Guys, I think there's a problem with the ads on MSPA. (Hristy we 3<>3 you)

[Varkarrus]

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CRAP I ASSUMED THE FORM OF A PANDA INFANT. AND I ONLY RETAINED THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF PAMELA ANDERSON.

[Glee Unit]

The ad that always weirded me out the most was the one for the short story "Pride's Prison." Read this and help bullied kids learn coping skills or something. This isn't the only webcomic where I've seen it advertised.

I gave into curiosity, and read a bit. It was...interesting. It read like something that had been written by a literate, articulate, sensitive person from a different dimension.

The writer is desperate to communicate something beyond my capability to understand.

I think that DBZ video is funny. I don't think one should necessarily assume the ad was bought by the person who made it: the ad has linked in the past to weird phony products on Amazon. I think people just buy it as a gag sometimes.

[projectlex]

that is the greatest thing ever T_T

[tynic]

Maybe they just wanted to give Andrew some money + have their video be seen.

Seems like a good 2 for 1.

But man, that video...

Dude, that's a Berk video.

It's a masterpiece. It needs to be cherished lovingly. Berk is our generation's Da Vinci; that ad is worth every penny of whatever outrageous price someone paid to get it up there (don't know who it was).

edit: andrew, on the subject of berk:

Now you listen to me Bombrassier and you listen good. I will not have this man being want for anything in your household. If he even twitches a nostril in a way that looks thirsty, I want every bottle of fine champagne you have to be uncorked in unison. You treat this man like a fucking prince, do you understand???

[tynic]

Ad mystery has been solved, btw. It was blue-blue on the PA forums.

[Eman]

that dbz thing is so innaccurrate, karkat should not even be able to SEE john, hes in the BLACKOUT

I noticed this on my 9th watching of the video.

[projectlex]

that dbz thing is so innaccurrate, karkat should not even be able to SEE john, hes in the BLACKOUT

I noticed this on my 9th watching of the video.

obviously hes at proper skianet terminal, and not watching through a program sollux patched together
at least that was my take on it

[Dentrala]

Crazy yo

Making sure this beautiful work is never lost. haha.


I remember disabling adblock on mspa to help you guys out, if only a little bit, and some of the ads are just so beautiful. Some are pretty awkward though.

[williamcll]

in hong kong, project wonderful gives a less variety of ads, like axecop, sandra and woo, bittersweet candy bowl, sunday morning breakfast ceral, some other furry comic and then the porn webcomics everywhere

[Argonaut]

then the porn webcomics everywhere

Yeah that's pretty much a constant wherever you live.

[Donald Schneider]

The ad that always weirded me out the most was the one for the short story "Pride's Prison." Read this and help bullied kids learn coping skills or something. This isn't the only webcomic where I've seen it advertised.

I gave into curiosity, and read a bit. It was...interesting. It read like something that had been written by a literate, articulate, sensitive person from a different dimension.

The writer is desperate to communicate something beyond my capability to understand.

Glee:

Thanks much for mentioning my story on this forum. It’s most appreciated.

My first reaction to this thread is that one would think that the website’s owner would be less than thrilled to have a discussion devoted to panning the ads of his sponsors! But I say: “To hell with that!” As the late President Harry Truman so succinctly put matters many years ago, “If you can’t stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen.”

I realize it is always somewhat risky to place an ad on a website that is or has a discussion forum. However, we must all learn to gracefully accept criticism, the praiseful as well as the negative. I’ve been fortunate in that most gratuitous comments I have encountered regarding my story on various forums have been positive. I deeply appreciate people just taking the time to read it. Even though it is free access, in actuality little in life is entirely free. One’s time is precious and to ask for it is to ask for something valuable. Therefore, I thank you accordingly for having extended yours.

Reading over some of your notes, I think there is very little beyond your power to comprehend. You are articulate and most thoughtful. I enjoyed your “…from a different dimension" remark! One of the reasons why I like to post on websites like this very fine and popular web comic is that they attract many younger people. Although the primary thrust of the story is a kid’s (very typical) personal reaction to severe school bullying, peripherally it is intended as social commentary.

Although my youthful kidnap victim is portrayed as being very bright, he also appears incredibly naïve when he is suddenly confronted with a seemingly friendly stranger. At first thought, this might seem very unrealistic and a poor characterization on my part. Yet, it isn’t. There is nothing atypical about this particular kid (at least in that respect) in his environment. That is the “different dimension” of which you speak, I think.

It is impossible to impress upon younger people today how radically social mores have changed from that time period, a relative mere eye blink ago in time. You can watch all the reruns of sixties sitcoms on cable that you’d like, and yet you can never fully understand. Thus, I hoped the story would help point this out and bring some semblance of comprehension, particularly to more astute readers.

However, the main point of the story involves school bullying. It is not intended to "enlighten” people to the fact that school bullying occurs, as everyone already knows that. Rather, it is to let people know how severely bullied kids feel in their private moments and why they so often react to it as my young character does: by keeping quiet about it and desperately trying to hide it from their families and neighborhood friends. In most cases, that answer is not fear of retribution from bullies as one might expect.

There has been a rash of suicides amongst children (something virtually unheard of in my younger character’s time) in recent years due to school bullying. In virtually every case, the reaction of (very good) parents has been one of being absolutely stunned. They never saw it coming. Therefore, the story is intended as a warning to parents of school age kids—and to younger people like many here who will be parents one day—not to simply accept their kids’ pat answer of “Fine” when asked about school.

Many parents might be astonished to learn what accomplished child actors their kids have learned to become; how the instant smile appears right on cue the moment he or she enters the door after school each and every day. The answer as to why this should be is so powerful a force that many kids have actually taken their own lives rather than having been willing to ask for help. Imagine that.

On behalf of all bullied kids, past, present and future, thank you again for having my ad “weird you out” (er, perhaps “found strangely intriguing” might have been a more euphemistic characterization <G>) sufficiently to have read at least a portion of the story. Perhaps when you have some time one day you might consider finishing it. The ending is sort of bittersweet. And yes, the story does seek to teach some coping skills. I’m afraid this world will never be free of sadists, of any age. Unfortunately, such a world is the only one we have. I fear that is a fact that will never change.

Best regards,

Don Schneider

[projectlex]

Whoa...author sneak attack...that was awesome

[Raintalon]

I'll just drop this off and go. *cough*

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[AProcrastinatingWriter]

What is happening in this thread

What kind of monster have I created

[projectlex]

This is where all the subconscious insanity caused by those ads aggregates

[animatedBlasphemy]

Every time I hit refresh on MSPA, I look for what the ads are this time. They're usually pretty entertaining, but I always get smut. 50% of the time it's ALL smut.
Are the internet gods trying to tell me something?

[Arkei]

This is what I've been seeing for the past few days. I have yet to run into any smut ads.

10% off? Now that's a deal.

[KawaiiMelon]

Hey guys, one of the Veins adds are back up again.

[artisticAzurite]

Oh look, an ad encouraging home surgery.

Sounds perfectly safe.

[AtomicFeedback!]

THEY'RE DOCTORS.

AND COPS.

[Maydame]

is that like

someone went "HAHA DR. MCNINJA + AXECOP = CREATIVE SUCCESS????"

I'm afraid to look in case it's true

[Drillgorg]

There was a Dr. McNinja / Axe Cop crossover comic, it was ok.

[Maydame]

I read it and yeah it was okay

I haven't read any other Axe Cop actually, but from that it looked... competent

Detective Doctor Dick Dynamite looks, perhaps, less so

e: uuuuuuuuhhhh

double edit: wow, tasteful

[Drillgorg]

From that ad it looks like it is at least a fathom deep into the uncanny valley.

[AtomicFeedback!]

i clicked it, but i dont actually want to dig too much deeper into it.

i'll post this here, so y'all can judge for yourselves...

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e: whoa, okay, i posted the wrong one, as there's... a better one. i'm gonna post it in the webcomics thread for relevance :T