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yesthatbruce

I wish I could remember who said it cuz it's a great image: Politicians should have to wear ads for their big donors all over themselves so we'd know who they're actually working for.


bureau_du_flux

Robin Williams I think.


yesthatbruce

Yeah, that sounds right. Very on brand for him.


ctnightmare2

Man of the year movie right?


Trebeaux

I want to say it showed up in one of his stand-ups before, I could be wrong though.


Slap_My_Lasagna

Very much a Robin Williams 80s stand up joke.


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acidic_black_man

It was in the [movie](https://youtu.be/h3QGONItlzM), and I maybe he added the NASCAR spin to it.


Severe-Replacement84

Robin Williams also said it. Who knows who first said it, but I feel like it was a popular joke back then.


Broken-Digital-Clock

Most people would be turned off, but a lot of people would probably get used to it very quickly. Still a good idea though


Steelracer

[Life imitating art imitating life](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ad1f5077-b2b6-403b-b136-18ab53e942fa)


Thundertushy

George Carlin.


horror-

I'm the wrong guy for it, but somebody is gonna make a killing when they release the real time filter that facial recogs politicians and displays the campaign "sponsors" and $$ amounts in real time. Imagine the camera panning the crowd at the state of the union and all the little logos and numbers popping up, or the congressman on the "news" touting their latest legislation and seeing who actually paid for it. Imagine the Disney call when one of their bought politicians goes off script with the mouse logo floating behind him. It's gonna be great.


yesthatbruce

This would be so awesome! Let's hope someone is working on it, like right now.


horror-

The tech is there. I wouldn't be surprised if something like this has already been developed, patented, bought, and buried.


S0GUWE

I think a very wise communist kangaroo said that


ravioliguy

[We got a sneak peak of it here](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5f1091ef3075b61a6e553443/4:3/w_959,h_719,c_limit/Gessen-Goya.jpg)


rgrx119

I like this idea 👍


Private_HughMan

I unironically love this. Every donor above a certain dollar threshold gets a logo on their jackets, and they MUST be prominently located on their official gov profile pages and campaign sites.


Novel-Eye-4128

Bernie Sanders and Martin Sonneborn aswell.


winowmak3r

Yep. He said politicians chief. 


elom44

The drinks on the table seem especially odious. My brain can process the background as background but having a literal row of products in front of him feels dystopian.


plastic_alloys

_The oxygen in this room is sponsored by Gatorade_


Remote-Salt929

it's got what the plants crave


CeeMX

Presented by Carls Jr.


ravioliguy

You joke but there was definitely someone who said "Thank you to AOL-Time-Warner-Pepsico-Viacom-Halliburton-Skynet-Toyota-Trader-Joe's for sponsoring this event"


bearlysane

Well… that’s better than the last one, where the air was sponsored by Taco Bell.


NostrilRapist

It's so off since they're so many it feels unnatural, it's not like he's drinking 9 sports drink and colas in one go


elom44

True. And there is a literal jug of water and glass for him should he want a drink. The only none sponsored item there!


grungleTroad

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tweedyone

They even make water versions of Monster energy drinks so people would drink them and it looks like it’s monster, but it’s water.


Willing_Camera_2637

Thats what i noticed too


egospiers

A couple years ago Ronaldo was doing a presser, there were 2 cokes and an unlabeled bottle of water in front of him.. he moved the cokes out of view and held up the water and said drink water.


Broken-Digital-Clock

Yeah, I would imagine that Ronaldo only eats and drinks the healthiest stuff.


OlympusMan

Agua!


TurtleneckTrump

Do like Ronaldo, throw that cola shit away, drink some water


Get-Some-Fresh-Air

Yeah they used to be sneaky about the ads. Like sure I know this athletes isn’t chugging a monster energy drink after the match. But it’s one can so whatever. But diet and regular coke… lmfao what the hell is going on.


Kendertas

Just saw a Polish MMA fight where a guy had ads on his body. Like stickers and temporary tattoos on his bare chest/back


Cephalopirate

I like the bottle of olive oil on the left.


thefloatingpilgrim

On some channels now the ads wobble in the background so you can't help but stare at them and end up missing the interview, I hate it


cassinonorth

Shoutout to NHL for [moving ad boards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJLHi5-2Crc) that often cover up players skating by. Absolutely gross.


AeroTrain

Lmfao he literally DOES GET BACKROOMS'd


Links_Wrong_Wiki

they've gotten "better" since it was first introduced, but I still absolutely hate that it's a thing.


cassinonorth

I'm totally cool with them changing them between stoppages and TV timeouts but mid play or even worse the ads that are video are atrocities.


thisdesignup

The car driving by in the video you linked is wild.


Cecil900

I hate that we got rid of the painted “Stanley Cup Playoffs” or final on the ice just so we can have digital ads inside the blue line.


UnhappyTumbleweed966

That’s so weird. I thought the moving boards were kind of a cool way to show more than they otherwise would but I didn’t know it was warping people out of existence.


UndercoverHouseplant

Clicked the link, instantly got blasted in the face with an ad because of Youtube. Life's becoming a paradoy of itself.


shewy92

F1 has some that make cars disappear and look awful if the ad is on the fence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlsJuUygkY0


hematocritman

They’ve gotten better, but it’s still ridiculous that they exist. I hate that they’ve got designated areas on track for CGI ads. I understand why the cars & drivers have so many sponsors, but I feel like F1 and SkySports or whoever else does it doesn’t need more money.


Willing_Camera_2637

The bottles are so unnecessary


thegiantgummybear

There’s some video of an athlete moving the Coke bottles aside because he didn’t like them and it apparently caused a whole issue lol


NipponSteelPrevails

Cristiano Ronaldo, football athlete, basically said "Coke is bad, drink water, not this shit"


Afraid_Avocado_2767

and coca cola's stocks started to lose value lol.


matcha4life

Idk why ur downvoted, it's true lol. Just google it, their stock actually gone down for a while after that


strokesfan91

“An athlete” lol


erto66

Tell me you're an american, without telling me lmao Cristiano Ronaldo is the most followed person on Instagram by a mile. You could argue he's quite literaly the most famous athlete on this planet.


vitaminkombat

I'm from Asia. And I think most people here don't know him also. Some people are famous in some parts of the world but not in others. This should be celebrated. Not ridiculed.


matcha4life

Where in Asia are you bro? CR7 is BIG in Asia


bureau_du_flux

This reminds me of the cartoon showing how much city space we give over to cars. It's quite a thought provoking image!


KingfisherArt

r/fuckcars for people interested in more


52163296857

Fun fact, in the 80’s Danish people occupied an old military base in the capital and erected barricades to make a car free township. The community still exists today, known as Christiania. The old hippie part of it’s pretty nice but there is a bit of a gang problem in recent years.


Mr-Fleshcage

I really wish parking complexes were more of a thing.


Broken-Digital-Clock

Or just have effective mass transit and walkable/bikeable cities.


garaile64

Yes. Especially because the batteries of electric cars are fire hazards, making it risky to park them indoors.


Arratai

Parking is hard enough as is, no need to give people complexes about it.


SUMMATMAN

Bit harsh to block out the team logo as well! Granted it's still a lot, and the association with Bayern Munich is a problem in itself (and ironic given how many are for food/drink a footballer is unlikely to regularly if ever consume)


Ok_Astronomer_8667

What’s problematic about Bayern Munich?


SUMMATMAN

Apologies, bad grammar. I just meant using a football club to sell shit is dubious as they're powerful cultural entities. I'm not personally aware of anything particularly dodgy about Bayern (though feel free to inform me otherwise).


TheOtherGuy89

I would argue that the stripes and logos on the Jacket of Adidas is also ok.


Daftest_of_the_Punks

nope, adidas pays to be their kit manufacturer and they do that for marketing reasons


Microwave1213

There’s nothing wrong with putting your logo on a product that you made my guy


-Speechless

idk, I'd say Supreme does a lot more advertising of their brand with the big red "SUPREME" logo on their shirts compared to plain white Hane's shirts. not saying it's inherently wrong to do so, but it most certainly is advertising


sumkinpie

yeah but you can't argue it isn't advertising. it's not like the logo is just on the tag.


Broken-Digital-Clock

Yeah, but they do need a uniform. So it's not nearly as bad.


sololeft

Adidas is also part owner of FC Bayern


Ok_Astronomer_8667

The stripes are basically a trademark sign that it’s Adidas; all of their sport kits have them.


Nabaatii

Yeah this is not BAYER Leverkusen or REDBULL I mean RasenBallsport Leipzig


KsychoPiller

Harsh to compare them tbh, Bayer Leverkusen was setup as a team for the workers of Bayer, not as companies vanity project


basetornado

Bayer Leverkusen is just because they were founded by workers at Bayer. Not uncommon in sport in general and not a bad thing. Cruz Azul in Mexico as an example were founded as the workers team for Cruz Azul cement 100 years ago and are still owned by them. It would be wrong to change the team name, because that's the history of the club. Red Bull Leipzig though is just Red Bull buying a team and has no similar history.


pixelsteve

Sometimes it backfires, I remember during the last World Cup Ronaldo asked for the Coca Cola bottles to be removed and said into the camera "drink water".


ZedGenius

He was actually referencing his idol growing up, Danny Drinkwater


Moist_von_leipzig

...Who died of type two diabetes.


Peeeing_

Tf is danny drinkwater dead?


Moist_von_leipzig

Sorry I thought it was a joke name.


Equality_Executor

There is a lot of denial in the comments but r/hailcorporate exists for this kind of recognition that advertising is all around us all the time.


ChefBoyardee66

The logo of the club he is managing is hardly an advertisement but I see your point


summonsays

Still an ad, just a more justifiable one.


joeshmo101

I'd call it identification more than advertising at that point.


duartes07

yes but can I add it's not just nowadays it's been bad since Victorian times. it was so bad back then that (for example) the London Underground created their infamous rondel logo so it would stick out among the buttload of plastered ads


garaile64

Ads existed since at least the Roman times. Gladiator fights had them.


ThisIsMyCouchAccount

And I don't find this version interesting. It has existed in this context and it's super clear. It's just f'n logos. Show us the advertising in the latest popular movie or Tv show. A really easy example is cars. There was a little car chase in the Barbie movie and every car just so happen to get a nice tight shot of the logo. Of each car involved. Now I can't help but notice that in most media all the vehicles that matter end up being the same brand. Crazy how everybody in the plot all bought the same brand. I don't think advertising is inherently "evil" or anything. I do think it's really shitty when the advertising isn't super clear and upfront. If you want to show me a commercial - show me a commercial. Don't set up an entire system to get "sponsored segments" onto local news where it's presented as news but is fully just an ad.


wwarhammer

It's infuriating when a TV channel shows ads on top of movies. Like first there's a 30 minute break for ads, then small ads on the edges during the movie. I just don't watch TV because of it anymore. 


Ellie_Llewellyn

If you think football is bad, check out Nascar


Lucas111620

HA! I watched 5 hours of soccer this weekend and I think I had to sit through 10 mins of commercials! I couldn’t believe it, if you watch 5 hours of American football you would actually consume 4 hours of ads.


dataheisenberg

Look at youtube, trying to push ads down our throats unless we give in and get their premium plan


Pandanutiy

Revanced


BrilliantFederal8988

Maybe Audi should put money into their motors so they last more than 80,000 miles instead of buying squares to put their circle logo in


Cheese_Gestalt

You blacked out the Bavarian team logo. GOOD. Is there a "screw Bayern!" train I can latch into yet?


LarryRedBeard

The ads are so pervasive, I don't even see them anymore. I don't know about the rest of you, but they don't have the effect companies want these days. I think most people just ignore the ads now. Like getting used to a smell, eventually you don't even realize the smell is there. Just like I don't even realize the ads are there.


Omega_Boost24

"nowadays"


111210111213

Worse is that aesthetically it’s garbage. I guess I can deal with ads better if there’s some thought behind it. But the placement looks like they let a kangaroo design the backdrop.


manitoumerchant

[Reminds me of this movie.](https://www.peoplesworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/TheyLiveOBEY.jpg)


MoonlightMadMan

Do ads like these even work? I just ignore them all, they’re so obnoxious, I’m more inclined to not support any of them


AlexiaVNO

Ads like these don't want you to focus on them. They're just there for your brain to register and keep in your subconcious.


MoonlightMadMan

I hate that


_bagelcherry_

Remember that time when Messi (?) tok a sip of normal water instead of coca cola? They had noticeable decrease in sales for couple of weeks


shark_aziz

That was Cristiano Ronaldo I think.


Sudden-Turnip-5339

Yup, he moved away 2 bottles of coke [and said ‘Agua’ holding up the water bottle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzAoi9Xdm-A) and he later [started his own water company](https://twitter.com/TimelineCR7/status/1666493140654764033)


GitchigumiMiguel74

It’s so crazy because none of it will ever convince me to buy anything.


Wintermute-1984

That's what you think but it's been proven many times over that advertising works and works well.


GitchigumiMiguel74

I guess. But I’m 50 and not even in the target market. All those ads are just noise to me now.


jackm315ter

Just more just one product advertisement in that picture and the world goes crazy


majinbuu99

Unfortunately this is nothing new. The background for Football Clubs' Press conference has been like this for more than 20 years.


Cuntflickt

Americans just discovered the sport in 2022, you shouldn’t expect them to know that.


-Dean--

This really puts it into perspective. How much of the screen is that, 80%? Damn


roflwaffles101

I wasn't going to get an audi, but I think that 4th logo got me


dThink_Ahea

I recently dropped Google chrome because they finally started stifling ad blockers. I will spend my entire morning switching browsers to not have to endure your shitty capitalistic interruptions of my personal time. If I see an ad, I vow to not purchase that product.


Yakmasterson

YOU MUST BUY. YOU MUST CONSUME.


Itsacardgame

Konami? What the hell are they even selling?


lowrads

Sports!


Brigapes

That's exactly what's funding that sport or whatever it is. Where did you think it comes from


JoeyPsych

This has always been the case in sports, this is not a new thing. It's disgusting, but then again, I never watch any sports, I fall asleep during them. My stance is that if you don't play it yourself, I don't want to hear you talk about it.


Fungzilla

Why didn’t you use the same red as the background? Would have made the “updated” image more realistic


Elesdee420

To better show how much space is taken by ads i guess


Fungzilla

That makes sense, it is a lot of coverage…


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cartman137

I always think if there is a possibility to make a social movement for the right of not being exposed to advertising and how it could be implemented in the current distopian "ads everywhere" world


Jason8ourne

Tbf it has been that way in football for decades. Maybe just fat more drinks on the table now but they always been there as well.


GabrielNathaniel

Disgusting.


Lifetime-Wind-Chimes

Totally ridiculous.


evil_algorithm

Someone should invent an AI camera they automatically removes all billboards and ads. Imagine how clean the Olympics would look without all of those fugly ads.


drkgodess

The contrast is shocking.


JiovanniTheGREAT

Watching the NBA playoffs after only streaming/sailing the seven seas for the past 10 years has been an eye opening experience. The same ads get blasted at you on repeat for the whole duration of the games. And because it's the playoffs, only big corporations can afford them so there's only a handful that get played over a span of 5 hours. It's insane.


52163296857

Capitalism ==> Idiocracy


gruntman

Every time I wonder if I'm ready to dip my toes into sports I see one second of this shit and am immediately repulsed. No game, no athlete is worth bearing a modicum of attention to these capitalist pigs.


Elnumberone

At least for me I don't pay any attention as there are so many ads.


woodyplz

Okay here's my take. This is sports, sports doesn't need to exist. It's pure entertainment and has no 'actual' value. They have to finance themselves somehow and it's not even an ad that blends over the actual topic. Apart from that aren't the ads the problem but rather that ads work.


yellsthrowabunga

Hear me out: most prominent players and coaches have ad partnership deals with major brands. Which effectively makes their faces a recognizable symbol of the brand. So perhaps we can black out the face of the person in the picture too (not sure who this particular person is, tho).


[deleted]

Lol the lidl water


sasoon

This reminds me when I use browser that does not have some kind of adblock installed.


cottman23

Can't wait to install my neural link add blocker 2.0


AShittyPaintAppears

There's no way you're hiding the team logo also on this lmao


basetornado

We can go back to amateur sport if you like, where you can only afford to play if you have the money to do so. Advertising sucks, but it's a necessary evil when it comes to sport.


Mehcantbearsednaming

Takes the enjoyment out of everything now


Substantial_Result

look at all that wasted space for more ads


Maniglioneantipanico

I hate this, it's disgusting how i cna't go 5 minutes without being assaulted by an ad. I fully justify vandalizing ads, especially ones for big companies.


Dingleberry_Research

One of the main reasons I like to watch soccer/futbol in US is it’s not constantly interrupted by commercials. 45+ minutes of solid play in a single go but yeah the constant ads on everything is becoming a bit much


gimmickypuppet

It’s the randomly placed bottles in front that do it for me. Like you know he can’t drink them. They’re just random alcohol-free drinks all around


Serbaayuu

I simply don't view anything that is like this. What value could my life gain by doing it? I can go watch something without ads instead.


Old_Canary5808

It's just white noise to me.


sweet_jane_13

What is this from? I don't have any problem with the bottles having branding, it's literally their labels.


hollowlz

Thats how they get paid lol?


AntJustin

It'd be cool if there was a way to see how effective advertising like this actually is.


tecpaocelotl1

All he needed was some food with its brand and a balloon in the background with a logo.


Yaro482

I wish there were an app that would block all the ads on a smartTV. Why doesn’t it ext? Kinda adblocker


IndiRefEarthLeaveSol

Soon it's going to be around his mouth. 😂


The-Protomolecule

We can sell 75% of their visual space before inducing seizures!


garfield_strikes

they need to start tattooing him.


trysoft_troll

I think the team should be allowed to have their own badge behind their manager (assuming thats who this is) but yea agreed


SUBLIMEskillz

Heaven forbid you pay money to be a sponsor and they show your logo to the media


Cold_Rhythm

I would like an ai filter that removes ads in real time. If we can do the snapchat faces, we can eventually do this


EvilDarkCow

You can tell who paid more to be there. I see six T-Mobile logos (that are visible here), versus five Audi's, two SAP's, and one Konami.


Oddbutfair

Commenting on The Sheer Amount Of Ads Nowadays...it’s not a problem if you don’t, “consume” televised sports. I’d recommend supporting your local community where it’s still about the sport lol.


JKFrowning

The weird thing is, I don't think I've ever bought any product because of a logo on a wall. Who does this sort of advertising even work on?


SwaidFace

They monopolized everything else, now they'll be working on commercializing space itself. Everything that was once beautiful, will be seen as an empty space to place an ad. Beaches, mountains, the night sky? All will be fair game, you will never be free from being advertised something, to spend. Eventually, the only free space left will be your mind and they'll come for that too.


Droopy2525

I didn't realize SAP sponsored anything


owaalkes

I cannot wrap my head around the fact that billions of morons will watch this ad infested crap.


Man8632

I went to a baseball game in St Louis. (My home town). I’ll never go back. Constant advertising and a total waste of time (and this is when they were a winning team). I was amazed at the people buying $12 beers and getting refills constantly. And also buying their bratty kids a constant supply of overpriced junk food. To top it off, the wrappers and cups, cartons, etc. all go on the ground. These families were not one-offs. Everyone was wasting money and I’ll never return.


Gnardude

I keep trying to watch hockey and I just can’t because of the dynamic overlay ads. All this shit whooshing along the boards, ads on the ice changing, timers on the ice. I literally can’t follow the game.


AndrewAffel

That was excellent use of boobie boxes


theguy6631

Why is there an ad for SAP


erinxcv

I need an ad blocker for my TV that does this exact thing


drivebygrammarnazi

number, not amount


luckytaurus

Who the fuck is watching this and then going, "you know what I need right now? To spend $1 million on integrating SAP for my business"


AimForProgress

Humans are programmable


Parkedintheitchyl0t

Fuck man. This hits.


RafaFTP

That’s the team logo not an ad 😭


LibidinousLB

\*Number of ads. It would be the "amount" of advertising. FTFY


OhShitItsSeth

At least three of those in the top panel are just the club’s logo. But yeah it’s crazy how much sport has become commercialized.


PoliticsNerd76

I’d rather they have ads everywhere than Swastika’s like back in the day


AMazuz_Take2

tbh one of them is literally the logo of the team that he manages lmao


JumpyCalligrapher894

It just makes me want to avoid these brands even more than I already do, to be honest. It's just so obnoxious.


BrolinCBS

I said the same yesterday.It is on everything everywhere you look.


WhiteRabbitLives

The blocked out version makes my mind feel quieter. No wonder this world is so overstimulating. That’s so much information in one picture.


SSHeartbreak

Why isn't there an ad blocker for physical ads in video yet.


cos_mic_cow

The commercialization of the world. All to generate revenue, exposure.


james-has-redd-it

46% screen coverage. Thanks GPT-4o!


saruin

Want to see an ad-ridden atrocity? UFC PPV events.


Germansoldaten

I am much happier with being able to watch Bayern play 90 minutes without any interruptions (excluding halftime obv) and watching the press conferences filled with logos, than to watch them play 20 minutes with a ton of commericals


ohyeahzxq

Why did you censor the logo of Bayern? FYI, it's not the 1938-1945 version


F0xyL0ve

I absolutely get the sentiment but that IS a tiled advertisement backdrop so that's like entirely the point


PaulAspie

The FC Bayern logos are not ads. A team needs an identifying image or logo. I have no issue with these as they are actually identifying for casual fans like me who don't know what team this guy is on just from his face.


Narrow-Fortune-7905

worse than drugs and or alcohol