# Advertising - If you buy our product you'll lose my job! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909 "2005-01-03T22:22:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909/21 "2005-01-05T02:41:04Z")
If my car could turn into a robot, I’d be ecstatic. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909/22 "2005-01-05T08:38:13Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > Then there are the ads that seem to target the jerk demographic? Granted, from my experience, it seems like a big demographic, but it’s stil jarring to see those commercials. At least I know what not to consume if I don’t want to look like a jerk! Oh, that reminds me! There’s an advert for an SUV here (I can’t recall what flavour) which starts with a guy jogging and deliberately jumping off the curb into a puddle on the street, splashing the well-dressed people standing on the curb. The catch phrase is something that suggests this 4WD vehicle is for people who crave off-road excitement, blah blah. (I know this is a vague description, but the ad makes me so wild I change the channel every time it comes on.) Seems to me it’s the vehicle of choice for jerks who lack social skills. ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909/23 "2005-01-05T16:42:52Z")
What about the IBM(?) ad where the guy calls his co-worker (who’s hanging out in a sidewalk cafe with guy #3.) I thought you were in New York. Nope. Tokyo. Change of plans. Thought you were in L.A. Nope. Paris. Change of plans. Then they go through a bunch of BS and it ends with the sidewalk cafe guy saying, “I’m on it.” They hang up and guy #3 says, "Change of plans? The first guy says “Yup. Business as usual.” Then he sits there. Hey jerkwad! Get off your ass and get to work! Yeah, I want these guys working for me. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909/24 "2005-01-05T16:53:59Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > No, Diet Dr. Pepper turns you gay. Sheesh. If you haven’t tried it… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909/25 "2005-01-05T16:59:48Z")
> [@Crusoe](#): > > It could be worse. > > Your car could turn into a robot. Hmph. Of course that’s a model not sold here. Why is it that _other_ places get the cool cars? [sub]well, except for the Smart[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909/26 "2005-01-05T17:17:06Z")
> [@NutMagnet](#): > > What about the IBM(?) ad where the guy calls his co-worker (who’s hanging out in a sidewalk cafe with guy #3.) > I thought you were in New York… I love Hugo Weaving in this one. Or the guy who looks like Hugo Weaving to me. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909/27 "2005-01-05T17:53:33Z")
> [@fishcheer15](#): > > I love Hugo Weaving in this one. > > Or the guy who looks like Hugo Weaving to me. I’ve seen that actor in “Band of Brothers” as Skip Muck, who gets blown up by artillery soon after the battle of the bulge. Sorry. I also hate that H2 commercial with the soap box derby. It’s bothersome that the advertisers turned “Cheating” into “Thinking outside the box.” I’d like to see a 2-minute commercal where the driver spends the entire time filling the H2 with gas while watching the numbers increase. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909/28 "2005-01-05T18:45:23Z")
> [@NutMagnet](#): > > What about the IBM(?) ad where the guy calls his co-worker (who’s hanging out in a sidewalk cafe with guy #3.) > I thought you were in New York. > > Nope. Tokyo. Change of plans. > > Thought you were in L.A. > > Nope. Paris. Change of plans. > > Then they go through a bunch of BS and it ends with the sidewalk cafe guy saying, “I’m on it.” > They hang up and guy #3 says, "Change of plans? > The first guy says “Yup. Business as usual.” > > Then he sits there. > > Hey jerkwad! Get off your ass and get to work! > > Yeah, I want these guys working for me. That’s him! That’s Business Jerk Guy. I fucking hate that guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-if-you-buy-our-product-youll-lose-my-job/282909.md?page=1)