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Do you know a phrase (Mainly from advertisements.) that you really hate:

Here are a few of mine.
"Door-buster sale"
'Real ingredients"
"25 shades whiter"

Posted - July 9, 2019
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  • 46117
    Yeah.  DOWN LOAD THE APP and save more.  SCREW YOU AND THE STORE.  I'm going someplace where I know how much something costs.  Like the Dollar store.  
      July 9, 2019 10:24 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    I like that.

      July 9, 2019 10:54 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    BEFORE TAX.
    Repetition, restatement, recapitulation, rerun, reoccurence, the same, did I already say that? is their motto.  If you didn't get it the first time, allow me to show you another item for just the same price and quality!
      July 9, 2019 11:03 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    I have never been approached for that, since the morons that work there don't even know what the have. I usually have my money ready when I get to the cashier...including the tax. Another one is the fine print for leasing a car... $3,699 due at signing for a 3 year lease. That's $100 more per month.
      July 9, 2019 11:08 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    AND?  It is the ONLY Dollar Store left I think that has this claim and its actually true.  All the other stores charge more than a dollar and Family Dollar charges even more than a lot of other stores.  WHAT GALL.

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at July 9, 2022 8:38 AM MDT
      July 9, 2019 11:05 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    I haven't been to family dollar for years because of that. Same with Big Lots.
      July 9, 2019 11:09 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    The Gall! (I love that expression)  
      July 10, 2019 2:45 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    Isn't that "The French"?
      July 10, 2019 6:58 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    The mascara lies. 

    TEN TIMES THE VOLUME!!!!!!
    You are a scientist-type thinker.  Consider this.  One has only so many HAIRS on the rim of the eyelid.  Therefore you cannot QUADRUPLE the volume or make the lashes 10 times longer.  You can glob on more coats and make it look a bit thicker but in the end, it looks like mascara.  No one is fooled.  And they keep IMPROVING this stuff and changing the brush style for the last 50 years at least and it is exactly the SAME crap.  

    Like nylons and panty hose.  They still run.  But I am digressing since I don't have an ad for them. 

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at July 9, 2022 8:39 AM MDT
      July 9, 2019 10:28 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    You are correct about the volume. I did the math. However, they did get around that lie by spelling volume wrong.
      July 9, 2019 10:58 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    OH TRUST ME.  They NEVER spell it wrong. This was to be CUTESY.   They laud and applaud how much volume you will get from this brush and this glob of the same crap that they have been making since the 50's.  
      July 9, 2019 11:02 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    I guess the mascara people are trying to compete with this from the "fake" eyelash people:

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      July 9, 2019 1:22 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    L'Oreal:  Because you're worth it.
    Worth what?  The $8 worth of make-up to put on my face to hide my insecurities?  I could use that $8 on something else that would show my confidence.
    Apple:  Think Different.  Different than what?  IBM?  My little sister?  My Dog?  I think trying to figure out your machine is already taxing my brain.
      July 9, 2019 10:56 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Think DIFFERENTLY.  Like think about correct grammar.  I'm going with Randy on this one. THAT IS AN AD?  Well when you have BE BEST coming from the top House in the land, what do you expect.  
      July 9, 2019 11:00 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    Exact-ly! ;):)
      July 9, 2019 11:06 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    The ad should actually say "Think Differently" Bad grammar. Wait! You have insecurities?
      July 9, 2019 11:01 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Me too. That's what I just thought too.  That his an AD?  Only in this COUNTRY where BE BEST is an actual motto said by no one.  Except the Moron's wife.  
      July 9, 2019 11:03 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    I was going to correct the fact that "ly" had something to do with that statement.
    Having no insecurities about being wrong to 99% of all the people in the land but one HUGE insecurity about being wrong in front of Randy, I do.  I didn't have the balls to put it up so I curved my answer to fit another angle. This post was edited by Merlin at August 22, 2021 11:00 PM MDT
      July 9, 2019 11:10 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    Randy doesn't mess with you because he loves you too much.
      July 9, 2019 11:13 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    When Randy wants to  mess with me, he PM's me first as a warning.  hee hee
      July 9, 2019 11:14 AM MDT
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  • 44619
    He has done that to me. Not me...if he messes up, I nail him immediately.
      July 9, 2019 11:19 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    You KNOW my commentary was not to correct  YOU.  I wouldn't do that.  It was that AD thing.  
      July 9, 2019 11:16 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    Okay, relax---

    Different is an adjective (and modifies a noun); differently is an adverb (which modifies the verb "think").

    Think Different----Imperative mood; think a different (thing); the (thing) being understood to be the object of the sentence just as "You" is considered the subject of that sentence. 

    Think differently---Also imperative mood, with "you" as the subject, and telling you HOW to think, i.e., differently.

    Moral---proper but ambiguous grammar is not an effective advertising strategy.


      July 9, 2019 1:16 PM MDT
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      July 9, 2019 11:27 AM MDT
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