I don't mean like scams or anything like that. I mean what's the ad that has done the worst job as an advertisement? Instead of making you want to buy the product you wanted to avoid it.
[–]rekabis@lemmy.ca7 points2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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The Quiznos ad with the talking chinchillas.
Most people didn’t even know what those things were. I heard them being called weasels and rats and deep-fried hamsters and even beavers.
But, no. Photos of chinchillas, with talking human mouths superimposed. Ended up being the most fingernails-on-a-chalkboard commercial I have ever come across. Sure, there have been worse commercials in terms of raw stinkers or stupidity, but this one was by far the most repellant one I have ever personally experienced.