seeking to join the "Civil War" trend

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-07-12 12:41am

It's me, back when I was letting my hair and beard grow out rather long. My hair's quite a bit shorter these days... when folks were starting to get tired of (at least) eleven people sharing the exact same avatar, I quickly whipped up a pile of avatars based on pictures of me I had on my hard drive, and Stark's was one of them. I believe Stark's gone back to normal avatars though, which leaves only two other people who still have my face as their avatar.

And yeah, at the time, the fedora would often prompt Amish remarks... made all the more ironic by my job in IT.

Post by **Surlethe** » 2006-07-12 01:10am

Crown wrote:You know back in the day when I had a say in such matters, I never said this but what they hey; honestly people who compulsively post in testing should be viewed as boarderline trolls/spammers, its posts shouldn't go towards post counts and should - if anything - be counted as negative posts.

My attitude has always been to spam in Testing, and make sure I contribute to the rest of the board, where it really matters. I really don't see a problem with continual or compulsive posting in Testing, unless Testing spam is the large part of a user's contribution to the board; in that case, your view of him is justified, I think.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2006-07-12 05:38am

Sonnenburg wrote:Now that everyone and their uncle has one, the fun has kind of gone out of it for me.

Man, I loved your sig. I was considering using it in mine, because it was so kickass. Too bad to see it go.

Sonnenburg · Post by **Sonnenburg** » 2006-07-12 06:37am

Here's all the civil war banners I have on my hard drive (though I only made the first one). Anyone is welcome to them, just don't swipe my bandwidth, please.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2006-07-12 06:55am

I don't get the meaning for the second last one.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-07-12 07:11am

Stofsk wrote:I don't get the meaning for the second last one.

It's yet another stupid meme. The King figure (from a fastfood franchise, I think) appears in random places with the phrase "WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW".

And no, I don't really get it either.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2006-07-12 09:55am

It's because the Burger King as presented in those commercials, is so fucking creepy (whether intentional or not). :P

Post by **K. A. Pital** » 2006-07-12 11:14am

I used to have this Lenin banner for a while - made sense, because it was in the Civil War, and also a clue about my nation and political orientation..

But I like to switch this stuff (avs and banners) around, not stick to something for good.

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2006-07-12 01:46pm

Stofsk wrote:I don't get the meaning for the second last one.

Way back in ancient history (I think about two years ago, now), Burger King ran a series of commercials with the same general theme. Basically, a guy wakes up one morning, turns over, and sees this Burger-King mascot in bed with him. The mascot looks at him for a second, turns, and presents him with a Burger King breakfast. I think the original aim of the ads was that Burger King serves you breakfast your way...or something like that.

Unfortunately, the Burger King mascot, if you look at any of the pictures, is downright creepy looking. And waking up to something like that is more likely to induce nightmares, heart-attacks, and questioning the existence of a benevolent god, than it is hunger.

Thus, the start of the 'Where is your god now?' bandwagon.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2006-07-12 03:12pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x4_5qoy4oaQ& ... the%20king

Post by **K. A. Pital** » 2006-07-12 03:19pm

Creep

That's a misfired ad, for sure.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2006-07-12 03:25pm

I love how they managed to get just the right creepy voiceover to complement the atmosphere...

....Meat and cheese and....

...meat and cheese....

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2006-07-12 03:35pm

Funny, when I see that ad my initial thought is not "Hmm... I feel like eating a burger" but "Who the fuck are you and what are you doing in my bed?"

Surreal advertising is the best.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2006-07-12 03:44pm

The new Burger King campaign was wildly successful, in that it got everyone's attention. In the same way that bringing back Jack helped jack-in-the-box, bringing back the King really increased BK's business.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2006-07-12 05:33pm

But Jack is funny. The King is just really creepy.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-07-12 06:01pm

That's nothing. Did anyone ever see the one where the Burger King surprises the high rise construction workers with breakfast coffee? His eyes are all bugged out and bloodshot. Creepiness multiplied exponentially.

God, I love those ads.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-07-12 06:13pm

Darth Raptor wrote:That's nothing. Did anyone ever see the one where the Burger King surprises the high rise construction workers with breakfast coffee? His eyes are all bugged out and bloodshot. Creepiness multiplied exponentially.

And then he tries to push the guy off his scaffolding.

I'm not sure what message BK is trying to send.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2006-07-12 06:43pm

Darth Raptor wrote:That's nothing. Did anyone ever see the one where the Burger King surprises the high rise construction workers with breakfast coffee? His eyes are all bugged out and bloodshot. Creepiness multiplied exponentially.

That one's even better!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UCSv4zNkFhw& ... the%20king

Redleader34 · Post by **Redleader34** » 2006-07-12 07:44pm

Is a Civil war I'm with the TGV good?

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2006-07-12 08:45pm

Redleader34 wrote:Is a Civil war I'm with the TGV good?

Someone set up you the bomb?

Mutant Headcrab · Post by **Mutant Headcrab** » 2006-07-12 10:23pm

The best BK ad so far has been the one where a guy opens his front door and you see the King standing way out in the distance. The guy turns around for a second and when he turns back, the King is standing right there at the door.

Creepiest commercial ever.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2006-07-12 10:54pm

now if we could just add some vacant looking twins to those BK commercials (ala the shinning), or maybe some japanese teen with hair covering half her face, then it would be really scary.

Twins: "Come we want you to eat with us"
LHJT: Open till 11 pm seven days a week.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2006-07-12 11:30pm

I find the fact that I've only seen one Star Wars Civil War banner disturbing. I mean, no "I'm with Vader" or "I'm with R2-D2" or even "I wasn't with the Bothans"?

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2006-07-13 12:16am

I too, was shocked to be the only person who seems to represent this grand conflict.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-07-13 04:00am

Redleader34 wrote:Is a Civil war I'm with the TGV good?

Depends. Who did the TGV fight ? Thalys ?