Guest Papillon Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I saw this commercial on TV tonight for an iPad with images of a kabuki player, and a camera man, and some random shit and in the background you can hear a bastardized version of a Walt Whitman poem. At the end of the commercial the guy says "what will your verse be"? When I see things like that all I can think is the obvious. My verse will be me sitting on my arse with a new iPad playing angry birds until my eyes hurt. Do any of you guys think about stuff like that? Wonder what Walt Whitman would think about iPads and our society. Here is the commercial. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jiyIcz7wUH0 Here is Walt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Fuck Apple commercials sideways with a tool belt. I hope whoever writes and directs that shit is haunted by those smarmy voiceovers until they change their life forever, by dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Every commercial looks the same to me... If I had a billion dollars I would create an ad campaign for something that doesn't even exist. Just some crazy, stupid commercials that take airtime from Coke and Budweiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audioblysk Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Watching their commercials makes me want to push the 'eject' button on the entire human race. But then again, most commercials do. I can just see the college-fresh young'ins who have never faced a wink of adversity pitching awful marketing/commercial ideas and Apple eating it up to stay relevant/hip. So many sweatervests and thick rimmed glasses can be seen behind the smarmy and self-aggrandizing apple product adverts, its blinding. I like how Apple (along with many others) is trying to make the idea of the family never looking up from their bright screens of wasted humanity a good thing. It's ass backwards and makes them seem like they want a 1984-esque brainwashing of youth and people. Fuck friends and family, connect via this incredibly bright and expensive screen, because fuck you - you need it and it makes you a more creative and fun person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Fuck most TV commercials anymore. They're made my companies that don't actually give a shit about you, and half of them don't even make sense. They only care about getting your money.One of the main reasons I never watch TV at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 lol by far one of the most depressing commercials I've seen. Reminds me of those stupid Levi's ads that had Tom Waits reading Bukowski.I'd rather have an annoying jingle or blatant stupidity. These commercials that try to capitalize on some existential longing are disgraceful, for lack of a better word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I like how Apple (along with many others) is trying to make the idea of the family never looking up from their bright screens of wasted humanity a good thing. It's ass backwards and makes them seem like they want a 1984-esque brainwashing of youth and people. Fuck friends and family, connect via this incredibly bright and expensive screen, because fuck you - you need it and it makes you a more creative and fun person. http://youtu.be/R706isyDrqI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Wow look at all those awesome people being super creative! It's good that they decided to get this new iPad thing, because how else would they be able to share all this amazing creativity with the world? This is so exciting and cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 My verse would be: If everyone would stop having a TV, the world would be a much better place. Why do you still have a TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Because I like watching TV shows and playing vidja games. Why wouldn't you have a TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Ever noticed how dominant a TV is in any room there is one? It draws you in like candy. And what do you get from it? It's a tool for creating commercial zombies who are addicted to consumerism. And it is an explosion of stupidity and disinformation. Why waste time and space on a TV. There are countless ways to watch the interesting stuff. And the funny thing is, people don't even understand the notion of a living room without a TV anymore. The living room has basically become the TV room. With the TV as it's centerpiece and a couch oriented around it so it can facilitate thousands of uselessly spent hours watching lights come out of a box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audioblysk Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Ever noticed how dominant a TV is in any room there is one? It draws you in like candy. And what do you get from it? It's a tool for creating commercial zombies who are addicted to consumerism. And it is an explosion of stupidity and disinformation. Why waste time and space on a TV. There are countless ways to watch the interesting stuff. And the funny thing is, people don't even understand the notion of a living room without a TV anymore. The living room has basically become the TV room. With the TV as it's centerpiece and a couch oriented around it so it can facilitate thousands of uselessly spent hours watching lights come out of a box. It has whatever value you give it, TV's can be used for good. BELIEVE Plus this is coming from a being(s) that spends a good majority of its life doing something that it doesn't want, working for pieces of paper and/or digits in a bank account. Do those thousands of lost hours have more value because you were making money? Some people spend their time differently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Those evil corporations, man. Entertaining me for hours at a very low price. How rude of them. If only I'd spent all those countless hours in front of the TV on internet forums or something instead. Making a DIFFERENCE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Televisions, or screens otherwise, are not the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 **violently vomits at the pretentious of the Apple commercial** God, that was fucking awful. I can't really place my finger on it, but I was met with this huge, growing resistance in my upper abdomen region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I haven't owned a TV since I was 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 It's advertising, all of it is wretched. Hit mute, refill your cup, let out the doge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I haven't owned a TV since I was 14 http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-tel,429/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I am, as they say, fully weaned off the glass teat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audioblysk Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I am, as they say, fully weaned off the glass teat you know... besides that whole 'I spend a ton of time on my computer/internet' thing... but good for you, you should use your ample spare time to build this as a reward to your steadfastness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 sorry, I can't be concerned with looking at that picture you linked which is broken. I have a few threads to go into and tell people that I don't own a TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Lare Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 What's shitty is that a shit ton of people are actually excited about this type of shit thinking it's THE shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audioblysk Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 sorry, I can't be concerned with looking at that picture you linked which is broken. I have a few threads to go into and tell people that I don't own a TV lol, got me there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Contributing your verse to the powerful play. Were they talking about posting in the 'This is Story (2)' thread. Because that's closed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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