Comments on: Colder than…

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:02:53 +0000

It wasn’t an argument it was a statement. Believe what you want about those ads. My view still stands. You can get worked up about it if you want but I think it’s silly.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:54:40 +0000

Some people in every city suck… what kind of argument is that?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:02:51 +0000

Dude I TOTALLY want a robot to bring me beer. That would be awesome.

I think the ad is pretty funny, but then again I am not from and do not live in Toronto.

No one ever picks on Mississauga.

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:01:48 +0000

Well I’m glad to say that I’m not one of those people the ad is talking about. So it’s refreshing to me to see someone pointing out that some (maybe not MOST but definitely SOME) people in this city suck.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:56:06 +0000

Those ads never said all guys or most guys or all of Scotland or most of Scotland, they said those guys, those women and that specific place in Scotland. The Coors ad said specifically “most people from Toronto”….

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:51:55 +0000

Many ads are based on stereo types and even rely on them to make their point. It’s just one way that advertising is created. Check out some of the other ads I have on this site. The Heineken ad about women screaming about clothing and awesome closets and the one about men being lazy and wanting to have a robot bring them their beer. How about the one about Johnnie Walker with the smooth talking Scottish actor walking through the highlands.

Not all men would care for a giant refrigerator filled with beer.

Not all women care about clothes and closets.

Not all men have a problem walking to the fridge when they want a drink.

Not all of Scotland is covered in rocks and moss.

Some advertising relies on stereo types.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:43:24 +0000

Learning to laugh at yourself and a broad generalization about 3 million people in an attempt to sell beer are not the same thing. That ad: Dumber than most people from the east coast. Funny right? No? What’s it called? A stereotype? I guess beer drinkers are a stereo type, you’re all ike Homer Simpson… right? No? You get the point.