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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: Skippy_Jif on August 12, 2012, 04:16 pm

Title: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Skippy_Jif on August 12, 2012, 04:16 pm
Has anyone seen this new drugfree.org commercial where the father beats the shit out of his son's TV? What the fuck?

How fucking violent is this country with their anti-drug propaganda? Jesus Christ they send mixed messages! Burn in Hell you fucking lunatics!
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: sselevol on August 12, 2012, 05:05 pm
*CLEARNET*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksGNZ9mEzzQ

Here's the ad for anyone interested, it doesn't really work on an anti-drug level I think, unless they are advocating smashing your kid's stuff because of DRUGS in his room, in which case they're cunts. I think they're trying to stop parents from going apeshit on their kids though and have a measured response to drug use, but I'm not American and don't really know what they do. I want to hope it's the later, but the name 'Drugfree' isn't a good thing.

http://www.drugfree.org/drug-guide
 :o
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Skippy_Jif on August 12, 2012, 05:12 pm
It's a mixed message because it focuses on the kid afterwards. It is fear mongering, but they throw in a little message at the end to justify they're the good guys. It's complete bull shit and they should be ashamed of themselves. Just look at who contributes funding to them.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Holly on August 12, 2012, 05:19 pm
Hey you never know kid was probably trying jenkem if my kid tried jenkem that's exactly what I would do too.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: TurpenT on August 12, 2012, 05:37 pm
agreed. it does send sort of a mixed message. obviously they're using the dad smashing stuff as a metaphor for why his kid shouldn't do drugs. ie although he may have the desire to smash all of his kid's shit with a baseball bat, it doesn't mean that he can or should do it. This metaphor could be used in a million different parenting scenarios, yet they decided to focus on drug use instead.

it's the same bullshit DrugFree has been pulling for years now. Totally off base and exaggerated events, or even completely made-up and falsified information, in order to get THEIR message across. It's a pretty solid parallel for how most organizations like DrugFree are run here in the States (see: any political campaign ever run). This is just a good example of how far off base these organizations need to go in order to jam their message down the throat of the American audience. Absolutely pathetic.

Good news is I don't know one person (drug user, or not) who buys into this bullshit. These type of ads would have been more successful in the 70's with Nixon around. And fortunately for us, most people the only people buying into that type of cheap advertising are out-of-touch Grandparents.

And who listens to those old bastards, anyway?  ;D
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: masterblaster on August 12, 2012, 05:43 pm
If they want to sent an effective anti-drug message they need to show the kid getting high then cut to him sucking some dude off in the alley for another rock, then pan up to REVEAL its the father.

That or just loop requiem for a dream
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Skippy_Jif on August 12, 2012, 05:46 pm
Youre right.,........This shit has to STOP!!!!

Jenkem is ripping society apart!
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Skippy_Jif on August 12, 2012, 05:59 pm
I remember a few months ago they put out a commercial with a kid doing parkour on 10+ story buildings. He was jumping from one building to the next then the camera turns to some teenagers sharing a joint sitting down watching this guy. One kid asks him if he would like to take a hit and chill.

The parkour kid ultimately says no and then goes back to jumping from rooftop to rooftop. The ad ends with "Above the Influence"

I lol'd ever so hard.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Shroomeister on August 12, 2012, 06:07 pm
That kid shreaks like a little bitch

***Daaaadddd***

When he starts wailing his crap.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: sdesu on August 12, 2012, 08:14 pm
I'm just going to come out and say it..
I think this ad is better than a whole lot of anti-drug ads out there. The message was, "Sometimes what you want to do isn't what you should do." I think this says a lot about what goes on in the minds (and in some houses) of parents. They want to get so angry that they trash their kid's stuff, but this isn't how it should be handled. Talking to your kids and being honest about the good and bad sides to drugs is the best thing to do. I absolutely loathe those anti-drug PSA ads that use scare tactics rather than to be honest about drugs.

sdesu
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: lordofcourage on August 12, 2012, 08:45 pm
I remember a few months ago they put out a commercial with a kid doing parkour on 10+ story buildings. He was jumping from one building to the next then the camera turns to some teenagers sharing a joint sitting down watching this guy. One kid asks him if he would like to take a hit and chill.

The parkour kid ultimately says no and then goes back to jumping from rooftop to rooftop. The ad ends with "Above the Influence"

I lol'd ever so hard.

Just reading that made me chuckle. Rooftop parkour over relaxing any day!
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Theaides on August 12, 2012, 09:21 pm
Is this anti drugs or anti domestic violence?  I can't tell.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Skippy_Jif on August 12, 2012, 09:57 pm
anti-intelligence
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: TurpenT on August 12, 2012, 10:24 pm
I remember a few months ago they put out a commercial with a kid doing parkour on 10+ story buildings. He was jumping from one building to the next then the camera turns to some teenagers sharing a joint sitting down watching this guy. One kid asks him if he would like to take a hit and chill.

The parkour kid ultimately says no and then goes back to jumping from rooftop to rooftop. The ad ends with "Above the Influence"

I lol'd ever so hard.

Just reading that made me chuckle. Rooftop parkour over relaxing any day!

I have to agree. That might even beat out my personal favorite, the classic:

**CLEARNET**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKCYDrur_WI

(It's the commercial where the car full of stoners at the mcdonalds drive thru run over a little girl riding her bike.... for all you lazy bastards out there who don't want to venture over to youtube...  ;D )
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: DivineMomentsTruth on August 12, 2012, 10:40 pm
I remember a few months ago they put out a commercial with a kid doing parkour on 10+ story buildings. He was jumping from one building to the next then the camera turns to some teenagers sharing a joint sitting down watching this guy. One kid asks him if he would like to take a hit and chill.

The parkour kid ultimately says no and then goes back to jumping from rooftop to rooftop. The ad ends with "Above the Influence"

I lol'd ever so hard.

Just reading that made me chuckle. Rooftop parkour over relaxing any day!

I have to agree. That might even beat out my personal favorite, the classic:

**CLEARNET**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKCYDrur_WI

(It's the commercial where the car full of stoners at the mcdonalds drive thru run over a little girl riding her bike.... for all you lazy bastards out there who don't want to venture over to youtube...  ;D )

It happened to me, it could happen to you. I got 500 double points, I ran over twins. Points are serious, its how you get into heaven.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Limetless on August 12, 2012, 10:47 pm
That advert just reminded me I want to buy a new tv.  :-\
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Skippy_Jif on August 12, 2012, 11:22 pm
Well there you go Limetless. I guess it is positive in some manner. If you buy a tv you're not buying drugs.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Limetless on August 12, 2012, 11:34 pm
Well there you go Limetless. I guess it is positive in some manner. If you buy a tv you're not buying drugs.

Gunna buy one tomorrow I think.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Skippy_Jif on August 12, 2012, 11:48 pm
62in+ is the only way to go. Visio has a damn good 3D LED 65in for $1600. It has a really good picture.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Holly on August 13, 2012, 03:01 am
Buying things with the drug money you're sitting on because laundering takes time.  Gotta get rid of that money somehow.  8) idle hands.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Limetless on August 13, 2012, 03:03 am
Lol...laundering only takes time if you are a spanner. ;)
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: BlarghRawr on August 13, 2012, 04:06 am
That's the most hilarious video I've ever seen. I get the feeling that the drugs were the dad's and he was pissed that his kid nicked them. I mean, with that kind of reaction? That dad has to be snorting coke at least.

Hilariously bad.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Skippy_Jif on August 13, 2012, 04:08 am
Can someone mock up a video of that and post it on youtube? ^^^^^^^^
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: raelag on August 13, 2012, 04:22 am
Dad seems to have some kind of psychosis.

Dad (and ad makers) should consider professional help, imo.

On another hand, I don't give a ... about scare propaganda that is imposed to often.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Limetless on August 13, 2012, 04:30 am
Dad seems to have some kind of psychosis.

Dad (and ad makers) should consider professional help, imo.

On another hand, I don't give a ... about scare propaganda that is imposed to often.

Could have just been a shit TV that he couldn't get working, I threw a toaster against the wall once when it wouldn't work.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: melancholy on August 13, 2012, 05:35 am
A government surely can't allow such a moronic ad. A mature-minded adult smashing up his sons stuff because he found drugs in a bedroom is just plain stupid. A minor stashing drugs in his bedroom is no surprise. Although an O.K metaphor, what kind of responsibility and maturity does a dad show by doing something HE shouldn't be doing but wants to do, when his son has just basically done the same thing?
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: BlarghRawr on August 13, 2012, 05:41 am
A government surely can't allow such a moronic ad. A mature-minded adult smashing up his sons stuff because he found drugs in a bedroom is just plain stupid. A minor stashing drugs in his bedroom is no surprise. Although an O.K metaphor, what kind of responsibility and maturity does a dad show by doing something HE shouldn't be doing but wants to do, when his son has just basically done the same thing?
You are the literal definition of missing the point.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: melancholy on August 13, 2012, 06:00 am
A government surely can't allow such a moronic ad. A mature-minded adult smashing up his sons stuff because he found drugs in a bedroom is just plain stupid. A minor stashing drugs in his bedroom is no surprise. Although an O.K metaphor, what kind of responsibility and maturity does a dad show by doing something HE shouldn't be doing but wants to do, when his son has just basically done the same thing?
You are the literal definition of missing the point.

I haven't missed the point. I just think that the ad is stupid, because they're both doing the wrong thing. As a parent, as an adult, you're meant to set an example to your children, to minors in general, and this ad is just showing a parent who brings himself down to the level his child is at.
Title: Re: What the FUCK?!!
Post by: Ahoyhoy on August 14, 2012, 07:10 pm
It actually doesn't make sense. Can anyone explain the relationship between smacking the fuck out of a TV and taking drugs. Some hidden parallels I'm missing?