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	<title>Adventures in Goat World &#187; advertising</title>
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		<title>How To Accessorize Your Shredder Oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently bought a new shredder after thoroughly destroying my old one, and in doing some research I realized that part of the problem was that the shredder was never properly lubricated. Apparently, it helps to put oil on moving metal parts. Who knew? Anyway, I wound up buying some shredder oil off Amazon because [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently bought a new shredder after thoroughly destroying my old one, and in doing some research I realized that part of the problem was that the shredder was never properly lubricated. Apparently, it helps to put oil on moving metal parts. Who knew?</p>
<p>Anyway, I wound up buying some shredder oil off Amazon because Staples (where I bought the shredder) wanted an arm and a leg for their house-brand shredder lubricant.</p>
<p>So because I bought shredder oil from them, Amazon sent me the following email on how to accessorize my purchase (click to enlarge):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blogstuff/images/accessorization.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" title="Would you like a $2000 shredder with that $10 shredder oil?" src="http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blogstuff/images/accessorization.jpg" alt="" width="478" height="374" /></a></p>
<p>Yes, that&#8217;s right, they encouraged me to accessorize a $10 bottle of shredder oil with <em>a two thousand dollar shredder</em>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d hate to see how they&#8217;d encourage me to accessorize a quart of motor oil (&#8220;We think you&#8217;d like a new Mercedes-Benz!&#8221;) or a new remote control (&#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t you rather just buy a new TV?&#8221;).</p>
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		<title>Would You Like To Buy A Trailer?</title>
		<link>http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blog/2009/10/would-you-like-to-buy-a-trailer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you would, I encourage you to buy it from this dude, because his commercial is fucking awesome. via Gawker.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">If you would, I encourage you to buy it from this dude, because his commercial is fucking awesome.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q-RLqLx1iYI&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q-RLqLx1iYI&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>
<p><em>via <a href="http://gawker.com/5387024/maybe-ads-should-all-be-like-this" target="_blank">Gawker</a>.</em></p>
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		<title>Pop Quiz</title>
		<link>http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blog/2008/10/pop-quiz-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this an ad for? Click to find out. And laugh.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is this an ad for?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blogstuff/images/lesbiandatingorsweaterad.jpg"><img class="alignnone" title="I am not a sweater ad." src="http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blogstuff/images/lesbiandatingorsweaterad2.jpg" alt="" width="386" height="366" /></a></p>
<p>Click to find out. And laugh.</p>
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		<title>California Celebrates Naked Commercialism</title>
		<link>http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blog/2008/06/california-celebrates-naked-commercialism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my inbox this morning, on the morning of the first gay marriages in California, I found the following item from Chemistry.com, a spinoff of Match.com: Yes, that&#8217;s right. Chemistry has decided that the best way to market themselves to their generally liberal and potentially queer audience is to nakedly commercialize one of the most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my inbox this morning, on the morning of <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-marriageweb13-2008jun13,0,2577834.story" target="_blank">the first gay marriages in California</a>, I found the following item from Chemistry.com, a spinoff of Match.com:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blogstuff/images/chemistrypandering.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 400px;" src="http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blogstuff/images/chemistrypandering.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />
Yes, that&#8217;s right. Chemistry has decided that the best way to market themselves to their generally liberal and potentially queer audience is to nakedly commercialize one of the most important court rulings in decades.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t even imagine that marketing meeting: &#8220;Now that gays can get married, there&#8217;s clearly going to be a stampede to meet soulmates through the magic of the internet. We should take advantage!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Fun With Unfortunate Advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.ellenshapiro.com/blog/2008/01/fun-with-unfortunate-advertising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Cashmere Mafia on ABC&#8230;.Brought to you by Valtrex!&#8221; No better marquee sponsor for a thinly disguised remake of Sex and the City than a herpes medication. That single line by the announcer made me laugh a lot harder than anything on the actual show.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;<a href="http://abc.go.com/primetime/cashmeremafia" target="_blank">Cashmere Mafia</a> on ABC&#8230;.Brought to you by Valtrex!&#8221;</p>
<p>No better marquee sponsor for a thinly disguised remake of <em>Sex and the City</em> than a herpes medication.</p>
<p>That single line by the announcer made me laugh a lot harder than anything on the actual show.</p>
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