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Scare them 'till they buy

deja_vroom

12:39 / 25.05.02

I am afraid, take mymoney.
Oh, and don't forget to play the Happy Anarchist Challenge!
Jesus Christ, what ARE these people thinking?

Grey Area

13:18 / 25.05.02

Could it be:

"Let's try and sell Diesel clothing through portrayal of sterilised alternative living and toungue-in-cheek derision of the very corporate ethos we maintain in order to make profits"?

deja_vroom

13:43 / 25.05.02

could be, but I *really* don't think they're that intelligent...

Our Lady of The Two Towers

16:08 / 25.05.02

Donald Diesel? Fuck, it's the Aphex Twin again...

YNH

17:34 / 25.05.02

I bet they are, Ninjade.

Woman reclines on couch...

"I think about pain, suffering, and all the terrible problems of the world. Then I think about shopping." (inexact)

"I love shopping."

From the last ugly campaign.

Mystery Gypt

19:36 / 25.05.02

yeah generally the people who run broad, noticeable, iconic ad campaigns are quite smart. as are, shockingly, the people who produce the very basest and most awful of american TV. sharpest knives on the block, often, when you talk to them. not necessarily the greatest examples of moral backbone, but it's interesting to compare one's own career against theirs and really reflect on how you might be any different.

wouldn't you, for example, jump at the chance to shoot crazy photos of weird "anarchist" monsters? especially, not in spite of, the fact you'd get paid $75,000 to do it? would it be "not smart" to turn that down because of some vague notion of right and wrong that you probably couldn't define clearly even with a gun to your head?

Less searchable M0rd4nt

19:36 / 25.05.02

Could it be:

"Let's try and sell Diesel clothing through portrayal of sterilised alternative living and toungue-in-cheek derision of the very corporate ethos we maintain in order to make profits"?

Pretty much.

"Hey, look, we'll create a kitchy vision of the whole jeans thing, right? And adverts always hint that if you buy a product you can end up in some kind of consumer heaven, right? So we'll invent one and call it HappyValley! And a lot of ads have a mascot who's sort of cute but a bit creepy really so we'll have one too- except we know he's creepy so it's alright! Gosh, we're so clever and ironic and satirical!"

Fuck off and die, you pack of mephitic creepazoids.

Margin Walker

21:31 / 26.05.02

From choosing "hedonistic" in the upper right menu, I get:

Words. fail. me.

Ria

22:56 / 26.05.02

me, I think that this might weird out too many of the jeans buyers and who can prove me wrong anyway? the "certificate of emotion ownership" bit struck me as genius. I laughed.

Margin Walker

01:45 / 28.05.02

From the same people: http://www.stayyoungforever.com. Lots of anit-aging tips, like drinking urine and not thinking.

Grey Area

08:49 / 28.05.02

OK, here I'm thinking like the (disillusioned) advertising graduate I am, but in a way we've swallowed this site hook, line and sinker. I'm pretty sure that most people who've looked at this thread will have gone to the site to have a look at what we're talking about. Some of us are sure to have dragged friends over to the computer to "get a load of this...!". So while we're being derogatory, we are indeed supporting the efforts of the advertisers.

I feel dirty and used.

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