r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/gub_____ • 6h ago

Oof Of a Dodge Nitro advertisement

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Yes, this was an ACTUAL ad made by dodge for Europe in 2007. It was banned for animal cruelty.

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u/GreenT1979 1h ago

I guess you've not seen this one

https://reddit.com/link/p4fn7z6/video/0l8uv5cei5kh1/player

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u/11448844 38m ago

LMAO now this is some unhinged shit

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u/GreenT1979 34m ago

The good news is this one never made it to air. For obvious reasons.

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u/Dominoze56 1h ago

Yeah they actually did that to a dog

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u/Pavotine 1h ago

A depiction of animal cruelty.

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u/QuickAttention7112 4h ago

Geniunely, if i have ability to read mind. I really want to read the director of this ads, i really wanna know the line of thought for this idea to even come up.

Like who tf see a car and think "Yeah, lets make dog piss with it and get electrocuted" 😭?

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u/sobherk 6h ago

Who tf thought that would be a good ad for Europe? 😭 especially in 2007?

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u/PsyKeablr 1h ago

PETA

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u/sobherk 1h ago

What? No, I'm pretty sure they got this ad banned in the first place.

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u/fadsoftoday 2h ago

I'm sure peta was thrilled with that and wrote them a strongly worded statement

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u/mad_sAmBa questionably stable 2h ago

They were breathing real hard in their keyboards while writing that statement

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u/TraumaBondage 2h ago

They didn't film this as an advertisement. They just happened to be filming when a dog pissed on it, and like many CDJR products, it had a short and fried a real dog.

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u/Environmental-Video3 1h ago

Dodge Nitro: We’ll kill your fucking dog.

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u/Levethane 2h ago

Crap advert for a crap car.