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WE RANT MOVED TO THE WOMS SITE

Albert — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:23:22 +0000

To anyone reading this blog – it has moved to the www.weaponsofstupidity.com site (www.weaponsofstupidity.com/blogs/werant)

This means that
NO NEW MATERIAL WILL BE ADDED HERE
COMMENTS WILL GO UNSEEN
AND EVENTUALLY DELETED

go to the Weapons of Mass Stupidity site cos it has more stuff anyway

Racist KFC Ad

Albert — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:24:01 +0000

If you watch the news, or follow KFC ads obsessively, then you’ll know that the KFC ad in which a white guy is surrounded by dark coloured cricket fans offers them all chicken because he finds that situation awkward. If you found that explanation confusing, lets simplify things:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FftZt-Dw_hQ

Seriously – what is it about this ad thats racist?
Is it the fact that a white guy surrounded by black people is apparantly awkward?
or
The fact that he shuts em up with chicken?

I don’t know and the accusations vary too. But seriously, lets try and focus one what KFC was trying to say here.

……

I’m not too clear on that either. But I think they were trying to say one of two things -
When surrounded by strangers, KFC is a common interest cos apparantly is awesome
or
The shut annoying people up with chicken theory that the anti racist people suggested.

But let me get this straight, comedians and comedy shows are racist all the time and its hilarious (it really is…) and its okay to laugh at racism, but not to make an ad that has a small joke which may be racist (or just a message that has been badly sent and recieved)

Thanks for the screwed up messages society. Don’t you worry bout those people you’re confusing….

News Fails – yet again

Albert — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:22:52 +0000

I have taken a shot at the news many times, complaining about the shit actually qualifying as news, but now i take a shot at the fact at how they manage to add the totally unneccassary and get away with it. It’s happens almost everyday. Have you ever noticed, that when they do a report about someone getting into trouble, or getting attacked, they show a zoomed in photo of the persons face (which takes up most of the screen) and then they BLUR the photo. Great, we are seeing a blur for news, for 5 seconds a day. I want my five seconds back!!!.

This whole thing caught my attention when the news said this: Malcolm Turnbul has said that Tony Abotts claim that cut emissions at a low cost was: bullshit. The word bullshit however was bleeped out, but the quote was on the screen in text, however and then BULLSHIT in quotations, filled the screen. What was the point of that?! What you spared the two year olds who cant yet read, but were for some reason watching the news? Thanks. I’m sure they appreciated that.
But, it could have been deliberate. For people who work at listen to the news, I bet they were like ‘OOHH he said what?’ They focus on the news and read the word bullshit, realizing nothing important was done…

What is Hear Me Rant

Albert — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:55:04 +0000

You know how you make jokes with your friends, and mock things going on around you – knowing that behind your jokes is a great deal of truth. Yet nobody gets to hear your genius. Shame really.

That is why we are releasing We Rant.

Basically it’s Hear Me Rant but for you.

If you have something that makes you angry and you want to release it the world… relatively harmlessly. Or if you still want to just surf aimlessly thorugh the rants and ramblings of 2 guys with no lives…

Then Hear Me Rant is for you! Expect to see it released soon.

News Headlines 2 – Gay Penguin

Albert — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:41:37 +0000

Now, i’ve mentioned something about news headlines getting desperate, but what i didn’t know at the time was how much people love these bullshit reports. On the ABC site, i was reading news headlines, and under Most Popular, was a headline titled: Gay Penguin Has Change Of Heart. What the @#$% is that?? Freaking hell, the report was about a couple of gay penguins who had been together for 5 years, apparantly breaking up cos one of em ‘nested with widow neighbur.’ But listen to what the comments are about ‘Linda,’ the female penguin who ruined the happiness:

The development has sparked a variety of reactions in the blogosphere, where Linda has been called a “home wrecker” who “lives for her own happiness, no matter who gets hurt”.

What the hell??? They’re PENGUINS, not frigging desperate housewives! But listen to peoples comments on the abandoned gay penguin, Pepper.

John, writing on The Frigging Loon blog, said he was “heartbroken” about the split and that he hopes Pepper “finds another male penguin that is 10 times hotter than Harry!”.

Now seriously, what the hell is happening to news? A bomb just went of in a mall – 9 were killed, and ABC is talking about a gay penguin. Now I know bullshit articles will appear from time to time, but what the hell was this doing under Most Popular?

Quotes from article on: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/19/2629864.htm

Beverage Names

Albert — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:05:37 +0000

Have you ever struggled to add a title to your story, or name charactors?
Well, you’re not the only one, cos the beverage companies have sunk to a new low when it comes to naming their products.

Coffee names have always pissed me off. I mean, by adding a bit of cream/milk to the coffe, you’ve actually added about an hour to the coffees name. There are so many damn types of coffee, all with different names, yet theres very little difference in the drink itself. Heres a few of the coffee names I could find:
Instant coffee
Flavored coffee
Black Coffee
White Coffee
Iced coffee
A Shot in the Dark
Double Shot
Cafe au Lait
Cappuccino
Dry Capuccimo
Macchiato
Expresso
Espresso Con Panna
Cafe Breva
Caffe Latte
Cafe Macchiato
Hammerhead
Greek Coffee
Indian filter coffee
Americano
Irish coffee
Turkish Coffee
Vietnamese Coffee
Kopi Tubruk
Lungo
Frappe
Melya
Mocha
Oliang
Ristretto
And lets not get started on the combos. Frigging hell. So damn long. How do people keep up with this shit? Who wants an italian-half-caf-express-white-oneshot-mochacinno with ice?

So ok, coffees a pain in the ass, but has anyone heard of the alcohol names? Some are weird like, GodFather, GodMother and GodDaughter. Some are a little gay like, Fallen Angel, and Dark Kiss. But some are just plain stupid, which brings me to my personal favourite – Kick in the Balls.
Now one cant help but imagine the situation where a man is standing at a bar and says
“hey can i have a kick in the balls”
or
“Man i really want a kick in the balls right now”
or even more funny when a chick requests a kick in the balls.

Anyway, laying off alcohol, soft drinks have pretty random names too. I mean the new soft drink being sold at school called ‘LOL’ was funny at first, but whos to stop a company naming there drink something funny? Apparantly the government didn’t find it too funny when a company named their drink ‘Cocaine.’
I suppose they didnt want children saying to their mothers that theyre going out with some friends to buy some cocaine…

Very Quick Rant

Andrew — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:17:28 +0000

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-au&brand=ninemsn&vid=a52cec74-73e1-45c1-9219-a722a4f97db4&from=imbot_en-au_general&fg=rss
Watch this. And just… watch it. I’m not going to even bother to rant on this, please vent your anger using the comments box.

Commenting Problem

Andrew — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:02:15 +0000

I have recently noticed that we have had 83 ‘spam’ comments blocked by an anti-spam script. If you have posted an actual comment and have not seen it on the site, that comment could be part of the 83 blocked. To resolve this, I have set up a We Rant forum in the WOMS forums where you can discuss any posts that we have made. Just start a topic and discuss away.

The link to the forums is http://andrewnguyen.qtl1.com/forums

Can’t really do much for those comments that haven’t been posted unfortunately.

Please join us on the forums!

i hate this ad – boojay direct

Andrew — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:33:08 +0000

Now on TV they play a cut one, with her only talking about Budget Direct.

First off, what the hell is the point of some fake French girl talking about Budget Direct? She has the most exaggerated French accent ever, reminding me of a friend. “Mobeele, dollah and the finale Boojay.” Every freaking time the ad comes on and she says “Boojay”, it makes me want to grab a baugette and smash her face with it.

Also 50 – 60 year old Aussie man with a 20 -30 year old French girl. Hmm… now unless they are family that is weird. (Actually if they were family it would be even weirder.)

There has to be better ways to sell car insurance, having someone say French your company name? Nope.

I Hate This Ad – Foxtel EOFYS

Andrew — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:15:33 +0000

Anyone seen it? Yes, no? Heres the ad on Youtube to jog your memory:

This one is the extended version. They play mainly the edited on TV.

I hate this ad. End of Financial Year Sale is what EOFYS is… and yet even though I know what it means/stands for everyday I watch the ad on TV I go: “WTF is EOFYS?”. The idea is good I guess… but done before:

Although this one is much more entertaining.

Back to the EOFYS one… why the hell do you have Christmas decorations for “EOFYS” (Which by the way sounds Greek) It would’ve been better if they made special decorations just for the ad. But the main reason I hate this ad is because of its musical theme. And you’re thinking “Why do you like the Amazon one? Huh?”.

Well I like that one because, its funny and doesn’t evolve a family bursting into dance with the Foxtel guy showing at your door in the middle of the night, along with 50 other dancers that are supposed to be your neighbors. Also what would the name of the carols you sing on EOFYS? (Help me out here… my brain is dieing right now.)

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Happy Eofys everyone.