"You gonna be a dad..." [WARNING: APPLE NERD RAGE THREAD.]

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GasX

Lifer
Feb 8, 2001
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I saw the commercial and thought the same thing, first thing I thought was what a dumb bitch telling her man over the phone that she is pregnant. Who does that? Unless you are separated by long distance and don't plan to see each other for a long time, do it in person.

Isn't that the point of the ad - that they aren't together but they can still see each other's faces when they share the good news?
 

Anubis

No Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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Do you know why you hate it? Is it because these ads are targeted at the mainstream and you are sad that they are being introduced to your techy world and you no longer get to be the only one who knows how to video conference? These idiots who have never heard of Skype are now going to be wowed by "Facetime" even though you've been sitting at your keyboard video conferencing since 1992.

Get over it.

ive never used skype or any video conferencing. and i still think the commercials are dumb

try again
 

chin311

Diamond Member
Feb 27, 2003
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lol yeah i work with some pretty LOWWWW tech-savvy people and half of them have a webcam of some sort....dont think they are JUST now realizing they can video-chat somehow.
 

40Hands

Diamond Member
Jun 29, 2004
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I understand your rage OP. When I watch TV, I feel like I'm being called an idiot by 90% of the commercials out there. What scares me is that it actually works.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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Back after we bought an HP PC we would get junk mail from HP. Glossy brochures filled with pictures of people doing stuff with HP stuff. Really weird people, like Stepford Families preaching about Rev Moon in the magic kingdom while chasing down LSD with prozac. It creeped us out to the point we didn't buy HP anymore.
 

Wyndru

Diamond Member
Apr 9, 2009
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yeah i that one piss's me off. that and the girl with the haircut

Yeah that girl with the short hair tries too hard to be cute, and her boyfriend sounds a little slow.

I don't mind apple products but their marketing is too cutesy for me.
 

amdhunter

Lifer
May 19, 2003
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I always thought the father's dialogue in that commercial was completely interchangeable with that of an internet pervert. Guess I was right.

Don't believe for a moment that Apple didn't have that in mind when making that commercial. Sex sells. Sex with younger people sells more.
 

Pliablemoose

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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LOL, TFP nailed it, rage on 14 year old internet nerds, rage on...

AMDHunter also conveniently forgets to mention he owns an iPad
 

amdhunter

Lifer
May 19, 2003
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LOL, TFP nailed it, rage on 14 year old internet nerds, rage on...

AMDHunter also conveniently forgets to mention he owns an iPad

And an iPhone3G and iMac, and eventually a new Mac mini whenever I decide to get more Apple certifications.
 

spidey07

No Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
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What's so idiotic about the commercial isn't the message. It's that a joyous moment like that should be shared in person, NOT over the phone even if it's video.
 

Pliablemoose

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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And an iPhone3G and iMac, and eventually a new Mac mini whenever I decide to get more Apple certifications.

Just for you amdhunter:

android_eating_apple.jpg
 

bunnyfubbles

Lifer
Sep 3, 2001
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More successful advertising by Apple. Do you see other phone makers get this much attention? No, because they are all inferior. Apple understands the public. Apple understands people. Apple understands you. That is why you will continue to purchase their products. Everyone knows this.

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