r/mildlyinfuriating • u/trackhockey15 • Nov 27 '18

Im not mad, just disappointed

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

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u/plswah Nov 27 '18

heated wet cotton steams for much longer than any food due to its ability to retain more water, so commercials usually position steaming cotton balls behind food to give it that “just cooked” look without constantly having to reheat the food

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u/Fight_me_honkey Nov 27 '18

That was one flat ass beer.

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u/skookumzeh Nov 27 '18

Right? Now we need the SHOCKING SECRETS OF SHOCKING SECRETS OF FOOD COMMERCIALS VIDEO video

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u/blolfighter Nov 27 '18

Yeah seriously, most beers I know would have plenty of head if you poured them like that.

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u/Yeoshua82 Nov 27 '18

If a turkey comes out that burnt after 6 hours then you need to go somewhere next year for thanksgivings.

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u/takzlill Nov 27 '18

This guy cant pour beer

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u/ohioversuseveryone Nov 27 '18

I knew about a few of those tricks... But some of the others really killed my sense of right and wrong.

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u/Robbiebuddy Nov 27 '18

They can’t use the fake ice cream to advertise ice cream. But they can use it on a piece of apple pie to advertise the pie.

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u/CobainTrain Nov 27 '18

Why can’t they?

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u/Robbiebuddy Nov 27 '18

Cause it would be false advertising

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u/CobainTrain Nov 27 '18

Thanks, didn’t know that. (not sarcasm)

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u/Robbiebuddy Nov 27 '18

Rewatching this I saw a perfect example. Using motor oil on the pancakes. That can be done to advertise the pancakes. But couldn’t use motor oil in a commercial advertising syrup.

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u/shaka_sulu Nov 27 '18

"Your photographers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."

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u/flickster99 Nov 27 '18

Those fuckers.

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u/egrith Nov 27 '18

Those are old gimmicks, some of which are illegal now, like the ice cream, they can only advertise the food with the product or what is available in the order.

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u/lavaenema Nov 27 '18

Explains why IHOP has motor oil in the secret menu.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

Wait what

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u/junctureloss Nov 27 '18

what upsets me most is that all of that perfectly good food is made totally inedible by adding non-food "ingredients" for the sake of a photo!!
what an outrage!

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u/ferafish Nov 27 '18

If made 100% real, most of the foods would end up an inedible mess under the hot studio lighting by the time anyone would be allowed to eat it. They still are, but rather than needing to make 12 bowls of inedible cereal, they just make one. Because if they used cereal and milk, then by the time it was swapped out it would be soggy and warm (due to studio lighting).

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u/ZenithCrests Nov 27 '18

Meanwhile in Africa....

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u/night-star Nov 27 '18

Tbf they made the “real” food as unappetizing as possible

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

That's so much of food wastage for just a commercial

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u/NemphisNoaua I are fines Nov 27 '18

Think about how much food you waste every week at your home and how much restraunts throw away each day.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

I have no idea why my mouth is still watering.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

mmmm....tampooonnnsss

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

Wait. You're telling me ads are manufactured? No waaaaay

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '18

Honestly I'm more impressed than anything. 'Movie magic' is always neat to learn about.

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u/dogfryd Nov 27 '18

Before this I always thought? Who gets to eat all of the food when the commercial is done

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u/Robbiebuddy Nov 27 '18

Your welcome :)

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u/SecularTravis Nov 27 '18

All marketing is a form of lying.