F'd Ad Fridays: Dirty Sign Language PSAs

It's well-known that the first thing anyone learns about a new language is how to curse.

I guess it's the same with American Sign Language. "Dirty Signs with Kristin" is a hilarious YouTube Channel in which the super cute hostess teaches us the ASL versions of phrases such as:











See the rest here.

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"Bro Cruelty" parodies Sarah McLachlan's sappy animal welfare PSA

BuzzFeed posted this pretty good parody of Sarah McLachlan's animal welfare PSA by Socially Awkward:



The original:

Christina Hendricks celebrates Christmas with a product placement

I assume it's a "double"

According to Celebuzz: "Christina Hendricks celebrates with Johnnie Walker at her annual holiday party at a private residence on December 10, 2011 in Los Angeles, California."

No subtlety here. But it's also the perfect storm of booze, boobs and branding.

Buzzfeeder Gavon Laessig said, "It's as though two examples of perfection were dropped into the Large Hadron Collider and smooshed into one giant wad of perfection. We've discovered the Higgs Bosom. Why, yes, Christina Hendricks…I would love some scotch."

Me, I just can't wait for Mad Men to come back. But perhaps a stiff drink would get me through...

More pics here.

Another nude photo revolutionary for the Muslim world?

Maybe not. Pakistani model Veena Malik has filed suit against FHM India for using this cover photo, which she claims has been "morphed". The magazine says it has proof that the session was consensual and authentic.

And it's not just the nudity that's controversial, both in conservative India and Ms. Malik's home country. "ISI" is a reference to the Pakistani intelligence service.

According to The National Post:

[FHM India editor Kabeer] Sharma said the idea had been to take an ironic swipe at India’s obsession with the ISI. 

A tag line on the cover that points to the initials, reads: “Hand in the end of the world too?”
“People, especially young people in both countries, want to move past this kind of thinking,” the editor said. 

“It’s a very powerful picture — it took a lot of guts for her to do that. It shows a powerful, sexy woman not afraid to speak her mind.”

Speaking her mind, but then taking it back. Is this fear of backlash, or just a publicity stunt?

Either way, it's hard to compare it to Egyptian feminist blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy's not-for-profit and potentially deadly one woman online nude protest. (And note, with irony, the cover headline :Why naked protests are just amateur porn"!)

Putting nude models on the cover of a lad mag is hardly a step forward for feminism in Pakistan. But it does show that the global normalization of sexuality and nudity is affecting even very conservative cultures.

Lest we forget, Hugh Hefner started out not to pornify women, but to sexually liberate the repressed adults of the 1950s. Things went awry as Playboy outlasted the male-dominated society it grew out of, and today it is no better than its grandchildren publications such as FHM.

It's a dangerous road, to be sure, trying to sexually liberate women by sexualizing them. But will the end result mean a more sex-positive world? We'll see...

Tip and pics via Buzzfeed

F'd Ad Fridays: Hot dogs and WHAT?!?

This is not funny, especially since yesterday was World AIDS Day. But it is truly F'd.

Unprovenanced, via BuzzFeed

F'd Ad Fridays: Find His Porn

Who needs a trusting relationship of mutual respect when, for just $19.95, you can expose your partner's computer to some stranger's cyber-frisking?

From the site:

"Why do I need it? 

Long gone are the days when guys would hide their porn stash under their mattress or in their dresser drawers. Porn has gone virtual – which means no more adult DVD’s or dirty magazines that you will find lying around. Everything he looks at is right there on your computer, only problem is it’s not easy to find. Aren’t you curious what he’s up to? You are not alone. Most women are curious and until now there was little that could be done. Now all you have to do is try Find His Porn today and see exactly what he’s watching. "

Or you could just ask him to share it, if you're so into that kind of thing.

Via Buzzfeed

Headline writer unaware of Urban Dictionary

Via Buzzfeed

It's a Filipino-American newspaper from Northern California, provenance unknown.

For those of you neither young nor juvenile enough to find it funny, here is an annotated version:

MILF braces from FAP offensive

Japanese Triple Whopper ad is weird

Creative sessions in Japanese ad agencies must be truly surreal experiences.

"That burger is ridiculously huge. How the hell are you supposed to get it in your mouth."

"If only you could expand your jaw, like a snake."

"Brilliant! Get the storyboard artist in here!"

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F'd Ad Fridays: "I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash ya got"

"Edwina's insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase."

What a hilarious find by Buzzfeed's Dave Stopera — a Serbian Biology lesson book that stole its "happy family" on the cover from the Cohen Brother's awesome 1987 comedy, Raising Arizona.

If you haven't seen the film (shame on you) it's about a career criminal (Nicolas Cage) and his ex-cop wife (Holly Hunter) who turn to kidnapping when they cannot naturally conceive a child.

Not exactly textbook...

F'd Ad Fridays: Gaga sings "Happy Birthday" into a hoo-ha

This kind of thing is what the internet was invented for.



According to YouTube user "imyourhooker":

"Novemember 22, 2011 at the TERRYXGAGA book signing, I stuck my phone in my pants, while it was recording, told her what I did, and asked her if she could whisper happy birthday to my crotch.  

SHE DID IT, I LOVE HER SO MUCH."

I should hope so! It would feel weird to have someone you didn't love serenade your genitals.

 Via Buzzfeed

Forced memes aren't even trying anymore

Some Buzzfeeder posted this with the sarcastic statement, "Mark my words, this will become the new 'thing'."

Taking the Pop Tart from Nyan Cat and subbing it for the iPhone in "sexy" mirror self-portraits is mildly amusing — until you see the definition some Urban Dic submitter gave the term.

Internet, you can do better.

F'd Ad Fridays: Jordache is back to remind us that it was once a relevant brand

These retrospective ads for has-been brands can easily backfire, if they show a steady regression in cool factor.




From the chic disco divas to the People of Walmart? How the mighty have fallen.

Faber Castell art marker video rules

Vermeer's "Girl With a Pearl Earring" drawn in one unbroken line. Awesome.


Faber Castell from eric yeo on Vimeo.


Via Buzzfeed

F'd Ad Fridays: Reassembled pig

Next step: reanimation.

Via Buzzfeed

Update: Consumerist found the manufacturer, Greenridge Farm.

Here's a picture of the proud pork moulders at a food expo:

Gay lifestyle beer ads are just as lame as straight ones

Buzzfeeder hgrant just posted this collection with the comment, "Apparently gay men will only drink beer if it's low in calories, because you know, they totally don't want to get fat."

To me, it looks like the same "party on, dudes" and "you're gonna get laid!" tropes we're used to in lowbrow beer marketing. Except this time, it's dudes getting laid by other dudes.

Welcome to the world of beer marketing stereotypes, my gay friends. Party on.

The most amazingly unfunny commercial ever, by Yakov Smirnoff

"In Soviet Russia, ad sucks YOU!"

The glacial pacing, the unfunny script, the awkward mugging for the camera, laughing at his own jokes... this thing really has it all. It's astounding, really. Someone should give this Yakov an award.

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GoDog! Buns: The jokes just write themselves

Some Buzzfeeder posted a GoDog! display and described the bun as a European "method of hotdog". But the company is actually in Wisconsin.

Get a Grip-Not a mess! 

Teach an old dog new tricks! 

NEW...INNOVATIVE...FUN 

Frequently Asked Questions: 

Q:    How in the heck do you get the condiments in? 

A:     It doesn't take any longer to put condiments "IN" the bun than it does the old fashioned way!        Simply squirt, squeeze, pump, spoon or pour the desired condiments down the "inside" wall of the         opening...allowing it to run down the "inside".Catsup, Mustard, Pickle Relish, Mayonnaise, BBQ Sauce, Melted Cheese, Chili Sauce, Sweet n Sour Sauce, Pizza Sauce etc. Add thin slice Pickle, Finely Chopped or small slices of Onions and Peppers.
... 

Not just for Hotdogs! Any Sausage will work. Bratwurst, Italians, Kielbasa, Cheddar Dogs, Jalapeno Dogs, Polish Sausage. 

Try BBQ  Chicken, BBQ Beef, BBQ Pork. Sloppy Joe, Chicken Salad, Ham Salad, Tuna Salad! 

Don't stop there...use your imagination! 

"dontgetanyonya"

Don't get any on ya.

Even the product description is... ummm...

GoDog™ Standard Size 6" long / 1.35" diameter opening
(fits any regular size store bought hotdog)
$14.40/case + $12.95 Shipping & Handling

GoDog™ Brat Size 7" long / 1.5" diameter opening
(fits the bigger size products)
$14.40/case + $12.95 Shipping & Handling

F'd Ad Fridays: The Shit Box

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"Little Jack"?

F'd Ad Fridays: Gatorade for Hangovers

Nice little parody (Flash only) by Jest, found on Buzzfeed.



Personally, I prefer Pedialyte.

F'd Ad Fridays: A Public Service Announcement about deadly assassins

This bit of fun is from Greenstorm Film.



Hey, didn't that bald guy used to be in Smashing Pumpkins?

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