What's the worst ad you've ever seen? (lemmy.world)

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I don't mean like scams or anything like that. I mean what's the ad that has done the worst job as an advertisement? Instead of making you want to buy the product you wanted to avoid it.

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[-] blargerer@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

I feel like any ad you remember isn't the worst.

[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

The point of ads is to entice you to buy sonething. Theres a higher chance of me buying something I dont remember the ad for than one that I make a point to avoid because of how terrible the ad for it was.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

You got it! Aside from anything seriously offensive, these are ALL better ads than the ones we've completely forgotten about.

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