tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post3420713092131402506..comments2024-03-16T05:34:13.675-07:00Comments on The Commercial Curmudgeon: The Further Dumbing Down of AmericaJohn F Jamelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-2551149945203466232009-09-04T12:40:59.020-07:002009-09-04T12:40:59.020-07:00I can't tell you how many times people have ha...I can't tell you how many times people have had to repeat what they said to me, because after several misunderstandings I now just assume that the person in the room is talking into a bluetooth, and not to me. People who use those things when both hands are free I think are being obnoxious and antisocial intentionally.John F Jamelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-2651612768337403972009-09-04T12:14:26.742-07:002009-09-04T12:14:26.742-07:00Idiotic cell phone ads are scarcely an American ph...Idiotic cell phone ads are scarcely an American phenomenon; I just saw a doozy for those annoying Bluetooth earpieces. The thing has a senior citizen pushing a walker and ranting away as passers-by stare at her. For the life of me, I thought it was a scare-them-straight PSA about Alzheimer's until I saw the damned thing sticking out of her ear. Thanks to the cell phone providers, an ad I thought was about the plight of the elderly turned into a reminder that being a jerkass on a cellphone has no age limit.DreadedCandiru2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15561460498807276057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-58318027970064323542009-08-30T21:24:01.659-07:002009-08-30T21:24:01.659-07:00But years from now you will be able to pull out yo...But years from now you will be able to pull out your Iphone, pull up that app of the Paris Metro and recall what fun you...Wait, no you won't be able to do that because years from now your Iphone will be an obsolete chunk of plastic! Glad I have my maps from past trips folded up in my photo albums...Czaeranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459169043090638940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-52170379669264664282009-08-29T06:59:49.956-07:002009-08-29T06:59:49.956-07:00The general purpose of any tv commercial is to mak...The general purpose of any tv commercial is to make you feel bad about yourself, then give you a way to feel good about yourself for a price. These "There's an AP for That" commercials are designed to make people feel like they are pathetic, hopeless little children who simply cannot function without their phones. Especially when you consider that practically everything offered in an "APP" is already available if you just look for it for a few moments- "you need to figure out the Paris subway system?" My guess is that there are MAPS of that. "Want to send a postcard?" I KNOW you can do that in Paris- and who the hell wants a "postcard" sent via cell phone anyway? Talk about being treated as an afterthought. Bleh.John F Jamelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-106983563287213752009-08-28T23:43:24.264-07:002009-08-28T23:43:24.264-07:00I hate those I Phone "apps" commercials....I hate those I Phone "apps" commercials. Hey, my phone makes phone calls! Got an app for that?Czaeranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459169043090638940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-30356701386766249692009-08-27T21:18:36.421-07:002009-08-27T21:18:36.421-07:00albuqwirkymom,
Verizon gives you 'the network...albuqwirkymom,<br /><br />Verizon gives you 'the network' and I believe it's T-Mobile who sends Catherine Zeta Jones to lure away your husband and teenage son. ;phoppytoad79https://www.blogger.com/profile/10257786060662413520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-55085714187610358642009-08-27T08:12:42.385-07:002009-08-27T08:12:42.385-07:00I find cell phone ads annoying. Also ineffective ...I find cell phone ads annoying. Also ineffective from an advertising standpoint because I don't remember which company gives you "the network" (geeky guy followed by 100 assorted technicians and administrative support personnel) and which company will send some trashy actress to seduce my husband and teenage son. >:(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-9776655952415965862009-08-27T04:42:52.905-07:002009-08-27T04:42:52.905-07:00I was at a nice restaurant for lunch the other day...I was at a nice restaurant for lunch the other day, and a few tables away sat two "gentlemen," one of whom had a phone which chirped and blurted static-filled questions and info every few seconds-<br /><br />BEEEEP "Jim where are you?<br /><br />BEEEP "On lunch."<br /><br />BEEEEP "Ok that job on Thurber and Main needs to be taken care of ASAP."<br /><br />BEEEEEP "I'm on it."<br /><br />In a restaurant. Whatever happened to simple MANNERS?John F Jamelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-52294314398140030472009-08-27T02:52:01.225-07:002009-08-27T02:52:01.225-07:00What is it about mobile phones that make ad agenci...What is it about mobile phones that make ad agencies unleash the lunatics and creepolas, anyway? It used to be car ads that were the most insane and now it's ads for a product that allows the user to stroll around being a self-important jerk while being seen to do so.DreadedCandiru2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15561460498807276057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-8127819665238141752009-08-26T22:48:01.848-07:002009-08-26T22:48:01.848-07:00"It would be nice, however, if they didn'..."It would be nice, however, if they didn't feel it necessary to reduce the national IQ to pimp their crappy products."<br /><br />I could not agree more. Feed garbage information and do it in flashy, catchy soundbites. Train everyone to expect to be entertained at every turn and expect all information to be neatly packaged and never boring. *twitchtwitchtwitch* There aren't any quick, easy answers (for the things that matter, at least) and you'll never please everyone, but that doesn't fit into a thirty-second ad slot.<br /><br />I'm thirty and I feel old every single time I find myself thinking "Kids these days! When I was their age..." My pet peeves are literate (or should I say ILliterate) in nature. I know being an avid reader since second grade and a writer since ninth has put me ahead of the game in the spelling and grammar departments and I try not to hold others to an unrealistic standard, but it is really so much to ask for people to remember what they learned in grade school? I mean, is it really so hard to remember how to use periods, commas, question marks, and apostrophes correctly? To capitalize first letter in a sentence and proper nouns? GAH! I blame texting and spellcheck programs.[/soapbox]hoppytoad79https://www.blogger.com/profile/10257786060662413520noreply@blogger.com