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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The fact that you remember this is exactly why they will keep doing it. Remember: ads are psychological warfare.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Unfortunately for any ads that try to pull this shit on me these days, my brain automatically overwrites the memory of it with the OG rage-inducing advertisement

"Head on, apply directly to the forehead!"

[โ€“] ripcord 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But he got the chain wrong :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Alternate view: they hate the wrong chain, ergo the ad still worked.

I hate ads. And now hate Maaco & Aamco too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ads should be banned