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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    08/24/09

    In reply to British Texting While Driving PSA Will Make You Think Twice, Squirm
    Horrifying. Yes, put it on.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/24/09

    In reply to British Texting While Driving PSA Will Make You Think Twice, Squirm
    this is your car. this is your car if you drive and text.

    shorter
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/24/09

    In reply to British Texting While Driving PSA Will Make You Think Twice, Squirm
    Does british television put on a seven minute commercials? Where would this be shown, exactly?
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    Image of gooneruk gooneruk
    08/24/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: It'd usually be on at some godforsaken hour in the middle of the night on an obscure channel. Occasionally it'll pop up on one of the main five channels, but it'll be close to midnight if it does.

    With this one, however, I reckon there'll be a 30-second edit for normal ad breaks, with a tagline like "see the full version online at: ", with the hope of it going viral.

    These kids with their myfacebook and twitters...
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    Image of Magister Magister
    08/24/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: An upload of the original says it'll be shown in schools, but the main text is in Russian or something, so I don't know its accuracy.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/24/09

    In reply to British Texting While Driving PSA Will Make You Think Twice, Squirm
    I see people texting while driving all the time. It's something I'd never do, as I don't even text while not driving, so I feel no need to watch this myself, but damn straight people who are texting while driving should be looking at it. I don't give a damn if it traumatizes them. They're risking people's lives and I'm supposed to be worried about their poor feelings?
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    Image of Benny Benny
    08/24/09

    In reply to British Texting While Driving PSA Will Make You Think Twice, Squirm
    I'm surprised by the fuss over this. We've had these kinds of commercials (some far more graphic than this one) for as long as I can remember in Australia. Is there none of this kind of advertising in the States?
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    Image of Magister Magister
    08/24/09

    @Benny: I've seen some of Australia's work via YouTube or similar sites, but in the States, we really don't have a lot of places to put a 4:15 commercial unless somebody pays for it.

    Certainly the thing is graphic and it definitely drives the point home, but unless a director were to put it in front of their next blockbuster or the unless the government were to underwrite its distribution, it's pretty much up to the whims of YouTube.
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    Image of Benny Benny
    08/24/09

    @Magister: Interesting. Ours typically aren't as long as this one, but I've seen so many people die horribly in these kinds of ads over the years that, to be honest, I've probably become a bit desensitised.

    Here's one which shows an impact with a pedestrian in super slow motion while detailing the specifics of his individual injuries, for example.

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    08/24/09

    In reply to British Texting While Driving PSA Will Make You Think Twice, Squirm
    Obama could use some smart advertising like this. Imagine if this commercial ended with the screen reading "I bet you wish you had that public option now."
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Sells Bloody Death
    ...and I thought she was hot before I even realized she's a squirter!
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    Image of Disco-Johnson Disco-Johnson
    05/20/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: Shiver. I know there are guys into pee squirters, but blood? Something for everyone I suppose!
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/20/09

    @Disco-Johnson: Yessir, I am a vagpire. And joking. I'm definitely the second thing.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    05/20/09

    @Disco-Johnson: Other stuff can squirt.
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Sells Bloody Death
    Consider my mind totally blown.
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