Comments on: Who’s the loser now?

By: john

john — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:51:14 +0000

One of the best things that ever happened to me happened in my car. One day on my commute to work my car radio just stopped working. So, for about 6 months I drove around not hearing ads.

Then, one day, the radio suddenly starting working again. I never ‘liked’ the ads on the radio, but now I found them to be obnoxious. I already didn’t watch that much TV, but increasingly began to find TV ads annoying as well.

Then I noticed the stuff between the ads on TV was mostly crap, so I got rid of my cable connection. Without the constant bombardment of commercials I began to have crazy and radical ideas about lots of things. Then I got rid of my car.

I just hope Autozone didn’t sell that kid a radio. I’d like to think he figures it out eventually. Maybe we’ll see him years from now, like the old Marlboro Man, renouncing the ad he helped make in his youth.

By: Mark Stosberg

Mark Stosberg — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:40:44 +0000

I liked the first ad better.

By: marcus

marcus — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:41:11 +0000

I think the question to ask about that Autozone ad is, “what happened 5 miles down the road?” That is one heck of a clunker car, I’m sure it wouldn’t last long at all, clearly not as long as a well-cared-for bicycle. Of course, maybe it was just all the cycling on dirt roads that got the poor kid in the first place…

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:15:30 +0000

Thats a Stupid add for Autozone, while the Car will end up costing him Thousands of $ Dollars in Petrol ,Maintenance, Insurance, and will Depreciate very Quickly and be very bad for his Health. A very good Quality Bike would cost let us say $ 1,000-2.000 and last him his entire Life with minimum Maintenance Costs and help him remain Fit into Old Age and he would not get the American Disease of Big Belly. I like your Austin Blog very much, it is interesting.
Happy Ranndoneuring. Dublin Ireland 3.25 pm G.M.T.

By: elliott

elliott — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:01:55 +0000

Thanks, Mikael. I’ve made a correction to the article.

By: mikael

mikael — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:46:52 +0000

while the first advert was highlighted on Copenhagenize, it is in fact a Hungarian advert.

that second advert is just scary.

By: Michael Lawrence

Michael Lawrence — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:43:22 +0000

Okay, great ad! Just one thing I don’t like, the stereotype that drinking tea is dull. They should be drinking flavored coffee or some flowery tea,if tea at all.