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    Dave Andy Cush
    5/12/16 10:52am

    Do you know how I am old? I’ve never once seen anyone’s social media postings and thought “I wonder what brand of hemorrhoid cream they use?”.

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      toothpetardDave
      5/12/16 10:56am

      the clorox ads sprinkled throughout have secured my faith from other leading brands though.

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      Sean BrodyDave
      5/12/16 11:03am

      Do you know how I am old? I’ve never once seen anyone’s social media postings and thought “I wonder what brand of hemorrhoid cream they use?”.

      You no longer value your arse.

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    DirktaniusAndy Cush
    5/12/16 10:55am

    Brands have been doing this with traditional celebrities forever. They are just doing the same thing with Internet celebs now.

    I have a friend that used to have the following job: She got paid by fashion companies to contact celebrity agents and try to get those agents to get their celebrity clients to wear a specific brand of clothes when they went out to the clubs.

    To this day, I can’t believe that is an actual job that people get paid for.

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      Ed SpockDirktanius
      5/12/16 11:05am

      How do you go about getting a job like that? Sounds like a pretty good gig.

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      Doofenschmirtz, Inc.Dirktanius
      5/12/16 11:08am

      Rumor has it that that’s how Canada Goose became big. Still don’t believe it, but then again I have trouble believing that anyone who does not live on a frozen tundra would ever buy a $1000+ winter coat.

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    Eberle-Hills-CopAndy Cush
    5/12/16 10:47am

    RE: lead photo. Is that how men dress now? Asking for a friend.

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      DirktaniusEberle-Hills-Cop
      5/12/16 10:50am

      I am also confused by this photograph.

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      dwaynespeaksjiveEberle-Hills-Cop
      5/12/16 10:53am

      No this is how sexually confused cannibals who drink Schlitz dress.

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    Ed SpockAndy Cush
    5/12/16 10:55am

    I still only rent cars from Hertz because of the commercials OJ Simpson did.

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      heeeeeynowEd Spock
      5/12/16 11:02am

      All my gloves are Bruno Magli.

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      Ed Spockheeeeeynow
      5/12/16 11:03am

      Fuck that. Do you know how badly those things shrink when they get covered in blood while you’re stabbing two people to death?

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    dothedewAndy Cush
    5/12/16 10:57am

    I’m sure advertisers would be happy to supplement teachers’ incomes if only the teachers would pimp Tostino’s Pizza Rolls in front of the class.

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      AnnieBodydothedew
      5/12/16 11:32am

      Brands already pay big bucks (over $150 million a year) to get into schools. Both the actual food itself and their brand on all sorts of things including dressed up as quasi-educational programs (McDonald’s sponsers a PE program for example). But I don’t think the teacher’s get a cut :(

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      Emily_8361dothedew
      5/12/16 11:33am

      Lol! This algebra class is sponsored by Totinos Pizza Rolls. They are bite size nuggets of happiness!

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    CatdogWhispererAndy Cush
    5/12/16 10:58am

    CatdogWhisperer will use his "influencer" status to endorse any brand of cheap beer, all for the low low price of unlimited booze!

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      Nunna YorzCatdogWhisperer
      5/12/16 11:05am

      “CatdogWhisperer doesn’t always drink chilled piss, but when he does, he drinks Natty Ice. Stay shitfaced my friends.”

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      tubbytimeCatdogWhisperer
      5/12/16 11:13am

      I vaguely recall you providing us w/ a nacho recipe once. that would be a nice pairing with your beer.

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    lobstrAndy Cush
    5/12/16 11:06am

    If you concentrate hard enough you can almost hear Bill Hader doing his bit from The Californians ..

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      MajorBurnlobstr
      5/12/16 11:14am

      It’s like he woke up drunk and wore his girlfriend’s clothes accidently. :/ That Busey chic.

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      Raging BulldogMajorBurn
      5/12/16 11:50am

      His Asian friend Pat looked outside and thought “clear sunny skies, I guess I’ll wear my heavy raincoat. And I better fasten EVERY button to make it extra weird”.

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    onehappymanAndy Cush
    5/12/16 1:23pm

    “Influencers are going to start disappearing. Brands are going to start realizing the amount of followers you have doesn’t mean shit.”

    I think it depends on the brands we are talking about. The ‘middle of the mall’ influencers are cleaning up and commanding big paychecks. Vine ‘star’ Logan Paul made the cover the cover of AdWeek.

    Paul has gone from small thousand-dollar payouts to six-figure deals. Levin (his manager at CAA) says the goal is to go deeper with a few brands rather than spreading Paul too thin among scores of advertisers.

    It’s like everyone woke up at the same time and realized that social media and influencers work best on tweens and Moms.

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      Velopsonehappyman
      5/12/16 3:42pm

      Why does he look like a bigger douche than Ryan Lochte?

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      PaperSnowGhostonehappyman
      5/12/16 4:48pm

      I hope Bat Dad is cleaning up. His Vines are hilarious and he deserves every penny.

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    ReverandRichardWayneGaryWayneAndy Cush
    5/12/16 10:57am

    One time I got like, 150 stars on a Kinja post.

    Please pm me America’s corporations for directions on where to send my check.

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      WhittxReverandRichardWayneGaryWayne
      5/12/16 11:30am

      I once got 700 likes on a Washington Post comment on Facebook. I will come to your town to talk politics, sports, and urban planning and my rider doesn’t include a provision for no brown M&M’s (much easier to do now than when Van Halen was going great guns. )

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    ReburnsABurningReturnsAndy Cush
    5/12/16 11:02am

    When someone presents me a funny commercial that I don’t have to go looking for, because I am watching a game or am too lazy to press fast forward on my DVR’d show, then I will laugh at it. I think some of the ads I see on television are genuinely creative, and think some of the people who design them deserve some props.

    But on social media? Actively choose to watch some video that some idiot, celebrity from other walk of life or talentless “influencer”, posted rapping about a product?

    Wut? Who even does that shit?

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