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People often talk about favorite TV ads. College kids will put pretty magazine ads on their dorm walls. We all sing radio jingles involuntarily. Has anyone eve

People often talk about favorite TV ads. College kids will put pretty magazine ads on their dorm walls. We all sing radio jingles involuntarily. Has anyone ever enjoyed a banner ad?

conception 6y ago
You never punched the monkey???
- technion 6y ago
  All those years ago I would actually take helpdesk support calls from business users that wanted help punching the monkey from their work computers. People would put work on hold until I walked over to their desk and clicked it for them. I had a legal firm pay us to install bonzi buddy on all machines. It's amazing different the attitudes can be towards things tech people see as silly or scammy.
  - zxcvbn4038 6y ago
    I once worked at a company that made learning management software for CEOs - basically those stupid HR click-thrus we all have to sit through. Problem was that CEOs at the time didn’t know how to use a scroll bar so if they encountered a screen with a scroll bar they either couldn’t continue or, after we moved the next button to the top of the screen, missed all of the content not on screen and couldn’t pass the tests. I could never figure out their issue. I encountered my first scroll bar on a Mac in a JC Penny way back when and had no issue with scrolling.
- astura 6y ago
  After 9/11 there were similar banner ads that showed up that were like "punch Osama Bin Laden." I always found them distasteful.
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TheManInThePub 6y ago
> People often talk about favorite TV ads. College kids will put pretty magazine ads on their dorm walls. We all sing radio jingles involuntarily. Can I assume you are writing this from an American perspective (where advertising is everywhere, even to children) as doing such things is alien to me.
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- Tenoke 6y ago
  I've heard people from various European countries talk about favourite ads, I had favourite ads myself as a kid, and you can/could occasionally see people affectionately spoof ads in comedy/talk shows. This is definitely not just an American thing.
- bryanrasmussen 6y ago
  A favorite advertisement of the Danish people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vosH4sRJgQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vosH4sRJgQA (Fillips Far)
- ocdtrekkie 6y ago
  I don't even speak the language this TV ad is in, and I love it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4 But yeah, I have fond memories of some American commercials that still get me: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxhTnWrKYs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxhTnWrKYs
AussieWog93 6y ago
>Has anyone ever enjoyed a banner ad? What about Evony, my lord?
- erik_seaberg 6y ago
  That game had 0% as much cleavage as the ad campaign. I don't see how that worked.
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petercooper 6y ago
Yes. My first ever YouTube video was about a banner ad on Slashdot that I enjoyed back in 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCiAyTYBSJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCiAyTYBSJU .. it's had over 100k views so I guess someone's enjoyed it :-D
- earthboundkid 6y ago
  Whoa, the British I'm a Mac ads were much cooler than the American ones. Still can't believe that PC dumped Queen Elizabeth II at the altar tho…
tim333 6y ago
mac vs pc? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGZHqhwg68 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGZHqhwg68
endgame 6y ago
A lot of people make "one weird trick" jokes; does that count?
icedistilled 6y ago
>People often talk about favorite TV ads. College kids will put pretty magazine ads on their dorm walls. We all sing radio jingles involuntarily This must depend on the group or time. I don't recall people's dorms having magazine ads. Aside from the superbowl, any mention of a tv ad is extremely rare. I don't hear anyone sign radio jingles. Similarly, no one likes banner ads. Most of my friends are mid 30's rock climbers so maybe it's due to groups and ages.

People often talk about favorite TV ads. College kids will put pretty magazine ads on their dorm walls. We all sing radio jingles involuntarily. Has anyone ever enjoyed a banner ad?

conception 6y ago

You never punched the monkey???

technion 6y ago
All those years ago I would actually take helpdesk support calls from business users that wanted help punching the monkey from their work computers. People would put work on hold until I walked over to their desk and clicked it for them. I had a legal firm pay us to install bonzi buddy on all machines. It's amazing different the attitudes can be towards things tech people see as silly or scammy.
- zxcvbn4038 6y ago
  I once worked at a company that made learning management software for CEOs - basically those stupid HR click-thrus we all have to sit through. Problem was that CEOs at the time didn’t know how to use a scroll bar so if they encountered a screen with a scroll bar they either couldn’t continue or, after we moved the next button to the top of the screen, missed all of the content not on screen and couldn’t pass the tests. I could never figure out their issue. I encountered my first scroll bar on a Mac in a JC Penny way back when and had no issue with scrolling.
astura 6y ago
After 9/11 there were similar banner ads that showed up that were like "punch Osama Bin Laden." I always found them distasteful.

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TheManInThePub 6y ago

> People often talk about favorite TV ads. College kids will put pretty magazine ads on their dorm walls. We all sing radio jingles involuntarily. Can I assume you are writing this from an American perspective (where advertising is everywhere, even to children) as doing such things is alien to me.

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Tenoke 6y ago
I've heard people from various European countries talk about favourite ads, I had favourite ads myself as a kid, and you can/could occasionally see people affectionately spoof ads in comedy/talk shows. This is definitely not just an American thing.
bryanrasmussen 6y ago
A favorite advertisement of the Danish people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vosH4sRJgQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vosH4sRJgQA (Fillips Far)
ocdtrekkie 6y ago
I don't even speak the language this TV ad is in, and I love it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4 But yeah, I have fond memories of some American commercials that still get me: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxhTnWrKYs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxhTnWrKYs

AussieWog93 6y ago

>Has anyone ever enjoyed a banner ad? What about Evony, my lord?

erik_seaberg 6y ago
That game had 0% as much cleavage as the ad campaign. I don't see how that worked.
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petercooper 6y ago

Yes. My first ever YouTube video was about a banner ad on Slashdot that I enjoyed back in 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCiAyTYBSJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCiAyTYBSJU .. it's had over 100k views so I guess someone's enjoyed it :-D

earthboundkid 6y ago
Whoa, the British I'm a Mac ads were much cooler than the American ones. Still can't believe that PC dumped Queen Elizabeth II at the altar tho…

tim333 6y ago

mac vs pc? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGZHqhwg68 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGZHqhwg68

endgame 6y ago

A lot of people make "one weird trick" jokes; does that count?

icedistilled 6y ago

>People often talk about favorite TV ads. College kids will put pretty magazine ads on their dorm walls. We all sing radio jingles involuntarily This must depend on the group or time. I don't recall people's dorms having magazine ads. Aside from the superbowl, any mention of a tv ad is extremely rare. I don't hear anyone sign radio jingles. Similarly, no one likes banner ads. Most of my friends are mid 30's rock climbers so maybe it's due to groups and ages.