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10 Ads The US Won't See
prostoalex writes "Some ads made by world's leading advertising agencies for well-known brands will never be seen in the United States. The Gucci G-Spot turned out to be too risque, video for Drug-Free America was deemed too disgusting, Internet's favorite Honda "Cog" commercial won't air due to the high prices for a 2-minute spot, and Japanese commercials with American actors have contracts preventing the companies to run the same ads in the US. AdAge provides a link to the pictures and video (Windows Media .ASF format, alas) of the 10 best unaired commercials." I can get the ASFs working under VLC.
I tried to go to the site but my ad blocker filtered teh it. I thought /. was against ads, I guess only until they are censored from us, then we insist on seeing them.
Highly OFFTOPIC, but insightlful nevertheless.
Dear AC, I live happily outside the US, and were I live, if I find something offensive, I can stop finding it by not looking.
In other words, if you hate modern art (which the above is certainly not) or whatever, do you have to take a look at it?
Little offtopic, but in the US I have noticed that it is not correct to do something if there is POSSIBILITY to find that something offensive. I mean, like I shouldn't be able to swim nude in my own pool because highflying plane would make it possible for the pilot see my naked butt...
Also, if you are not searching, you cannot find. That goes for offensive also... and some blaa blaah to go with the above ranting.
-Is the meaning of life vanity, or is vanity the meaning of life?
"Production costs: $1.2 million
2 minutes of network airtime: $2 million
Mention on Slashdot: Priceless."
This is not off-topic.
"Derp de derp."
I'm not an expert, but from what I understand there are very clean ways of extracting energy from coal these days. It has a bad reputation embedded in many people's eyes from the past, though, so it's not always a politicians' first choice from a public relations perspective.
Whether these cleaner methods for burning it make it more affordable and "better", I couldn't say. I guess it depends on the situation.
I thought the Troll mod was stranger myself...
Wow, and starting at only $26,000 for an Accord...gosh, what a stellar deal.
I'll take a Mazda Six, thanks. Or an RX-8. Honda needs to stop trying to drink from the same boring trough if they want my business.
The RSX is a great car. The S2000 is a great motor in the body of a doorstop. Honda needs to get off the dime and start revitalizing their product, or they're not going to be top of the heap for much longer. (Top of the very boring "Cars that almost make you forget you're driving!" heap)
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Of course, nuclear power is probably a better solution from an environmental perspective, but try making *that* argument in public debate...
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
--Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
Not only does coal release gobs of CO2, it releases more radioactivity than a nuclear power plant. Coal is a magnet for uranium so when you burn a lump of coal, some uranium goes up the flue along with the CO2.