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Mad Men almost managed to convince the world that marketing was made by clever folks in swanky offices, discussing and debating the ins and outs of human wants and needs. Certainly, sometimes that is the case. But there are a lot more ads and companies out there than there are competent marketers.
We’ve gathered some of the most unhinged, cursed and hilarious advertisement fails from across the world. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below.
#1 This Ad For Teeth Whitening
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#2 Anti-Smoking Ad Accidentally Recommends Quitting The Wrong Thing
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#3 Chinese Hair Salon Uses Google Translate To Create An Advertising Banner, But Seems Like Their WiFi Was Down
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There is a distinctive difference between cheap, unimaginative ads and marketing so terrible that it actively diminishes your brand’s image. Take, for example, a 2015 ad from Bloomingdales, which included the line “Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking.”
This is the sort of thing that absolutely begs the question, how did someone think this was ok? Their PR did issue an apology and, in a show of maturity, didn’t just blame it on some rogue marketer. However, the folks calling the shots at Bloomingdales did also approve of this ad, so that raises some questions.
#4 That Face
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#5 I See Your Car Doors And Bus Windows, And Give You This
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#6 If There Is An Award For Advertising, I’m Sure This One Ain’t Up For It
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Some companies will “show” just how much they trust their products by putting themselves at risk. The manufacturers of bulletproof glass come to mind, standing behind their product as someone tests a gun. Very little room for fails here. In 2006, Todd Davis, CEO of LifeLock, a company that sold data protection services put out an ad with his actual social security number.
#7 Taste The Feeling Of Cr*ppy Lenticular Design
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#8 As Campaign In Munich For The Euro Championship
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#9 Somebody Didn’t Have His Coffee
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The gist was simple, LifeLock’s services were, according to Todd Davis, so effective, that even with his SSN plastered across billboards, scammers and fraudsters would still not be able to do anything. It probably won’t come as a surprise that his identity was stolen over 13 times, and, to add insult to injury, he was made to pay multiple false advertising fines. If your ad is so bad the FTC has to get involved, you messed up.
#10 Oh Good, Didn’t Want To Misplace It!
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#11 Goeye Rgelash
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#12 Put Up That Ad For You Boss
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#13 People Will Never Learn To Not Put Faces In Corners
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#14 That’s A Lot Of Legs For Three Women
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#15 Boldly Going Where No Man Has Gone Before
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#16 My Doctor Has The Oddest Old Posters In His Waiting Room
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#17 Drove Past This Malfunctioning Billboard Outside A Major Sports Stadium
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#18 This Habitat For Humanity Van
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#19 An Ad On A Game I’m Playing. The More You Look. Not Sure What The Goal Of The Advertiser Was With The Editing Of This Photo, But This Is An Ad For Vacations.
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#20 This Ad Caught My Eyes
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#21 Got The Copy Done For That Billboard
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#22 At A Local Library. Have No Idea What’s Going On
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#23 I Don’t Think Mirrors Work Like That
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#24 That Is Not How That Works
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#25 Saw This At My Local Car Dealer
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#26 Whoopsie, Shanghai Uses Wrong Poster (Fanmade) To Promote Thor Movie
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#27 Billboard My Wife Found In Indiana
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#28 This Ad
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#29 This Large Billboard Of A Random Goat
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#30 Another Unattainable Body Portrayed In Advertising
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#31 But… Where Did The Snowflake Come From??
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#32 Choose Asia. Choose Wrong
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#33 I Don’t Even Have The Words
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#34 This Billboard Literally Makes No Sense
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#35 Facts Spotted In South Texas
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#36 There Wan An Attempt To Advertise
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#37 Advertising Ethical Business
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#38 Interesting Billboard On My Way To Work
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#39 This Poster Has Wrinkled In It’s Stand Rather Amusing Way
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#40 Put Up The Advertisement Boss
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#41 This Shopped Car At The Mazda Booth At The Portland International Auto Show
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#42 Ad For Bubble Tea In Sydney
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#43 They Should Have Mirrored Her On The Other Side
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#44 I Swear I At First Thought This Was An Ad Telling You To Go Shoot Old People
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#45 These Spa Photos Look Like A Scary Squished Baby Face
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#46 This Billboard Has A Clear Message That #sanjose Can’t Ignore
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#47 ‘Oilyfans’ Billboards Show Bp Chief Executive Topless After Earning £10 Million
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#48 Cyberpunk Ad Crashed At The Mall Today
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#49 “I Put That Billboard Up, Boss!”
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#50 One Of The Shops Outside Local Mall. I Don’t Even Know
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#51 This Ad I Saw Knocking Prince Andrew
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#52 Cool New Ad!
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#53 I Live In Ghana. This Billboard Is On A Highway Near My House
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#54 This Ad
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#55 This Billboard I Found In NYC
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#56 Flew Into Dia The Other Day And Saw This Ad. They’re Leaning Into It The Conspiracies And I Am *here* For It
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#57 Unremoved Movie Poster Makes This Look Like An Animated Horror Movie
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#58 Saw This At A Bus Stop. I’d Say It’s AI But The Hands Are Normal
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#59 I Set Up The Billboard, Boss
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#60 A Local Vaccination Clinic Has The File Name Printed On Their Billboard
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#61 The Attention To Detail Is Unreal
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#62 This Real Ad That Reads Like A Cards Against Humanity Entry
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#63 Is Your Child A Cannibal?
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#64 The Menopause; It’s Natural, Irish And Genuinely Works
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#65 The Model In This Advertisement For Macy’s Was Wearing 2 Pairs Of Glasses
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#66 Bus Ad That Seems To Be Advertising Human Trafficking
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#67 Saw Someone Familiar On A Billboard, But It Looks Like She Had A Stroke
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#68 Passed This Driving Through LA. I Thought It Was A Movie Poster
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#69 This Double Sided Poster In The Sunlight
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#70 The Review And Rating For This New Play Isn’t For The Play It’s Advertising
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#71 This Asthma Awareness Poster
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#72 This Billboard Was Installed Upside Down
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#73 An Attempt To Advertise A Special
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#74 There Was An Attempt To Hang A Poster
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#75 Billboard Is Up
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#76 The Poster Is Installed
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#77 I Hung The Sale Poster Up Boss
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#78 Maybe Not The Best Two Billboards Right Next To Each Other… Just Sayin
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#79 I Put Up The Toy Story 1 Poster Boss
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#80 Measure Twice Cut Once
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#81 Was Shopping For Shoes Then I Saw This Model In The Picture
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#82 This Westfield Mall Ad Looks Like This Girl Is Taking A Dump
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#83 A Catalog For A Clothing Company I Once Worked At. How Was This Cover Ever Approved?
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#84 Nobody Is Wearing A Watch In This Watch Ad
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#85 This Ad Says That Osteoporosis Has No Symptoms, Then Lists The First Symptom
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#86 Something Scary Happened To Their Feet
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#87 This Poster Placement
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#88 This Poster At My School…. Idk, It Just Seems Weird
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#89 What?
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#90 At Putting This Poster Right Side Up
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#91 Someone Clearly Doesn’t Know How Layers Work
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#92 The Bloke In This Tesco Poster Is Terrifying. I Wonder What Is Actually Going On Here. It Looks Like Someone Is Being Threatened With A Pizza!
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#93 Did The Billboard Boss
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