{"id":131423,"date":"2020-04-17T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=131423"},"modified":"2020-04-17T15:34:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T13:34:15","slug":"every-covid-19-commercial-is-exactly-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=131423","title":{"rendered":"Every Covid-19 Commercial is Exactly the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vM3J9jDoaTA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Corporate Covid-19 response videos are eerily similar. *Cue somber piano music* When a company or brand releases a Coronavirus Response ad, they might tell you that we&#8217;re living in &#8220;uncertain times&#8221;, but that &#8220;we&#8217;re here for you&#8221;. They may say their top priority is &#8220;people&#8221; and &#8220;families&#8221; by bringing their services to the &#8220;comfort and safety of your home&#8221;. And don&#8217;t forget: &#8220;we&#8217;re all in this together! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brands  tell  your agencies  that we do not need  your idiotic messages&#8230; If  &#8220;we are all in   this  together &#8221; &#8230;.we need  you to focus on mega price offs and promotional offers&#8230; especially if you are  offering products in the super markets or in pharmacies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> It might come as a  big surprise  to  you&#8230;  but most of us  living in this world are not celebrities or  mega influencers  with   massive amounts <br \/>of money in the bank and with the global economy being so fucked  up&#8230;  most of us  in  the future  will not have  the same money as before to buy your  freaking  products!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So stop and think how you as brand\/company can make this world  a bit better and help  us with  meaningful  efforts rather than spending your money in ads that nobody really gives  a fuck about them! 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