iPhone 4s "Rock God" & "Road Trip" ads

Cathode_Ray wrote: It's interesting that you only see the lower part of his face throughout the ad. Heaven forbid that we should make eye contact with him, like normal human interaction.

Given the oral fixation the commercial has, it seems like Cock God would be the more appropriate name for the kid.

As far as the second ad, I'm fairly disgusted by that as well. It really doesn't promote the ever-so-prevalent smarmy douchebaggery as much as the 'Hipster God' advertisement, but it definitely promotes the EXTREMELY prevalent idea that 'You Cannot Live Without Technology', this idea that if your phone's battery dies, you might as well shut down and do nothing.

This sort of sh*t is a plague on society. "Remind me to do this again." Are you f**king kidding me? Are you seriously trying to tell me that having a functional memory is no longer 'in-style'? USE YOUR DAMN BRAIN. You were given the ability to remember things for a REASON. Shouldn't the memory of a wonderful vacation/trip be enough to remind this woman to do it again sometime in the future? I mean, come on.

In my eyes, this commercial blatantly explains the idea behind all of this technology. It blatantly elaborates upon it, putting it all out there, right on the table. The idea is that, instead of being a functional human-being with a brain that actually works properly, you should be a braindead tech-reliant moron incapable of independence and hooked up to your iPhone like it's a f**king surrogate brain/life-support device.

We used to do so many things. We went to the Moon. Hell, by the time we have the technology required to travel to Mars, nobody will give a sh*t. They'll be too busy playing Angry Birds 5 on their iPhone 8 XYZ 5.8 Beta Version 2C.

So these companies pump out more useless, worthless technological gadgets. The hordes of consumers eat them up and stare into their screens like brain-dead zombies. The companies make money. Everybody wins. Humanity regresses a little more and we all live in a diseased society.

Codtaro wrote: Thor wrote: So the kid tells his phone to call him "Rock God"---and it agrees.  I hope he's not overly flattered.       The phone was forced to say that. She wanted to say:   "you have to earn that name, you pathetic douchebag."

I know everyone is snarking on the speech synthesizer on the Iphone, but when I saw the ad I thought it was kind of cool to hear one of the Realspeak voices being used somewhere other than my screen reader. I think it's kind of funny that you guys think it's annoying. I think most everyone in the blind community rejoiced when they released these new voices. We used to get something that sounded exactly like Stephen Hawking *shudder*.

i think the commercial is dumb, but I laughed when I heard that voice. I agree whole-heartedly about why people don't like this ad, but I have to laugh at the ridiculousness of the Jaws voice saying, , "From now on I'll call you Rock God". Sorry, I guess it's a Jaws user thing.

Jimbo wrote: I always figured the "God of Thunder" reference in your username had something to do with incredibly loud farts.

Oh, you ain't seen nothin'!  Thor can be so much more vile....

I love the elocution from the voice.  "From now on, I'll call you Rock-a-God."

Thor wrote: So the kid tells his phone to call him "Rock God"---and it agrees.  I hope he's not overly flattered.

 

john koenig wrote: Their license plate says it all: Massachusetts

i wish the siri program had enough intelligence to laugh at the dork when he tells it to call him a rock god. please. get a life pathetic loser.

"The Garage --- Please tell me that's the name of a club."

That made me bust out laughing