Kind of interesting, but also a blatant advertisement on MetaFilter for a brand of white-out. posted by KokuRyu at 7:58 AM on September 3, 2010
Good job, marketer. You just tricked me into watching a lame ad. posted by atrazine at 7:58 AM on September 3, 2010
Well "kisses" was just amazing. From there it was just a short leap to "Error #404, Request not found." posted by hermitosis at 7:58 AM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
That's pretty clever marketing, though. Is there not a point where an advert becomes interesting because it is something that breaks boundaries? The advert style and execution is worthy of note, rather than just "Oh it's an advert...*dismiss*". posted by Brockles at 8:00 AM on September 3, 2010
The fact that "fucks" works actually sort of redeems it. posted by atrazine at 8:16 AM on September 3, 2010 [11 favorites]
Whatever this is, it won't load for me. I'm seeing an iframe from an IP address and something about "alternative content" in the iframe. Is this a new thing with YouTube, serving up stuff in iframes from external sites? posted by Gator at 8:17 AM on September 3, 2010
Amazingly, "holds up an Error #404 sign with" actually works. They thought of everything! posted by oulipian at 8:18 AM on September 3, 2010 [4 favorites]
The fact that "fucks" works actually sort of redeems it.
OK, I tried being less vulgate, and kept getting 404. So I typed in your suggestion. It seemed to me to get the actor and acted upon reversed. I would say that despite the Parental Advisory, it was the Bear Fucks a Hunter. posted by beelzbubba at 8:22 AM on September 3, 2010
Isn't the hunter the same guy who tried to get me to inspect pantyliners yesterday? posted by thusspakeparanoia at 8:22 AM on September 3, 2010 [3 favorites]
Some day it will be the non-viral FPPs that are the exception. posted by DU at 8:25 AM on September 3, 2010
So far, these work:
Tipp-Ex
fucks
sings to
kisses
paints
shoots
loves
marries
cooks
has sex
kick
plays football
lifts
farts posted by zarq at 8:26 AM on September 3, 2010
feeds
eats posted by zarq at 8:30 AM on September 3, 2010
...
dances
hiphop
... posted by DanCall at 8:32 AM on September 3, 2010
This blog entry lists 39 different responses, as well as which ones give 404's posted by zarq at 8:32 AM on September 3, 2010
tickles
plays with posted by nushustu at 9:00 AM on September 3, 2010
My NoScript prevented the video from loading - it comes from somewhere other than YouTube. Ha! I foiled you, you-think-you-are-so-smart-you-wrap-internet-content-in-pointlessly-complex-ways, Mr. Marketing Man. posted by Xoebe at 9:03 AM on September 3, 2010
I rather liked "is". posted by pemberkins at 9:07 AM on September 3, 2010
tickles
And they even did it like that kitten video -- awesome. posted by inigo2 at 9:11 AM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
i was sad that "saves" wasn't an option, because i knew hunters in north carolina, usa, that would track bears to shoo them away from other, meaner, hunters. posted by eustatic at 9:11 AM on September 3, 2010
I typed "sexes up" and there was a bear doing something nasty to a hunter with a big Parental Advisory blocking out the, ahem...action. posted by winks007 at 9:22 AM on September 3, 2010
You didn't come here to hunt, did you? posted by mkb at 9:24 AM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
Sure, for official documents that people have already signed (and therefor would be a pain to printout and get signed again), or when you have a document that you need a copy of, but certain information should not be shown with. This was the case where I had the list of job positions and who was filling them in our public notebook, but when I made a copy, I had to whiteout the social security numbers on the copy and then copy again. posted by Lord Chancellor at 9:55 AM on September 3, 2010
I agree with monospace - I do not think advertising will increase the sales of whiteout - unless they are concentrating their sales in places that are located in 1950 .Typewriter supply ads on the Internet makes me want to say anachronism - but I am fighting the urge .
How about an ad for the backspace key ? posted by epjr at 9:55 AM on September 3, 2010
"high-fives" is pretty cute. posted by bewilderbeast at 9:56 AM on September 3, 2010
Sure, for official documents that people have already signed
Wait, so I signed a document and then you use white out to change what I just signed? posted by monospace at 9:59 AM on September 3, 2010
Hmmm, my post was somewhat disjointed, but the entire point is even in the age of the computer, a good whiteout sees a lot of office use. posted by Lord Chancellor at 10:00 AM on September 3, 2010
It's Wite-Out, people. posted by swift at 10:03 AM on September 3, 2010
Wait, so I signed a document and then you use white out to change what I just signed?
Pretty much 100% of my use of liquid correctives has been for fraudulent purposes. posted by mrgrimm at 10:04 AM on September 3, 2010 [3 favorites]
I know some dads who will be terribly amused by this. posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:09 AM on September 3, 2010
'has tea with'
and
'has a beer with'
and
'runs from'
all don't make any sense to me.
'tickles' is the clear winner. posted by Acari at 10:15 AM on September 3, 2010
I confess that I laughed out loud at "lights the fart of." posted by Short Attention Sp at 10:17 AM on September 3, 2010
pokes (fucks)
eats
games
draws (paints)
runs
slugs (?)
jumps posted by armisme at 10:18 AM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
I was disappointed to get 404s for "evangelizes" and "proselytizes". Erases works, though. posted by norm at 10:24 AM on September 3, 2010
Argh the volume control on the fake youtube video was fake as well and when it autoplayed it blew my head off. posted by ArmyOfKittens at 10:30 AM on September 3, 2010
I like the updated take on Subservient Chicken, mixed with the out-of-bounds YouTube format, but this is a major grammar fail. It looks for a verb and doesn't care if it's transitive or not, and often completely ignores that the hunter is the actor, not the bear. The fill-in-the-blank construct means you have to resort to awkward "[verb] the [noun] of" phrasing. Sometimes it assumes awkward phrasing where none is necessary (try "watches" to see "watches TV with"). Even simple one-word entries have to be in third-person present tense, which just feels odd for this sort of thing. posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 10:35 AM on September 3, 2010
I love stuff like this. Advertising is never going to go away, may as well make it suck less for everyone as much as possible. This is a creative way to sell whiteout. posted by windbox at 10:36 AM on September 3, 2010
It's Wite-Out, people.
which, iirc, was invented by Mike Nesmith's mom. Of the Monkees. Yep, that Mike Nesmith.
1) I thought this post was funny , and the idea of witeout in 2010 funny
2) Next I go to my Google reader - which offered a new "service" called "play"
3) The first picture was this older lady using witeout on a computer screen.
4) Then I thought I should close the loop by posting it here , because it is creepy and I wanted it to be recorded somewhere in case I disappear .
(those calls are coming from inside the house - get out !) posted by epjr at 10:50 AM on September 3, 2010
http://i1.2photo.ru/medium/m/2/317614.jpg posted by epjr at 10:56 AM on September 3, 2010
Funny...I still don't know the name of the white-out type product. posted by nosila at 12:35 PM on September 3, 2010
Greg_Ace [ wishes he had ignored ] the Link in This Post. posted by Greg_Ace at 1:08 PM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
This is a great ad. For getting fucked by a bear. posted by hellbient at 1:14 PM on September 3, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by KokuRyu at 7:58 AM on September 3, 2010