# Your reaction to this short video **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235 "2018-04-11T18:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/41 "2018-04-13T15:27:33Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I think you’re in the wrong thread… I’m open to the possibility, but you are going to have to elaborate for a dense person like me to understand. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/42 "2018-04-13T15:28:46Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > New to the advertising game, are you? A lot of advertising annoys me, but people don’t usually ask my opinion about it in a public forum. There’s a type of commercial that shows a scene to create a positive emotional response, followed by a picture of the product. The two things have nothing to do with each other—they don’t show a connection between the scene and the product—but enough people must form an association in their heads for these commercials to work. Look at the fluffy kitten! Now there’s a can of Spackle. For some reason I have the urge to buy Spackle. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/43 "2018-04-13T15:35:51Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > _ **Cloying bullshit** _, like so much advertising. Yep. I was hoping the Coke polar bears would arrive, turning the laughter into screams. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/44 "2018-04-13T15:38:52Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Not my cup of tea. > > but, not 15 minutes ago, I was reading Dalton Ross’ Survivor recap on my iPad and laughing like this. My wife asked what it was reading about and I said the gas attack in Syria. Now that’s a punchline I did a literal spit-take reading this. 😃 > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > \ “real people not actors” Chevy commercials.\ “These are real actors, not people!” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/45 "2018-04-13T15:40:27Z")
I loved it. I know it is manipulation, and marketing bullshit, but I love videos of human beings being less shitty than we usually are. It gave me a warm fuzzy that has nothing to do with Coca Cola. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/46 "2018-04-13T15:53:13Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > There’s a type of commercial that shows a scene to create a positive emotional response, followed by a picture of the product. The two things have nothing to do with each other—they don’t show a connection between the scene and the product—but enough people must form an association in their heads for these commercials to work. You’ve just described every perfume commercial, ever. Which I used to think were all quite ridiculous, but what else are they going to do? The one thing that matters about a perfume is how it smells, and there’s just no way to show that on television. Perfume commercials are ridiculous, but I’m not sure I could make one that was any less ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/47 "2018-04-13T17:29:05Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Yes, laughter can be contagious, and it’s nice to see happy people. It annoys me that the Coca Cola Corporation is using this to manipulate people into buying their product. That this will probably be a successful ad annoys me even more. My reaction as well. I found the video mildly uplifting and intriguing up until it “became” an ad (hadn’t read the description). ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/48 "2018-04-13T18:08:37Z")
Advertising is contemptible. Advertising pretending to be glurge and then ambushing you with its true marketing evil, even more so. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/49 "2018-04-13T18:45:03Z")
Some of the comments make me think some Dopers did not realize _the whole scene was staged with actors._ Is real life so devoid of spontaneous humor and mirth? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/50 "2018-04-13T19:13:11Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Some of the comments make me think some Dopers did not realize _the whole scene was staged with actors._ > > Is real life so devoid of spontaneous humor and mirth? Of course it is. If someone is laughing like that on the subway, you don’t join in, you don’t make eye contact and pretend to be reading while you keep an eye on the lunatic until it’s your stop. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/51 "2018-04-13T21:45:46Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Some of the comments make me think some Dopers did not realize _the whole scene was staged with actors._ > > Is real life so devoid of spontaneous humor and mirth? Of course real life is full of spontaneous joy, surprising laughter, unexpected treasures. None of that has to do with advertising. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/52 "2018-04-13T22:48:48Z")
Laughing with someone at something funny works for me. It enhances the experience. Laughing simply because someone else is laughing does not. It seems strange, and the obvious cuts don’t help. The whole thing feels manufactured, even before we see what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235/53 "2018-04-14T14:00:05Z")
Loved it, even made me a little _verklempt_. Side note: it seemed so very un-European to me. I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube content from European providers, and the sense that I get is that in Europe (Germany especially), one is expected to be quiet, dignified, and subdued when out in public, especially on public transportation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-reaction-to-this-short-video/812235.md?page=2)