People who work in Advertising

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Yeh, I was trying to reaffirm that, but admittedly not very clearly!

In any case, I haven't even managed to sit through 10mins of Nathan Barley let alone a whole episode.

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The Google game:

[Huguenot]

Very good game.

Here's a tale...

Before '88 drink driving was more than socially acceptable, it was considered a demonstration of social status. It was largely associated with chief executives in jaguars that could get away with it.

In rural areas it was an aspirational objective, and pubs even had breathalysers on which 19 year-olds in XR2s could test how pissed they were before they drove home. (They were installed by police on the basis that they would do the opposite).

In the next few years we had a concerted govt. campaign that demonstrated graphically the damage these guys did. Drink driving is now socially unacceptable. It may be difficult for people to envisage this unless they lived through it.

Advertising is a political hot-potato:

(1) In a libertarian society the booze firms are free to advertise at will, and the people have to learn the consequences (it clearly doesn't work).

(2) In a progressive liberal society the booze firms are free to advertise at will but we tax the bastards and spend it on govt. advertising to point out the bad side (seems to work).

(3) In a totalitarian society we prevent booze firms from advertising (see above from DJKQ).

You have to work out what policy you think is best.

DJKQ insists that I believe in (2) because it's my business. I don't. I believe in (2) because I think it's healthy. I believ in informed self-expression as a socialist ideal.

Current Conservative policy is (1)

And some idiots claim advertising doesn't work...

[*Bob*]

A successful anti-drink-driving campaign does not make amends for the Sun Life Over 50 Plan.

[Moos]

Advertising allows us to see art and media other than that paid for and produced by the government. It's a wonderful thing.

[????]

Bad day at the agency Snorks?

[huncamunca]

I do find scrolling through BARB numbers to be a tiresome task these days, it has to be said

I am finding it hard to continually persuade segments of the voracious consumers ,we call the UK, to take advantage of facile products that may indeed be of benefit.

[huncamunca]

The new Ipad2 will be a winner though...just think of the benefits of a SLIMMER LIGHTER way to post REPETIVE DROLL MUNDANE TRITE SHITE on friendface or shitter.Constantly.

[DJKillaQueen]

DJKQ may gain through several levels through expressing an opinion, including an elevated social status that allows her position on one debate to influence her achievement on another.

I like this analysis......!

['bout now]

Advertising or Propaganda.

You choose.

['bout now]

Or get chosen

Innit.

[silverfox]

Huguenot exposed?

Any idiot knows advertising is the attempt to brain-wash people in to buying product.

New improved Daz?

Hang on, are you telling me that what I've been buying for the last few years is crap?

[Huguenot]

Exposed? HAL9000 outed me months back, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube you know.

Advertising can't brainwash people, but it can elevate awareness, influence priorities and alter the ideas you associate with particular products or ideas.

For example, the Chelsea Tractor syndrome was created by reinforcing the belief in a certain group of people that looking good and demonstrating wealth was more important than caring for your environment, and that a Chelsea Tractor could achieve this for you.

There was no brainwashing involved, these customers already had big egos, big houses and big bank accounts and tiny penises. The advertising merely suggested that a big car would fit with their portfolio and make up for their shortcomings.

As for crap, just buy supermarket own-brands. They'll do a similar job, but you won't be very happy because you probably have negative associations with them.

[mockney piers]

I'm wondering if this was a very roundabout way for snorky to advertise the ipad2.

Slimmer AND lighter?! Woo, I'm in!!!!

[Keef]

And rushed to release without half the features it was meant to have, just so they can include them on the ipad3 in September. Can anyone tell me what the fuck is the point in an ipad?

[Jeremy]

Big IPhone. Without the phone. Costs more than a decent laptop. I don't really get it either.

Hugo, are you actually an "advertising man", or do you just work for an advertising company?

['bout now]

I'll out myself. I work in Advertising and I once attended a pre production meeting, the Account exec said "what we want is for the consumer to spend time with the brand"

It was an ad for Bog Paper. I LOL'd

[*Bob*]

I've got some great ones.. but they're quite specific - and I certainly don't want to 'out' myself.

[david_carnell]

Didn't you write that Calgon jingle *Bob*?

"Washing machines live longer....."

[Huguenot]

Bobjingle

 

[Annette Curtain]

Yep, that's *Bob*

He's been "outed" for sure.

N:-S

['bout now]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> I've got some great ones.. but they're quite

> specific - and I certainly don't want to 'out'

> myself.

Come now *bob*, you're just living a lie. I've found it strangely liberating.

[Emerson Crane]

Is the advertising industry populated by people who are worse than people who populate estate agents, the music industrty, publishing, finance, banking etc? I think there are scum bags in all professions and I'm not sure advertising is any worse than any other profession, if you can call it a profession.

[mockney piers]

Can someone start having a pop at the software developers please?

I'm feeling left out.

There are loads of cowboys in the industry, it's overpaid and both public and private sector waste billions on these self-serving scumbags, always with the 'i know best' and the 'lets use the latest technology so that you can effectively pay for reaaaally expensive on the job training for me that I'll take to the next dupe once the project inevitably fails/your company/government dept goes bust/gets axed'.

I mean, bastards, seriously.

And sometimes we they wear stupid animal hats, and trainers and stuff.

[huncamunca]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> I'm wondering if this was a very roundabout way

> for snorky to advertise the ipad2.

> Slimmer AND lighter?! Woo, I'm in!!!!

I dont know how I managed without A LIGHTER , SLIMMER way to post on tw@tter.

woot

this really out crap inventions like fire and the wheel in their place