Tasteless use of cat in advertising

"kaeli" wrote in message
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In article ,
enlightened us with...
There is a
huge amount of free will involved.



You're really giving the vast majority of the human race way too
much
credit.

Very true. Do you remember the talking toilet paper
ads?

No...
But it sounds kinda funny.

I hated them as much as I hated the ones for
Snuggle Fabric Softener that have that repulsive
giggling bear. Well, I was in a hurry one day and
when I got home from the store I found that I
had bought that brand! There is something
psychologists call the "mere exposure" effect
that means that all you have to be is exposed
with some frequency to the name of a product
in order to become predisposed to buying it.

I wouldn't argue with that, even though I tend to be extremely brand
loyal.

Even if the exposure, such as these stupid
TV ads, just ANNOYS you!

One thing, though - I DESPISE the Quiznos ads with those rat things. I
now hate Quiznos and would never go there.

I do NOT get what that is about. What is their point with those? That
Quiznos has vermin inside? Baaaaad campaign. Now on the other hand, have you
seen those Wienerschnitzle commercials that do a take off on perfume ads?
Hysterical.

kaeli dumped this in
on 13 Apr 2004:

Even if the exposure, such as these stupid
TV ads, just ANNOYS you!

One thing, though - I DESPISE the Quiznos ads with those rat things. I
now hate Quiznos and would never go there.

Ditto. WTF is up with that anyway? Blech.

--
Cheryl

kaeli dumped this in
on 13 Apr 2004:

Even if the exposure, such as these stupid
TV ads, just ANNOYS you!

One thing, though - I DESPISE the Quiznos ads with those rat things. I
now hate Quiznos and would never go there.

Ditto. WTF is up with that anyway? Blech.

--
Cheryl

"Ryan Robbins" wrote in message
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"Mary" wrote in message
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"Ryan Robbins" wrote in message
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Perhaps you could enlighten me on this rule of threes thing. I
have
looked
in all of my books and can't find any reference to it.

This is very telling. You have way too much time on your hands.

Why is it "telling"?

Because it TELLS me that you have too much time
on your hands?

Damn, man, what was it, a botched lobotomy?


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"Ryan Robbins" wrote in message
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"Mary" wrote in message
om...

"Ryan Robbins" wrote in message
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Perhaps you could enlighten me on this rule of threes thing. I
have
looked
in all of my books and can't find any reference to it.

This is very telling. You have way too much time on your hands.

Why is it "telling"?

Because it TELLS me that you have too much time
on your hands?

Damn, man, what was it, a botched lobotomy?


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"Ryan Robbins" wrote

Writing well takes effort.

I have no doubt that this is absolutely
true. For you.






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"Ryan Robbins" wrote

Writing well takes effort.

I have no doubt that this is absolutely
true. For you.






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"Sherry " wrote in message
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Do you remember the talking toilet paper
ads? I hated them as much as I hated the ones for
Snuggle Fabric Softener that have that repulsive
giggling bear.

I couldn't resist a big "me, too" here.
That bear is just plain disgusting.


I just remembered the name of the tp.
It was Banner. And how about the
old "Chow chow chow" commercials?
Hated them! THEN there is the current
commercial where they have the puppy
"singing" via computer enhancements.
The puppy is soooo cute but I hate
the human voice they give him.


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"Sherry " wrote in message
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Do you remember the talking toilet paper
ads? I hated them as much as I hated the ones for
Snuggle Fabric Softener that have that repulsive
giggling bear.

I couldn't resist a big "me, too" here.
That bear is just plain disgusting.


I just remembered the name of the tp.
It was Banner. And how about the
old "Chow chow chow" commercials?
Hated them! THEN there is the current
commercial where they have the puppy
"singing" via computer enhancements.
The puppy is soooo cute but I hate
the human voice they give him.


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"kaeli" wrote

One thing, though - I DESPISE the Quiznos ads with those rat things.
I
now hate Quiznos and would never go there.

Me too! I don't like the blockbuster video
hamster ads either. I think it is the
anthropomorphizing (sp?) that makes them so
icky. It would be funnier to see a human walking
around acting like a cat.

As to the free will thing - lots and lots of people in this world
aren't
all there in the head. They're already predisposed to do bad or
stupid
things and a little encouragement is all they really need. Kids are
still imitating that horrid Jackass show, FCOL. To assume people
even
have common sense gives people too much credit.
Sure, most of us aren't going to go cutting heads off cats because
of a
car ad, but all it takes is one idiot who laughs, says it's really
funny, and decides to try it...and that's just the idiots. Some
people
are not just idiots, but truly cruel. I don't even want to go there.


All true. I try not to think about the walking wastes out there
who are so numb they seek out the most horrific experiences
just so that they can manage to FEEL something.


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