Badvertising

"subexpression" (subexpression) 10/15/2019 at 21:38 • Filed to: None

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As I sit here drinking a beer, I had a random memory. Years ago, driving in St Louis, MO, I heard a radio ad for Budweiser beer talking about their proud history of sponsoring auto racing. The ad closed with the line “we’ve been in cars as long as we’ve been in cans.”

I had this immediate “Did they just say that?” reaction. That evening I heard the ad again, with that same line, so yes, they did just say that.

I never heard that ad again.

ttyymmnn > subexpression 10/15/2019 at 21:53

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I remember back when Busch started putting out 12-packs in orange hunting camouflage. I actually wrote the company and asked them if they were really endorsing drinking and hunting. They replied that they were not, but I never did see those orange camo beer boxes again, at least not in my neck of the woods. 

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > subexpression 10/15/2019 at 22:03

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I mean... you remember it to this day , so as an advertisement, it kind of worked?

XJDano > ttyymmnn 10/15/2019 at 22:53

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They still do ‘round here. 

ttyymmnn > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 10/15/2019 at 23:02

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There is no such thing as bad publicity. 

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > subexpression 10/15/2019 at 23:05

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Immediate reaction to this image was that these were the “twisted sister” era cars where the side to side symmetry was..... Rather non-existent.

So hey, maybe there was some Budweiser in the cars back then?

AestheticsInMotion > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 10/15/2019 at 23:13

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Delete this

Chariotoflove > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 10/16/2019 at 00:01

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I can’t handle that image in my brain. 

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > AestheticsInMotion 10/16/2019 at 01:43

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Embrace it.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Chariotoflove 10/16/2019 at 01:48

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It’s still going on, just different than before.

syaieya > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 10/16/2019 at 08:44

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After Nascar finished with these you would see a bunch in arca for awhile.

Unless someone decided they needed to win and made an arca only car, they had even looser rules on symmetry 

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 09:11

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Sure, but you don't see VW or Mercedes actively advertising with photos of Hitler

ttyymmnn > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 10/16/2019 at 09:13

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I’m not sure that’s a very good analogy. 

Chariotoflove > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 10/16/2019 at 15:09

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