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Good, the ad was really disturbing. An ad is just an ad and not the biggest deal in the scheme of things but that was really unpleasant to watch. For me, it was
by Osmium 3y ago
Good, the ad was really disturbing. An ad is just an ad and not the biggest deal in the scheme of things but that was really unpleasant to watch. For me, it was the visual of needless destruction and waste as much as the meta-message.
- PurestGuava 3y agoIt's the needless destruction that really gets to me. I have a fairly visceral reaction to seeing things that someone put time, effort and scarce resources into making get destroyed for no reason, and Apple's ad hit so many nerves in that respect. It's just a complete waste, and that's before we get into the whole subtext of "tech is going to destroy 'IRL' art forms" that many people got.
- poochkoishi728 3y agoHow do you know they weren't broken items anyway?
- PurestGuava 3y agoI don’t, but it’s still unpleasant to see. Not everything has to be perfectly rational.
- Clubber 3y agoIrrational outrage and anger isn't a trait to strive for I wouldn't think.
- daniel_reetz 3y agoEspecially emotional responses.
- simiones 3y agoWhat baffles me the most is the choice to include human figurines (the bust, the statue, the smiley right at the end). The imagery of human figures getting crushed is going to look disturbing even to the least environmentally conscious viewers.
- vehemenz 3y agoMost people didn’t find the ad disturbing, so the offensiveness is a relation between you and the content, not the content itself.