If this doesn't make you smile...

[jfost]

That's not the point. Whether or not somebody takes the bait on that emotionally manipulative ad is hardly a litmus test for whether one has "a soul." That's just fucking stupid.

but define "taking the bait"?

is it that you said, "hey, that's kinda cool" and you now are a bait-taking sheep?

[PNWbrit]

define "taking the bait"?

Starting an argumentative thread about it on a ski chat bored?

[jfost]

Starting an argumentative thread about it on a ski chat bored?

ok, but do you really have to argue with Advres if you have a soul or not? Can't you just forget that part and let your imagination run a bit on the video that there are some cool shots in there?

[spook]

ok, but do you really have to argue with Advres if you have a soul or not? Can't you just forget that part and let your imagination run a bit on the video that there are some cool shots in there?

yeah, but part of the point is what you are letting your imagination run from.

[Ted Striker]

For those who fell for this obvious emotional manipulation, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromarketing

[iceman]

I thought it was really good. So what if Coke brought it to us? Not relevant to the clips imo.

[Mofro261]

Have a coke and a smile.

[GeezerSteve]

So what if Coke brought it to us?

Brought it? More like fabricated it, or at least a large part of it.

Guess I've been reading too much Naomi Klein. Nah, on second thought, fuck 'em, I'll continue reading her stuff.

[systemoverblow'd]

[jm2e]

I thought this was pretty good too.
Sort of ironic now, because this thread is Retarded.

[vinzclortho]

Must......buy......Coke....

[jfost]

Brought it? More like fabricated it, or at least a large part of it. ...

yeah, nobody EVER does that fake-ass stuff they showed in the videos...

[spook]

I thought this was pretty good too.
Sort of ironic now, because this thread is Retarded.

mcelwain is autistic, not retarded.

and as far as coke goes, it's not like they've been harmless either as a product you can buy pretty much anywhere on planet earth or as an enormous tnc,

people can say what they want about the images and their intended impact, but advertising is more insidious than ever given that it is increasingly difficult to distinguish between real and fabricated. given the almost complete control business interests have over almost every aspect of daily life in populated areas, overt attempts to emotionally or intellectually manipulate the public consciousness should be considered disturbing to say the least.

[BmillsSkier]

Summertime at TGR

[Rasputin]

I'd like to thank advres and the greedy bastards at Coke for a warm-hearted moment today.

I tend to think the weak minded folks are the ones who are all in a tizzy, raving and gnashing their metaphoric teeth, just because greedy bastards paid for us to see that some cool things happen in everyday life, and condensed some of these things into a commercial.

Strong minded folks take what they value from the worst of situations, and allow what isn't useful to sluff off. Weak minded people get trapped in their paranoia, and can't enjoy the simplest of things without seeing them as part of an impending doom they are trying to escape.

Have a Coke and a smile.

[mtngirl79]

I'd like to thank advres and the greedy bastards at Coke for a warm-hearted moment today.

I tend to think the weak minded folks are the ones who are all in a tizzy, raving and gnashing their metaphoric teeth, just because greedy bastards paid for us to see that some cool things happen in everyday life, and condensed some of these things into a commercial.

Strong minded folks take what they value from the worst of situations, and allow what isn't useful to sluff off. Weak minded people get trapped in their paranoia, and can't enjoy the simplest of things without seeing them as part of an impending doom they are trying to escape.

Have a Coke and a smile.

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[Chainsaw_Willie]

Out of the woodwork, for sure.

Well said Rasputin.

I don't give a crap that it's an ad and because I don't give a crap I certainly didn't spend any time researching it so had no clue that some of the segments were re-creations. Still doesn't really bother me.

I do agree that having cameras everywhere these days is pretty bogus, but the fact some cool stuff was caught on them is okay by me. The internet is chock-full of horrible shit caught on surveillance cameras, seeing a few cool things, even if they are re-creations, isn't something that's going to get me in a kerfluffle.

Frankly, I find some advertising very entertaining and I don't see anything wrong with that. Like those Pemco ads about Northwest stereotypes. Those things are hilarious. The fact that they're created on behalf of a big, bad insurance company that won't even insure me doesn't mean the content of the ads isn't funny.

As for big, evil, multinationals? It's not like there's anything I can do about it, so why sweat it? The world's going to hell and I'm going to enjoy the ride.

[spook]

I'd like to thank advres and the greedy bastards at Coke for a warm-hearted moment today.

I tend to think the weak minded folks are the ones who are all in a tizzy, raving and gnashing their metaphoric teeth, just because greedy bastards paid for us to see that some cool things happen in everyday life, and condensed some of these things into a commercial.

Strong minded folks take what they value from the worst of situations, and allow what isn't useful to sluff off. Weak minded people get trapped in their paranoia, and can't enjoy the simplest of things without seeing them as part of an impending doom they are trying to escape.

Have a Coke and a smile.

weak-minded people tend to consider themselves strong-minded. as a result, they frequently dismiss legitimate concern as hysteria because they're too busy not being concerned as a policy and feeling self-satisfied with their perspective and judging others as weak.

it all comes out in the wash.

personally, i don't need to be spoonfed warm fuzzies from coke to know that warm fuzzies exist. cokes crass use of warm fuzzies as a marketing tool (particularly when directed at a population that sits idly by while their government bombs the shit out of several countries and in fact turns its surveillance infrastructure inward on its own people) strips them of whatever alleged value they may have and turns the warm fuzzies into yet another opiate for people who are easily manipulated to feel what they see on tv instead of having any idea what is real.

i'll stick with water as long as we have it.

[Mofro261]

Just for you Spook.

[Hugh Conway]

Summertime at TGR

At least we can enjoy your smug all season long!

mofro needs many fluffers apparently

[neck beard]

personally, i don't need to be spoonfed warm fuzzies from coke to know that warm fuzzies exist.

Some people must live in a miserable world and eat nails for breakfast if it took coke's rendition of surveillance camera clips to remind them that there is good in the world.

The whole ad is cheesy as hell and will be loved by the masses.

[spook]

Just for you Spook.

cool. helping to bring diabetes and obesity to the world, one bottle at a time.

[Mofro261]

I know you're off on vacation, but when can you start?

[spook]

i'll get back to you after my 7:30am tee time

[DeutschBag]

Since there seem to be a lot of people in this thread that are really attuned to what advertisers and marketers are saying - you know, they "get it" - could someone please tell me what in the fuck these adverts are supposed to mean? These are all over Germany, and seem to be trying to do the same thing as the Coke add - instilling some form of 'feel goodness' so you'll associate it with their evil product.

This makes me long for those summer days spent standing around in piss-infused mud at some small-time rock festival with all the trance heads chain smoking cigarettes. Maybe.

(I'd post the picture, but it's so bad that even the TGR forums are rejecting it)
http://autobahn13.files.wordpress.co...hen_7_4_12.jpg