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"What do you get when you have a 603 horsepower v8 bi-turbo engine? You get the fuck out of the way" - footage of pedestrian running in fear from the car being
by hannasanarion 5y ago
"What do you get when you have a 603 horsepower v8 bi-turbo engine? You get the fuck out of the way" - footage of pedestrian running in fear from the car being advertised
That's the only example from this article [1] that I had saved for containing a list of egregious examples of aggressively dangerous car advertisements that is still online. The dangers of relying on youtube embeds of the things you wish to criticize.
1. https://archive.curbed.com/2020/1/31/21115593/super-bowl-worst-car-ads https://archive.curbed.com/2020/1/31/21115593/super-bowl-wor...
- sdoering 5y agoThis ad was a oh my WTF moment. This would never fly in Germany. Oh hey, wait. Were does this company originate? I was absolutely blown away by this.
- mike_hock 5y agoBadass. I love it.
- refurb 5y agoThey do pedestrian safety testing too? This seems like disinformation.
- hannasanarion 5y agoEurope does. The US doesn't, which is why so many American cars are so aggressivly dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers.
- refurb 5y agoThis is false. Pedestrian safety regulations exist in the US as well.
- ryukafalz 5y agoOh god yeah, as a city-dweller who walks everywhere, that's a terrifying thing to promote. Good example.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoDon't worry, pedestrians will defend themselves with their guns. Joke aside, anyone thinking these ads depict acceptable behavior is nuts, and will find ways to harm others even if they never drive. Any thinking adult knows this is fantasy.
- exo762 5y agoSo, video presents following vehicles next to each other: luxury sport-sedan, some lambo-styled ultra-car, quarter-mile redneck classic, Tron-inspired super bike, drag-racer(!) and Formula One car. This is a clear fantasy. Are you mistaking this fantasy for reality? Or are you against the fantasy itself? Is this the way you react to Hulk going green?
- hannasanarion 5y agoWould you accept such a violent and criminal fantasy for literally any other product? A gunman stands in a hallway, aiming down sights. "What do you get when you buy an AR-15 chambered in 5.56 with a full bump stock and 500nm laser sight?", a laser dot appears on a child's crying face, it explodes into a ball of confetti. "You get the fuck out of the way" A cop enters, is rapidly shot eight times in the chest while he fumbles with his holster, he falls to the ground. Superman appears, the gunman quick-swaps to a kryptonite mag and draws an S of bullet holes on his chest. subtitle: [professional shooter on closed range, do not attempt] Smith and Wesson: Empowering Americans since 1852
- nitrogen 5y agoYour example is basically describing every action movie where an off-duty cop needs to save the world.
- hannasanarion 5y agoMovies aren't the same as advertisements. Do you think it would be totally normal and tasteful for such an action movie to end with instructions and a limited time offer on how to purchase the guns that were used by the terrorists and vigilantes in the movie?
- olyjohn 5y agoPlease... A 10 second search on the internet will tell you where to get those guns. I guess action movies don't make any profit from promoting violent behavior. I forgot that movie studios are non profits who donate their money to charity. Do you also think that Doom and other video games are making kids violent and making them shoot up schools? Do you think rap music will turn everybody into a violent gang member? Will watching Elvis shake his hips on TV turn you into a sexual deviant? I think what it comes down to is, you don't like cars because it's trendy these days to say cars are evil. But you like action movies, and video games, so it's all good.
- jfrunyon 5y agoSomewhat offtopic: That ad makes me want the motorcycle.