One Simple Rule: Stow The Stupid Weight Loss Banner Ads (Obey)

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Seriously, what the hell is the marketing or psychology behind all these banner ads:

Lose 47 Pounds Following One Simple Rule (Obey)
Lose Weight Now (OBEY)

What the fuck? Is this like that movie They Live where messages like OBEY were plastered everywhere but you couldn’t consciously see them unless you had the magic sunglasses? Maybe I’m wearing the magic glasses. I should get into a fistfight with Rowdy Roddy Piper.

I thought the Evony ads - which now have just abandoned all pretense and actually have a nude girl in them, and within a few months will also have the words “Fuck me Fuck me Fuck me, My Lord” added to them, I’m sure - were the most irritating ads on the Internet, but the Weight Loss (OBEY) ads are right up there. They don’t even read as if they were written by people who speak English.

Also, the weird ad with two animated women walking towards you and OBAMA WANTS MOMS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

I don’t actually mind banner and click-through ads. I mean, I totally understand the need to advertise products and services and in principle, hey, you gotta make a buck. But at least make the ads interesting or logical or, at the absolute bare minimum, comprehensible.

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It’s like living in Shephard’s Faireyland.

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CONSUME

CONFORM

STAY ASLEEP

SUBMIT

{If he can read these, call in reinforcements!}

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This thread has never been made.

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RickJay came here to complain about ads and chew bubblegum.

And he’s all out of bubblegum.

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I hear this is the new fnord diet craze.

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Clearly, these things you thought you saw? Imaginary.
Or some sort of trick of the light, or a computer malfunction.
Never mind. Just carry on with your life, your enjoyable work, and the many
fabulous and exciting products that are so cheap to buy!
Of course, if you feel you want talk to someone about this, we can help.
Remember, we are here to help you at all times.
Meanwhile, carry on browsing this harmless, fun website and have a nice day.

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I feel uneasy and confused by your statment. Maybe if I OBEY this anxiety will go away. Either that, or jump on that <insert your town here> mom who lost 47 lbs. She really gets around.

Stranger

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Ohhh, here you go. (holds out stick of Wrigley’s to RickJay)

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Original thinker! Take him to the uneducation camps!

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Now wait a minute. I made the exact same thread yesterday and got shipped to MPSIMS by the 5th (ish) post. What gives?

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One Simple Firefox Add-On…

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**Carl’s Jr.**®
"Fuck You, I’m Eating!"™

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What are these “Ads” you speak of?

It is weird to me because I live an almost totally ad-free life. I don’t see them on my computer. I don’t watch television* so I never see commercials. I don’t listen to radio so I never hear them. All I ever see are billboards and the signs on the side of and in the buses and trains.

  • I watch things like The Daily Show or Rachael Maddow online and there are no commercials.

But, now that I’ve read this thread, while I’ve never seen the ad in question, I’ve got the word “Obey” as said by Bill Cosby in my head. Ooooobay.

Edit to ad, I love Idiocracy references!

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My computer at work doesn’t have Firefox, and we’re not allowed to install anything. We’re still using Internet Explorer 6.:eek:

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Same here…

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How do you guys post? Every time I try in IE6, my post comes back full of HTML code on preview.

Oh, and since IE6 doesn’t run on the two latest versions of Windows, what OS are you using? XP I’d understand. But if you are using 2000, 98, or (shudder) ME, I’ll weep for you.

(Oh, and Portable Firefox doesn’t need to be installed.)

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This would have been so much more effective if you’d’ve done the white-text trick. OBEY

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I figured he was going for the Arnold Secret Veto coding…