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void150

Jun 14, 2009 22:23

I don't watch a lot of TV normally, and when I do, I often get so bored of the toss on my screens that I end up paying more attention to the commercials. And there's been a huge shift recently in how things are advertised; a trend for nostalgia, where it seems like more than half of all advertising now is twenty or more years old ( Read more... )

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sallypointzero June 14 2009, 21:45:36 UTC

Very : )
I really think there are more obvious targets for the anti-obesity squad than little milky ways.
Such as dirty great buckets of kfc with coleslaw.

void150 June 14 2009, 21:55:08 UTC

I think it was Alan Carr who said "It's quite a big step down, isn't it, from a plate to a bucket... but it's not really such a big step from a bucket to a trough."

sallypointzero June 14 2009, 22:48:29 UTC

hahaha did he! i love that man

void150 June 15 2009, 06:46:30 UTC

Shit! No, I meant Jimmy Carr. I always confuse those two!

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iddewes June 15 2009, 06:06:36 UTC

can I just say that the Virgin Atlantic one really pissed me off? I kept hoping they didn't REALLY make their stewardesses work in those awful shoes...:S

void150 June 15 2009, 06:47:28 UTC

Yeah, agreed, those don't look like ideal shoes for pushing trolleys in!

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void150 June 15 2009, 14:10:17 UTC

OMG Steve, you mean you thought that plastic wrapper was packaging? You are priceless.

Anyway, I hypothesise that eating twenty-five to thirty Milky Ways between meals, wrapper or no, will ruin an appetite.

ms_jinxme June 15 2009, 14:32:12 UTC

Retro has hit fashion and interior design for past five years, so perhaps not surprising it's finally reached commercials. That said there is probably a valid point in that it is both cheap and has a reassuring air... IF not overdone to death of course. ;-)

void150 June 15 2009, 20:53:50 UTC

I don't mind a bit of nostalgia, it's just the way that advertisers seem to be charging in the same direction all of a sudden, like a herd of sheep...

Mind you, I have to admit this one made me laugh!

miss_amethyst June 15 2009, 20:29:42 UTC

Aw I can't see... I just get a big white box with a little red symbol in the corner =( I think I've accidentally removed a program or something on my computer that has stopped me from being able to view but I'm not sure what it is =(

void150 June 15 2009, 20:56:36 UTC

It sounds like you don't have Flash Player installed (or not the right version) on your puter. Try installing this:

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=DXLUJ

That ought to do it.

miss_amethyst June 15 2009, 22:08:27 UTC

It hates me! *cries* I had installed that already (only the other day) but keep getting the same thing - I just tried uninstalling, reinstalling and then restarting my puter, but same thing... I wanna see, I wanna see! *sulking* =(

void150 June 16 2009, 06:55:13 UTC

Really? *scratchy head* Well, that would've been my best guess for a cause...

Are you on a Windows machine? If so, this might help: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html

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