Australia’s ‘Stoner Sloth’ Anti-Marijuana Campaign Is an Instant and Classic Fail
Creativity
There's a long and not-very-proud tradition of anti-drug advertising that gets ridiculed for missing the mark with young audiences. Australia's New South Wales government just added a classic new entry [...]
Pace Salsa Twitter Debacle Was a Prank By Comedians on a Comedian
Creativity
UPDATE 2: The truth (or as close as the Internet gets to the truth) is finally revealed. This whole fracas was a prank by comedian Randy Liedtke and (we're guessing) podcasting [...]
Kellogg’s Apologizes for Promising to Feed Hungry Kids Only If You Retweet
Creativity
The uneasy relationship between corporate good deeds and the positive PR that naturally comes from them is highlighted again this week, as Kellogg's U.K. deleted a tweet and then apologized [...]
Bakers Burn Their Brand to a Crisp in Epic Facebook Meltdown
Creativity
UPDATE: The bakery is now claiming its social-media accounts were hacked, and that it did not post the incendiary messages. This claim is not being wholeheartedly accepted by commenters on [...]
Idiotic Billboard Celebrating Women Shows Three Grinning Dudes in Suits
Creativity
Your billboard fail of the day comes from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Mount Saint Vincent University put up an ad encouraging people to honor the "remarkable women" in their lives [...]
16 Humiliating Twitter Brand Fails in One Painfully Hilarious Chart
Creativity
Twitter is a brilliant place for brands to connect with consumers. It's also a brilliant place—unparalleled, perhaps—for brands to absolutely humiliate themselves with idiotic posts. The infographic below collects 16 [...]