Post #2394643
2026-05-11 07:28 UTC
Replies (5)
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@ruari@velocipederider.com 2026-05-11 07:32
This kind of shit is so common it is not even funny. They are selling you freedom of movement but that is not what you get. Such adverts should probably be banned due to false advertising IMHO.
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@A_denie@toot.io 2026-05-11 08:14
@ruari@velocipederider.com that's why I had a custom t-shirt printed for my husband
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@glent@aus.social 2026-05-11 08:43
@ruari@velocipederider.com The car ads which feature bikes :-) (There's a saying about the predominance of ads with bikes: every industry but the bike industry knows how to sell bikes.)
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@pmjv@snac.lab8.cz 2026-05-11 09:54
it's a metaphor - you're going to be the center of everyone's attention in your new cool car(tm) that they won't even notice any other.
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@TimWardCam@c.im 2026-05-11 12:19
@ruari@velocipederider.com All the car commercials I see have the cars driving on the wrong side of the road. If they can't even be arsed to make a commercial for right hand drive cars how much confidence can I have that they can be arsed to make the right hand drive cars themselves properly? Plus ... I buy a car once every twenty-something years, run it until it dies, then buy a new one. So almost all the car ads I see in my lifetime are for cars, and even brands, that won't exist at the point when I make my next purchase. So all wasted money. I do have to wonder whether the money spent on advertising cars to me over twenty years costs more than the car I eventually buy?