Let's Rant On a Stupid Commercial

[EyhSteve]

You're a tool. It's a marketing trick, you're supposed to look at the commercial and say "Wait, wtf?" then laugh about it and tell all your friends. Apparently it was the perfect marketing technique because now all you jerkoffs are posting YouTube videos about it

[videoswitch]

Dude, you are missing the whole point.  You actually think that they don't know that. What's your IQ?

[seangagnier]

You are the one creating the big 'hub bub' dude. You are the 'stupid, moronic, and ridiculous' one. Seeing as you are a complete douchebag with no sense of humour, I feel the need to point this out to your inferior self: the campaign was a joke. Also, it made a shit load of money. Your videos are pale scraps of nothingness compared to the production value of even a 70's shreddies commercial. Go away.

[docterbackup]

Let's Rant On how stupid you are

[MitchYellowcard]

this is marketing genius, sorry HF. They haven't done anything to the product, yet there are millions of people talking about plain shreddires! Heck, it got your attention, you're just spreading the word. Gotta love Marketing!

[mynamegoshere1]

wow! well hey it looks like the commercials worked huh? i mean they got your attention. I mean sure you may be a little upset about there 'new' cereal, but look your talking about it on one of the biggest networking sites!!! so maybe this is what they were trying to do? but hey no worries the majority of people dont think your being stupid, if anything the non minority of people think your just being retarded c=

[ShadowStar1224]

I wonder if people actually bought it expecting something different.

[therealorberon]

You should watch this it's about creating intangible values for products in advertising by one of the biggest genius of advertising.

Google "TED Rory Sutherland Life lessons from an ad mam" it be a mind opener.

Shreddies was well loved, but boring 65 yr old brand. the challenge was to spark interest and make people talk about the brand again. Your rant proved their campaign successful. it won an advertising award btw, and boosted sales.

[crazydave303]

You missed the joke.

[ferg777]

Well if people like you rant about an ad like that, then their ad campaign worked. lol

[paulosham1]

do you have thumbs?



[Flamin362]

+1 to the calling you an idiot group

[jjooeeyy111]

Theres to many idiots on youtube posting about shreddies v.s diamond shreddies...yes their the exact same and yes their only tilted but that's the point of the commercial its supposed to be funny and they wanted to update the shreddies like when pepsi redid all their logos.

[phillyg28]

congrats on missing the entire point! You're officially stupider than the marketers gave you credit for

Pretty funny stuff! Nice work on being a punchline

[sjMarson]

OMG WHAT THE FUCK?! How do you not get this?! I mean. What do you do all day? I bet your the type of person that tells jokes like: 'I have died my hair red, NOT!' Do you want the advert to say 'Oh btw this is a joke' or maybe we should go back to the era where there is a guy holding up a sign saying 'Laugh'.

2:21 ? Srsly man?

[tiltedsideways]

i see exactly what you mean frogman, i hoped atleast they would put like a frosting on the cereal. Maybe fuckin change it up a bit other then tilting the fucking image on the box!

[oneweirdfellah]

OMG....dumbasses rofl!

[mistermoo564]

I was going to rate this poorly, but it was so stupid that it wound up being amusing.

[c00LHunter]

I bet that this guy actually wrote to the company to complain...I can't believe he did not get the irony...

[lvu88]

REALLY? You wasted time making this POINTLESS vid for... (please fill in the dots)

[XVonGrimmX]

Obviously you didn't get the irony of the campaign

Fucking jackass

[SSJPENGUIN]

Let's just be happen they didn't turn it 90 degrees :P

[SSJPENGUIN]

I voted diamond

[celinehater]

Wow. You are really not too bright. The campaign was a joke. I was at a screening last night where they ran the Cannes award winning Shreddies ads. Some of the ones they showed were the commercials they created in response to people who actually wrote it to complain. Basically, they couldn't believe anyone took it seriously.

[killalmostwise]

I loved the Combo pack - 50%square 50%diamond - another stroke of genius.

[fsufan850]

frogman you missed the point, it's a joke.

[tommybynumbers]

you, kind sir, are a moron!

[tomsapples2000]

Haha, you're an idiot if you think people don't realise it's precisely the same product. Any fool knows that. But I laughed at the advertisement campaign, and you spent three minutes ranting about it.

So I think that we can say in terms of publicity, this campaign was entirely successful. I think it's an absolutely genius move!

[SushiPride]

i agree it's really stupid. i don't get how people say they like diamond better for the fact that they're both the same dam thing. it's like comparing a red wooden chair to the exact same chair only side ways. wth. all they did was change the angles of it and there, they have from a square to a diamond. i mean, who the hell cares? when you pour the dam cereal in your bowl you're not going to care if they're either squares or diamonds. all you want to do is eat the dam thing, not check the shape.

[FirajaNinja]

Diamonds have a connotation of being related to being luxurious... There's a study where individuals sample wine (which is from the same bottle) but are told one is more expensive than the other, they often prefer the more expensive one...

It's called marketing... Society is weak, and it shows.

[tga3339]

But it isn't just a 45 degree rotation. If you look carefully at the weaving of the cereal at 1:15, they also had to re-weave it on that same angle. Plus I read that they switched the back to the front to improve how the milk gets absorbed. And they don't cost any more than regular Shreddies.

[homeboy2415]

100 true! i hope someboy pays $200 dollars to make a commercial saying " Diamond shreddies! a scam that rotates a ordinary square into 45 degrees

[vagisil890]

Shreddies give me big nasty shits! I love it!

[Maddavy2004]

You don't get the point of the add campaign. Everyone will talk about or joke about how dum it is which reminds everyone about shreddies and makes them think hmmm perhaps i shall buy some next time i am at the store.

[bluexxxc]

thar r the same

[Valis77]

does it taste better!

[Toastyfire45]

Wow guys stop hatin on my d-shreds. So what if its obvious that its an already known cereal turned 45 degrees to the right (not the left though they faced copy right issues with that). Overall you guys should be happy that there is company in the the world that will swindle you to the very core of your cereal appetite. I enjoy a bowl every morning.

[wthNOname]

if they turned it somewhere around the middle....

liiiike between diamond and square it would look cute on the front of the box :3

[DBZGTSailormoon4ever]

I agree with you it's ridiculous

[ChazDragoon]

I know the answer!!

*chomp*

It's eaten. :3

On a serious note, the marketing agent for Post needs to get fired for even proposing such an absurd marketing campaign.

[clearly01]

I dont know if its a buzz they wanted to create they did they sure have alot of people aware of "Diamond Shreddies" I dont see post about cinnamon toast crunch or trix.