Dell's latest campaign: fart photography

UPDATE: Not only is this now confirmed as a hoax, but Dell took it extremely well.

As quoted in MSN Money:

"This video is in no way affiliated with Dell, but it’s great to see creative professionals get inspiration from using our products," the tweet read.

"Our dell.com/takeyourownpath program is all about celebrating people who take their own professional path. Regarding this parody, we consider imitation to be the sincerest form of flattery."

Good for them!

When I saw this on Buzzfeed, I assumed it was fake. But it appears to be a real short film for Dell's "Visual Innovators" campaign, featuring photographer Clayton Sotos.


Clayton Sotos - Visual Innovators from Visual Innovators on Vimeo.


And this is apparently what Mr. Sotos does, "capturing the release of life bursts".

Yeah, it has to be a hoax. But what an elaborate one! The only sure proof of its fakeness I can find is that the Dell branded "visual innovators" Twitter account has been suspended.

The least appropriate use of female sexuality in point-of-sale... ever

AdFreak shared this bizarre standee from Germany, advertising Jack Link's beef jerky.

There is simply no way I want to associate leathery preserved meat with sex. Hell, I didn't even like it when Lady Gaga wore fresh steak.

A little Gooogling revealed that not only is this campaign well known in Europe, but Jack's links actually teamed up with Maxim UK to run a contest across the continent to find the next "Jack's Girl".

Here's the winner, "Tillie T from Nottingham, UK":

An old-school "software update" #FdAdFriday

Wasn't this a gag in When Harry Met Sally?

And as Copyranter points out, "sporty enough to share" is kind of weird.

"A sexy, female friendly steakhouse" #FdAdFriday

I have no idea what that means.

Maybe I should watch all 60 seconds of the ad:



Nope. Still no idea.

Via Eater

Woman loses her mind over a frozen turkey dinner #FdAdFriday

Buzzfeed featured this truly insane Banquet Frozen Dinners ad from the 1960s, claimed to be by legendarily wacky Creative Director Stan Freberg.



I wish someone would pay me to put batshit insane stuff like this on TV.

The strangest "I knocked you up" face you will see today #FdAdFriday

The message behind this Czech financial services ad is clear enough, but WTF is up with his face? And what is she saying?

Let's hope it's a false positive. I'm not sure these two should breed.

Via Ads of The World

"I love sex, and I don't like condoms"

Somehow, this doesn't seem like a great pick-up line to me.



Sure, it's a condom ad. But I think I would have assumed this woman was the STI version of Typhoid Mary ("Chlamydia Fanny"?) and run far away before we ever got to the rubber part of the conversation.

Via Illegal Advertising