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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:18 AM Original message |
Why is Burger King making such stupid & violent commercials? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Their mascot creeps the shit out of me! |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. And does he ever KNOCK ??? fuckinghell |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 03:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Well, that's what made him so popular on the internet. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 07:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. An Internet sensation, no doubt. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. I don't know what country he's king of but HERE we have a l'il thing called the 4th Amendment! |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 04:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Yup. The single greatest caption in the history of the internets sums it up for me: |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 04:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Thanks for the nightmares, Dick. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. I made this one for BiCenBaby... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Please put your fist down my throat... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Same here! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Me too! |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. However, it worked on you. Here you are buzzing about it. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Didn't some hedge-fund buy BK a year or two ago? n/t |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. It is a publicly traded company: |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. Their food is as heinous as their advertising |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. They are terrible. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I avoid Hardee's (Carl's Jr in the east) because of their sexist stupid commercials |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 04:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. You might have to get in line to do that. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. Hardee's is in the east, Carl's Jr in the west |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. I like the one set in the future. |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm holding out for the 'Angst driven, sanctimonious caveman.... |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
10. A lot of advertising |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. They think it appeals to the 13 through 26 year old male demographic? NT |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. The powers that be want us at each other's throats |
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Captain Sensible (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 06:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. The powers that be? Burger King????????????? nt |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Corporate America has high $ psych teams that hone in on the public mind, steer it, coerce.. |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Your "everyone is plotting against me" mentality scares me more than burger king does. n/t. |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Ummm,,, take a look at the board of directors |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Didn't realize how really bad it was, huh? n/t |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Yes. Selling hamburgers is just a clever ruse to erode civil society |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's not half as bad as what the Mars Company did during the Superbowl last year in a Snickers ad... |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 04:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. That was truly offensive. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. What's truly offensive is how many people DEFENDED the commercials, right here on DU. n/t |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. Because they're advertising to one of the most stupid and violent SOCIETIES in recorded history? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. Not to mention how CREEPY that Burger King guy is. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. "The King?" Yeah, scary big head and teeth. Reminds me of |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
21. It's because they're selling 'swill...' non-food.. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. All in keeping with conditioning the public mind to the Profits Over People ideal |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
26. Meanwhile, in real life, |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. I am a vegetarian, but even in my non-vegetarian days, |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. I guess it's suppose to portray desperation for the burger |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. Because Americans are, in general, stupid and violent people. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. 1. To get you to talk about them. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. The dumbing down and desensitization to violence of the US |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. I guess they appeal to sort of people who eat their garbage |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
46. I suppose so we'll talk about it, but it certainly isn't |
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