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[–] 39 points 2 months ago (12 children)

I thought I was losing my mind when I heard Run The Jewels in a fucking SUV commercial (sans lyrics though).

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    That's because it was DJ Shadow (who did the music) selling out, not Run The Jewels.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Still crazy to me. I've been a DJ Shadow fan since the 90s.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Maybe he gave the song to Run The Jewels because he regretted that commercial.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I went to a hotel and watched cable recently and it's, no joke, 85%+ drug commercials. Just endless ads with disgusting side effects read over happy images.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    There's basically two side effect profiles:

    1. It makes you fat, sleepy, confused, constipated / diarrhea / both, and your genitals stop working, but possibly in a different way than your usual everyday hell so maybe it'll be a little better?

    2. It only has one side effect that only happens 0.00001% of the time: instant horrifyingly painful death.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Even living in the US (but being on Lemmy and therefore knowing computers and hating advertising) getting stuck watching cable TV at a relative's house can be a real "boring dystopia" experience.

    It can be genuinely disturbing when you realize the majority of the ads you've seen were for ONLY medication and gambling.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's fucking wild that seeing a car commercial is refreshing in that it's just an actual product.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Apparently car commercials aren't even really meant to sell cars. Their main purpose is to make people feel good about the car they just bought (and are making enormous monthly payments on) so that they buy the same make of car next time.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    I saw Tony Hawk in an ad for arthritis medication a while back. I turned to my dad and said "I cannot overstate how cool this guy used to be."

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Imagine Dragons - Radioactive playing in an ad for an X-ray clinic

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago

    When your favorite club song happens to be by Partiboi69

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Technotronic got their name by combining the word “techno” meaning a sort of dance music, and “tronic” meaning “tronic”.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago*

    "Hearing a beloved song used in a late stage capitalism commercial for prescription drugs may cause moderate to severe emotional damage. If ear bleeding continues, call your doctor."

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I like it when those commercials says to tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. Pretty sure the ones who have it don't know it lol.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You never know. I knew a dude who kept a tick on him to see how big it got. Folks fuck animals. Wouldn't surprise me if someone has parasite and kept it for some looney toons reason.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Look at it this way.. the band's getting royalties.

    Good ones.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I'm waiting for Firestarter to be used to sell me a cremation in 12 easy installments.

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  • Diamonds and Guns by the Transplants became the "woohoo" shampoo song and went downhill from there 😭

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    The darude vs blade Remix was a banger

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    That's a face palm moment 🤦‍♂️ (for the artist, not for you).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Wait till you see one of those silent auctions for a shadowbox of a record from your favourite band at the grocery store

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I’ve heard Riot Rhythm by Sleigh Bells on fucking Fox News

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    You've got to lick it before you stick it might work well for diabetic testing strips

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Hearing a song in a car commercial is what does it for me.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    What frustrates me is that it doesn't have to be this way. They could just start using better original music. Consider what Game Grumps and Sbassbear did for Lipitor.

    Meanwhile, they're also responsible for the best cover of Sandstorm.

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