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Groupon's Super Bowl Ad Not Well Received

• smoyer 16y ago
  That seems to be the consensus here too - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2187194 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2187194
  • itg 16y ago
    Why did that thread get killed off so quickly? The general consensus almost everywhere is that the ad was in extremely poor taste, which I agree with.
    • smoyer 16y ago
      I'm not sure it ever made the front page (I've been lurking around the "new" feed).
• ra 16y ago
  Here is a the TVC on youtube for those of us not in the US http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkFT2yjk0A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkFT2yjk0A
• coderdude 16y ago
  If you read the comments on YouTube the reactions are way over the top. From the video: "The people of Tibet are in trouble. Their very culture is in jeopardy, but they still whip up an amazing fish curry." Highest rated comment on YouTube: --- "Wow, this is fucking offensive. "Millions of jews were murdered through starvation at Auschwitz... but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy this GREAt brisket at Katz's Delicatessen, thanks to Groupon!" I actually used to like Groupon. Fuck off now. Use Living Social, its better anyway." --- So dramatic. Give me a break. It's just not funny and as others have said, it's in poor taste. It's hardly earned itself this kind of reaction. That said, boy would I hate to be Groupon right now.