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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 20, 2018 21:19:08 GMT
It's compounded for me because I hate Country Music. I made an honest effort to get into it. Failed miserably. Like the great man said, "it's gotta be Rock and Roll music". I hate the other ads with Payton Manning and the other hayseed. i used to feel the same. used to think country was just southern twang about a guy drinking, his dog dying and his girl leaving him (and often times it is) - but there's some good stuff out there  trying to think of something 'sports related' - this is all i can come up with - Brooks & Dunn - Indian Summer - girl gets knocked up by the high school quarterback in a motel and plans on running away together - he doesn't show up the next day - well - wait - that is rather depressing isn't it  I had 4,000 songs on an old ipod. 3,999 were NOT C/W. The one that was And that was because of The Sopranos, Season 5 opener. I can handle some of the older stuff, John Cash, Marty Robbins. And I did love this album, even though it's as C/W as you can get. |
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Post by NJtoTX on Jan 20, 2018 21:24:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 21:24:05 GMT
i used to feel the same. used to think country was just southern twang about a guy drinking, his dog dying and his girl leaving him (and often times it is) - but there's some good stuff out there trying to think of something 'sports related' - this is all i can come up with - Brooks & Dunn - Indian Summer - girl gets knocked up by the high school quarterback in a motel and plans on running away together - he doesn't show up the next day - well - wait - that is rather depressing isn't it I had 4,000 songs on an old ipod. 3,999 were NOT C/W. The one that was And that was because of The Sopranos, Season 5 opener. I can handle some of the older stuff, John Cash, Marty Robbins. And I did love this album, even though it's as C/W as you can get. that emmylou broad didn't sound bad! looked kind of cute for her time too johnny cash - there's some old school dark haunting stuff that can send chills down your spine i can listen too - especially being a horror fan! he was one dark cat |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 20, 2018 21:47:52 GMT
I had 4,000 songs on an old ipod. 3,999 were NOT C/W. The one that was And that was because of The Sopranos, Season 5 opener. I can handle some of the older stuff, John Cash, Marty Robbins. And I did love this album, even though it's as C/W as you can get. that emmylou broad didn't sound bad! Give Sweetheart of the Rodeo a listen. A far cry for the Byrds from Eight Miles High and the rest of the psychedelic stuff. It's as country as Merle Haggard. They played some of it at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville (home of the Grand Old Opry) and the goobers laughed them off the stage. I can't understan why I like SOTR but I do |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 22:27:08 GMT
that emmylou broad didn't sound bad! Give Sweetheart of the Rodeo a listen. A far cry for the Byrds from Eight Miles High and the rest of the psychedelic stuff. It's as country as Merle Haggard. They played some of it at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville (home of the Grand Old Opry) and the goobers laughed them off the stage. I can't understan why I like SOTR but I do good stuff. i mean - we like what we like right? i'll get tarred and feathered and tomatoes thrown at me - but if an old school Dixie Chicks song is on - i leave it on - good stuff |
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Post by poelzig on Jan 20, 2018 22:32:18 GMT
I thought the kid was a boy. Hate that "what's a computer" line. It might be a boy. We aren't allowed to ask. The only thing everyone seems to agree on is we all want to punch it in the face. |
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Post by tristramshandy on Jan 21, 2018 1:13:25 GMT
The this of 2017/2018. And equally annoying.  More assholes did "Waaaaaaassssup" than "Dilly Dilly", but it doesn't make it less irritating. And at least I got the concept of whasup. What in the blue fuck is dilly dilly supposed to be? The next lump that says "Dilly Dilly" to me, I will gut from throat to crotch with a rusty butter knife. Hoping DD will die a quick death sometime after the Super Bowl. In the meantime, fuck off Anheuser Busch You're right, but I'm feeling the "Dilly Dilly" one is still ascending. I'm expecting three new versions of it for the Super Bowl ads. |
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Post by sdm3 on Jan 21, 2018 2:37:13 GMT
Telling me that I'm no longer hip because I'm still familiar with the word "computer" and even own one isn't the best way to endear me to Apple products. Excruciating ad.
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Post by sdm3 on Jan 21, 2018 10:31:29 GMT
I hate that goddamn ‘what’s a computer kid’. I imagine some guy stealing her iPad on the street and her running around shrieking "he took my iPad!" and the neighbor lady would roll her eyes and ask "what's an iPad?" |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 12:09:21 GMT
To a couple of people here saying the kid is a boy: she's a girl. Look at her painted nails.
I'm surprised with the reaction and how unanimous it is. It hadn't even occurred to me to hate that ad. When I first saw it, I thought, "yeah, most likely this will be the evolution of computing; it's not happening yet but at some point we won't have computers anymore since pads and tablets will increase more and more their processing power and computers will be obsolete."
My son once mocked me for sending him email saying it was a thing of the past, now it's text message.
I have a desktop computer collecting dust upstairs. Now I only use laptops. I have an older laptop that still works, heavy and bulky, and now I have this thin and light laptop that looks great. And yes, at one point even that will be obsolete. That's the point the ad tried to make and it didn't annoy me. Desktops are still used at work but at home they are becoming obsolete, and at one point laptops will too.
I suppose if it annoys so many people to the point of saying "I won't buy Apple products" (although one wonders if this is said for real or just in a temporary fit of rage) then it's not a good ad, although others here mentioned that there is no such thing as bad publicity.
The animoji one I found silly - who would want to make a turd animoji of oneself? But it didn't enrage me.
Wow, you guys react strongly to ads!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 12:16:12 GMT
Dilly Dilly doesn't mean anything. I read interviews with the ad creators and they said they picked a word that didn't previously exist.
I find the Dilly Dilly ads funny. Again, I see nothing wrong with them. And apparently now people are saying Dilly Dilly in bars, as a toast.
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Post by tristramshandy on Jan 21, 2018 17:08:55 GMT
To a couple of people here saying the kid is a boy: she's a girl. Look at her painted nails. I'm surprised with the reaction and how unanimous it is. It hadn't even occurred to me to hate that ad. When I first saw it, I thought, "yeah, most likely this will be the evolution of computing; it's not happening yet but at some point we won't have computers anymore since pads and tablets will increase more and more their processing power and computers will be obsolete." My son once mocked me for sending him email saying it was a thing of the past, now it's text message. I have a desktop computer collecting dust upstairs. Now I only use laptops. I have an older laptop that still works, heavy and bulky, and now I have this thin and light laptop that looks great. And yes, at one point even that will be obsolete. That's the point the ad tried to make and it didn't annoy me. Desktops are still used at work but at home they are becoming obsolete, and at one point laptops will too. I suppose if it annoys so many people to the point of saying "I won't buy Apple products" (although one wonders if this is said for real or just in a temporary fit of rage) then it's not a good ad, although others here mentioned that there is no such thing as bad publicity. The animoji one I found silly - who would want to make a turd animoji of oneself? But it didn't enrage me. Wow, you guys react strongly to ads! I lived well after the use of telegrams. When I was in middle school, I knew what a telegram was. Then when there is interaction with the nice neighbor lady, she immediately shuts her down with saying "what's a computer?" (answer: "the thing you're working on, bitch"). |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 21:13:50 GMT
To a couple of people here saying the kid is a boy: she's a girl. Look at her painted nails. I'm surprised with the reaction and how unanimous it is. It hadn't even occurred to me to hate that ad. When I first saw it, I thought, "yeah, most likely this will be the evolution of computing; it's not happening yet but at some point we won't have computers anymore since pads and tablets will increase more and more their processing power and computers will be obsolete." My son once mocked me for sending him email saying it was a thing of the past, now it's text message. I have a desktop computer collecting dust upstairs. Now I only use laptops. I have an older laptop that still works, heavy and bulky, and now I have this thin and light laptop that looks great. And yes, at one point even that will be obsolete. That's the point the ad tried to make and it didn't annoy me. Desktops are still used at work but at home they are becoming obsolete, and at one point laptops will too. I suppose if it annoys so many people to the point of saying "I won't buy Apple products" (although one wonders if this is said for real or just in a temporary fit of rage) then it's not a good ad, although others here mentioned that there is no such thing as bad publicity. The animoji one I found silly - who would want to make a turd animoji of oneself? But it didn't enrage me. Wow, you guys react strongly to ads! I lived well after the use of telegrams. When I was in middle school, I knew what a telegram was. Then when there is interaction with the nice neighbor lady, she immediately shuts her down with saying "what's a computer?" (answer: "the thing you're working on, bitch"). It's not a depiction of reality, it's a concept, it's an ad to show that technology is evolving in favor of pads and tablets over full blown personal computers. The girl wasn't necessarily being rude. In this fictional world, maybe she actually didn't know what a computer is and wasn't trying to be smug. This is not a documentary of real life, it's an ad, and the ad wants to portray a world where pads and tablets replaced computers. It doesn't offend me in the least. For example, there's been ads in which humans interact with dinosaurs (I remember a Super Bowl one in which the dinosaur stomps a human; another one with a car driving around dinosaurs), when in reality they were separated by hundreds of thousands of years. Dinosaurs were extinct much, much earlier than humans populated the Earth. So, an ad is not necessarily equal to reality. This ad simply proposes that in the near future a kid will no longer know what a computer is, by only dealing with iPads and tablets. |
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Post by tristramshandy on Jan 21, 2018 23:17:35 GMT
I lived well after the use of telegrams. When I was in middle school, I knew what a telegram was. Then when there is interaction with the nice neighbor lady, she immediately shuts her down with saying "what's a computer?" (answer: "the thing you're working on, bitch"). It's not a depiction of reality, it's a concept, it's an ad to show that technology is evolving in favor of pads and tablets over full blown personal computers. The girl wasn't necessarily being rude. In this fictional world, maybe she actually didn't know what a computer is and wasn't trying to be smug. This is not a documentary of real life, it's an ad, and the ad wants to portray a world where pads and tablets replaced computers. It doesn't offend me in the least. For example, there's been ads in which humans interact with dinosaurs (I remember a Super Bowl one in which the dinosaur stomps a human; another one with a car driving around dinosaurs), when in reality they were separated by hundreds of thousands of years. Dinosaurs were extinct much, much earlier than humans populated the Earth. So, an ad is not necessarily equal to reality. This ad simply proposes that in the near future a kid will no longer know what a computer is, by only dealing with iPads and tablets. As a literature professor, it's a shitty story then - - as you can see by the responses in this thread. There are so many ways you could get the same concept across without having the reaction being "I hope she gets stabbed in the stomach and somebody jacks her device". |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 0:37:41 GMT
It's not a depiction of reality, it's a concept, it's an ad to show that technology is evolving in favor of pads and tablets over full blown personal computers. The girl wasn't necessarily being rude. In this fictional world, maybe she actually didn't know what a computer is and wasn't trying to be smug. This is not a documentary of real life, it's an ad, and the ad wants to portray a world where pads and tablets replaced computers. It doesn't offend me in the least. For example, there's been ads in which humans interact with dinosaurs (I remember a Super Bowl one in which the dinosaur stomps a human; another one with a car driving around dinosaurs), when in reality they were separated by hundreds of thousands of years. Dinosaurs were extinct much, much earlier than humans populated the Earth. So, an ad is not necessarily equal to reality. This ad simply proposes that in the near future a kid will no longer know what a computer is, by only dealing with iPads and tablets. As a literature professor, it's a shitty story then - - as you can see by the responses in this thread. There are so many ways you could get the same concept across without having the reaction being "I hope she gets stabbed in the stomach and somebody jacks her device". Yes, I already said earlier, that if the reaction is so strongly negative, then it's a bad ad. Although, I also added, maybe it won't backfire on them; as the saying goes, there is no such thing as bad publicity. People are talking non-stop about the iPad ad. |
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Post by poelzig on Jan 22, 2018 1:05:56 GMT
Dilly Dilly doesn't mean anything. I read interviews with the ad creators and they said they picked a word that didn't previously exist. I find the Dilly Dilly ads funny. Again, I see nothing wrong with them. And apparently now people are saying Dilly Dilly in bars, as a toast.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 1:20:24 GMT
Dilly Dilly doesn't mean anything. I read interviews with the ad creators and they said they picked a word that didn't previously exist. I find the Dilly Dilly ads funny. Again, I see nothing wrong with them. And apparently now people are saying Dilly Dilly in bars, as a toast. I see a lawsuit in the making  |
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Post by poelzig on Jan 22, 2018 1:41:24 GMT
To a couple of people here saying the kid is a boy: she's a girl. Look at her painted nails. I'm surprised with the reaction and how unanimous it is. It hadn't even occurred to me to hate that ad. When I first saw it, I thought, "yeah, most likely this will be the evolution of computing; it's not happening yet but at some point we won't have computers anymore since pads and tablets will increase more and more their processing power and computers will be obsolete." My son once mocked me for sending him email saying it was a thing of the past, now it's text message. I have a desktop computer collecting dust upstairs. Now I only use laptops. I have an older laptop that still works, heavy and bulky, and now I have this thin and light laptop that looks great. And yes, at one point even that will be obsolete. That's the point the ad tried to make and it didn't annoy me. Desktops are still used at work but at home they are becoming obsolete, and at one point laptops will too. I suppose if it annoys so many people to the point of saying "I won't buy Apple products" (although one wonders if this is said for real or just in a temporary fit of rage) then it's not a good ad, although others here mentioned that there is no such thing as bad publicity. The animoji one I found silly - who would want to make a turd animoji of oneself? But it didn't enrage me. Wow, you guys react strongly to ads! I lived well after the use of telegrams. When I was in middle school, I knew what a telegram was. Then when there is interaction with the nice neighbor lady, she immediately shuts her down with saying "what's a computer?" (answer: "the thing you're working on, bitch"). What the little bitch says is bad enough but the fact she's so rudely smug when the neighbor is a sweetheart makes it 1000 times worse. People are talking about ad but as someone else pointed out 99% of people want to attack a child. How could that be positive for apple? "Hey people aren't buying our insanely overpriced products and want to burn down our stores but they are talking about us. Winning." |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 1:44:47 GMT
The this of 2017/2018. And equally annoying. Wassup was just a *LITTLE* bit funny. Just a little. The actors sold it. But as for the OP, I don't watch tv, so I am blissfully unaware of these ads. |
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Post by poelzig on Jan 22, 2018 7:03:34 GMT
 They've got to be two of the most cringe worthy ads on TV now. The emoji ad is easy to hate - but I thought I was the only one who couldn't stand that kid or was afraid to say it. I'm always scrambling frantically for my remote as soon as they come on - if I can't find it - I need to leave the room. Same goes for this Nationwide ad that's been playing all over sports channels over the last month: scream you were probably with pals watching the game or too nervous to be on the thread commenting. Anyway at one point we got the nationwide ad followed by the what's a computer ad followed by a dilly dilly ad. Blood started leaking out of my ears. Congrats on eagles winning a close one. |
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