I RATE ADS

sjbooher: I wish more people read this so I could find someone that could tell me the word for the emotion that commercials like this one make me feel. Honestly people, help a vocabulary-challenged brother out. The music… the sweet little boy… it’s supposed to make you feel all good inside, then you chuckle at the wind blowing out the candle… then you smile at the end. When I see it, I cringe, and I think “rip my eyeballs out, please.” I guess it’s an interesting way to talk about Wind Energy, though. B-

jtherkal: Wow, rip my eyeballs out, then a B-? That type of feeling is usually warrants an F. Maybe the word you’re looking for is cynical? Or repugnance? This was pretty weak, but in no way did it make me want to rip my eyeballs out. B.

sjbooher: Well, repugnance is what I do feel, but I’m looking for the description of the feeling that causes the repugnance. I literally do not even know how to explain what I am talking about, but I have this feeling often.

sjbooher: I defer. I’ll go C. I hate this type of ad. How cute. Ugh.

jtherkal: I’ve been a big fan of some of the GE ads in the last few years. This is not one of them. I even read some post or article about how GE thought this was going to be a great Super Bowl ad. It wasn’t. D.