I feel as though this ad is well known enough to be a meme entry. Plus, there are plenty of Youtube videos parodying it. What do you guys think?
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"Congratulations, You Won!" spam ad.
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Sure, why not? As this is one of the most famous ads in internet history and we already have entries about other ads, i don't see why there shouldn't be an entry about this one.
We have entries for the infamous nigerian prince scams, so sure why not.
Yep. I think those kinds of overused ads are meme worthy.
Roy G. Biv
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Is this just the one that says "congratulations, you won." out loud?
Or does it include those obvious scams that say you've "won" since you're the millionth visitor or something, generally in all caps, comic sans, and seizure inducing rapidly changing bold colors for the text and background?
Emperor Palpitoad
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Damn this brings back real old memories.
200% confirmable meme.
Emperor Palpitoad wrote:
Damn this brings back real old memories.
200% confirmable meme.
How many times have you been the millionth visitor on YouTube?
Blitz the Dragon
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I actually miss these things. Nowadays you have to watch a whole commercial just to access certain pages. And it's usually something you're not likely to want or need, like some shady life insurance policy.
Roy G. Biv wrote:
Is this just the one that says "congratulations, you won." out loud?
Or does it include those obvious scams that say you've "won" since you're the millionth visitor or something, generally in all caps, comic sans, and seizure inducing rapidly changing bold colors for the text and background?
Any of them that relate to winning a prize but is actually a virus.
Also: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/congratulations-you-won-spam-ads
Here is the entry, Feel free to give me any feedback.
Blitz the Dragon
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How would y'all feel if we made an "internet advertisement" category and documented some of the more memorable examples, like those minigame ads that were big back in 2007-09? Examples include "Punch Out Osama Bin Laden" and "Help Bush Out-lift Arnold."
Blitz the Dragon wrote:
How would y'all feel if we made an "internet advertisement" category and documented some of the more memorable examples, like those minigame ads that were big back in 2007-09? Examples include "Punch Out Osama Bin Laden" and "Help Bush Out-lift Arnold."
Don't forget those "PLAY ROBLOX FOR FREE ON GAMEPICKLE.COM"
Funny thing is is that i think Game Pickle is a real site.
Blitz the Dragon wrote:
How would y'all feel if we made an "internet advertisement" category and documented some of the more memorable examples, like those minigame ads that were big back in 2007-09? Examples include "Punch Out Osama Bin Laden" and "Help Bush Out-lift Arnold."
Emperor Palpitoad
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RandomMan wrote:
+1 on the entries
2nd link's broken af
RandomMan wrote:
+1 on the entries
Older entry link is broken
Whoops.
Yeah it's an old entry with the same title from 5 years ago which was also hidden 5 years ago.
Nvm.