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50 Times Companies Accidentally Created Comedy Gold With Their Ad Placements
Nowadays, we are bombarded with advertisements everywhere we go. Social media is flooded with them, from blatant commercials to sneaky sponsored posts, and you’re likely to encounter dozens of ads while walking down the street. They’re plastered on billboards, all over buses and required viewing before any film.
We can’t get away from marketing, which means that most advertisements just blur together. But if something is particularly hilarious, whether it was intended to be or not, it might just stand out from the crowd. Below, you’ll find a list that Bored Panda has compiled of some of the funniest advertising placement fails people have ever spotted out in the wild. Enjoy scrolling through these ads that somehow ended up in the most unfortunate places, and be sure to upvote the ones that make you laugh!
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#1
That's Funny
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#2
This Ad At A Bus Stop
#3
Funny Bus Ad
#4
Not Sure If This Billboard Placement Was Intentional, But It Sure Got A Chuckle Out Of Me
#5
Catholic School Bus Design Fail
#6
Heart Failure And McDonald's
#7
The Greatest Ad Placement Ever
#8
Good Catch
#9
Perfect Ad Placement
#10
They Didn't Plan On People Opening The Window
#11
Hunger?
Der Kommissar 1 year ago
" You're 10 feet away from him. Why don't you give him half of your f^^^^^g sandwich ? - Sam Kinison
#12
Former Daycare Left Some Signage Up When They Had To Sell The Property
#13
Accidentally Snowman
#14
Emotional Damage
#15
Life Has A Certain Poetry To It
#16
Well, Uh.... Thanks For The Warning?
#17
I’m Trying To Get Home
#18
Only M**ders In This Building
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
To be fair a cheap hotel is a pretty common place for someone to be offed in suspicious circumstances.
#19
She Chose Nothing
#21
Welcome To El Paso, Texas
#22
Shocked By This Bus Design
#23
The Tail Light Placement On These Bus Ads Is Either C**ppy Or Genius
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
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#24
This Ad Is Going To Hell
R1MV4Superleggera 1 year ago
I think my b*m is going straight to hell for laughing at this one
#25
First Terrible Ad Placement I've Gotten
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
If you need to drink this stuff on a regular basis, you have the wrong job - or the wrong friends
#26
Best Ad Placement Ever
#27
Just Riding The Bus
#28
Company Called Lampoo And Their Cr**py Van Branding
#30
Superb Ad Placement At Stuttgart International Airport
#31
Truly Perfect Wording
#32
The Poster On The Back Of This Bus
#33
Someone Didn't Quite Think That One All The Way Through
#34
Deportation Story With Ad For Moving Service - Cringe
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
Note the total lack of evidence relating to the crimes (if any) committed by the people expelled - or their families. There's no justice, there's just ICE.
#35
Did Reddit Put This Ad With This Post On Purpose? No Way That Is Random, Right?
Jaya 1 year ago
It's not specifically reddit, it's a general marketing principle. Advertisers can pay for their ad to be placed on pages that have certain keywords, because that increases the chance that the reader is interested in that topic (someone reading a page about tennis is a bit more likely to be interested in tennis than the average person). And the software that scans pages for those keywords, isn't always smart enough to recognize that a page is talking negatively about that topic.
#36
To Advertise With A Billboard
#37
Ad Placement…
#38
Inappropriate Diaper Ad Placement
R1MV4Superleggera 1 year ago
An the current Benito Mussolini wannabe s*x offender the Yanks have sitting in the big chair is walking around
#39
Ad Placement. You're Doing It Wrong
Sam Trudeau 1 year ago
"Know the difference between want and need. Like, I want abs, but I need donuts"
#40
This Bus Keyhole
#41
Unfortunate Linkedin Ad
Robert Millar 1 year ago
In Britain, you would often describe boorish, ignorant people as "common". So, the USA's Administration.
#43
Nice Ad Placement Reddit!
#44
And Ad For Sofas, Beneath A Video On 9 Firefighters Who Died In A Sofa Store Fire
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
Hey, I follow that channel! Really top-notch content. Well researched, interesting, and well delivered.
#45
Face On A Bus
#47
These Two Posters Shouldn't Be Together
#48
Classic Cr**py Bus Ad Design
#49
The Side Of This Day Care Bus
#51
On The Back Of A Bus
#53
Horrible Bus Design
Jude Corrigan 1 year ago
I would ring them to tell the their advert is causing a brain injury!
#56
Weird Placement Of Ads That Makes A Mlb Legend Look Like He's Taking A Dump And Has Large Fingers For Legs
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Serena Myers 1 year ago
Anyone else noticed that BP seem to have stopped with their annoying "to continue to read this article, get premium" or however they phrased it. Also, adverts are far less intrusive than they were, all I get are banners across the bottom of my PC screen advertising holiday insurance, and Turkiye (sorry, can't do the wiggly bits) or some sort of connectors, none of which I've ever shown the slightest interest in and which I can x out of?
PenguinEmp 1 year ago (edited)
Sort of. Now some longer are continue reading with premium. This article is like that. Or watch and ad to get more. The pop ups are way out of hand however. So is the ai censoring
Load More Replies... Serena Myers 1 year ago
Anyone else noticed that BP seem to have stopped with their annoying "to continue to read this article, get premium" or however they phrased it. Also, adverts are far less intrusive than they were, all I get are banners across the bottom of my PC screen advertising holiday insurance, and Turkiye (sorry, can't do the wiggly bits) or some sort of connectors, none of which I've ever shown the slightest interest in and which I can x out of?
PenguinEmp 1 year ago (edited)
Sort of. Now some longer are continue reading with premium. This article is like that. Or watch and ad to get more. The pop ups are way out of hand however. So is the ai censoring
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