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ProfessorGAC

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3. Ironic, Ain't It

Reply to haele (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:48 AM

19 hrs ago

One of the most iconic & memorable SuperBowl commercials was in '84, about 1984 and bleak it would be.
Then, when the metaphorical 1984 arrives in the form of a commercial making the surveillance state look lovely, the company bails because putting a smiley face on it didn't fly.

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ROFL! OldBaldy1701E 21 hrs ago #1

Guess that Superbowl commercial didn't poll the way they though it would. haele 19 hrs ago #2

Ironic, Ain't It ProfessorGAC 19 hrs ago #3

Yep. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 11 hrs ago #4

"We'll try again when nobody is paying attention" dalton99a 10 hrs ago #5