Posted: 2004-02-27 10:43pm

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Stephen B. Leacock Great quote! Newer heard that one before but I am loving it!Darth Wong wrote:Relevant quote:
"Advertising is the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."
I'll try to look up the author's name, but it's a great quote.
There is alot of truth to that. The idea is that if you have something loud or catchy or just plain annoying, people may not like it, but it will get their attention long enough to get their product into your head. Studies have shown that completely obnoxious advertising actually increases sales simply because people notice it, as nowadays media and advertising is hitting us so fast and often that people tune it out. That's the major barrier that any ad has to get through. That's why people bother to hire Fran Drescher (the Nanny) to hawk their wares, because she's got the most irritating voice that New York City has ever produced, but it sticks with you. So when a person is going for a product, they end up reaching for hers, because they remember it more.Darth Wong wrote:Relevant quote:
"Advertising is the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."
I'll try to look up the author's name, but it's a great quote.
As soon as I saw the new "Lovin' it" McDonalds commercials, I complained to my wife about their level of suckage. They should relieve the advertizers who came up with that, IMO. I used to like the little jingles they had:DPDarkPrimus wrote:Yes. The McDonald's corporation should burn.
"Get more" is T-Mobile's slogan. And the woman in the commercials is...Catherine Zeta-Jones.Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Whose the woman on the Sprint "get more" TV ads that looks a little like Catherine Zeta-Jones? Because I want her to have my babies...
That would explain the resemblanceRedImperator wrote:And the woman in the commercials is...Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Makes sense. That's why they need annoying jingles.Gil Hamilton wrote:There is alot of truth to that. The idea is that if you have something loud or catchy or just plain annoying, people may not like it, but it will get their attention long enough to get their product into your head. Studies have shown that completely obnoxious advertising actually increases sales simply because people notice it, as nowadays media and advertising is hitting us so fast and often that people tune it out.
It's true, she has the most annoying voice in history, but I'd still fuck her.That's the major barrier that any ad has to get through. That's why people bother to hire Fran Drescher (the Nanny) to hawk their wares, because she's got the most irritating voice that New York City has ever produced, but it sticks with you. So when a person is going for a product, they end up reaching for hers, because they remember it more.
I've seen them recently. It's also annoying how after the first commercial, another commercial for it that's just like it comes on.Darth_Zod wrote:meh. the only commercials that have ever really annoyed me to the point of wanting to tear my hair out and rip out someone's still beating heart are those BOD bodyspray commercials. so. fucking. agitating. they repeat the exact same phrase over and over and over, and they used to play their commercials every fucking thirty seconds. thankfully i haven't seen them advertise on TV for nearly a year, so either their corporation went boom or the cable networks got wise to how annoying they were.
I know how much people hate these, but to me they really aren't that agitating.Laird wrote:I really hate those Verizon commercials "Can you hear me now?"
It's true simple and irritating jingles stick stuff in your head. I have not liked any of the Quiznos commercials. The old ones sickened me, like the guy eating out of the garbage. But this one was just freaky. I can't stnad it, but I watch like driving passed an accident. More important, that damn song get sstuck in my head, and I humm it at times. They succeeded. But the commercials annoyed me enough in the past that I am unlikely to go to one of their shops.Gil Hamilton wrote:There is alot of truth to that. The idea is that if you have something loud or catchy or just plain annoying, people may not like it, but it will get their attention long enough to get their product into your head. Studies have shown that completely obnoxious advertising actually increases sales simply because people notice it, as nowadays media and advertising is hitting us so fast and often that people tune it out. That's the major barrier that any ad has to get through. That's why people bother to hire Fran Drescher (the Nanny) to hawk their wares, because she's got the most irritating voice that New York City has ever produced, but it sticks with you. So when a person is going for a product, they end up reaching for hers, because they remember it more.Darth Wong wrote:Relevant quote:
"Advertising is the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."
I'll try to look up the author's name, but it's a great quote.
I knew a guy who got so tired of his Verizon phone and all the crap he put up with from that company that he smashed it with a hammer, swept the pieces into a box, and mailed it to the company with a note that said, "Can you hear me NOW?"Laird wrote:I really hate those Verizon commercials "Can you hear me now?"