tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post744595317144413334..comments2024-03-13T14:43:44.201-07:00Comments on Andrew's Blog: Corporate Pranksterism!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-14328716176169645232016-10-19T07:45:27.236-07:002016-10-19T07:45:27.236-07:00This may be a long shot but I really really messed...This may be a long shot but I really really messed up. <br />I recently moved and I accidentally threw away alot of sentimental stuff, one of which was a very special stalemate.<br />I have been with my Fiance for 4 years now and we recently got engaged, (wedding is next year) and it was through our shared interest in HomeStuck that we met, (at meetups called San Diego Stuck)<br />He used to make stalemates for fun but stopped when he heard you were making and selling official stalemates so I bought him one on one of our anniversaries. One or two years later we met you at comic con (he met you before but I met you for the first time) and we asked you to sign this white stalemate .<br /><br />I was hoping if there was anyway I could get another one from you signed in sharpie or signature stitched in or something, I would pay as much as I had to for it, it would mean the world to us, I feel so bad for throwing the wrong bag away :'(Casey Phoenix Whitehttps://m.facebook.com/public/Phoenix-Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-13899455790793615052009-04-01T22:36:00.000-07:002009-04-01T22:36:00.000-07:00First off... I have one question.You did remember...First off... I have one question.<BR/>You did remember the companies' products that the companies tried to sell you, correct? You know, the ones that tried to make you laugh.<BR/><BR/>I think the best thing you could do, even though some of this diatribe was mildly amusing - nearly funny - is try to ignore the commercials completely and not buy their product, even if you're in need of something that they sell. 'Cause then you're just instigating it.<BR/><BR/>Then just get other people to do the same.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, what I originally came here to do was find a way to tell you how much I appreciate the DS thing on Problem Sleuth. X3 That was pretty cool, Andy. :D And/or Andrew - whichever you prefer. <,<; I prefer Andrew too. :O 'Cause it was the name my parents gave me. ^,^;<BR/><BR/>Have a good day. :D<BR/><BR/>By the way, I know it's egotistical to show who this is from, but I just thought you should know 'cause of the thanks I'm giving y' for taking an unintended idea and cross-referencing it, so to speak, with the angels on the head of the pin thing. X3 It was great. :D And the fact that you did an epilogue for it too. <,<; Thanks. :D<BR/><BR/>By the way, one more thing. When seeing the typewriter in the Epilogue again this time, I couldn't help but thing, "Resident Evil" spoof. X) Lol. I think that could be pretty funny if done right, na? :DHolyDemonAndynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-34184394233594319062009-04-01T18:02:00.000-07:002009-04-01T18:02:00.000-07:00I, for one, would love to read the kind of long an...I, for one, would love to read the kind of long and boring version!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645505650465189435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-42720838161953855102009-04-01T17:51:00.000-07:002009-04-01T17:51:00.000-07:00Andrew,Corporations have gone through an evolution...Andrew,<BR/><BR/>Corporations have gone through an evolutionary phase in terms of marketing products to people. First, there was the "You're gonna buy our product and like it!" phase, which was around the time of Henry Ford and all that jazz. Henry Ford himself once said, "The customers can have any color car they want, so long as it's black."<BR/><BR/>Eventually, there was the "Yeah, here's our product, and here's the most basic information possible about it." This was a very long phase where you'd have commercials with Orville Redenbacher telling you, blandly, that his popcorn was better because it had more kernels.<BR/><BR/>Then you've got your 80s, which was the beginning of the "Hey! Let's relate to the customer a bit" phase. This quickly gave way to what we have now, which is the "Let's build up a relationship with the customer, that way they'll be more loyal to our product even when provided with a superior alternative." The best way to get on someone's good side? Make em laugh. <BR/><BR/>I'm sorry for the long-winded marketing history lesson, but that's the way things have evolved. And things ever rarely devolve to a previous state. "Funny" commercials are here to stay.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I do agree they are all horrible and need to stop, btw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-11578017654964266942009-04-01T16:44:00.000-07:002009-04-01T16:44:00.000-07:00I already said what I'd prefer: I want them to sto...I already said what I'd prefer: I want them to stop trying to be so funny! Because they're not.<BR/><BR/>Is it bad that there is more effort put into humor and production in everything? Yes! When every commercial tries to make you laugh, this is a bad thing.<BR/><BR/>What happens when someone tells you a very funny joke? You laugh very hard.<BR/><BR/>What happens when someone tells you 1000 very funny jokes in a row? You laugh hard for the first few, then sort of chuckle your way through the rest.<BR/><BR/>What happens when someone tells you 1000 mediocre jokes in a row? You'll want to punch them in the face after 20.<BR/><BR/>What happens when this is done by an entity called Burger King or Axe Body Wash? <BR/><BR/>Corporations cannot be funny when they try to sell you something. Perhaps they can pull it off in the vacuum of the unexpected. But when they are all trying to do it, ALL THE TIME, it's tedious and desperate and ultimately offensive to the field of humor itself. You can't pretend to be John Stewart and earnestly try to sell me fucking Corn Flakes or Toilet Duck or whatever.<BR/><BR/>Also I'm not sure what exclusive sponsorship of TV shows has to do with this.Andrew Hussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827371566279248427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-22236978749946330062009-04-01T15:19:00.000-07:002009-04-01T15:19:00.000-07:00True, they were less plentiful. Companies are putt...True, they were less plentiful. Companies are putting more effort and production value into their commercials. Is that a bad thing? Stations didn't always have advertising - a TV show would be produced and sponsored entirely by company?<BR/><BR/>Would you prefer the alternative where companies sponsor an entire programming, ala Winston's Cigarettes in the Flintstones?<BR/><BR/>I prefer the smaller scale these companies are advertising on.Michael Schnierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434985402001496150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-55101357530727314142009-04-01T14:49:00.000-07:002009-04-01T14:49:00.000-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fs4faI27fsthis is ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fs4faI27fs<BR/><BR/><BR/>this is the best PS youtube video i thinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-85611729610841428472009-04-01T14:43:00.000-07:002009-04-01T14:43:00.000-07:00But I didn't think they were funny then. I thought...But I didn't think they were funny then. I thought they were less plentiful. And they were.Andrew Hussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827371566279248427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-11019660802353310012009-04-01T12:29:00.000-07:002009-04-01T12:29:00.000-07:00Andrew, I want you to know that respect you as muc...Andrew, I want you to know that respect you as much as I wholeheartedly disagree with you. Companies are trying to be memorable, and if they can give me a chuckle while peddling their bachelor chow - so much the better for me. Commercials are just as benign as they were in the "where's the beef?" era. You just thought they were funny then.<BR/><BR/>I'll get off your lawn, old man Hussie.Michael Schnierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434985402001496150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-24547864562350231962009-04-01T11:43:00.000-07:002009-04-01T11:43:00.000-07:00You may be my favorite person, Andrew.You may be my <I>favorite</I> person, Andrew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-863948673437610002009-04-01T11:30:00.000-07:002009-04-01T11:30:00.000-07:00"and yeah a link to your old blog would be so nice..."and yeah a link to your old blog would be so nice :)"<BR/><BR/>I would, but my old blog no longer exists! I'm just copying from the original files saved on my computer.Andrew Hussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827371566279248427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-75929584247190507662009-04-01T11:29:00.000-07:002009-04-01T11:29:00.000-07:00"You realize that commercials have always tried to..."You realize that commercials have always tried to be funny, right?"<BR/><BR/>There's a HUGE difference between the funny "where's the beef?" type commercials of the past, and modern funny commercials. Modern ones are all timed and executed like miniature sitcoms, or worse, something trying to be more hip than that. The former type is innocuous. The latter is not!<BR/><BR/>They're also much more plentiful than in the past. In the 80s, maybe 1 in 10 were trying to be humorous in some way. Now it's more like 9 in 10.Andrew Hussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827371566279248427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-34983752031244376692009-04-01T10:50:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:50:00.000-07:00You realize that commercials have always tried to ...You realize that commercials have always tried to be funny, right? Maybe just not as aggressively as they do now. Charmin, Alka-Selzter ("That's a spicy meatball!")... It's not a new annoyance.Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-64513514375249343972009-04-01T10:42:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:42:00.000-07:00Every year, I head down to the local art movie hou...Every year, I head down to the local art movie house to watch the world's best (note - not necessarily funny) commercials, usually about a hundred of them. I truly enjoy myself.<BR/><BR/>But I haven't watched live broadcast television in several years. When I do, I mute commercials. I cannot stand the lifeless puppetry that passes for advertising. It's revolting.Palette 8-Bithttp://www.patadox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-60330449494109205012009-04-01T10:20:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:20:00.000-07:00Here in Brazil there's this one show which I watch...Here in Brazil there's this one show which I watch religiously, every Sunday from 8 to 10. It's a comedy show with really funny and talented people. In fact, it's so great and it got so popular that they have a "funny" commercial involving the people who do the show in between almost every sketch.<BR/>It's painful to watch.<BR/>Whoever writes that crap does it trying to mimic the way the hosts act. This results in them acting like unfunny versions of themselves. Almost ruins the entire thing for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-32312404475078749022009-04-01T08:48:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:48:00.000-07:00I don't even understand what CADIE is supposed to ...I don't even understand what CADIE is supposed to be... Google isn't being very funny.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06637043347880458035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-79797264826043268772009-04-01T08:18:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:18:00.000-07:00I'm a graphic designer, and I know just how you fe...I'm a graphic designer, and I know just how you feel. I find my self horrified by the sheer amount of bullshit I find myself involved with some days.wafflegearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444467963443474083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-63139553583756772752009-04-01T08:12:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:12:00.000-07:00Lol, if that is the way you feel about commercials...Lol, if that is the way you feel about commercials, don't check youtube. DX<BR/><BR/>Funny (LAME) jokes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-82486121611691119512009-04-01T06:00:00.000-07:002009-04-01T06:00:00.000-07:00And you know that shitty tendency to do unfunny fu...And you know that shitty tendency to do unfunny funny comercials its already spread trough other countries, i cant stop yelling profanities to my mexican tv!<BR/><BR/>and yeah a link to your old blog would be so nice :)<BR/><BR/>good luck!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838936487210154135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-21043982972646281732009-04-01T05:37:00.000-07:002009-04-01T05:37:00.000-07:00honestly, just link us to your old blog, even thou...honestly, just link us to your old blog, even though you claim it's a pile of sod.<BR/><BR/>do eet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040474486766110676.post-76130378724995924892009-04-01T02:48:00.000-07:002009-04-01T02:48:00.000-07:00Andrew Hussie, I think I like you more and more ev...Andrew Hussie, I think I like you more and more every day. I would tell you keep up the good work, but that would be like telling a typhoon to keep wrecking shit.LavosXIInoreply@blogger.com