advertising
Original: advertising on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1
Woman (red hair, round glasses): Look at these stupid old advertisements. They just show sexy people drinking beer and expect you to buy!
Panel 2
Woman: We're so much more sophisticated now. For instance, I exclusively buy from corporations whose social media accounts display a non-threatening yet ironic sense of humor.
Panel 3
Woman: Older generations were suckered by the promise of beauty and power. Not us! Nowadays we won't settle for anything less than imagining we're pals with the disembodied spirit of branded products.
Panel 4
Woman: It feels so good to be superior to our elders.
Man (holding a tablet/phone): You have RUINED the Burger King Twitter account, madame. RUINED.
Votey:
OLD ADS: Tell what the product does
LATER ADS: Sell an associated lifestyle
MODERN ADS: Express sincerity by hiring a full-time team of people to create social media wisecracks
Woman (red hair, round glasses): Look at these stupid old advertisements. They just show sexy people drinking beer and expect you to buy!
Panel 2
Woman: We're so much more sophisticated now. For instance, I exclusively buy from corporations whose social media accounts display a non-threatening yet ironic sense of humor.
Panel 3
Woman: Older generations were suckered by the promise of beauty and power. Not us! Nowadays we won't settle for anything less than imagining we're pals with the disembodied spirit of branded products.
Panel 4
Woman: It feels so good to be superior to our elders.
Man (holding a tablet/phone): You have RUINED the Burger King Twitter account, madame. RUINED.
Votey:
OLD ADS: Tell what the product does
LATER ADS: Sell an associated lifestyle
MODERN ADS: Express sincerity by hiring a full-time team of people to create social media wisecracks
Alt text
A four-panel comic. A woman with red hair and round glasses sits beside a man holding a tablet. Panel 1, she says old advertisements are stupid, just showing sexy people drinking beer and expecting you to buy. Panel 2, she boasts that people are more sophisticated now and she only buys from corporations whose social media accounts have a non-threatening, ironic sense of humor. Panel 3, she says older generations were suckered by promises of beauty and power, but not us, who now settle for imagining we're pals with the disembodied spirit of branded products. Panel 4, she says it feels good to be superior to their elders, while the man, now standing and shaking his hands in distress, shouts: 'You have RUINED the Burger King Twitter account, madame. RUINED.' Votey aftercomic: a handwritten list reads, 'OLD ADS: Tell what the product does. LATER ADS: Sell an associated lifestyle. MODERN ADS: Express sincerity by hiring a full-time team of people to create social media wisecracks.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.