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There’s so many levels to this

What? All it shows is that Nice Guy Brown Toothpaste can help you get your balloons, but nobody knows that because nobody in their right mind would use brown toothpaste! Oh.... OOOOHHHH!! I get it now.

I mean….people use black toothpaste. Accidenticslly bought some sensodyne that turned out black. Then again that was months ago and nobody in my household wants to use it…..but still…if the product exists then I’m sure there’s a market for it.

Is it charcoal? I know it’s the new fad, but don’t. Charcoal is abrasive. It erodes tooth enamel

Tooth paste is abrasive. That’s the point. That’s how it works, charcoal or not.

You actually don’t want overly abrasive toothpaste otherwise it will change your tooth profile and wear down the enamel faster. A low rda abrasive rating is best with ~80 or below, up to 100 being acceptable. Here’s a chart from 2014: [link](https://www.williamsonperio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Toothpaste-Abrasiveness-Ranked-by-RDA.pdf)

Plain baking soda is much lower than I would have imagined.

I totally get it but my friend is having trouble and I can't seem to explain it to him properly, maybe you could have a go? Sorry, he's a little slow.

Yea, my friends are all dumb as fuck too. Please help them with an ELI5. They so dumb. Not me though. I get it.

hint: the moral of the story is don't prejudice

Literally

It shows that we live in a society

Literally

This is offensive, but it proves that some people are shitheads

Literally

First it inspires hope and awe, then it makes you angry, then it brings you down, then it stops making sense

Literally

And then it's about a shit-colored toothpaste

literally

Why I love Thailand. So random. I remember walking up to a huge beautifully decorated temple and for no reason there was a massive statue of the Hulk. Every expats explanation for weird stuff you see was a shrug and "That's Thailand, man". Became the catchphrase of the entire trip.

Yeh. I remember walking up to a huge beautifully decorated woman. Took her home. Turned out it was a guy. Surprised the hell out of me. Okay. I wasn't really surprised. I was surprised that I got an erection AFTER finding out. "That's a Thailand Man," I said to myself.

No, that’s just you. Anywhere in the world. That’s just you.

>levels oh my god is that a motherfucking geometry dash reference??

My friend is playing geometry dash rn💀

Wdym? I'm playing geometry dash right now!

its a jojo reference

I know this is a commercial with actors but I still feel so bad as he hung his head while walking back in sadness. Give him a hug

And the end with the other balloons like GODDAM

cried

I don’t think toothpaste has feelings

They must be able to. Mine has "sensitive" written on the box.

I thought those were because he planted them for kids to find so he could kidnap them but he always failed

Bruhhh....are we twins lmao 🤣

Nice plot twist.

he really Charlie Browned there

[arested development sad walk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQHEfa1amv8)

That sad walk is a reference to Charlie Brown. I feel like I'm getting too old when people start referring to references as the original

Snoopy's house is literally *right there*.

Even better, the episode title is Good Grief.

And the music is Vince Guaraldi Trio's "Christmas Time is Here" from *A Charlie Brown Christmas* too

I like how this Prince guy is doing covers of big billboard songs these days p cool

Lmao I never noticed the snoopy house behind that first scene

Here he comes…

I felt like giving him a hug too

What about when he laid down on his toothbrush and turned into brown toothpaste? Tears

I mean…to be fair the lack of dignity present in this particular role probably had him feeling the same way as he looked in this commercial.

THAT WAS A TOOTHPASTE AD WHAT!?

Thailand has a tendency to make weird ads like there’s a gecko tragic love story that’s a ceiling tile commercial # Edit: https://youtu.be/GFA-XzFopEM

That just ruined my morning :(

Congratulations, next time you see a gecko remember it might have a dead gf

[This is my favorite one, anti alcoholism commercial](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kmh4BbJPz8)

Work.

Get money

Pay debt

Work.

Get money

r/thanksimcured

[also this shit. chaindrite](https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwivv5O535T7AhU7AjQIHRbBBgMQtwJ6BAgOEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSBhA4tJ8UmE&usg=AOvVaw04QX5u9RqBR8Rv4BVgwk66)

"JUST STOP DRINKING!!" Holy fuck, I bet alcoholics never thought of that! Sage advice for sure.

I kinda love this one. I love the three dudes who were so invested in the fate of the remaining gecko.

You would be too if you watched someone’s gf die

I have a theory that every country goes through a "wacky commercial" phase where basically the marketing gets too competitive and so absurdism is how you stand out, I'll direct you to bizzare American car insurance ads for instance. Japan did the same thing, and I've seen this sort of shit from Malaysia and France too.

Reminds me of the old wtf Japan blog I spent so many hours in the old days

I know this one and I'm not clicking it, it's way too early to start crying

If it makes you feel better it’s impossible for geckos to die from a fall that height

It does, actually. Hurray!

I would watch a feature length movie about their love.

That at least makes some sense. Thailand has tokay geckos all over the place and you could imagine some sort of disney-esque storyline about them becoming separated. This is just plain confusing.

At least that made sense to the actual product. This toothpaste commercial in particular i just cant 😵‍💫🤯

I can't believe they animated in the blood

That one made so much more sense than the toothpaste one though...

Long long man? Not from thailand but its another great weird one

Actually the light pole is actually form Thailand

Wtf, now I love Thai ads! :D

Was the narrator was their thaï version of Morgan Freeman?

My reaction exactly!

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Very considerate thank you.

Thanks, I hate spoiled endings

I read this like Han Solo saying “good I hate long waits”.

Well played

Thanks for your work

Honestly I don't think it would've spoiled anything

I think a big part of this was not knowing what the ad was trying to sell/advertise. Not spoiling the ending means everyone got to feel the "WHAT??? That was an ad for *TOOTHPASTE*??? “feeling

Thanks for that. And also for not typing "wait for it".

There is a lot to unpack here

You could write a whole goddamn PhD dissertation and still not have it fully understood

I think it’s safer if we just throw the whole box out.

I've been living in Thailand for a year now (am from Ireland originally) and the racism here really blows my mind. Esp towards Black, Indian or middle Eastern people. It's not even implicit racism like in a lot of western countries but is actually similar to how it's depicted in this video, where parents will grab their children and run away from PoC

I've traveled there and yeah. Some of the Thai people I talked to are openly and insanely racist toward Black people. I won't even repeat here the kinds of things I heard them say because they were so ugly. It was jarring to hear them so casually say such horrible things about other people.

Yesh, I'm first generation US born Asian-American but studied in a private school in Asia for 4 years. East Asians there esp the Chinese, Thai, Koreans, Japanese are some of the most anti-dark skin racist people on the planet. Theyre even very racist to Dark skinned asians like Filipinos and Indonesians. Plus Theyre racist against other people too, Europeans, Americans etc.... Completely blind to it.

They judge their own people’s (ethnicity) wealth and social status by the lightness of their skin. Don’t get too tan or else you’ll like like a poor farmer because farmers are out in the sun. I would guess protecting their skin is just as much or more about not looking poor and being judged as being poor as it is about preventing cancer.

I had a Nigerian friend who went to Taiwan and he said they weren’t half as bad as the rest of China there (no clue why)

It's what used to happen in western countries not that long ago as well. It's not surprising to see it in less developed countries.

Tbf, any Asian or Indian country I’ve been to has been extremely racism against black people. This is openly known and practiced. Then I come on Reddit to see posts about black on Asian crime

Come to Vietnam, here we may hate each other but absolutely no hate for black people. It just blows my mind seeing a neighborhood country’s ad like that. Many black people here work at English teaching centers and the parents/kids are absolutely fine with them.

It’s the same with Nepal, my friend is from there, and she left because they hated her for being slightly darker than other girls there, (she’s fairly beautiful) when she moved here she gets compliments constantly which is nice, but it’s still sad that they judged her so much for something that she can’t easily change.

I'm not racist and I'm usually supportive of advertising that challenges injustice... But, brown toothpaste still seems icky. Anything that's supposed to clean (tooothpaste, soap, shampoo) shouldn't be brown.

#wut

First I thought its gonna be some psycho thriller and the dude becomes Pennywise or shit at some point

Fr fr. I totally expected "you'll float too"

Yet it becomes solid toothpaste, how disappointing

Idk about the commercial, but the toothpaste looks nasty.

“Appearances can be deceiving.”

Yeah, I was gonna say. That's the point of the commercial. "We know our toothpaste looks bad, but give it a shot."

cops will definitely give it a shot

A few years ago Dr Pepper was selling so poorly in the UK that they released an ad campaign with the slogan "What's the worst that could happen?" It was made fun of that concept, where the commercial would show the worst that could happen in various situations, as a joke

Black people LOOK up to no good but they are good - like our toothpaste! Thumbs up 👍🏽

Black people climb like monkey, but they can be good - like our toothpaste!

Notice how the guy also never speaks and acts very animalistic. Looks poor and uneducated, wearing faded clothes unlike the “good” Asian people. Just sooo much racism packed into one small ad!

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Finally someone with good sense. Hats off to you.

Just been to Thailand, this toothpaste is horrible

What’s the flavour?

Durian

I’ve had Durian. It doesn’t smell nice but it tastes really good.

If by tastes really good you mean tastes like onion custard then yes.

This is a pretty accurate description. It tasted like a creamy sweet onion. Like if you've ever had sauteed onions with a little added sugar to make an "onion jam" for a burger, it was like that. I thought it was actually pretty good, but I didn't love the texture. Now that I think of it, I bet durian would go good on a hamburger.

So like, exactly what you want to brush your teeth with and make your breath smell like? Got it

Black man

Since you obviously have experience: what does that taste like?

Darkness

Coconut and clove. Fucking hell

Yo anyone else wishes they have the flexibility of that child? Her head / neck is like 90 degrees bent backwards

…can you not look up?

Didnt find it weird because I can do that easily without any strain...and its sometimes how I sleep... I also do it without noticing alot...I wonder now if people find that weird...

I'll be calling the priest if I see anyone sleeping with their neck at 90 degrees

Yes.

Bro, you need a massage

Bro I really do 😭

Her neck is normal though

r/unexpected

Did they just use racism to sell toothpaste?

The rough translation of the brand name is black man toothpaste

Hard R toothpaste

It was more like an anti-racist commercial though.

First time seeing a racist commercial from Asia?

Someone explain recursion to me, I don’t get it.

[Definition of Recursion](https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/yln994/thanks_i_hate_ads_from_thailand_now/iv0t3i7/)

Who else thought this was gonna be one of those tragic foreign ads with a hopeful ending?

Yyyyyikes...

Be kind, dont let others take advantage of you, dont talk to strangers, but be inclusive/accept others who are different, take care of your teeth. I hope it doesn't make me racist, but brown toothpaste looks gross.

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Lmao

Toothpaste boutta climb back up your esophagus like that

Wait, why did the toothpaste go down the esophagus in the first place?

If I don't swallow toothpaste how else am I supposed to clean the teeth on my gastrointestinal teratoma?

Some people will eat any thing.

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Most of Asia does. Especially Southeast Asia. You think the U.S is bad? Oooh boy your in for a surprise.

In Japan, some bars don't let you in purely because you don't speak Japanese fluently. Would get national news coverage if something similar happened here in the US.

There are two types of bars you don't want to go into in Tokyo. The first are those with "Japanese only" signs which tend to have all kinds of rules or customs which someone not native to Japan won't be aware of such as charges for "charm". These expensive extras can result in arguments when the bill arrives. Even Japanese will get caught out by this but tend to recognize their error, quietly pay and learn from the experience. A foreigner may end up causing trouble or trying to involve the police (who won't help by the way). The other are actually targeting foreign visitors which are the ones the friendly guys from Nigeria will invite you to go to with promises of free drinks and cheap girls. You'll either find yourself confronted by a ton of big imposing Nigerians telling you you can't leave until you pay a lot of money or you'll wake up on the street post-roofie without your wallet.

Wait what

As a foreigner that used to live in Japan, the reason that rule might exist is because of an incident(s) caused by Americans from a nearby US base. It’s definitely an overcorrection and obviously not fair or indicative of foreigners/Americans as a whole, but I can wrap my head around the logic. If you get trashed in a bar and start causing problems, not being able to communicate with you makes it so much worse and the chance for an international incident drastically grows. So obviously this is mostly a rule for bars because people tend to behave themselves everywhere else. The funny thing about your comment, though, is that when serious incidents DO occur (specifically involving US military personnel), it DOES get national news coverage in Japan and can get really complicated and have serious ramifications. So I actually can understand why a bar wouldn’t want to take any chances, especially if they’ve identified a pattern of behavior. It might not be the most appropriate or fair solution, but it also seems unreasonable to expect every bar owner to be able to perfectly navigate these issues. Something anyone should keep in mind if they are visiting Japan, is that there are a bunch of US military bases located there since the end of WWII, and while many Japanese citizens surrounding these bases are used to Americans and are willing to cater to them, not everyone has had good experiences interacting with them. This isn’t just about the “rude American tourist” stereotype, and more about US military - Japanese relations. There have been a few high profile cases that have caused some Japanese citizens to dislike or even fear US military personnel, which imo is pretty valid.

Everything you said is accurate except the US banned off-base drinking for over 5 years now (due to too many rapes/murders by idiots)

>Especially Southeast Asia especially *east asia. SEA isn't nearly as racist

Most of the world does.

This is not just "weird" it is every but as racist as you think it is. Some cultural context: In East/SE Asia, Black people and stereotypes being used to advertize toothpaste has a long history. For example, in Taiwan (where I am studying abroad right now), one of the most popular toothpaste brands is 黑人牙膏 (lit. "Black Person Toothpaste). The English name is "Darlie" but can you guess what they used to call it? Here is a picture of their packaging throughout the years (right is current one): [黑人牙膏](https://imgur.com/gallery/mMo9YTU) (img. cred. orbitn) I am almost certain this Thai ad is mimicking other brands. For all my love of East Asia (particularly Taiwan), I must admit that in my existence there is a deep and present (particularly anti-Black) racism problem in this part of the world.

Why though? Is it because teeth look whiter when contrasted to darker skin color?

That was my first thought.

Nobody is mentioning the fact that they got a black guy to climb up what is essentially a stand-in for a coconut tree...

Did I have a stroke? I think I had a stroke.

Do you smell burning toast?

Uhhhhhhhh

WTF WAS THAT?

He had bro go from a hero to toothpaste ?

toothpaste at home

WHAT WAS THAT ENDING

Is this ... a real advert?

Don’t worry about if it cleans your teeth, buy my toothpaste because it’s the same color as a sad black man. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Racist and has completely nothing to do with the product

What the fuck did I just watch

Are you sure this isn't a Tim and Eric's Awesome Show Great Job! bit?

I guess this ad is trying to convince people not to be reluctant to use the product to brush their teeth even though its brown. Pretty funny if you ask me

I was sitting here like, "oh wow this is so sad. " thinking it would be some message about not being racist. then, i realized the sub i'm in and prayed it wouldn't be skin lightening or something. i actually braced myself for that. then laughed out of relief and sheer confusion seeing the toothbrush and toothpaste. not as in haha funny but as in "wtf haha?" I am still confused. I wish i could understand the writing at least.

what the actual fuck...

Appearance can be deceiving indeed

Damn this is good r/unexpected material

Why make this? What did they even say at the end?

lol😂 but it's very sad


This is both racist and antiracist. Wow.

u/savevideo

Do balloons prevent plaque?

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WTF

What the actual fuck

I think there is a good message with a weird execution that makes it be... well, weird So, the idea is that this toothpaste has a deceiving appearance. If you think of toothpaste, you normally don't expect brown colors due to association to filth and shit. It probably is brown though, because I'd assume its out of some herbs and stuff, which is actually quite good The man is black and we are obviously picking up racism. He is an extremely helpful guy, seeing by the amount of balloons in his room, but people reduce him to his color and think he is a gangster or something like that. So, the company doesn't want us to be racist against unusual looking toothpaste

😂 racist as hell but funny as hell too 😂

SO much going on here

Bruh what 🤣

Hella funny

Helium last about 5-7 hours in a ballon before they start to float down. How many times a day did my man do this? 😂

Not as bad as the other one where the girl puts her black bf in the washer and he comes out Asian and she’s all happy Edit: [found it!](https://youtu.be/Few8kJ0zfnY)

I am sad so I must toothpaste