(1419) A bit early I know but slow posting here-on-in.
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20. Corporate mendacity

19. The tea ritual

18. What can we raid of yours?

17. Uh huh

16. Now … this woke advertising
Readers know I do reaction vids to songs and some of the best reviewers are black. These guys can feel the music, they treat it with respect, pointing out this or that.
Now I had to say that because I was listening/watching Paul Temple before embedding here … think you know what those serials are about, the sort of people. Suddenly, mid dialogue, they ran this ad with the “person” below leaping at us from nowhere, yabbering and filling the screen:

Screwfix. Well sorry but screw Screwfix. By way of contrast, here’s a song reaction:
So we’re talking nature, responsiveness, lack of “in yer face with machetes”. Don’t get me wrong … there are massive mamas everywhere now throwing the weight about … it’s woke Screwfix I’m down on here.
And then this one:

WTH has that regulation black have to do with us wanting to take that train? Completely out of context, unneeded, imposed upon us. Well, TPE, never knowingly going to travel with you. Unless you stop doing it.
And the quality of the ads today? Utter dross … low IQ, putting on silly voices. And the “music”? Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel. The only ad music I can stand today is the TUI ad.
Some of the ads on TV make me angry, most of them leave me perplexed. Angry at the usual miscasting. Perplexed by those ads for adult products, not sex orientated but for investment vehicles and insurance. At first glance these latter are aimed at juveniles, or grown-ups that haven’t grown up, along with the usual suspects from central casting.
Thanks to you James I first became aware of these so-called ‘reaction vids’ – I don’t get out much 🙂 Anyway I’ve found my own favourite and she sounds a lot like MAGA’s Caroline Wren (Tactic Global), probably from the same region in the USA. My hearing is fine-tuned to accents, having spent thousands of hours on radio nets in the forces – some of it covertly where sound is changed to light then back again. I digress. I know you don’t like Pink Floyd but this one hits her hard, and she reflects..
Pink Floyd Time Reaction ⏳ Lyrics confronting wasted years and quiet regret | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKJHcsQkt5A
Here’s another from her, by a band and a song I know you like..
Eagles – Hotel California (Live 1977) Reaction 🌅 | The Performance That Defined a Generation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2gyJ_KsgA4