Advertising Error

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 07/06/2020 at 09:44 • Filed to: None

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I wonder when companies will start proofreading their advertisements before publication.

Old-Busted-Hotness > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/06/2020 at 09:53

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When Jalopnik starts proofreading, maybe?

TheRealBicycleBuck > Old-Busted-Hotness 07/06/2020 at 09:56

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Hah! This one was at the beginning of a YouTube video.

ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/06/2020 at 10:39

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Image quality rivals that of most flip phones from 2007

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/06/2020 at 10:40

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Maybe they did proof it and just don’t know how to spell.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 07/06/2020 at 11:09

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About 20 years ago I shared an office with my boss. His spelling was known to be atrocious, and his emails were a daily embarrassment. I ever so tactfully recommended that he use spell check before sending out emails and he agreed to do so having heard the comments about his spelling for ages.

For several weeks things were great and one could finally understand his emails without having to translate/decode them first - lots of time was saved every day by eliminating that unnecessary procedure. But then, for reasons unknown,   the messages started to go back to their previous incomprehensible state. I asked him what happened, and he replied that he didn’t agree with what spell check was telling him...

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/06/2020 at 11:31

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Does he vote Republican?

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 07/06/2020 at 11:33

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Their phone said it was right.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 07/06/2020 at 11:34

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I don't know, but if he did it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Jim Spanfeller > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/06/2020 at 12:09

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I got an advertisement on YouTube yesterday for “teeth wihtening”. In big bold letters. How does a typo that bad make it into a professional advertisement, and how do they expect me to trust them with my teeth if they can’t even proofread competently?

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Jim Spanfeller 07/06/2020 at 22:35

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Maybe it’s like those Nigerian scam emails - they intentionally use bad spelling to weed out anyone with a modicum of common sense?

Jim Spanfeller > BaconSandwich is tasty. 07/06/2020 at 22:59

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It’s just weird seeing that in skipable ad form...