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* One toothpaste ad hyped its "active oxygen bubbles"... from baking soda, that well-known ''carbon dioxide'' generator. What's scary is that it took ''three months'' for it to be taken off the air. |
* One toothpaste ad hyped its "active oxygen bubbles"... from baking soda, that well-known ''carbon dioxide'' generator. What's scary is that it took ''three months'' for it to be taken off the air. |
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* Nivea Visage DNAge Cell Renewal ''Anti-Age'' '''System''' claims to "de-age" your DNA. If there ''were'' the slightest chance that a moisturiser were somehow able to alter your DNA in any way whatsoever, no one would be putting it anywhere ''near'' them. |
* Nivea Visage DNAge Cell Renewal ''Anti-Age'' '''System''' claims to "de-age" your DNA. If there ''were'' the slightest chance that a moisturiser were somehow able to alter your DNA in any way whatsoever, no one would be putting it anywhere ''near'' them. |
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** In fairness, the tetrahedral bags make it a bit less of a waste to put proper whole-leaf tea in the bag rather than the fannings (i.e. leftovers) they usually put in bags. Still ridiculously overpriced, though. |
** In fairness, the tetrahedral bags make it a bit less of a waste to put proper whole-leaf tea in the bag rather than the fannings (i.e. leftovers) they usually put in bags. Still ridiculously overpriced, though. |
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* [http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics127.html The comic book advertisement] of the "all" detergent by Monsanto corporation. Apparently, the detergent is made of little men who are attracted to dirt. |
* [http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics127.html The comic book advertisement] of the "all" detergent by Monsanto corporation. Apparently, the detergent is made of little men who are attracted to dirt. |
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* One sports drink-type product was advertised under the name "H3O" which, as pointed out by [[ |
* One sports drink-type product was advertised under the name "H3O" which, as pointed out by [[David Letterman]] [[wikipedia:Hydronium|isn't actually water]]. Along the same vein, there was a bottled water with the name "H2O2". |
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** Wikipedia says about a three percent H2O2 solution: "may cause irritation and blistering to the mouth (which is known as Black hairy tongue), throat, and abdomen, as well as abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea". |
** Wikipedia says about a three percent H2O2 solution: "may cause irritation and blistering to the mouth (which is known as Black hairy tongue), throat, and abdomen, as well as abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea". |
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* [[Shaving Is Science|Every razor]] (Gillette, Schick, etc) company will inevitably have in their commercial a comment about how their razors are "revolutionised" to give a closer shave (either with more blades, thinner blades, blades with coating, whatever). Said shtick will come with a cartoon close-up of the razor performing alongside one of those "other" razors that presumably ''aren't'' "revolutionised" for performance. |
* [[Shaving Is Science|Every razor]] (Gillette, Schick, etc) company will inevitably have in their commercial a comment about how their razors are "revolutionised" to give a closer shave (either with more blades, thinner blades, blades with coating, whatever). Said shtick will come with a cartoon close-up of the razor performing alongside one of those "other" razors that presumably ''aren't'' "revolutionised" for performance. |
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* There's a laundry detergent advertised in Canada that brags about its "acti-lift technology". |
* There's a laundry detergent advertised in Canada that brags about its "acti-lift technology". |
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* It gotten to the point where they slip it into Real Estate adverts. A ad for a real estate development in Taichung, Taiwan, mentions its brand new Design for Oxygenated Living—i.e. you can open the windows and let fresh air in. |
* It gotten to the point where they slip it into Real Estate adverts. A ad for a real estate development in Taichung, Taiwan, mentions its brand new Design for Oxygenated Living—i.e. you can open the windows and let fresh air in. |
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* A German [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8W0CxWYkbo advert] for Alpecin caffein-based anti-baldness shampoo: It features a sciency-looking guy in a very tidy laboratory attesting to the product's effectiveness by playing with the length of a sine wave (representing the growth phases of a man's hair as a function of his age) on a computer screen.<ref>Understanding the original German provides little further information and makes it no more credible</ref> He's wearing a white coat so he clearly must know what he's on about. |
* A German [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8W0CxWYkbo advert] for Alpecin caffein-based anti-baldness shampoo: It features a sciency-looking guy in a very tidy laboratory attesting to the product's effectiveness by playing with the length of a sine wave (representing the growth phases of a man's hair as a function of his age) on a computer screen.<ref>Understanding the original German provides little further information and makes it no more credible</ref> He's wearing a white coat so he clearly must know what he's on about. |
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[[Category:Tropes On Science and Unscience]] |
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