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philistine 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Gross Apple Marketing

The fact that lying is a core element of the ads is what makes them so gross to me.

The guys says he's surprised she remembers him. She could just look straight at the camera, say what can I say, I'm very intelligent, wink, and it wouldn't be gross.

jfoster 3 months ago [–]

Right, there's so many ways that they could have made these characters slightly less lazy & deceptive and it would've been fine.

It's not the first Apple ad to be in poor taste this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGyOIFRJPII

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