Its weird. It wouldn't be out of place as a pre-roll ad in a theater IMO. It gets the point across without narration in a horribly corporate voiceover OR obnoxious music.

At its core, I don't mind if someone wants to let me know about their product. Unfortunately we're in an age where it's absolutely in our faces all the time and pushed with the most brain-rotting algorithms, and they're absolutely horrendous. Every once in a while though I'll still find ads that I enjoy, mainly YouTube creators who don't just read scripts, but put in effort to make something worth watching.

I'll always point to 'TomSka and Friends' (TomSka being the creator of the ASDFmovie series) as being decent ads; each one is a full skit and I actually enjoy those ads because they put in the effort.

in NZ we used to have an awards show for the best tv ads 😅

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6PqLnqSbeA

best one I remember:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUNJd06iyWU

I dunno, it tracks to me. Someone sees Dude Where's My Car in theaters in 2000 at the age of 16. In 2026 they're 42 and have been working at an ad company for 15 years.

Yeah, that surprised me too.

That’s the part that blew my mind. I watched that movie rented on VHS and remember exactly 2 things; the referenced scene and DUDE! What does mine say? SWEET! What does mine say? DUDE!…

The ASA publish the week’s decisions on Wednesday.

Forbidden reactionary thoughts

Yep. Should have just linked to this one, which works:

https://media.mullvad.net/andthen/30s/Mullvad_AND_THEN_30s_US_ProRes422_Webmix_4K.mov

First mistake was using a Twitter (twimg) link.

according to https://piefed.zip/c/fedigrow/p/1122722/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260222 it's the most popular Fediverse platform by far.

do people still use Mastodon?

Yes. Every single day, we see hundreds, if not thousands of posts.

Scientists and mathematicians do. The rest will follow when bluesky's monetisation strategy becomes too unbearable

I briefly tried mastadon. I don't like the format, it's a twitter basically, the federation is a plus, but the entire thing is a popularity contest. Almost all engagement is driven by those with large follower counts, 99 percent of posts are seen by almost no one.

Which is ok if you want to build a following, but for your everyday user, reddit or lemmy is more egalitarian, your posts, and your comments, can be considered on their own merit regardless of your follower count.

Yes, I have two active accounts. The autistic and neurodivergent communities there are great.

I try it every now and again but I simply don't "get" the format. This isn't an issue wtih Mastodon, it's just that style of social media, I had the same issue with Twitter. The vast majority of content seems to be people just dumping their thoughts into a post. I think it's because I have no interest in following people, but topics, which I find that Lemmy/Reddit easier to follow.

gotta find loads of interesting accounts & hashtags, to basically tailor your feed manually, then it can feel very lively. I follow 500 accounts and it has given pretty unique feed compared to bluesky.

Yea, but it's growth is limited. People seem incapable of using a platform if there isn't an algorithm telling them what to look at.

I do, but almost no-one else I'd want to follow does, which makes it feel pointless at the moment. Quite a few 'celebrities' (for want of a better word) seem to have dormant accounts. One of the few people I know who is posting regularly is Bernie Sanders.

I love it. There are very few arseholes on it.