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Could we add Life Alert's 2014 Basement advertisement?
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Could we add Life Alert\'s 2014 Basement advertisement?
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* Life Alert's initial ad campaigns were deemed SoBadItsGood, spawning a [[MemeticMutation variety of jokes]] about their overly silly natures. Worried that this silliness would cost them sales, the company released a new, DarkerAndEdgier [[https://youtu.be/J4JzxG0cnpg advertisement]] in 2014... which ended up garnering public outcry. Many people decried it over its [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy unnecessarily bleak tone]], with reports of panic attacks occurring to unsuspecting viewers with anxiety disorders flying about. In addition, Life Alert was also accused of preying on the elderly and those worried about their senior relatives using [[ParanoiaFuel paranoia-based]] emotional blackmail. It’s a small wonder the ad was [[http://medicalalertsystemshq.com/blog/new-life-alert-tv-ad-replaced-disturbed-many.html pulled only two months]] after its initial airing, quickly being replaced with still serious, but much more uplifting commercials.
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* Life Alert\'s initial ad campaigns were deemed SoBadItsGood, spawning a [[MemeticMutation variety of jokes]] about their overly silly natures. Worried that this silliness would cost them sales, the company released a new, DarkerAndEdgier [[https://youtu.be/J4JzxG0cnpg advertisement]] in 2014... which ended up backfiring and caused public outcry. Many people decried it over its [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy unnecessarily bleak tone]], with reports of panic attacks occurring to unsuspecting viewers with anxiety disorders flying about. In addition, Life Alert was also accused of preying on the elderly and those worried about their senior relatives using [[ParanoiaFuel paranoia-based]] emotional blackmail. It’s a small wonder the ad was [[http://medicalalertsystemshq.com/blog/new-life-alert-tv-ad-replaced-disturbed-many.html pulled only two months]] after its initial airing, quickly being replaced with still serious, but much more uplifting commercials.
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Could we add Life Alert's 2014 Basement advertisement?
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Could we add Life Alert\'s 2014 Basement advertisement?
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* Life Alert's initial ad campaigns were deemed SoBadItsGood, spawning a [[MemeticMutation variety of jokes]] about their overly silly natures. Worried that this silliness would cost them sales, the company released a new, DarkerAndEdgier [[https://youtu.be/J4JzxG0cnpg advertisement]] in 2014... which ended up garnering public outcry. Many people decried it over its [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy unnecessarily bleak tone]], with reports of panic attacks occurring to unsuspecting viewers with anxiety disorders flew about. In addition, Life Alert was also accused of preying on the elderly and those worried about their senior relatives using [[ParanoiaFuel paranoia-based]] emotional blackmail. It’s a small wonder the ad was [[http://medicalalertsystemshq.com/blog/new-life-alert-tv-ad-replaced-disturbed-many.html pulled only two months]] after its initial airing, quickly being replaced with still serious, but much more uplifting commercials.
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* Life Alert\'s initial ad campaigns were deemed SoBadItsGood, spawning a [[MemeticMutation variety of jokes]] about their overly silly natures. Worried that this silliness would cost them sales, the company released a new, DarkerAndEdgier [[https://youtu.be/J4JzxG0cnpg advertisement]] in 2014... which ended up garnering public outcry. Many people decried it over its [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy unnecessarily bleak tone]], with reports of panic attacks occurring to unsuspecting viewers with anxiety disorders flying about. In addition, Life Alert was also accused of preying on the elderly and those worried about their senior relatives using [[ParanoiaFuel paranoia-based]] emotional blackmail. It’s a small wonder the ad was [[http://medicalalertsystemshq.com/blog/new-life-alert-tv-ad-replaced-disturbed-many.html pulled only two months]] after its initial airing, quickly being replaced with still serious, but much more uplifting commercials.
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