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Microsoft removes projectile-vomiting IE8 ad from parts of the Web

#29 User is offline   bastion Icon

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Posted 03 July 2009 - 12:59 PM

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Uncle_Deercamp said:

> the guy's got a fetish for vomit web sites.
I'm no lip reader, but I'm sure I caught "hairy vaginas..."


Well there's the answer. She's not disgusted by what she's seeing on the screen. She's just overcome by the realization that the time, money, pain and humiliation of periodic professional Brazilian waxes has not only failed to make her more attractive to her husband but has in fact been counterproductive.
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 06:08 AM

Microsoft can't get good ads made, because deep down there's almost nothing positive to be said about them. They get a mix of soulless ads (from people who can live with spinning Microsoft positive) and crappy ads (from creative people who still want to be able to live with themselves). This one's squarely in the crappy category -- somewhere deep down the people who made this ad must have wanted to stick it to Microsoft. Poor business strategy, but I bet they'll sleep better at night for it.
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 08:36 AM

Let us not forget that Private Browsing is a feature of Safari and has been for several iterations.

This is simply yet another POS copy/steal job by MS which they then want to advertise that they finally have it.
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 02:57 PM

What a low class operation. Everyone finds puke disgusting. No place in advertising. Pathetic.
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 05:55 PM

A research project from the University of Salford, U.K. found out, using an online pool, the worst sound ever. Guess what came first? Vomiting. How does anyone think this ad could work?
About the research
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Posted 05 July 2009 - 02:02 AM

Sure the ad wasn't all that funny. But I think it says a lot that people took time out of their day to say they were "offended". That was some of the least realistic, mildest fake vomit I'v ever seen. It was obviously not meant to look too real. If any one was so offended that they felt the need to write to Microsoft about it, that should have been their first clue that they need to get a life. If any of those people are reading this I just want to say thank you. Thank you for being the kind of over sensitive person that insists on making this world that much blander for the rest of us.
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Posted 05 July 2009 - 08:00 PM

My guess is that Mr Ballmer was sexting and Mrs. Ballmer saw the naked pictures of him and that's why she threw up.
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Posted 05 July 2009 - 08:18 PM

that was kinda rude (would you say the same about steve- or is this just mac bias? lol)
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Posted 05 July 2009 - 09:38 PM

It was a Microsoft ad, so I figured they were copying it from something that happened to a Microsoft couple. :D
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Posted 07 July 2009 - 10:31 AM

Highly doubtful that "much of the feedback to this particular piece of creative was positive". Rarely does a company get positive feedback. But they always hear from those who don't like something. I always think that phrase is stupid when a company admits to wrong doing. If it was all so positive, just ignore those who don't like it. right?
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