40 Times People Spotted Such Weird Ads, They Just Had To Share Them In The ‘Ads With Threatening Auras’ Facebook Group (New Pics)
Ads are downright creepy. They follow you around the internet after you looked at a specific product on Amazon and won't leave you alone even if you eventually make the purchase. But it's not just their behavior, ads can be freaky by design, too.
There's a Facebook group, called 'Ads with threatening auras,' which you may have already seen on Bored Panda here and here, and its content is a perfect example of that.
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And bury a dead animal on top of the dirt covered body so they think that's what's the cadaver dogs are smelling
Actually someone debunked this, if they find the ground under the animal is also disturbed they'll keep digging
Load More Replies...Make sure that day isn’t TOO rainy, you don’t want the topsoil to wash away 😉
Load More Replies...This is just good advice...I see no problem here. Will definitely be following for additional gardening tips.
This one is brilliant in my opinion. Birth control is not a one sided responsibility
No, it is not. If you don't want a child, it is your responsibility( male or female) to keep it from happening.
Load More Replies...I have three children. We had all 3 in spite of birth control - including condoms. And they were all a surprise!
I was going to say that happened to me but not sure if I'd downvoted to another suspension :/ Surprises don't always turn out to be a bad thing. Just an unexpected life change.
Load More Replies...Sadly, far too many people believe that. Birth control can fail - even condoms; surprises can happen. What happens after should be up to the woman and whoever, if anyone, SHE chooses to involve in the decision. It is no one else’s business, least of all someone who wasn’t involved in the conception.
True, so much depends on the correct size or application of a condom. Their pearl index is 18, i.e. 18 women out of 100 (measured during 1 year) get pregnant when using a condom.
Load More Replies...My cousins IUD failed and she got pregnant. So yes there are suprises and mistakes
Oh man I wonder how many people read that and thought it was actually an option
I was basically told I couldn't have children so my first baby was 100% a surprise
Ads are trying to convince us that if we buy this or that, our lives will get better, however, we humans have a natural defense mechanism against consumerism.
The University of Warwick's Andrew Oswald and his team compared survey data on the life satisfaction of more than 900,000 citizens of 27 European countries from 1980 to 2011 with data on annual advertising spending in those nations over the same period. The researchers discovered an inverse connection between the two. The higher a country's ad spend was in one year, the less satisfied its citizens were a year or two later. Their conclusion was simple: advertising makes us unhappy.
Yeah the mallard looks suave a lot more suave than the collection.
Load More Replies...Ducks Unlimited is an organization focused on maintaining the ducks’ habitat … so they can hunt the ducks.
I really like MGKs music, but I totally don't care for that dude's private life, conflict with Eminem, love life or whatever. There are more important things to think about and take care of, than a strawberry punk having beef with the self proclaimed rap god. However, Gluegun Stanley is funny and I'll share it with a friend now.
To me, Machine Gun Kelly will ALWAYS be the KHJ DJ I grew up listening to in 1970's Los Angeles, lol
Load More Replies...Slightly different phrasing, but we have a local plumber called "Pete the Pipe".
Pete the Pipe?? Local "plumber" I'm sure 🤣 That is not what he does
Load More Replies...Took me an embarrassingly long time to realize it wasn't a see-through helmet.
I can imagine that causes traffic accidents as people try to figure out what they are looking at 🤣
"Colleagues and I have been studying human happiness for 30 years now, and recently my focus turned to national happiness," Oswald told Harvard Business Review about the origins of these findings. "What are the characteristics of a happy country? What are the forces that mold one? What explains the ups and downs? I'd never looked at advertising before, but I met a researcher who was collecting data on it for a different reason, and it seemed to me that we should combine forces."
"Like a lot of people in Western society, I can't help noticing the increasing amount of ads we’re bombarded with. For me, it was natural to wonder whether it might create dissatisfaction in our culture: How is your happiness and mine shaped by what we see, hear, and read? I think it's rather intuitive that lots of ads would make us less happy. In a sense, they're trying to generate dissatisfaction—stirring up your desires so that you spend more on goods and services to ease that feeling. I appreciate, of course, that the world’s corporate advertisers and marketing firms won’t like hearing me say that."
Soooo.. we're turning Disney movies into horror movies now? We going Hannibal lector or The Hills have Eyes?
There's currently a (low budget) Winnie-the-Pooh horror movie being made.
Load More Replies...Don't lie.. you can't wait for.......*exciting music building up* Zombnochio coming soon to Disney+ in 2023 "when you wish upon a star......... wish for a shotgun"
Also coming soon from Disney Horror: Beauty is a Beast, Sleeping Terror, and the long-awaited Little Mer-massacre
Load More Replies...I guess this would mean you can wear the spare when the other is in the wash?
I had to wear an eye patch for seven months after a medical emergency, and that's actually really good... You can lose it, gets dirty or the elastic band wears down...
I wear an eyepatch sometimes. I got a deformity in my left eye, making it very sensitive to bright light and giving me huge migraines. Eyepatches are surprisingly easy to lose, so having two is great. I'm glad you recovered from the emergency though :)
Load More Replies...Fun fact - eye patches are still used regularly to this day! People that have uneven vision, higher in one eye or the other, are required to wear them. The one I had was a purple cloth patch with a dragonfly that slid over one lens of my glasses.
I used to work at Bartell's in Seattle, WA. It's the whole line of Premiere Value (house brand) products that are BOGO. This product was brought up in jokes at least once every time we ran this special.
🎶 Don't ever laugh as a Hearse goes by For you may be the next to die. They wrap you up in a big white sheet. From your head down to your feet. They put you in a big black box. And cover you up with dirt and rocks. And all goes well for about a week. And then your coffin begins to leak. And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out. The worms play pinochle on your snout. . . 🎶
And one little worm that isn’t shy Goes in your ear and out your eye
Load More Replies...No one knows what happens when you die, but I'm certain you won't be required to attend or give money to a church.
I hope it is a talk from a guy that died and came back. Not experiencing for yourself.
Low key threatening, but not gonna lie, I'd go check it out
If Mexican food is labeled hot, it's basically battery acid to white folks.
This is from Zamora, Spain, Europe, NOT mexico, very white.
Load More Replies...Oswald said the results are really significant. "When you look at changes in national happiness each year and changes in ad spending that year or a few years earlier—and you hold other factors like GDP and unemployment constant—there is a link," he explained. "This suggests that when advertisers pour money into a country, the result is diminished well-being for the people living there."
The official industry line is that advertising is trying to expose the public to new and exciting things to buy, and its task is to simply provide information. But the alternative argument, which goes back to Thorstein Veblen and others, is that exposing people to a lot of advertising raises their aspirations—and makes them feel that their own lives, achievements, belongings, and experiences are inadequate.
This study supports the negative view.
My SO is adamant we're not getting an antique or second hand armchair for the bedroom for this reason. They're convinced ghosts will stare at us from my reading nook
Load More Replies...I don't eat vegan, but I would like to take a look at your "alternatives ". Wink wink
I really appreciate a restaurant that caters to my vaginal needs as well!
You forgot to say, “but, thank you!”. Manners are always important! 😂
Load More Replies...No half & half? (Half from the cow and half from the bull.)
Load More Replies...Am I the only one that misses the not so subtle imodium commercials?
I rememeber a video where this appens in real life... It's been 10 years, I'm still traumatized...
"The idea here is a very old one," Oswald said. "Before I can decide how happy I am, I have to look over my shoulder, consciously or subconsciously and see how other people are doing. Many of my feelings about my income, my car, and my house are molded by my next-door neighbor’s income, car, and house. That’s just part of being human: worrying about relative status. But we know from lots of research that making social comparisons can be harmful to us emotionally, and advertising prompts us to measure ourselves against others."
In other words, if I see an ad for a fancy new car, it makes me think about my ordinary one, which might make me feel bad. Or if I see this fancy $10,000 watch and then look at my own, which probably cost around $150, I might think, "Maybe there’s something wrong with me."
"In this paper, we don’t prove that the dissatisfaction is coming from relative comparisons, but we suspect that’s what happens," Oswald said.
I've seen a lot of things on this site. Somehow this is the most disturbing.
So. I just found the next villain/monster for a new slasher flick..... and it's already giving me nightmares 0_0
I often think moviemakers should come to BP for ideas
Load More Replies...Here you go! I think we’ll all need it! AE7E0C89-0...f-jpeg.jpg
I wonder if they are thinking of the people that tell men they have a "baby face" without facial hair? Either way....no.
Is anyone going to mention the "snow job" and "happy ending" finishing products?
To be honest, I'd use this. I don't have a penis so this looks fun to me. But then again, my mentality can be quite childish
This will definitely get you pinned to the floor by three TSA agents.
The cursed combo that we didn't need, but we surely deserved 🧟♂️
Load More Replies...I hope the roaches or their family received some fair compensation for this. You cannot make a fortune on the back of others like that.
I'm a makeup artist for a living and have seen some crazy freaking makeup trends come and go in my career, and thought I had seen it all, yet here we are.
How many people want to buy this and drape it over their shoulder to mess with the public.
I worked in a place where we had an indoor beehive. It had a plexi tube to the outdoors. The bees would leave and come back. It was open for viewing just like the ones picture here. The rumor was that the honey tasted like soda pop because there was outdoor eating in the surrounding area, and people had sugary beverages.
As a beekeeper ie would like to have one but they are $300 per unit.
Honestly it looks really cool. Not for me but I'd love to see one up close
Load More Replies...Probably nothing if you set it up correctly. But there's tons of dumb people I guess.
Load More Replies...I'm always weary of cutesy decorations involving animals. Nine times out of ten the wellbeing of the animals was an afterthought (not saying this is the case, don't know enough about beekeeping for that).
That’s really cool (says the person with a bee-sting allergy). Now, how do you extract the combs without the bees getting loose in the house? (I’d definitely want to mount that tube somewhere more permanently than in a window.) Now that I’ve read about it, it’s even cooler than I thought. It’s also $600, so I will not be cohabitating with bees any time soon.
oof you got them there. in a similar way,if a shot in basketball that misses the hoop can still be classified as a kobe
Real talk: is it good sauce? I usually go for "A*s Reaper" (an actual brand), myself.
Cancer, diabetes - these magic maggots work for everything 😨👌
Load More Replies...I've written it before. These are ad-pranksters. They make quite a lot. They usually are quite funny, this one's a bit over. But look for other ones and you'll like them.
Those look like the land striders from The Dark Crystal... would be great at festivals !
Yes, they ARE a thing. Badly conceived, abysmal taste, zero class - but still a THING.
Load More Replies...The creators were so occupied with how they can make these, they never stopped to think if they should
It might be a joke, but it's a really good one. Everything is to the point.
Just want to make sure folks know this isn’t real. It’s been creating quite a fuss. https://www.thefocus.news/lifestyle/real-gayo-real-or-fake/
I suspected as much. Still pretty cool concept.
Load More Replies...I couldn't tell if it would taste good or not but then i remembered I don't like mayonnaise
My brain discarded the last two words and I was concerned
Load More Replies...There's a woman selling these on Etsy claiming that the spirits of dead children and people are inside and people are actually paying hundreds of pounds for them ... I don't know whats worse her claiming she has the power to put spirits into dolls or the idiots paying for them .....
Free full length mirror... Long as you're cool with my dad and his shotgun coming along with me to pick it up.
To add to the creepiness, that big green box is Huggies baby wipes, extra eww.
Is that a cockstrap thing on the floor in front of the mirror? Everything in this pic is wrong 😳
https://nypost.com/2017/12/22/the-story-behind-creepy-as-hell-milk-bath-flyers/amp/
Imagine when it wears off. Like on a date or school reuinion? 🙀
Can we see it shown next to Indie, for scale?
Load More Replies...This is an inappropriate comment. The girl in the picture is real and she is suffering from a condition that causes extreme hair growth where hair doesn't usually grow. Indirectly calling her Chewbacca is quite disrespectful, even if you were primarily trying to make fun of the ad...
Load More Replies......this ad is using the image of an underage girl with a form of hypertrichosis. Like, not even a picture they took for the ad. This is a picture from an article about her and her condition that they just straight up stole, and everyone here is literally just...making fun of her...
I don't think she even knows they used her photograph for an advertisement. I just hope life got better for her.
Load More Replies...I once saw this girl's video where she was telling how people would often stop and point at her and I think she was bullied because of her excess of facial hair. I think she's from Thailand.
I would love to spray something even close to this in reality, on my hubby. He has been bald since 16 (42 yrs now) he notices every new middle age hair that pops out on his face now! This would be the ultimate prank on him! OMG i would die laughing and i'd actually learn to do a live feed for both our families. Would be the best night in yrs!!!
Wieso nicht ein Photoshop Bild wie der Finger anstatt diesem Mädchen, find ich nicht lustig 😒
I didn't know because I guess I'm not from your country. Thanks Paul, for the information.
Load More Replies...I have a pic on my phone of a similar advert with OJ Simpson from my friend's old comic book
Load More Replies...Luckily he's dead. Sadly he lived a fairly long and happy life doing awful things and getting paid handsomely. It was an open secret to not leave your daughter around him.
Load More Replies...That doesn't do what I think they were trying to do with this night out giveaway lol
Ugh! He was so unattractive and old and he was pawing all over these teen and pre-teen girls! They were even being supplied to him. So gross.
You can fill this entire article with these old ads, they're beyond weird and offensive
Like the ones for that old cologne, Hai Karate. Not just chauvinistic, but racist too!
Load More Replies...Well, that explains. It's Father's Day but I had to make my own coffee and breakfast. I didn't wear a tie, so now I know where I went wrong lol
Load More Replies...At the time there was this "thing" going on called the battle of the sexes. There were many adverts of this nature, trying to be amusing, that alluded to it. You don't hear about the battle of the sexes anymore. It's as if things stepped up a few notches and women's liberation and equal rights became the far more dominant issue. Of course, that's not wrong, it moves towards social justice. But without the context of the time these adverts seem far more obnoxious nowadays.
To prove your point, provide a link to some of the ads where women are offensive towards men.
Load More Replies...Why does that tie look like parental advisory stickers and cds? Surely neither of those existed then, the font alone screams 70s or earlier.
It's from 1951. The cd things are probably 45 rpm records.
Load More Replies...This is funny because only this week I called into see my wife who works next to an Aldi and said I was going to nip in there for a look at the specials (go in for some butter, come out with a handful of tools and pet toys!) Joking I said if they have sex toys I will get them. Next things I am Whatsapping her a picture of the green one with the caption "They do have sexy toys!!!!!" I got the simple reply "no" So I sent her a picture of the yellow one and said "It's ok if you want to go vegatarian!" Still got a no!
Imagine those damn things riding the hershey highway. Some people will put anything and everything everywhere it shouldn't.
"You see Doctor, I was getting out of the shower, and the damned dog left her toy on the bathroom floor. I slipped and fell on it, I swear." Lol.
Load More Replies...This companies whole business model is sell till the cease and desist hits.
I verbally said this then scrolled down and...yep! Well said 😆
Load More Replies...Guys we’ve finally done it, a love story that isn’t better than twilight
Now question: did we really need that bad a "still not better thant Twilight" Love story"?
Load More Replies...Absolutely false. I have the book and it does NOT say any of this nonsense.
"Never believe everything you read in the internet." - Abe Lincoln
Load More Replies..."If you want something never again to be seen, let it swim in gasoline" - Rammstein, Benzin
Mexican flag in the background. Spanish translation. And yet there is no life sentence in Mexico... just saying.
They may not call it a life sentence, but a 250 year sentence with possible parole after serving 40-50-60 years is still possible. I would call that a life sentence.
Load More Replies...I'm assuming this is proof that good looks and personality will not infact get you anywhere in life. My whole life has been a lie.
k, but what is it? ok, an ugly skirt
Load More Replies...I thought that said, "Mosquito Skin" at first, but it still seems to apply.
Reminds me of "Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency" by Douglas Adams
How did they get it into the place they are trying to get it out of?
It's always easier to get things stuck, than get them out again.
Load More Replies......Maybe I should send my mom or sister. They would have it inside within 5 minutes.
Yeah, I think it's the police or so trying to lure criminals
Load More Replies...Sorry what is the link??? Email address? Green button to accept? Obviously I do not want to do it ahem! Just for research purposes. I'm sure you understand 🤞🤗😉🤣🤣
It's just photoshop, look at the hanging beads behind her :)
Load More Replies...Be careful. You're going to poke somebody's eye out with those things.
It's not like they're good at Photoshop even...... Unless she warped the hanging beads by standing too close.
I don't want (or need) a product that will create large, misshapen breasts.
Clawmydia. What is wrong with people??? If you feel the need to make some "cute" little pun, do something remotely tasteful like "Abby Tabby" (my sweet girl) or "Matt the Cat". People then go and do this sort of thing, if not worse, with their kids too. smh. She looks appropriately upset with being named after an STD.
Kinda going out on a limb here, aren't we? I mean, who knows? Maybe little Clawmydia didn't do so well in health class.
Load More Replies...Answer, it can clean the tips of the bristles on the broom. Also help unsticking pet hair from it.
That's exactly what I've been looking for. A inflatable dragon with tits.
Cheap implants: buy now! Less invasive than surgery and delivered within 4 working days!
Do they come with a 2 year warranty? Asking for a friend ...
Load More Replies...That dinosaur design, minus tge boobs, reminds me of something I don't remember. Dragonite?
These are for people who want to experience having a baby. Very popular in Asia. Sometimes even with a fake birth included. I first learned about them from the TV series Lore on Amazon Prime (tip, it's not a comedy series!).
Ha ha ha. Okay guys, this looks terrifying but it's really not. This is a blank kit for a reborn doll, which means it hasn't been painted yet. Reborns are realistic dolls but they're art pieces. Some people do use them to help get over baby related trauma, some use them in movies, some have them for the art aspect and some just really like playing with dolls (role playing).
Yeah I know what reborn dolls are (thry're more likely to CAUSE trauma), but that still doesn't explain why these have no eyes or torso
Load More Replies...I like my toes, though... i don't have to bend over to pick things up as much! And what about sandals?! You have to have toes for sandals! This is a terrible idea, Evolution. Go home, you're drunk.
Me too. I'm not too worried about it. Pretty sure toes help us walk.
Load More Replies...Sure. People wear shoes all the time and it is becoming common to work in jobs where they sit all the time. And then they sit and watch TV or use computer when they are not working. Feet don’t get used like they did in the past. I work in healthcare and have seen thousands of feet. It is amazing how many people have weak floppy feet and non-functional toes.
Toes are important! Without them, your balance would definitely be decreased. Toes are for balance and posture, especially the big toes.
This is true. My father had an experimental operation back in the 1980s. He'd lost the fingers on one hand in a sawmill accident. The doctors took his big toe to replace his thumb, because if you have a thumb you can still grip things. He ended up in a wheelchair for a long time and had to learn to walk completely different.
Load More Replies...Pretty much all mammals (and a few other groups) have toes, many of them not needing them. So there must be some natural reason for it. But if such things haven't disappeared by now, tgey problably never will
i do not under any circumstance want to know people who look like the witches
I would think toe NAILS are more likely to go. They are kind of a liability.
The idea behind it (bringing more acception to common but sensitive issues) was good, but someones mind took a really weird turn somewhere
the adverts that bother me for constipation remedies are the ones that say they give "gentle, overnight relief" I mean, no, I don't want to poop the bed, thanks.
I think it's a handheld portable bidet. The chamber at the bottom is for water and then you put the tip near your bum and wash
Load More Replies...That most definitely does not look like it would be more comfortable than tp. Damn thing looks like it would tickle your tonsils though.
Looks like a Wandavision commercial It was Agatha all along.
That's to replace the Nitro. Coke in gas tank, mentors in Nitro tank, WEEEEEEE
Load More Replies...My dad's pushing 70, is on a waiting list to get new knees, and looks younger than that 30-year-old.
Load More Replies..."When I was YOUR AGE, going on the internet on a cell phone costed $60! And if you wanted your favorite song as a ringtone, you had wait for it to come on the radio to record it on your phone. You kids these days will never know the struggles us now near-senile millenials faced!"
Those "30 year-olds" need some of that anti-wrinkle lotion from above. What do these samples do? Shut down after one week? Oh! "Digital"! So you hear everything in 1's and 0's. That makes sense.
The listing says it's prank wrap - you put your own real gift for the recipient inside the box as a joke
'Skinny old man belly' hahahaha you're exactly right hahaha
Load More Replies...Her face has a different age than her hands and a different age and gender than her abs
So that's why that's there... It just makes it even creepier
Load More Replies...Distichiasis is a unique genetic condition where a person has two distinct rows of eyelashes, giving them a very striking and elegant look. Elizabeth Taylor was was rather famous for having this condition. This particular young woman obviously has Decastichiasis, giving her a full ten rows of eyelashes. /s
But this would be like the old jelly shoes - making your feet hot and sweaty plus honest question - like how do you put them on?
Load More Replies...They are reborn dolls. Soft like silicone. Made to look and feel very real. Go watch Servent on Apple+
Reborn dolls. Not my thing at all, but it's a hobby with a lot of skill and compassion. People make and customise dolls to be as realistic as possible. Some of the buyers have them to help with grief at infant loss etc
Load More Replies...“whichever candidate can throat this bad boy in November” seriously. November of all godforsaken months. we are in the timeline that god abandoned.
This is referring to an experiment where rats were given one water dispenser spiked with cocaine and one with normal water. They could choose freely. Rats who were understimulated and had stressful lives would become addicted to the cociane water but happy rats with comfy lives would drink the normal water. This is meant to show addiction is more than just a substance.
Makes sense. I had surgery and was given Oxy. I hated it. Didn't do anything for the pain, just made me not care about it. Threw it out. I guess I could see how people could become addicted.
Load More Replies...A naked woman was in their house when they got home. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like an unwanted situation
Load More Replies...For when your fries are almost ready and you're so happy you pee just a lil.
Much better scenario than what played out in my head, yes, we'll go with happiness tinkles.
Load More Replies...When you want to be more green by burning waste and (bonus!) your house to smell like charred used pads.
Upvote for you!! I knew this looked familiar!!
Load More Replies...uhmmmmm. i bought this. I'm going as billie for halloween. (>.<)
Yeah, but, I know some sweet older lady who would probably love this.. but she'd need a serious magnifying glass 🤷♀️
Definitely not. I've heard it all my life in the states
Load More Replies...Perfect to learn a job where you dissect aliens and star in horrible movies!
Visit Thailand, Hotels actually have "No Durian" signs posted to doors!!!
Most public toilets have a purpose they serve best by far, that is not commonly known: They're ads for adult diapers.
Load More Replies...That was something…. I just have not found out how to describe it yet..
Wsgbxgkftbbfhkiufd ...is my attempt. Or rather ahclchchcvjbkgurvuvignnnn?
Load More Replies...This was a good one, some of these were wow others obvious plants. Still enjoyed going through these.
That was something…. I just have not found out how to describe it yet..
Wsgbxgkftbbfhkiufd ...is my attempt. Or rather ahclchchcvjbkgurvuvignnnn?
Load More Replies...This was a good one, some of these were wow others obvious plants. Still enjoyed going through these.
