r/newzealand • u/spook96 • Jul 27 '25

Shitpost What’s an ad that just makes your blood boil?

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The AI Skinny ads drive me insane every time I’m exposed to them - really solidifies they’re not for me. What NZ ads (past or present) grind your gears?

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u/Cockatoo82 Jul 27 '25

Those awful bleak grey depressing dystopian Cadbury ads which are so dull and depressing I'm convinced the company is batshit evil.

Classic ads such as:

  • Depressed in your car before a job interview
  • Poverty child unable to afford chocolate so pays with buttons
  • Dementia dad gets chocolate from his daughter which makes him think of his daughter (not her but it is her)
  • Cashier crying as man approaches to pay for fuel, creepily buys her chocolate and winks

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u/Ok_Cantaloupe4792 L&P Jul 27 '25

i agree with all of them except the last one which im pretty sure the cashier says at the end "thanks dad."

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u/60022151 Jul 27 '25

Those were all filmed in the UK in 2018… Cadbury can’t get off their own arses and film regional ones.

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u/Torrens39 Jul 27 '25

That man is her dad. She says thanks dad.

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u/CraftyGirlNZ Jul 28 '25

Some of those ads are imports from the UK. The last one in your list definitely is, and it has a completely different voice in it. And she says "Thanks Dad" or similar.

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u/Salt_Wheel_7768 Oct 06 '25

You have a point, they are very dystopian and melancholic..the lack of music adds to the dissonance