Even more adverts you despise

whisky_galore wrote: »

Just reinforcing the GAA lad monoculture.

I don't know why the need for an ad. Perhaps they could use some of the money spent on ads to, oh I don't know, actually pay their players?

I think the ad is from the sponsors not the GAA. Suppose we should all start supporting our own Soccer leagues so that players can earn a living.

UsBus wrote: »

Speaking of GAA ads, the ad for the minor championships, with the boggery accent. "Struck down in your prime, no face to face, or chance of a shift yada yada....Seems to follow a similar theme with all Gaa that there is nothing more important in life then "de GA".... obsession with it in this country is worse than religion, and don't dare question it.

Many different types play the GAA, but the ads always showcase the haunted and savage type. Those that have a look on them like they're about to be shipped off to a bloody warzone, but will settle for a 30 man brawl in Listowel. Sure what harm, they're only our future Guards and politicians.

whisky_galore wrote: »

Already the arty farty fragrance ads.
Fück off with your "Happy Holidays".

Perfume ad checklist:

1. Handsome model and / or celebrity.. CHECK!
2. Said model and / or celebrity floating through the air aimlessly towards another handsome model and / or celebrity.. CHECK!
3. Whispering.. CHECK!
4. Music that drowns any sort of dialogue.. CHECK!

If after 3 seconds of an ad, you don't know what they're advertising.. 98% of the time it's perfume.

In saying that, I don't envy people who need to come up with advert ideas for perfumes. They may as well just have Chris Hemsworth walk up to screen and say "Buy this fragrance and people will want to f*ck you!"

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

It has to be the one with the girl wandering around forlornly murdering message in a bottle. Don’t even know what it’s for but I dive for the remote every time I hear it. Absolutely brutal.

Eirgrid mentioned it a while back just couldn't make out the song she was mumbling.

I bet with Covid squeezing budgets all over the place we're in for non stop repeats of last years crap this Christmas.

The new one from Tena with the menopausal wan in the gym and her secret weapon down her pants....no thank you....

The thing about Christmas ads is...they're all the same. It's just cliched bùll**** about supermarkets who all sell identical stuff for the same price, or perfume ads that are all the same bunch of models doing slightly surreal stuff, or God help us, moblie companies trying to be either funny or pretend they are in some way responsible for families enjoying Christmas together.

Just, jesus, it's all such tiresome bullshìt.

Sardonicat wrote: »

I've just seen the most bizarre ad I've ever seen featuring a young woman in a pink slip dancing underwater then drowning. Apparently it's for beer with an environmentally aware message. I could be wrong.

Definitely a perfume then.

Am I the only one who keeps getting the 'PLEASE SAVE MY CHILD' adverts before every second or third youtube video?

Horribly sad videos of children with life threatening/ terminal illnesses who practically demand money to fund an operation.

I'm not cold and heartless-but in the last few months, I've gotten 5 or 6 videos for six different kids.
(Illnesses range from stomach cancer, brain cancer, Condition where the child has bone joint issues that cause them pain, leukemia, and many other conditions).

All the videos have the same editing, as well as the same sense of urgency ('My child is dying and I can't save them').

I'm not Bill Gates-I can't pay for every child with a very serious condition.

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Am I the only one who keeps getting the 'PLEASE SAVE MY CHILD' adverts before every second or third youtube video?

Horribly sad videos of children with life threatening/ terminal illnesses who practically demand money to fund an operation.

I'm not cold and heartless-but in the last few months, I've gotten 5 or 6 videos for six different kids.
(Illnesses range from stomach cancer, brain cancer, Condition where the child has bone joint issues that cause them pain, leukemia, and many other conditions).

All the videos have the same editing, as well as the same sense of urgency ('My child is dying and I can't save them').

I'm not Bill Gates-I can't pay for every child with a very serious condition.

I get bomabrded with ads befor eduring and after videos for buying stocks in the worlds biggest companies or an ad telling me I can get one month of free audio books.

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Am I the only one who keeps getting the 'PLEASE SAVE MY CHILD' adverts before every second or third youtube video?

Horribly sad videos of children with life threatening/ terminal illnesses who practically demand money to fund an operation.

I'm not cold and heartless-but in the last few months, I've gotten 5 or 6 videos for six different kids.
(Illnesses range from stomach cancer, brain cancer, Condition where the child has bone joint issues that cause them pain, leukemia, and many other conditions).

All the videos have the same editing, as well as the same sense of urgency ('My child is dying and I can't save them').

I'm not Bill Gates-I can't pay for every child with a very serious condition.

RTE seems to go to town on the "Black Babies" ads these days.

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

Saw an ad this morning from AIB I think. It was something about climate change and how we should do more. The actress on the ad has such a dull boring voice it almost put me to sleep. Surely that’s not the reaction they want.

I don't think AIB give two flying fcuks what we think.

CoBo55 wrote: »

They're actually making YouTube unwatchable I find myself using it less and less as it's becoming like American TV.

Get yourself an adblocker!

steve-o wrote: »

Get yourself an adblocker!

I have one, it's the ads that appear midway through a video I'm talking about, can they be stopped with an ad blocker? I'm using adblock plus, any recommendations gratefully received:pac:

theres 2 amazon ads on that must be American and dubbed for the UK & Ireland.

I won't be held responsible for my actions the next time I see Christmas Lisa.

Shouldn't adverts reflect the population makeup unless you are targeting a specific group.