FTA-TV Ads that piss you off (3)

[Miguel Sanchez]

The creative ones were good in the beginning

The Zoom meeting where “Ben from Finance” suddenly appears in the woman’s bed in the background was the best of them.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Asian, Middle Eastern, Polynesian, African American, but more rarely Aboriginal, which is really the least they could do. What’s the message here?

African American is the one i don't get.. like that Telstra add where the African American guy sits down at the movies and grabs the hands of what looks like an African American old man (but could also be an indian, it's dark in the cinema). I've legit never met an African American in Australia in my life outside of local basketball circles, and yet two happen to run into each other at the movies in a Telstra ad? Why do African American's get chosen to meet the diversity quota on an add over more representative ethnicities. His partner does look part indigenous so there's that, but what about all the wonderful Asian Australians?

 

[No eye deer]

And there has to be a non binary person.

And now Drag Queens eating rice bubbles…

 

[mrmonkey]

Asian, Middle Eastern, Polynesian, African American, but more rarely Aboriginal, which is really the least they could do. What’s the message here?

They're all trying to out do each other, it's not about being inclusive anymore, it's about using minorities to make themselves look better.

 

[peternorth]

I just see is as a reflection of Australia. People from all cultures.

Interestingly I’ve felt for sometime that in American ads you’ll see anyone and everyone. But it just seems run of the mill. No questions asked, accepted for what it is. An advertisement.

Here it appears first thought is token, woke, pandering to minorities,what’s wrong with being white, people should be judged on merit not dna etc.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

I just see is as a reflection of Australia. People from all cultures.

Interestingly I’ve felt for sometime that in American ads you’ll see anyone and everyone. But it just seems run of the mill. No questions asked, accepted for what it is. An advertisement.

Here it appears first thought is token, woke, pandering to minorities,what’s wrong with being white, people should be judged on merit not dna etc.

I don’t mind who they use for ads, it’s just that some combinations are quite bizarre and strain the credibility, and by extension you feel rather cynical about the message they are trying to get across. As you say, tokenism. When ads are done well and are believable they are quite good, for example the bank ad with the Asian child looking out of the window for her mother. That’s appealing and nicely done, and you don’t think anything of it, because it’s natural.

 

[mrmonkey]

I don’t mind who they use for ads, it’s just that some combinations are quite bizarre and strain the credibility, and by extension you feel rather cynical about the message they are trying to get across. As you say, tokenism. When ads are done well and are believable they are quite good, for example the bank ad with the Asian child looking out of the window for her mother. That’s appealing and nicely done, and you don’t think anything of it, because it’s natural.

There's real Australia then there's what a bunch of people in suits think is real and that's the problem.

 

[Cleavy]

any ad where the singer butchers a good song, is my current bugbear. "This is Australia", "Go Your Own Way", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" etc.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

The stupid grizzly bear ad

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Any ad where the volume is deliberately louder. They used to ban this years ago.

 

[mrmonkey]

Any ad where the volume is deliberately louder. They used to ban this years ago.

Thought this was every ad

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Thought this was every ad

Yeah probably although some seem way louder. There actually is a law forbidding but the flaw is it mention ‘average volume’ so they deliberately have loud parts balanced by quieter ones…ridiculous

 

[Shell]

 

[Cleavy]

The stupid grizzly bear ad

the Smiths chips ad?

 

[mrmonkey]

Yeah probably although some seem way louder. There actually is a law forbidding but the flaw is it mention ‘average volume’ so they deliberately have loud parts balanced by quieter ones…ridiculous


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Sounds like something Saul Goodman would exploit. What is the penalty for the breach anyway? A fine and the ad pulled from the air? At that point ad has probably had desired effect. Though I'm not sure what it is that is meant to be achieved here, what they want someone that decided to relieve themselves during the ad break to be able to hear the ad better? As mentioned there's a mute button for these situations.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

The new Australian Super ad. Mostly because of the tattooed bitch faced woman and her cuck boyfriend.

 

[Private Hudson]

Those Maccas ads can * right off!

 

[MatthewB]

The landcruiser ad and looks like the new telstra ad has hit the quaddy with cultural diversity with Asian, black, brown and white

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

The new Australian Super ad. Mostly because of the tattooed bitch faced woman and her cuck boyfriend.

I haven’t seen it yet but your description is enough for me

 

[Pbft]

The landcruiser ad and looks like the new telstra ad has hit the quaddy with cultural diversity with Asian, black, brown and white

This Landcruiser drives us...........................mad

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The landcruiser ad and looks like the new telstra ad has hit the quaddy with cultural diversity with Asian, black, brown and white

If only the Land Cruiser drove them off a cliff instead of home.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

The landcruiser ad and looks like the new telstra ad has hit the quaddy with cultural diversity with Asian, black, brown and white

Yeah but where’s the gay couple? Homophobes!

 

[NSWCROW]

If only the Land Cruiser drove them off a cliff instead of home.

Trash version of the recent Suzuki Vitara ad

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Boycotting McCain's products when I go grocery shopping now cause of their their shitty something special ads.

 

[MatthewB]

Boycotting McCain's products when I go grocery shopping now cause of their their shitty something special ads.

Throw Primo onto the boycott list for their hot dog ad