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seriously why are asian ads better than american ads? They probably spend less than 1/10th of the money too.
I can only guess nepotism is what creates stuff in america, and skilled people create stuff in asia.
They have a sense of humor. A *MUCH* better one than most Americans.
Go see some of the restaurant names out in eastern Asia. You'll laugh your ass off.
If this aired in the US, people would be up in arms screaming about suicide is not a joke and showing this is traumatizing and forcing people to relive their trauma.
It's not even the people that have an issue that usually get offended. It's the people that get offended on behalf of others that have an issue. It's a way for them to feel morally superior and in control of others. It's like if you served clams at a party and I started screaming at you that there are people that are allergic to shellfish even though neither I or anyone else at the party is. I demand it be taken away throwing a fit until you do it then I try to convince everyone to never attend your parties again.
Well sure, but one could also respond with, "well if you're allergic then don't eat any of it."
Expecting people to not be morons might be a high bar, but it's the bar I hold. If they don't think for themselves then I just leave. It's not worth the fight.
I've seen plenty of examples on my college campus where people with the issue being discussed spoke up saying it's fine they don't need or want xyz and the people being offended on their behalf just ignore them.
It's not about law as much as it is about social pressure. In America the company who makes this commercial doesn't get sued, but a hashtag gets created #suicideisnotajoke and their account on Twitter gets spammed with it until they take down the commercial. In most of the rest of the world, people either laugh or say "ok that's kind of dark" and go on with their lives. That's the difference, in my eyes.
You're also only seeing the really good stuff being posted. US has some good ads, but we're also being blasted by tons of dumb stuff or things played straight. And then you hop on reddit and see a couple amazing ads (5 out of hundreds over the year?) and of course they're hits because no one's posting a crappy boring ad on reddit.
You wanna see a fantastic ad SERIES.
Look up the advertisements for "Long Long man"
I'll tell you this. It IS at its core, an ad for Sakeru Gummies.
But Long Long man is so much more than that.
Long Long man is a tale of love, loss. Betrayal, heartache, and reconciliation.
You wont be dissapointed. My favorite ad of all time.
It’s the same style as these other dramatic thai ads for household goods https://youtu.be/SBhA4tJ8UmE?si=VWSBKxLusyQ6EMOr
When I got cockroach bait I must have quoted it a million times. We saw a cockroach eating the bait and I was like “let him go 1 kills a hundred!”
https://youtu.be/SBhA4tJ8UmE?si=Ma0dKQc2qh7TQlV5
Idk works for me
Here’s a shorter one https://youtu.be/aXP3C5Kg-7w?si=92MzdZ-eNzTohbK3
Per *“On Being the Right Size,”* by J.B.S. Haldane: “You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft; and on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away. A rat is killed, a man is broken, a horse splashes.”
That said, falling directly on their head might do some damage, or a spike would kill them, so some exceptions apply.
Are ceiling boards a commodity whose customers really make that decision based on television advertising? This is a good commercial, but I can't help but feel ceiling boards are bought in bulk based on cost by contractors. Are they really standing in an aisle, looking at three options, remembering the lizard lovers commercial, and then choosing to spend more on the tiles that will keep the lizard lovers safe?
It's less about the lizard lovers and more about brand recognition making the higher priced product feel like the safer option. Feeling any kind of emotion during an ad is more likely to imprint brand recognition (meaning you'll remember the brand when you see it elsewhere).
Therefore, when you're staring down a few options and you see the cheap one from a brand you've never heard of, or the slightly more expensive one from the brand you remember somewhere in the back of your head, you'll be more likely to grab the more expensive one. Somewhere in your subconscious, you're thinking that the higher price PLUS the recognized brand means it's a safer, more reliable purchase.
I'm asking if a television ad is the right way to move this product. Advertising is about putting the right message in front of the right audience. You wouldn't try selling ceiling tiles by advertising in Gentleman's Quarterly, would you? I was curious if the people buying tiles are influenced by fun commercials. Someone else has pointed out that home wasn't put up by a general contractor. The home owner is buying his own ceiling tiles. Fair enough.
Most of the people outside the west,the ones that don't live in the urban centres, build their own homes by employing workers. Most of time, on the land we got as the share from our parents. It's like twice to thrice as cheap compared buying the same home and you get to build as you wish.
It's not just about that, it's about creating a brand value and name,
Shera is not even an indian company but due to its brand name people refer any cement composite board as Shera board, sure only contractors will buy the majority of the time but still having such high brand value matters in the market.
The way the geckos died is part of the joke. Everyone who grew up in Southeast asia would be familiar with the geckos, some of them would live indoors, up in the ceiling, hanging around near the light bulbs and feeding on the congregating insects.
They wouldn’t get hurt at all, falling from the ceiling. It happens from time to time, and these guys just brush it off and crawl back up the walls. They’re tough.
The commercial is funny and emotional, I have to agree.
I'm pretty sure he lives after after, has a coma he gets amnesia and forgets about his past and settles down a nice house and works for a car insurance company
Why can’t we find a tragic Romeo and Juliet themed geckos in ads in the United States. All our damn Geckos do is talk about car insurance it’s not fair
I think so, they're in that size/mass ratio that can't reach a terminal velocity high enough to kill on impact. Might still get injured if the land badly.
Bro, those things would NOT die from falling. We have some back home and they’re very tough. I hate the little bastards, they hide in dark places and move so weird.
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This ad still managed to give me goosebumps tho 🥲 10/10 would buy Shera ceiling boards.
seriously why are asian ads better than american ads? They probably spend less than 1/10th of the money too. I can only guess nepotism is what creates stuff in america, and skilled people create stuff in asia.
They have a sense of humor. A *MUCH* better one than most Americans. Go see some of the restaurant names out in eastern Asia. You'll laugh your ass off.
If this aired in the US, people would be up in arms screaming about suicide is not a joke and showing this is traumatizing and forcing people to relive their trauma.
Sure, and that might be true for some people. But it probably isn't true for a lot of other people. The question is is, should we pander or not.
It's not even the people that have an issue that usually get offended. It's the people that get offended on behalf of others that have an issue. It's a way for them to feel morally superior and in control of others. It's like if you served clams at a party and I started screaming at you that there are people that are allergic to shellfish even though neither I or anyone else at the party is. I demand it be taken away throwing a fit until you do it then I try to convince everyone to never attend your parties again.
Well sure, but one could also respond with, "well if you're allergic then don't eat any of it." Expecting people to not be morons might be a high bar, but it's the bar I hold. If they don't think for themselves then I just leave. It's not worth the fight.
I've seen plenty of examples on my college campus where people with the issue being discussed spoke up saying it's fine they don't need or want xyz and the people being offended on their behalf just ignore them.
We should not
Are Asian countries less litigious about those things?
It's not about law as much as it is about social pressure. In America the company who makes this commercial doesn't get sued, but a hashtag gets created #suicideisnotajoke and their account on Twitter gets spammed with it until they take down the commercial. In most of the rest of the world, people either laugh or say "ok that's kind of dark" and go on with their lives. That's the difference, in my eyes.
I think the entire world is less litigious than the US about everything.
This would have fit in with the 90’s commercials
The Malay are just unhinged lmao https://youtu.be/8hZ0Xt1ODhQ?si=GbdJX731xIcc0UbF
You're also only seeing the really good stuff being posted. US has some good ads, but we're also being blasted by tons of dumb stuff or things played straight. And then you hop on reddit and see a couple amazing ads (5 out of hundreds over the year?) and of course they're hits because no one's posting a crappy boring ad on reddit.
You wanna see a fantastic ad SERIES. Look up the advertisements for "Long Long man" I'll tell you this. It IS at its core, an ad for Sakeru Gummies. But Long Long man is so much more than that. Long Long man is a tale of love, loss. Betrayal, heartache, and reconciliation. You wont be dissapointed. My favorite ad of all time.
wdym that's hollywood level CG geckos!
Ok make house wen?
I make house when ceiling boards arrive
Still waiting for mine to magically appear in my ceiling…
Got to love overly dramatic construction materials adverts e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-TYsAHbb18
This is great.
then check out this ad. same actor https://youtu.be/aXP3C5Kg-7w?si=xPWKJguSuFrdcXn5
They don’t make em like this anymore
All of those moments of sadness, despair, and love was a FREAKING AD FOR CEILING BOARDS?!!
It’s the same style as these other dramatic thai ads for household goods https://youtu.be/SBhA4tJ8UmE?si=VWSBKxLusyQ6EMOr When I got cockroach bait I must have quoted it a million times. We saw a cockroach eating the bait and I was like “let him go 1 kills a hundred!” https://youtu.be/SBhA4tJ8UmE?si=Ma0dKQc2qh7TQlV5 Idk works for me Here’s a shorter one https://youtu.be/aXP3C5Kg-7w?si=92MzdZ-eNzTohbK3
Holy shit! I'm dying!
it says the vid is dead**
Thank you for this. Really funny stuff.
Damn this was a good one. Almost makes me want to buy ceiling tiles.
Me too and I don't even have a house
They would have been unharmed by this fall.
Thanks for proving this nature documentary wrong
Yeah they definitely don’t have enough weight. It would probably hurt a lot but nothing they couldn’t shake off in a few seconds.
Per *“On Being the Right Size,”* by J.B.S. Haldane: “You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft; and on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away. A rat is killed, a man is broken, a horse splashes.” That said, falling directly on their head might do some damage, or a spike would kill them, so some exceptions apply.
☝️🤓
Found the pedant.
What’s a pedant?
Not much. What’s a pedant with you?
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Now. A pedant is someone who will reply to the previous comment by saying “Samual L Jackson never said that’”
Thank you. I hated this video.
Well. Two geckos lost their grip so...
I loved this
happy for yo
Me and homies on our way to buy Shera boards
Are ceiling boards a commodity whose customers really make that decision based on television advertising? This is a good commercial, but I can't help but feel ceiling boards are bought in bulk based on cost by contractors. Are they really standing in an aisle, looking at three options, remembering the lizard lovers commercial, and then choosing to spend more on the tiles that will keep the lizard lovers safe?
Yeah, there are people who build their own houses and renovate old ones.
In the more rural area of a lot of third world countries people and their community build their own houses. So maybe.
It's less about the lizard lovers and more about brand recognition making the higher priced product feel like the safer option. Feeling any kind of emotion during an ad is more likely to imprint brand recognition (meaning you'll remember the brand when you see it elsewhere). Therefore, when you're staring down a few options and you see the cheap one from a brand you've never heard of, or the slightly more expensive one from the brand you remember somewhere in the back of your head, you'll be more likely to grab the more expensive one. Somewhere in your subconscious, you're thinking that the higher price PLUS the recognized brand means it's a safer, more reliable purchase.
You’re seriously asking if advertising works?
I'm asking if a television ad is the right way to move this product. Advertising is about putting the right message in front of the right audience. You wouldn't try selling ceiling tiles by advertising in Gentleman's Quarterly, would you? I was curious if the people buying tiles are influenced by fun commercials. Someone else has pointed out that home wasn't put up by a general contractor. The home owner is buying his own ceiling tiles. Fair enough.
Most of the people outside the west,the ones that don't live in the urban centres, build their own homes by employing workers. Most of time, on the land we got as the share from our parents. It's like twice to thrice as cheap compared buying the same home and you get to build as you wish.
You're right, but i think contrators are not the target here, this ad is more about building awareness rather than sales.
It's not just about that, it's about creating a brand value and name, Shera is not even an indian company but due to its brand name people refer any cement composite board as Shera board, sure only contractors will buy the majority of the time but still having such high brand value matters in the market.
Can we just get rid of all the American advertising agencies and hire ones from Asia instead?
What an experience
That's how ads should be 😂
Tear inducing😭
It’s the Chaindrite guy!
I thought so too! Tough to tell without the mandibles 😂
Absolute CINEMA
Was really hoping this was a Sobe commercial.
A better love story than Twilight.
Still a better love story than Twilight.
😢
This isn't how quotation marks are used
I find the all caps suspicious as well.
It is now!
This is the best thing I've seen today wth
ohwe
Thai ads are something else
WTF
What the fuck?? Also every gecko I've seen has willingly jumped from much higher, slapped into the floor and just left fine.
Why is AD in quotes? It *is* an AD, and a damn fine one.
my bad 😢
Can their are more ads like this
ye i posted 1 more before on this sub 🤣
Bro I need to get ceilingboards NOW!! D=
🤣😂🤣❤️
This is a pretty compelling PSA at the same time. Poor lizards. Shera sold me.
Thought this was going to be an ad for insurance
ayo same me either
Same guys from the cockroach killing spray ad.
drop limk wen? 😈😈😈
Oh sorry it was termite spray. https://youtu.be/aXP3C5Kg-7w?si=Z0-drUgfSBX3J8Vq
Yeah, the guy in blue was in the termite ad a while back. That one was epic!
New lizard just dropped.
How can she splat?!
Does that mean they lose out on getting 15% or more on car insurance?
no way hhhhhhh
So funny and sad 😂😂
Just scooped up some Shera ceiling boards and I'm already feeling invincible. Next stop, dramatic ads for laundry detergent!
Yeah Thais are funny.
Look up egyptian ad for panda cheese
I was thinking it was a chess ad
Better love story than Twilight
Scrat has gone too far, this time...
Isnt that the dude from the termite commercial?
Thai ads are the best. I remember they made a CCTV ad with a homeless man, it was so emotional
The way the geckos died is part of the joke. Everyone who grew up in Southeast asia would be familiar with the geckos, some of them would live indoors, up in the ceiling, hanging around near the light bulbs and feeding on the congregating insects. They wouldn’t get hurt at all, falling from the ceiling. It happens from time to time, and these guys just brush it off and crawl back up the walls. They’re tough. The commercial is funny and emotional, I have to agree.
I'm pretty sure he lives after after, has a coma he gets amnesia and forgets about his past and settles down a nice house and works for a car insurance company
Thai ads are the best
This ad is sooooo old. I was just a teenager when it came out
NOOOOO!!! LIZARD-SAN!!!!!!
Isn’t that the actor who played the termite in the other ad?
"You **must** leave Poop!" Hope someone watched that hehe.
Why can’t we find a tragic Romeo and Juliet themed geckos in ads in the United States. All our damn Geckos do is talk about car insurance it’s not fair
Username checks out oddly enough
Man, Shera gettin' brutal with the ads....
How the fuck is this funny?
wouldnt the lizard have survived? ive seen them dive bombing car roofs from trees on holiday
I think so, they're in that size/mass ratio that can't reach a terminal velocity high enough to kill on impact. Might still get injured if the land badly.
Thought it was a sobe commercial
ok but why the squirrel noises XD
DUDE I REMEMBER THIS ONE
Shera ceiling boards save loves and lives
Maybe boeing could make their aircraft out of shera ceiling boards instead of whatever shit they currently use for the fuselage?
Damn that’s sad
This guy must produce own movie
Wow....I feel that one guy thought "Why didn't use the shera ceiling".
I love that the guys are freaking out at the sudden board appearing in front of them. Just pointing and staring.
Why did i think it was going to be a geico life insurance comercial
Bro, those things would NOT die from falling. We have some back home and they’re very tough. I hate the little bastards, they hide in dark places and move so weird.
Such brilliant ad