These Two Well-Written Ads Perfectly Show How Dumb Humans Are Getting

But perhaps there is a glimmer of hope

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The world, it seems obvious, is generally becoming a stupider place. It’s getting hard to dramatize this in new ways, but this award-winning campaign from ad agency The Community does so in amusing fashion—with two stories of humans ignoring common sense entirely in pursuit of rather idiotic goals.

See the spots here:

Granted, the link to the advertiser is tenuous, although independent film likely could make you slightly less stupid, if you consume enough of it.

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