V-Gifts, All Around

Aug 16, 2007 16:55

As the summer (in our hemisphere) draws to a close, many of you are busy getting ready for back to school or whatever the change of season brings. We've got some brand new v-gifts that we hope will make you smile. Thanks to everybody who's helped us with their time, ideas and feedback on LJ policy. If you're interested in following along, you'll ( Read more... )

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fierynotes August 18 2007, 16:32:40 UTC
I just thought I'd let you know that I wholeheartedly approve of your recent decision to make Pepsi Max themes and virtual gifts. Personally, I think that people are overreacting, and that this is a great way to go -- it lets people who don't feel like coding announce their loyalty to their favorite fizzy brown soft drink. Certainly, I don't drink Mountain Dew (another Pepsi product) any more, but I'm not thinking of just myself, here, A lot of people are still slavishly devoted to Pepsi and its caffeine-y, sugary goodness! They can proudly display their allegiance to Pepsi, Pepsi gets extra exposure, you get extra ad revenue... it's a win-win-win situation!

May I recommend that you approach Enzyte for sponsorship, next? You can make a neat little tiled background of little blue pills, though I'd suggest fading the tile pattern to near-white so that black text on top of it is still legible. On second thought, I'm sure that the artistic souls over at Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals would make it such a pretty tile pattern that we'd all be happy to use it even if it did make our text a little hard to read.

Just picture how cool this would be! You could embed a midi with that cute little jingle directly into the theme's journal code! Granted, the midi standard doesn't include whistling, but I'm sure that virtual flutes would come very close -- and hey, who wouldn't want to have a journal that plays that theme music for everyone who reads it? And if you felt like a little extra coding, you could put a banana in the top corner of the window, and each time the user used "Current Mood: Confident," it would make the banana a bit larger, until it was so big and impressive it took over half the screen!

And on the subject of mood themes? This would be really fun! Check this out:

Current Mood:
confident

And if I didn't feel so confident, I could go with any of the other moods available in that drop-box, such as...

Current Mood:
irate

Current Mood:
lethargic

Current Mood:
worried

Current Mood:
stressed

Current Mood:
envious

Current Mood:
numb

Current Mood:
depressed

I think you should give this some thought. After all, millions and millions of people already drink Pepsi; by making a Pepsi Max theme, you're preaching to the choir. Pepsi products have already saturated the market, and what market remains untapped is being firmly held by Coca Cola -- and is therefore likely to remain out of Pepsi's reach. On the other hand, lots of men out there haven't tried Enzyte -- or for that matter, any form of penis enlargement at all! It's practically an untapped market!

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saralogan August 18 2007, 17:44:06 UTC
I support this suggestion! I want Bob on my layout too!

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shaebay August 18 2007, 19:28:54 UTC
Please marry me, I love you!

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mmeubiquitous August 18 2007, 20:39:44 UTC
Dude. Beyond awesome.

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cattyhunts August 18 2007, 21:07:45 UTC
That rules.

And now the gingle is stuck in my head too....

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harrywells August 18 2007, 23:18:25 UTC
lmfao I love you

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slowtech August 19 2007, 06:39:05 UTC
LOOOOOOOL!

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shadowed_light August 19 2007, 07:57:20 UTC
Lmao, this is awesome.

And because I'm sure you've already won the internet, you win a second set of internets for the quote: "It's practically an untapped market!" XD

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kyrio August 19 2007, 22:28:12 UTC
I want a theme like that.

Now, if you were trying to complain about advertizing I will give you the same piece of posting greatness that I have to every other tard who has.

Go read the section about advertizing in the TOS that you agreed to when you paid (or didn't pay), then stop complaining about ads.

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fierynotes August 20 2007, 06:15:14 UTC
"I want a theme like that."

I want Enzyte virtual gifts, too, just because they'd create so much drama. "Hey, you just sent me a virtual box of Enzyte. Are you saying I don't measure up? I'm insulted! I'm going to tell LJ Abuse on you!" Remember the shitstorm with the Flaming Bag of Poo virtual gifts? This would be even better!

"Go read the section about advertizing in the TOS that you agreed to when you paid (or didn't pay), then stop complaining about ads."

You realize that telling everyone to stop complaining is going to have exactly as much effect as telling water to stop being so wet, right?

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sephysarkon August 21 2007, 22:20:49 UTC
I fuckin' loled. You win the interwebs!

~the seph

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