| That McDonald's ad 23:23 - May 15 with 17354 views | jeera |
Has finally attracted criticism.
How the feck could anyone think that was a good idea in the first place? How stupid. |  |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:16 - May 16 with 1098 views | monytowbray |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:14 - May 16 by GlasgowBlue |
The more I read this thread the more I conclude that it's not the subject matter you object to as much as the product being sold. |
Not like you to make things up... |  |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:17 - May 16 with 1094 views | monytowbray |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:15 - May 16 by giant_stow |
yeah, but don't forget you're arguing with a former film student who works in marketing. |
Difference is CIL has a reasonable argument, whereas PitBoss is clearly clutching at straws. | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:18 - May 16 with 1087 views | Ryorry |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:14 - May 16 by Benters |
Dont worry he is sitting at home with a pair of pants on his head and pencils up his nose ..
Wibble . |
And you're sitting here with a hole in your butt, out of which much wind.
Sorry, couldn't resist, as the silly season's obv started on TWTD ... |  |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:19 - May 16 with 1082 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Remember that time when you got all precious after I called you a c**t and you spent ages moaning how anyone using that word on the internet is taking it all too seriously... |  |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:19 - May 16 with 1071 views | Blueastheycome |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:04 - May 16 by monytowbray |
A bit of both, but they usually apply some taste to it.
What next, a beaten spouse goes to Burger King to cheer herself up after the her husband gives her a black eye? A man dying from cancer has a brief moment of happiness as he slowly and painfully dies because a Domino's Pizza delivery showed up? |
Agree wholeheartedly with this statement.
Slightly off topic but still relevant as it highlights the irresponsibility of media institutions/companies etc...
I always remember growing up watching the BBC's 'Tracy Beaker', and as a running in joke they referred to the children's home in which she lived in as a 'dumping ground'.
Now, if you are a kid in care...watching a BBC kids show which all your friends and peers watched too.. catororising all kids in care as being dumped at the 'dumping ground'... what sort of reaction is that kid in care going to receive in everyday life? It hardly makes their lives any easier and doesn't do anything to overcome stigma and doesn't promote tolerance to people from all differing situations in life (particularly, that is beyond their control)!
The McDonald's advert is crass as it suggests that if you are a young person aged 10/11 (as the actor in the advert is) all your thoughts, emotions, grief should be simplified and then normalised if you have a frigging from fillet o fish burger. This is the message they are feeding to young people in that situation. |  | | |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:20 - May 16 with 1058 views | caught-in-limbo |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:13 - May 16 by monytowbray |
The exploitation is the fact it's directly linked to selling burgers. What does any of that have to do with burgers? |
For a former film student who works in marketing, you'll know that many of the most effective and memorable adverts are from the car and beer industries - most of which have little to do cars or beer.
EDIT: I think the link here is not to burgers, but to fond memories, familiarity and being successful and popular. [Post edited 16 May 2017 16:23]
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:20 - May 16 with 1061 views | Benters |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:08 - May 16 by Ryorry |
It should be manifestly obvious to anyone with a modest number of braincells that we are all different, we all feel and react differently to all sorts of things, have different strengths and weaknesses, and there are many different kinds of inteliigence - mathematical, footballing, emotional, literary, political, intuitive, conceptual etc etc.
A pity you seem unable to recognise that we all need each other and our differences to effectively function as a reasonably harmonious society, both in practical and emotional terms, and be a bit more tolerant? |
Does that mean tiffin is off ? |  |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:22 - May 16 with 1045 views | Benters |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:18 - May 16 by Ryorry |
And you're sitting here with a hole in your butt, out of which much wind.
Sorry, couldn't resist, as the silly season's obv started on TWTD ... |
I like that Dear x | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:22 - May 16 with 1046 views | Ryorry |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:20 - May 16 by Benters |
Does that mean tiffin is off ? |
I think (well, hope anyway) that most people are a bit different in real life to how they sometimes behave on here ... | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:23 - May 16 with 1030 views | GlasgowBlue |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:20 - May 16 by caught-in-limbo |
For a former film student who works in marketing, you'll know that many of the most effective and memorable adverts are from the car and beer industries - most of which have little to do cars or beer.
EDIT: I think the link here is not to burgers, but to fond memories, familiarity and being successful and popular. [Post edited 16 May 2017 16:23]
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I must admit to being very disapointed when I purchased my last Porsche that there wasn't a semi naked young lady sprawled on the bonnet. |  |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:23 - May 16 with 1023 views | monytowbray |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:20 - May 16 by caught-in-limbo |
For a former film student who works in marketing, you'll know that many of the most effective and memorable adverts are from the car and beer industries - most of which have little to do cars or beer.
EDIT: I think the link here is not to burgers, but to fond memories, familiarity and being successful and popular. [Post edited 16 May 2017 16:23]
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I don't remember the last car or beer advert that exploited parental death. | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:24 - May 16 with 1012 views | caught-in-limbo |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:23 - May 16 by GlasgowBlue |
I must admit to being very disapointed when I purchased my last Porsche that there wasn't a semi naked young lady sprawled on the bonnet. |
Move to Spain then. | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:24 - May 16 with 1020 views | Ryorry |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:22 - May 16 by Benters |
I like that Dear x |
"Dear" yourself you old ageist! | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:26 - May 16 with 1006 views | Benters |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:24 - May 16 by Ryorry |
"Dear" yourself you old ageist! |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:35 - May 16 with 956 views | caught-in-limbo |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:23 - May 16 by monytowbray |
I don't remember the last car or beer advert that exploited parental death. |
The boy didn't even know what colour eyes his dad had. There is no exploiting of grief or sadness.
But hey, I think we're not going to agree on this one. | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:39 - May 16 with 943 views | monytowbray |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:35 - May 16 by caught-in-limbo |
The boy didn't even know what colour eyes his dad had. There is no exploiting of grief or sadness.
But hey, I think we're not going to agree on this one. |
I made my opinion clear on P1 as to why I felt it was exploitation, I'm bored of repeating myself.
It's a burger ad. | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:40 - May 16 with 932 views | GlasgowBlue |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:39 - May 16 by monytowbray |
I made my opinion clear on P1 as to why I felt it was exploitation, I'm bored of repeating myself.
It's a burger ad. |
Actually it's a Filet-o-Fish ad. | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:41 - May 16 with 938 views | Darth_Koont |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:19 - May 16 by The_Romford_Blue |
Remember that time when you got all precious after I called you a c**t and you spent ages moaning how anyone using that word on the internet is taking it all too seriously... |
Not sure your recent feckwittery on here gives you the sturdiest of soapboxes for this.
Good luck anyway. |  |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:45 - May 16 with 924 views | ThePitBoss |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:14 - May 16 by monytowbray |
Yes, you can have it next time your white male privilege ego gets hurt. |
I'm racially fluid actually. Today I am black.
Problem with that? [Post edited 16 May 2017 16:47]
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:46 - May 16 with 912 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:41 - May 16 by Darth_Koont |
Not sure your recent feckwittery on here gives you the sturdiest of soapboxes for this.
Good luck anyway. |
Hey I'm not rowing
This thread has nothing to do with me | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 16:49 - May 16 with 902 views | Godzilla |
There is a bank ad on tv at the moment that made me feel uneasy, it features a young man walking about the city on his own after a night out, really not something to glamorise/encourage. |  | | |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:54 - May 16 with 872 views | vapour_trail |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:40 - May 16 by GlasgowBlue |
Actually it's a Filet-o-Fish ad. |
Well this has progressed well this afternoon.
Without wanting to start a new line of disagreement, isn't that a fishburger? |  |
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| That McDonald's ad on 17:01 - May 16 with 847 views | GlasgowBlue |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:54 - May 16 by vapour_trail |
Well this has progressed well this afternoon.
Without wanting to start a new line of disagreement, isn't that a fishburger? |
Apparently it's a fish sandwich.
It also doesn't appear in Wiki's list of Burgers so I'm saying no. | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 17:01 - May 16 with 849 views | Darth_Koont |
| That McDonald's ad on 16:46 - May 16 by The_Romford_Blue |
Hey I'm not rowing
This thread has nothing to do with me |
Wasn't that what started it before? | |
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| That McDonald's ad on 17:02 - May 16 with 847 views | vapour_trail |
| That McDonald's ad on 17:01 - May 16 by GlasgowBlue |
Apparently it's a fish sandwich.
It also doesn't appear in Wiki's list of Burgers so I'm saying no. |
Hmm. They need a marketing strategy to sort that out. | |
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