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Traveler gets to Missouri airport. Then they see a ‘diabolical’ ad: ‘This ad prompted me to divorce my husband’

By Rebekah Harding Apr 28th
Tennessee babysitter sensed something creepy when a mansion offered $25 an hour to watch a baby that never slept: ‘pale with intense green eyes’

By Terrina Jairaj Apr 23rd
The Incest in That Edible Arrangements Ad Could Be Worse

By Julia Glassman Dec 11th
Amazon Prime Video Joins Netflix, Disney+, and Max in Creating Ad Tier

By Rachel Ulatowski Nov 2nd
Conservatives Are Flipping Out Over a Cute McDonald’s Japan Ad

By Rachel Ulatowski Sep 25th
Maybelline’s New Ad Has Everyone Obsessed

By Brooke Pollock Jul 13th
‘One Piece’ Collab Once Again Shows That Japanese McDonald’s Ads Go Hard

By Kirsten Carey Apr 17th
Today I Found Out That Cookie Monster Used to Have Teeth

By Alyssa Shotwell Mar 26th
Elon Musk’s Twitter Restores the Worst Extremists’ Accounts While He Whines About Fleeing Advertisers

By Kimberly Terasaki Nov 28th
Fox News Tried To Pretend Tucker Carlson Doesn’t Exist When Pitching To Advertisers

By Vivian Kane May 17th
Those Wild Merge Mansion Ads Have Gotten the Live-Action Treatment With Kathy Bates Living Her Best Life as the Suspicious Grandma

By Briana Lawrence Jan 4th
State Farm Drip Is the Kind of Video Game Cringe I Live For Which Means I’m Going to Hell

By Briana Lawrence Sep 13th
I Don’t Know What Merge Mansion Is but Its Mobile Game Ad Campaign Requires Popcorn to Watch the Mess Unfold

By Briana Lawrence Aug 13th
I Got Called Out by This “Without Saying Your Age” Meme So I’m Calling You Out Too

By Briana Lawrence Dec 2nd
Things We Saw Today: Mean Girls Toaster Strudel Is So Fetch

By Jessica Mason Sep 11th
Today in the Darkest Timeline: Kentucky Fried Chicken Crocs

By Jessica Mason Feb 12th
Things We Saw Today: Photographer Reshoots Sexist Vintage Ads to Highlight Their Ridiculousness

By Teresa Jusino Jan 19th
This Absurdly Cute Commercial for Heinz Australian Beans Will Warm Your Heart (and Toast)

By Charline Jao Sep 6th
Ads That Perpetuate Gender Stereotypes Are Being Banned … But Not in the U.S.

By Vivian Kane Jul 18th
Nike Broadens Our Vision of Athleticism For Pride By Showcasing Mother Leiomy—the Wonder Woman of Vogue

By Teresa Jusino Jun 23rd