As in mudering rapeing and defilment of the corpse. That’s how I’d put it.
"@ Micheltn - I think you misunderstood the intent of the post, which was being critical of the marketing approach, not critical of Americans. " Thank you, Tony, it is indeed the marketing approach that I was questioning and in particular what I perceived to be unfair stereotyping of Americans by a foreign company. The issue as to whether this approach is shamefully shallow or not is probably determined by age with older people more likely to agree with me that these garish names are juvenile and bolster an unfair impression. That’s all.
My pleasure Philip. And I do agree, so I am happy to be confirmed as one of the older people 
According to Walrus, I’m old too. And yes, I agree with Philip on the branding.
The worst marketing ploy I have seen is for Fubar Grunt, camo label, military slang, hokey “Blow your head off” warning. One of my top 2 snuffs though, and some of the British snuffs are rather colorfully named.
They can call it what ever they like. How does it snuff is the question.
The blow your head off thing is goofy… Funny thing is the nic doesn’t even seem that high to me. It has a good hit but not as much as Garrett to me
I hate Marketing people with there " we know what the public wants " attitude.
Slighty OT, yes I know, but I must say as an American who appreciates a good chuckle, I love it when the Brits parody us; one of my favorite examples is that episode of The Young Ones when they spoof an episode of Dallas and Neal (Nigel Planer) is behind that desk speaking in the most horribly affected Texan accent…hehehe…
E.T.
Some more parody: Americans in London
Canadian here so I’m neutral with the whole UK-US stereotype thing. Being in a country with no real culture of its own we are heavily influenced by British and American values (although American ones dominate in my experience). From what i’ve seen on American TV the British are constantly portrayed as rich snobs who have god awful teeth and whose lives revolve around the local pub. From British TV (accessible via our CBC which is a blatant copy of the BBC) I see Americans being portrayed either as fat, stupid rednecks or hyper-capitalist businessmen who are obsessed with profits profits profits. Obviously that being said neither of these stereotypes reflect the true nature of the citizens, its just what ive witnessed.
In American culture Brits are generally divided into two groups, posh aristocrats and Cockney street urchins. In British culture Americans are usually either rednecks, capitalistic planet destroyers or superheroes. I notice the young men of both cultures see the young ladies of the opposite culture as being faster and looser. Must be a case of the grass is greener.EDIT: American women love a man with a British accent. Don’t know why.
Canada has a culture of its own, and its gotten its share of paraody. We were just talking about Strange Brew and the Mackenzie brothers a few days ago. Thats some fantastic parody there. South Park loves to rip on Canada too. One Christmas special a few years ago they did an odd Wizard of Oz/adventure in Canada parody…hilarious! Also the movie Canadian Bacon has some great moments.
Woman and men love accents. It has to do with how the brain is wired. Novelity increases dopamine production so anything that you aren’t used to will create an increase in turn on. Seriously if you want a woman or mans attention do something they aren’t used to, you still have to work it but it will definatly help.
I haven’t been to Canada but I formed my opinion about her people by watching all the episodes of _The Trailer Park Boys._And yes, I keeed.
Advertising copy is not exactly highbrow culture, to put it mildly. It caters to the lower common denominator, and stereotypes are definitely a part of that mindset. That’s not a defense, just an observation.
quote bob; “Novelity increases dopamine production so anything that you aren’t used to will create an increase in turn on”. unquote funny you should mention that. Several years ago a friend and myself were cruising around a small town near Havana. We were chatting about the type of gals we wanted to screw and not yet had the chance to. He mentions that he always wanted to make it with a dwarf nun. I said yea right where you gona find that. We turn the corner and low and behold there she is. Walkin down the sidewalk with several other nuns is a freakin dwarf. I told him to go for it. He turned all red and said something like…nevermind. I LMAO at him. true story. you might have had to been there to appreciate it tho. it that enough off topic for ya’ll?
“Advertising copy is not exactly highbrow culture, to put it mildly. It caters to the lower common denominator, and stereotypes are definitely a part of that mindset. That’s not a defense, just an observation.” My thoughts exactly. Even so, any thinking US citizen should be peeved that a company from a major Asian nation so obviously regards their countrymen as thriving solely on junk culture; that they have dumbed down minds limited to the dubious acronyms of the Game Boy generation and that they can only express delight in food, a gun or a breathless Wow! One can almost hear the mirthful scorn from the marketing board as they conjured up and chuckled over such appalling names for the honoured American sahib - eg Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition Grunt. (I’ve even chuckled myself). Finally the snuff, judging from reviews, is only mediocre at best. It’s not inconceivable that if a western company marketed products aimed at an Asian or African community which used equally dire stereotypical themes they could be up before a Race Relations board.
Let foreigners make fun of us, who cares. The reason we don’t get upset is because we are far and away better than every other country, in every way. Look at india then look at America, they are kidding themselves if they think they’re smarter or better in any way.