This has bad taste written all over it
Aug 30th 2011 | 11:33 am
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This has bad taste written all over it
Some advertising house thought this was a good idea
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...-ad-abuse.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...-ad-abuse.html
Aug 30th 2011 | 11:59 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
That's cos people that work in advertising now-a-days are full of shit. They think they are being "creative" and "edgy" when the reality is they are just hawking shite. It's not "mad men", it's idiots who can't be proper artists because they've got nothing to say or any talent.
So, bereft of any creativity, advertisers resort to trolling. What is depressing is that it seems to work, and there is always some bunch of nimrods willing to get offended over banal crap designed make them spend money.
Well, both groups can piss right off as far as I'm concerned.
So, bereft of any creativity, advertisers resort to trolling. What is depressing is that it seems to work, and there is always some bunch of nimrods willing to get offended over banal crap designed make them spend money.
Well, both groups can piss right off as far as I'm concerned.
Last edited by Alan2005; Aug 30th 2011 at 12:01 pm.
Aug 30th 2011 | 12:05 pm
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
Oh! my God I don't believe it. Goodness me - what idiots!
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Aug 30th 2011 | 2:22 pm
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
< facepalm >
Aug 30th 2011 | 5:59 pm
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
WTF?? and I thought I was dense!
Aug 31st 2011 | 12:53 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
I could look at that ad from now till Christmas and not figure out that it was for an Edmonton hair salon.
Maybe the husband got angry because his wife blew $250 on a comedy hairdo in a stylish Edmonton salon?
Maybe the husband got angry because his wife blew $250 on a comedy hairdo in a stylish Edmonton salon?
Sep 1st 2011 | 1:18 am
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Sep 1st 2011 | 1:56 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
It seems the ad achieved everything it was designed to. How many people on this board would be talking about this salon had they not run the ad?
Sep 1st 2011 | 2:02 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
Will be interesting to see what local reaction at the salon is and how business goes in the next little while...
Sep 1st 2011 | 4:42 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
In bad taste yes, but a storm in a tea cup, it took over a year before any one noticed it.
Sep 1st 2011 | 5:33 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
It made our local rag today, I skipped over the article. Mountains out of molehills and all that.
Sep 1st 2011 | 7:02 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
That's cos people that work in advertising now-a-days are full of shit. They think they are being "creative" and "edgy" when the reality is they are just hawking shite. It's not "mad men", it's idiots who can't be proper artists because they've got nothing to say or any talent.
So, bereft of any creativity, advertisers resort to trolling. What is depressing is that it seems to work, and there is always some bunch of nimrods willing to get offended over banal crap designed make them spend money.
Well, both groups can piss right off as far as I'm concerned.
So, bereft of any creativity, advertisers resort to trolling. What is depressing is that it seems to work, and there is always some bunch of nimrods willing to get offended over banal crap designed make them spend money.
Well, both groups can piss right off as far as I'm concerned.
Sep 1st 2011 | 7:04 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
That looks like my nan's settee.
Sep 1st 2011 | 7:05 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...341/story.html
Sep 1st 2011 | 7:24 am
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Re: This has bad taste written all over it
T'would appear some locals didn't like the ad.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...341/story.html
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...341/story.html
