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Another Apple ad campaign crashes and burns under pressure from viewers
in 2024 when skibidi toilet is thought of as humour and actual humour is thought of as outrage.wonkothesane said:I’m curious why no one has criticized Apple on the cliches and stereotypes of the underdogs themselves.Which reminds me: stereotyping, cliches, their juxtaposition, exaggeration, sarcasm, etc have always been the foundation of humor. Guess, humor is not “desirable” anymore. What a pity.
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Another Apple ad campaign crashes and burns under pressure from viewers
thats real funny as you seem to be rather delusional in your view of bangkok, that the majority of bangkok is pristine, modern, spacious with massive roads when traffic congestion and bad air quality is a daily occurance. some parts are very clean and modern sure, but a large part of bangkok is still under-developed and badly managed.SkylightActive said:Personally, I feel the whole banning of this ad in Thailand is a lil overkill. Having said that this movement started with Western Expats living in Bangkok / Thailand who felt that Apple had misrepresented a place they now call home. To which Thai people caught wind and rallied with it.Extremism imagery like the use of the old airport terminal which hasn't been used for 15 years, or places that you'd have to really dig in to find such conditions is very far from truth. Not to say that there aren't, but it's becoming harder to find now. Im in Thailand at the moment and understand why people aren't ok with it. Bangkok has come a long way since the Vietnam war era. The imagery depicted in the ad is how it felt like. The old view of South East Asia during that era. Unfortunately modern day Bangkok (if you've visited it) you'd know that it's not like that at all. You can see it for your self on Youtube vloggers. Finding the supposed 5star hotel that looks darn old in the ad nowadays is hard. Most 3-4 stars hotel looks like 5 star hotels in western countries already. The massive roads and toll ways. The cab thing, even I haven't seen it in years (the whole vibe of third world Taxis). When I travel it's either the Metro/Skytrain or Uber (Grab) now. Even the busses are now converting to EV. Overall I think the people who call Thailand home (westerners or Thais) felt that what was depicted was very far from truth. Which is why they reacted as such.However, as a creative person who does these kinds of jobs, I think they nailed it. It's funny, nailed the brief. When you have a script like this, to make things funny, you need to use extremism and stereotypes in order to create humor. Which is why I get it why they used this extremism. Because it wouldn't be funny if it wasn't. Lavish offices or settings doesn't get people to laugh. To extrapolate it as insensitive is stretching it too far.
as much as we'd like to not stereotype a country, it is also important to be accurate and not over-hype a country as a reaction.
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Another Apple ad campaign crashes and burns under pressure from viewers
and i'm guessing you have the census of the entire thai population's thoughts on this ad and not just the comments from a politician with an agenda? if you're gonna speak as though your position represents a truer truth than the one you're against, you best be able to back it up.Stabitha_Christie said:
Who’s gracious of you to designate yourself as the gatekeeper of how the citizens of another country should feel about their depiction. Why would you ever want to let people speak for themselves, that would just be ridiculous.Cesar Battistini Maziero said:The video was great! People are getting so miserable. -
Dozens of stalking victims join AirTag class action suit against Apple
oh yes, cue the virtue signalers!mayfly said:The lack of empathy for victims of stalking, intimidation and violence facilitated by Apple's tracking technology in every post on this topic is stunning to me. What is wrong with you people??
For instance: "Simply…..DONT USE THEM" The victims aren't using them. AirPods are being used against them.
Or: "Who should they sue for making a bad choice of partner?" I feel sorry for anyone who chooses you for a partner.Or this: "Did the stalkers murder their victims with the airtags? Stupidity has no limits." Yes, they have, and continue to do so. AirTags are deadly weapons in the wrong hands, the same as the crosshairs in your gunsights. You're correct about stupidity having no limits. At least you know you're emotionally retarded.
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Steve Wozniak 'can't tell the difference' between iPhone 12 and iPhone 13
you see, thats the thing everyone only talks about, about wozniak - that he was the co-founder of apple because since then, he really hasn't been relevant in tech at all or had made any ground-breaking achievements... in fact he has and still is sitting back and making comments to blogs and whatnots for a quick-buck. Can't blame me for not taking his words or opinions with any degree of seriousness...darkvader said:What is wrong with you people?This is Woz, the guy who created Apple. The Steve who REALLY created apple, not the attention whore Steve who liked taking credit for what Woz did.And he's absolutely right. The iPhone 13 is effectively no different than the 12, which is no different than the 11. Phones are a mature technology, and pretending that a new model every year is somehow going to be an amazing upgrade is idiotic at this point."But battery life is better!" - Guess what? That's not innovation, Apple could have done that all along, all it takes is making the phone thicker so a bigger battery fits inside. We could have iPhones that work for a week without charging if Apple really gave up on the idiotic thin fetish.
