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Over the years there have been many fantastic advertising campaigns hit our screens, whether you are in America, Japan or in the UK like myself there are ads out there that you are genuinely impressed by. On the other hand, it is safe to say that there are some really awful adverts out there and these are some of the worst ones.

Terrible Nintendo Advert Featuring Jedward

Let’s do something exciting… FANCY BATTLING A DRAGON!? I fancy killing myself now Jedward, thanks. This advert (relatively new here in the UK) is the inspiration for this post, not only is it everything you don’t want in an advert it has two of the most annoying Z list celebrities in Britain in it. What were Nintendo thinking? A word of advice before watching, you will cringe, a lot.

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I had no idea Facebook affairs were getting this bad. I mean, I know a lot of people cheat these days, and Facebook makes cheating easier for a cheater. But is it really making what would otherwise be faithful husbands and wives cheat? And is it really responsible for 1 in 5 divorices, or is it just mentioned in 1 in 5 divorce cases because divorce lawyers are using it to demonize the other party? And what, exactly, is a Facebook affair? Do you have to actually meet the person for it to be considered an affair? Back in my day (no, I’m really not that old) flirting was just flirting. It wasn’t an affair until some kind of physical contact happened.

I’ve started watching a lot of my television online these days. I can’t wait to get a new Google-enabled TV so my Internet and Television will finally be married. Hopefully they won’t cheat on each other with Facebook.

The first thing I said to myself when I saw these is: What the…

Check out these freaky videos. It looks like a cross between a college prank and a kidnapping but it seems to be some kind of test:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnBH20jrDyQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo4tU-8f5VI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13n_wzWWr1w

What do you think these videos are?

Leave your best guess below and I’ll try and contact the owners to see WTF these things are about.

I was watching Four Corners (a fantastic 20/20 type investigative journalism show in Australia) this afternoon and there was a special broadcast on Muscle Dysmorphia (AKA Bigorexia), which is sort of the opposite of anorexia.

As most of you will know, anorexic women see a distorted image of their bodies in the mirror, which causes them to think they are too fat no matter how skinny they get. Bigorexic men (although neither disease is 100% gender-specific, the are drastically skewed in either direction) look in the mirror and see themselves as too skinny, no matter how big and muscular they get.

You can see it marketed to men when you watch bodybuilding videos in much the same way that those anorexia websites celebrate anorexia. Neither extreme is “good for you” and both can lead to long-term health problems, yet muscle dysmorphia doesn’t seem to have as bad a reputation as anorexia. (more…)