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Pepsi Pulls Mountain Dew Ads Following Complaints Of Racial Stereotyping, Violence Against Women
A bizarre online ad for Mountain Dew, featuring a talking, abusive goat and featuring a bruised and battered woman has been pulled by parent company PepsiCo following complaints. The ad, which you can see above, is the latest in a series of spots for the day-glo soda created by rapper Tyler, The Creator, himself no stranger to controversy. In the … [More]
Budweiser ‘Buddy Cup’ Lets You Facebook Friend Someone By Clinking Glasses For Some Reason
Sure, you could take your smartphone with you when you go out drinking, take some bleary-eyed selfies, and use the Facebook app to add all of your new friends to your Facebook friends page. Or you could try Budweiser’s Buddy Cup, a bar glass that we’re hoping is only a novelty item. It lets you send a friend request to … [More]
Hyundai Pulls Awful Ad Showing Failed Suicide Attempt Using Car Exhaust Because It’s Awful
Hyundai is coming under fire after what appears to be an ad in Europe showing a man trying — and failing — to commit suicide in one of its cars due to its 100% water emissions. The company has subsequently pulled the ad after a blogger who writes about the advertising industry chastised the company and its advertising agency for … [More]
Surprise! Pet Owners Find Out Toy Poodle Is Actually A Giant Ferret On Steroids
Any pet owner knows the joyous feeling of bringing home your chosen perfect pooch, sweet cat or cuddly whathaveyou. But then there’s the feeling of finding out your precious toy poodle is actually a giant ferret, pumped up on steroids and groomed to resemble a dog. That feeling is one we might call, “horrified beyond comprehension,” which is likely how … [More]
If You’re Not The GEICO Pig, You Should Probably Have Your Paper Insurance Card Handy
Unless you’re like me and the sight of the GEICO pig on your TV has you instantly lunging for the mute button, you may have seen the ads where the porcine insurance shill blabs on about the convenience of having his insurance card on his smartphone. That’s nice and all, but it won’t currently fly in most states.
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Worst Company In America Round 1: Sears Vs. JCPenney
To mark the halfway point in the first round of WCIA, we bring you this fight between two department stores that are wildly adored… in an alternate universe where it’s still 1985. In addition to all the nominating e-mails we received...Show More Summary
From The Museum Of Failed Informercial Products: Fushies
For every Snuggie and Slap Chop, products that transcend direct-response ads to become cultural touchstones, there are many, many more flops. Once they were new and exciting products that filled a need you never thought you had, but they never caught on. Their web sites sit empty and even the trademarks have been abandoned. But thanks to YouTube, the ridiculous … [More]
There Is Now A Machine That Removes Unwanted Creme From The Oreo
In a world where plenty of people just continue to grumble and complain when there’s something they don’t like, it’s refreshing to know that there are enterprising minds out there willing to address life’s ills and actually do something about them. Case in point — a physicist who can’t stand the creme in Oreos. Instead of living with that snack … [More]
Nintendo Cereal System Is Part Of Your Super Nutritious Breakfast
Last week’s launch of the PlayStation 4 wasn’t all that exciting. It was missing something: some would say a look at the actual PS4. But Sony should consider adding what every good game console needs: a branded breakfast cereal. They should take as a model this 1989 commercial for Nintendo cereal.
1989 Nintendo Cereal System commercial [YouTube]
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TSA Policies Are So Confusing It’s No Wonder A 3-Year-Old In A Wheelchair Gets Upset During Screening
The Transportation Security Administration is doing some quick apologizing after an incident that left a 3-year-old girl upset and crying when her parents were told she’d need to submit to a pat-down. The toddler has spina bifida and had reportedly already gone through security at Lambert- St. Show More Summary
Is A “Quadriginoctuple Frap” The Priciest Starbucks Drink Ever Ordered Or A Scary Medical Procedure?
First of all, if you guessed “scary medical procedure,” we’re very happy to inform you that you are wrong and whew, because that would be terrifying to have your inside parts topped with whipped cream. The so-called “quadriginoctuple frap” is what one guy is claiming as the most expensive drink ever ordered at Starbucks, checking in at $47.30 and sloshing … [More]
6 Things You Can Learn From YouTube Hit “Thrift Shop” Without Having To Listen To It
I will be the first one to admit that before today, I had not listened to/viewed “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, a YouTube hit with over 69 million views. Why? Because I didn’t feel like it. If you’re the same way, don’t worry — we can keep you in the loop and provide some actual real-life advice as … [More]
If You Want To Scan Without An Ink Cartridge, Maybe Don’t Buy An All-In-One At All
All-in-one printer/scanner/copiers are nice and all, but everyone knows that you don’t really need ink to scan a picture. That doesn’t stop manufacturers from making our gadgets unable to perform other functions when they’re out of printer ink, an intentional flaw that is wasteful and frustrating. Show More Summary
Former Spin Subscribers Will Now Receive Car And Driver, So That’s Nice
We at Consumerist will always pause and let a few subscription cards flutter to the ground out of respect when we hear that yet another print magazine has ceased printing. The final edition of Newsweek is all over the news this week, but another title that’s actually relevant to our generation stops printing and goes online-only at the end of … [More]
FedEx Delivers iPad Mini, UPS Grinch Shows Up & Swipes My Daughter’s Christmas Gift
All it takes is one little bit of surveillance footage to bust a Christmas Grinch, but in this case he wasn’t coming down the chimneys of fictional Whoville to steal presents. A Houston man’s home security camera caught a UPS employee dropping off one package at the door before taking an iPad Mini that FedEx had delivered only hours earlier. … [More]
Your Samsung Smart TV May Be Primed For A Hack Attack
Having an Internet-connected TV has its advantages — streaming Netflix, Hulu or Pandora straight through your TV is nice — but a new report claims that Samsung’s line of Smart TVs are just waiting to be exploited by clever hackers. A researcher with security firm ReVuln claims to have found a way to exploit these Samsung TVs when they are … [More]
The Ghost in the Machine
Perhaps you’ve heard that reading on an e-reader is different than reading a book. While I can’t say for sure that the “significance of the tactility of reading” began with St. Augustine or that the “meaning of reading lies in the oscillatory...Show More Summary
Sony Doesn’t Want Kids Encouraging Reading If It Means Using A Michael Jackson Song
What could possibly be bad about teenagers trying to convince others to get into reading? Well, everything, if you’re Sony-ATV Records and the kids are parodying Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” and turning it into “Read It.” The company, along with Jackson’s estate, have blocked a group of teens at a Pennsylvania library from posting their video on YouTube. Sony … [More]
My LG Smart TV Is Pretty Stupid Without The ‘Magic’ Remote Control
Here’s the problem with smart TVs that I had never thought of: they depend heavily on the remote controls that come in the box. That’s a lesson that Michael has learned the hard and expensive way. The “magic” remote that came with his 47-inch LG smart TV keeps dying. That’s not very magical. Years ago, if your remote control didn’t … [More]
Mall Santas Beware: Combining Beards With Rappelling Probably Won’t End Well
While Santa Claus ain’t Santa Claus without that flowing white beard, that snowy expanse isn’t the best-suited facial hair for rappelling from a mall ceiling. A mall Santa in England found that out the tangled up way when he attempted to lower himself down a rope to cheering crowds, only to get stuck when his beard snagged on the rope. … [More]
