Terrible Ads By Major Companies

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When you're advertising something, there are a couple of traditional ways to get it done: You can explain why your something is great, or you can make your something sexy. But there are also mad geniuses out there who come up with a third option: Add bafflingly inappropriate and nonsensical situations, and hope for the best.

And that's how we wind up with ads like: