{"id":453,"date":"2007-02-09T16:41:44","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T21:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=453"},"modified":"2007-02-09T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2007-02-09T22:24:54","slug":"i-just-bought-a-snickers-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/09\/i-just-bought-a-snickers-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"I just bought a Snickers bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JHkoZ7ngAM0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sjl-static5.sjl.youtube.com\/vi\/JHkoZ7ngAM0\/2.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"Snickers Super Bowl ad, 2007\" align='right' hspace='10' vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s my small way of thanking them for their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JHkoZ7ngAM0\">hi-bloody-larious Super Bowl ad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Things that amaze me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That some people want to ban this ad.<\/li>\n<li>That it occurred to me to look for this on YouTube.  (I&#8217;m not <em>so<\/em> out of it!)<\/li>\n<li>That it was there.  (OK, that didn&#8217;t really amaze me, but the official, sanctioned presence of things like this in places like YouTube definitely signals a sea change in marketing.)<\/li>\n<li>That I&#8217;m actually posting a link to an <em>ad<\/em>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m not actually a big fan of Snickers, but I managed to eat one for the cause.  When I get home I can eat some of that wonderful dark chocolate that WeatherGirl bought me for Xmas.  Nummmyyyyy&#8230;<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my small way of thanking them for their hi-bloody-larious Super Bowl ad. Things that amaze me: That some people want to ban this ad. That it occurred to me to look for this on YouTube. (I&#8217;m not so out of it!) That it was there. (OK, that didn&#8217;t really amaze me, but the official, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/09\/i-just-bought-a-snickers-bar\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I just bought a Snickers bar&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4,14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-7j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":187,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/06\/27\/thoughts-on-the-lenfant-plaza-hotel\/","url_meta":{"origin":453,"position":0},"title":"Thoughts on the L&#8217;Enfant Plaza Hotel","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"27 Jun 05","format":false,"excerpt":"GECCO is being held in the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in D.C. 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One can make an argument (and Phoenix certainly does) that Phoenix is providing an important service to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":125,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/04\/15\/thatll-get-their-attention\/","url_meta":{"origin":453,"position":4},"title":"That&#8217;ll get their attention","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"15 Apr 05","format":false,"excerpt":"I'll explain it when you are older pointed me at this devestating (in the most literal sense) smoking cessation ad. Be warned, though, that this is pretty in your face (in the best sort of way). 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