Commercials

[JHDK]

BTW, the other day I was thinking about Jan Michael Vincent, and wondering if his name was actually pronounced like yours, but he just made it simple for acting.

I have a couple coworkers I don't care about who still call me Jan and not Yon. There are 3 reasons I will be called Jan.

1. You just met me.
2. I don't care about you enough to correct it.
3. You're my buddy and you know it's kinda annoying to me so you do it on purpose to bust balls.

I go with 2 a lot. If i'm never going to meet you again or I have 0 interest in being friends go ahead and call me Jan, it's not worth the 2 seconds it takes to correct it.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I've known people who've decided to have others pronounce their name in the simplest way, probably because as a kid, it was hard to get other kids to understand. I worked with a guy whose last name was Paglia, and he pronounced it "PAG-lee-uh". So everybody said it that way. Then years later, I heard about that feminist, Camille Paglia, pronounced "PAL-ee-uh", and I realized that the guy I worked with was having people pronounce it incorrectly.

I work with a guy whose last name is Briody. I never met anyone with that name before. Whenever someone came across his name, they'd say "BRO-dee". But when you meet him, his says it's "BRY-oh-dee", like "sobriety". And after that, we all say it correctly.

 

[sadchild]

Briody

In my head, I pronounced it "BREE-oh-dee"

 

[scotchandcigar]

It reminds me of that great music podcaster, Rick Beato. It's "bee-AH-toh", which is kind of weird. By the way, I just looked him up, and he's almost exactly the same age as me.

 

[HecticArt]

Rick is friggin awesome.
I've always heard him say his name on his YouTube videos, so I never wondered about the pronunciation.

 

[Aaron]

He's been getting some top notch interviews lately.
David Gilmour
John Fogerty
Robin Trower

 

[HecticArt]

It wasn't that long ago that he did a video explaining why David Gilmour would never be on his channel.

 

[Aaron]

I remember that! Lately, every couple of weeks there's another big name on his channel.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I saw this car in mid-town Manhattan



It's an ad for this


explained in this Instagram post:

 

[scotchandcigar]

Does Wendy's have a marketing department? Who approved this?

This is an ad for their new "Tendys". I can just imagine the concept team coming up with this.

"If only we can make our customers think of both testes and tendons".
"How about 'Tendys'?"
"Brilliant!"

 

[Madison]

I just saw that commercial during the Packers/Bears game

 

[Wolf]

That was dumb!

Watching the TV show The Chair Company. It's not a real item from Wendy's. Who knows, one day the fans might really want Wendy's Carvers.

 

[JHDK]

Not commercials but print ads are close enough to be on topic.

Want to have a good chuckle? Scroll through these that are all real ads:

Sexist and Offensive Vintage Ads From the Past That Would Never Fly Today - Rare Historical Photos

In this article, we will flip through some of the offensive, misogynistic and sexist print ads of the past.

rarehistoricalphotos.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

Not commercials but print ads are close enough to be on topic.

Want to have a good chuckle? Scroll through these that are all real ads:

Sexist and Offensive Vintage Ads From the Past That Would Never Fly Today - Rare Historical Photos

In this article, we will flip through some of the offensive, misogynistic and sexist print ads of the past.

rarehistoricalphotos.com

And this is what a certain percent of the voting population calls "the good ole' days".

 

[JHDK]

And this is what a certain percent of the voting population calls "the good ole' days".

The good ole' days were last week when a certain someone spent her day at my place?

I thought that section of the population was talking about way longer in the past, like the 1950's or something.

New photo · Monday, Feb 16

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[scotchandcigar]

I thought that section of the population was talking about way longer in the past, like the 1950's or something.

50s... 60s... It's all the same to me.

 

[sadchild]

And this is what a certain percent of the voting population calls "the good ole' days".

Exactly what I was thinking. Something about being great...

 

[scotchandcigar]

This is the new Burger King ad. They use The Who's Baba O'Reilly (Teenage Wasteland), not sure if that's a good choice.

 

[Madison]

This is the new Burger King ad. They use The Who's Baba O'Reilly (Teenage Wasteland), not sure if that's a good choice.

I saw that ad on the Oscars too. Thought it was bizarre. I said I bet nothing would change. The only advantage is you wouldn't have to wait in the drive through like you do at Culvers. Is the song supposed to represent that none of the teens go there now

 

[scotchandcigar]

So here's the lyrics:

Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
Sally, take my hand
We'll travel south 'cross land
Put out the fire and don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let's get together before we get much older
Teenage wasteland
It's only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland, oh, yeah
Teenage wasteland
They're all wasted

I'm guessing that some marketing team thought the song had the right mix of nostalgia and energy. Or perhaps some of them remember getting stoned to the song, and then going to Burger King with the munchies.