adverts on t.v
if you search 80's adverts on youtube, you'll see some great ones, ones where you'll probably say 'I remember that! that was an awesome advert', the um-bongo ad or the kia-ora ones etc etc.

Nowadays adverts piss me off. Especially the ones for loans/banks/mortgages where they say all the important stuff really quickly at the end of the advert, 'your home may be at risk etc etc'. That's the really important stuff, say it slowly so we can tell how much you're trying to fuck us over with 2357% apr and all that bollocks.

And adverts that ask questions that assume you're saying yes to.
( Ya What Skiddlyboop, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 13:26, 9 replies)

both um bongo and kia-ora
were ditched because they were so overtly racist
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 14:06, closed)

say wha???
orange juice? racist?
animals drinking fruit juice?

i'm confused...
( Ya What Skiddlyboop, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 15:30, closed)

The global financial bollocks meant that 1)- advertising became cheaper and more and 2)-more companies turned up to take advantage of people needing money.
1+2= WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM! WE BUY ANY CAR, DOT COM!
(FartThroughAWalkieTalkie wished you were dead in ditch on, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 14:42, closed)

Shirley in the middle of that (maybe afew times) there should be...

ANY ANY ANY ANY
(Mr Twisty Cheeky The worst kept secret in B3ta..., Tue 9 Oct 2012, 16:26, closed)

...case in point:
Picture loans....

The bloke's on the phone to the loan company and the woman on the phone says, "How much would you like to borrow?"

He says, "25 grand" (or words to that effect), then puts his hand over the mouthpiece and says to his wife:

"It was 25 grand wasn't it?"

Jesus! If you're borrowing that kind of money - against your house no less - then surely you'd have fucking discussed it at length beforehand. Oh no, 25k? Ahh, fuck it, make it a round 60 (despite the fact that if you did, the small print at the end of the advert says that if you borrow 60k, you'll end up paying back 185 over the term of the loan).

No, that advert wants you to believe that borring that kind of cash is something that IS to be sneezed at and should be taken as lightly as say, choosing a coloured seat covering for your kitching chairs.
(dchurch bah, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 15:53, closed)

'There's none of that confusing paperwork.'
Oh, that's all right then!

I like how they deliberately make the small print so small it is unreadable after it has gone through MPEG compression too.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 15:57, closed)

wonga.com
"We've got sliders on our website. Just move the slider to say how much you want"

Translation: "We cater for retards who can't type a fucking number into a website"
(An eejit passing by in a purple satin skirt with sparkly bits, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 18:55, closed)

Silly Son:
@DChurch: That ad always annoyed me, especially the may he mentions it to his Mrs like he's tapping a tenner off a mate but this one bugged me even more. I don't know who it was for but an old guy and his adult son are having a conversation which went something like this: "Dad, you have so much equity tied up in this old place why not get a several grand loan against the house then"

Yeah, way to talk yourself out of your inheritance that your dad only worked 50 years to pay off you silly cunt. That ad was beyond stupid.
(trip2themoon, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 19:56, closed)

"And adverts that ask questions that assume you're saying yes to."
I hate those. I also hate those adverts that start with a statement which implies that anyone disagreeing with it is a filthy goat-interfering deviant.
"You wouldn't wash your dishes in a dirty sink"
"You wouldn't let your children lick raw chicken off a bin"
etc
(costas, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 1:03, closed)