An advert from the 1990s has gone viral because it’s incredibly cringeworthy
The history of advertising is littered with commercials so bad they were kind of good – like Malcolm asking for his “second-class ticket to Dottidgham” with a bunged-up nose, or the crazed woman throwing Shake’n’Vac all over the house. An ad for a hands-free device has recently resurfaced and people can’t believe how bad it is – or how naff the product looks.
Someone called Sara Valentine shared it on Twitter.
What a time to be alive pic.twitter.com/1cC892pq2I
— Sara Valentine (@saramvalentine) November 10, 2018
Her post went viral, with over 90,000 retweets and around 2000 reactions, including these.
Some people were most interested in the video content.
Woman typing with no input on her blank blue screen, while looking away in another direction. Must be her last week. pic.twitter.com/ywHbNwifik
— Mikhail Tavernier (@mjtfreeze) November 11, 2018
is it just me or are there two ladies facing the camera and only one computer?
— Lou (@hularaindrama) November 11, 2018
Bro was makin PLAYS pic.twitter.com/JCD1b9WqM7
— E$canor (@YesIRap1) November 10, 2018
Homegirl the most popular girl in school for this pic.twitter.com/fAhMgH3WsY
— skeet davidson (@elotafagina) November 11, 2018
Others were more surprised by the product.
Ordering one of these right now for my apartment. Will go well with the vintage rotary phone beside my waterbed that I purchased without financing. https://t.co/nZUh7tpHHo
— Three Year Letterman (@3YearLetterman) November 12, 2018
I laughed at this but stopped when I realized that in 2018, I put my iphone in my sports bra so I can listen to podcasts while I fold clothes https://t.co/l4FpOBV00n
— Jenée (@jdesmondharris) November 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/Platini_954/status/1061300269215088640
https://twitter.com/gamingmuso/status/1061629320152670208
But a couple of wise people pointed out that we may not have come as far as we think.
We will laugh just as hard in 20 years at this pic.twitter.com/6F5Q7szXbs
— Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) November 11, 2018
This what people look like wearing bluetooth earpieces in 2018 https://t.co/Htx6na0J6p
— Thanksgiving Enthusiast (@Afterparty_E) November 11, 2018
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