The problem is that the whole point of many adverts is to exploit people's weaknesses and persuade them to do or buy something they hadn't intended to ... and some folk are weaker than others for various reasons, and advertisers have become very adept at pressing their buttons.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The problem is that the whole point of many adverts is to exploit people's weaknesses and persuade them to do or buy something they hadn't intended to ... and some folk are weaker than others for various reasons, and advertisers have become very adept at pressing their buttons.
funny how most of the gambing ads are after 9pm, when they reckon folk might have " had a few " ?
I agree in principle, @BenCotto, with your irritation at poor pronunciation or bad grammar etc in ads. However, "str" pronounced "shtr" (as in "shtraight") is pure Cambridgeshire so should be considered as part of a regional accent, I think...
I'm with @Fairygirl , still singing "Ev'ryone's a fruit and nut case" whenever I buy a bar. Was it Frank Muir who sang it?
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I do remember us renting a big van once to help us move. Biggest thing I’d ever driven on a regular licence, but I’m afraid I did buy a Yorkie to eat on the journey!
Im impressed that you are able to skip ads by changing channels, Fairygirl. I was certainly under the impression that the tv companies had coordinated their advert breaks so that even by switching channels, you couldn’t avoid them.
Feel free to mention ones you like, though. Credit where credit is due, some are well crafted even if the product is cr*p. l loved the one with the laughing hyena....Prime something?
The Tesco ad, he asks the women ‘Is there anything I can help you with’. She says ‘oh no my love’ Now if that was the other way round, the chap calls the women ‘My Love’. He’d be in court before the new year for abuse.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
On a serious note I do think a lot of these ads can contribute to mental illness and social issues.
Any advert may have an adverse effect on somebody, but the world can't stop because something happening somewhere is affecting somebody.
I was reading yesterday that a charity to do with food addiction complained about Pru Leith saying a dish she tasted on the Great British Bake Off was "worth the calories". For God's sake, it's a cookery programme and people on it are going to say positive things about the food!
I haven't watched the Bake Off programme for a couple of years as I found, like most of those progs, it became more about the people than the subject. Just my opinion before the BO addicts complain However, the Charity complaint seems way OTT in response to an off the cuff comment/humorous aside. In that context, it can hardly be described as an advert tho which I think was what @Topbird was referring to. Someone somewhere is always going to pick up on such comments and make use of them for their own agenda or simply find them offensive and complain vociferously.
With very, very, few exceptions I will remember the annoying bits of adverts but won't have a clue what the advert was for. There are two which really annoy me at the moment where I do remember the product, but wouldn't buy it on principal. Advertising never has, and never will, persuade me to purchase something I don't want or contribute to a charity.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm with @Fairygirl , still singing "Ev'ryone's a fruit and nut case" whenever I buy a bar. Was it Frank Muir who sang it?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Im impressed that you are able to skip ads by changing channels, Fairygirl. I was certainly under the impression that the tv companies had coordinated their advert breaks so that even by switching channels, you couldn’t avoid them.
Feel free to mention ones you like, though. Credit where credit is due, some are well crafted even if the product is cr*p.
l loved the one with the laughing hyena....Prime something?
The turn-onable ads were brilliant weren't they AnnieD and KT53?
Now if that was the other way round, the chap calls the women ‘My Love’. He’d be in court before the new year for abuse.
However, the Charity complaint seems way OTT in response to an off the cuff comment/humorous aside.
In that context, it can hardly be described as an advert tho which I think was what @Topbird was referring to.
Someone somewhere is always going to pick up on such comments and make use of them for their own agenda or simply find them offensive and complain vociferously.