fricatus wrote: »
    AIB: "Our range of blahblahblah solutions are tailored for your needs"

    English grammar 101: a singular noun (range) takes a singular verb form (is tailored).

    How the hell do advertising professionals not catch this? Shoddy!

    Is solutions not the noun in question here? It doesn't sound right to say "Our range of XXX solutions is tailored for your needs"


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