A hunter shoots a bear
September 3, 2010 7:53 AM Subscribe
Good job, marketer. You just tricked me into watching a lame ad.
posted by atrazine at 7:58 AM on September 3, 2010
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]
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
posted by Brockles at 8:00 AM on September 3, 2010
Oh, Pepsi Blue-out!
Did I do it right?
That said, it is a well-done ad.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:01 AM on September 3, 2010
Did I do it right?
That said, it is a well-done ad.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:01 AM on September 3, 2010
Except this boundary's already been broken.
Subservient Chicken
posted by waitingtoderail at 8:02 AM on September 3, 2010 [2 favorites]
Subservient Chicken
posted by waitingtoderail at 8:02 AM on September 3, 2010 [2 favorites]
'milks' didn't work, so what's the point?
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 8:07 AM on September 3, 2010
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 8:07 AM on September 3, 2010
> 'milks' didn't work, so what's the point?
Huh, that's what I said.
posted by nola at 8:12 AM on September 3, 2010
Huh, that's what I said.
posted by nola at 8:12 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 [10 favorites]
posted by atrazine at 8:16 AM on September 3, 2010 [10 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
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]
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
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]
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
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
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
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
posted by zarq at 8:32 AM on September 3, 2010
hugs
posted by ReeMonster at 8:32 AM on September 3, 2010
posted by ReeMonster at 8:32 AM on September 3, 2010
OK, I tried being less vulgate, and kept getting 404. So I typed in your suggestion.
"Shags" also works.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:43 AM on September 3, 2010
"Shags" also works.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:43 AM on September 3, 2010
I typed "laghes at" because I'm really tired and it ate a stuffed bear.
I can this one a win.
posted by cjorgensen at 8:53 AM on September 3, 2010
I can this one a win.
posted by cjorgensen at 8:53 AM on September 3, 2010
"is mocked by" works a treat.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:55 AM on September 3, 2010
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:55 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
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
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]
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
posted by eustatic at 9:11 AM on September 3, 2010
"pwns" works as well.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:17 AM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:17 AM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
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
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]
posted by mkb at 9:24 AM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
People still use white out?
posted by monospace at 9:30 AM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by monospace at 9:30 AM on September 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
People still use white out?
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
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
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
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
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
posted by Lord Chancellor at 10:00 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]
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
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
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
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]
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
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
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
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
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.
Aha...she invented Liquid Paper! The other Wite meat.
posted by beelzbubba at 10:37 AM on September 3, 2010
which, iirc, was invented by Mike Nesmith's mom. Of the Monkees. Yep, that Mike Nesmith.
Aha...she invented Liquid Paper! The other Wite meat.
posted by beelzbubba at 10:37 AM on September 3, 2010
um, while I don't think this is "funny" :
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
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
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]
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 hellbient at 1:14 PM on September 3, 2010 [2 favorites]
tricks
posted by mistersquid at 8:37 PM on September 3, 2010
posted by mistersquid at 8:37 PM on September 3, 2010
An edgy and hip ad for white-out... they sure nailed that demographic!
posted by Slap*Happy at 8:43 PM on September 3, 2010
posted by Slap*Happy at 8:43 PM on September 3, 2010
calls (or rings/phones)
posted by Marla Singer at 3:24 AM on September 4, 2010
posted by Marla Singer at 3:24 AM on September 4, 2010
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