Sat, 22 Jul 2006

Advertising Age

What can I possibly add? Is there no escape?

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On 7/22/2006 11:08:46
Thud wrote

I've been assaulted by one of those urinals already, and if I knew of some way to quickly and silently destroy one, I'd be sure to be equipped to do it. Maybe I'll just carry rubber gloves with me so I can throw them in the trash.

On 7/22/2006 14:45:29
Bjorngrímnir wrote

Mental Intrusion

That's how I view advertising. I know that there are benefits to advertising, and I know that there are plenty of people who would happily line up and point out each and every benefit. Doesn't matter - with so many people in the industry having backgrounds in psychology and sociology, morals dictated by what sells, I tend to see advertising as getting dangerously out of hand. I don't like having things put in my head that I don't want there...and I think that's what advertising does in many cases. This latest campaign, that doesn't allow people to visit the restroom in peace, is just a very appropriate example of how out of hand it's all getting. Still, though, at least they aren't printing ads on toilet paper...yet.

On 7/22/2006 21:45:03
SB wrote

Ew, I don't know about wanting to watch CBS more, but those adds have certianly turned me off of the idea of eating eggs. At least you'd know what to throw at the TV when the shows sucked though, or better yet at the headquarters for CBS. Here I was all celebratory because I'd managed to live without commercial tv for a few weeks and avoid most internet ads, thinking I was finally living a semi-ad-free life. I tell you, they ever find a way to beam it right into my head I will redefine the idea of going postal.

On 7/24/2006 13:37:19
Thorolf wrote

Y'know, I started getting testy about being marketed to every damn minute of the day when they started putting advertising on the handles of gas pumps. They're even putting video/audio ads on the main body of the pump - I stopped going to the first gas station that did that to me, and I just found another I'll never go back to, no matter what discount they offer. But talking toilet adverts? That's so wrong on so many levels... We should just swipe any examples we find and mail them to the perpetuators with a stake embedded in the electronics.

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In a media world besieged by technologies like the Tivo and the iPod, advertisers are finding it harder and harder to get their marketing messages across. So TV network CBS has decided to whet your appetite for it's new fall lineup with a series of ads printed on 35 million eggs.

Now it won't be possible for a man to pee in peace, as urinals across the country will be equipped to broadcast public messages. Urinals have been fitted with the Wizmark Urinal Communicator, a waterproof, disposable drain cover embedded with electronics that senses a visitor and then relays an audio message.

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