When technology goes horribly wrong…

Is it just me or do television commercials seem especially bad/disturbing lately? On top of the fact that every ad agency clearly has their Pandora station set to “Feist Radio” when choosing songs, the digital technology has gone too far. I mean, some of the commercials in regular rotation are causing me nightmares, so I can’t even imagine what they are doing to impressionable young children. Here are the three ad campaigns I wish would just go away.

Samsung and AT&T

I know! Let’s play off the over use of acronyms in texting because our phone makes it easy to type things out. But just showing people texting would be way boring, so let’s add creepy faces to the ends of thumbs to really convey emotion! Sold!

Xbox 360

All these commercials start with people making strange faces that might be moving, but I can’t really tell if they are or not. As the camera rotates it appears they are “living their dream” in the back of their open skull. Either my 47″ screen TV isn’t big enough or I am just too distracted by the fact the person has a gaping hole in the back of their head, but I have a hard time comprehending what that dream actually is.

Treximet

So as if this kid isn’t bummed enough that his mom insists on walking him to the bus EVERYDAY, but she is also a total freak with no head. That’s what I get from this commercial for migraine medication at least.