At 9/5/03 10:15 AM, TomFulp wrote:
Virgin Mobile UK have come up with a funny spoof ad video called Red Academy Friends, that "takes the piss out of" their competitor, Orange.
Users from the UK will likely be familiar with the patronising ads by Orange, where a young boy tries to teach adults how to use a phone's features. Even if you don't get the background, it's still funny to see Virgin mock their rival.
yeh, i always found those vids funny, or ironic insted of patronising.. the amount of times when i was a kid i had been asked "how do u set the time on this" "how do u make it work??" "can u fix this from bleeping" etc etc, this was by fully grown adults, asking like a 9 yr old boy to sort their tvs and vids out.... so i kinda found it ironic, i also liked the way tht he taught them, i found tht incredibly ironic of the shit tht is mainly shipped over here from usa, the whole "self-help" shit... bloody fucks me off
I think virgins mobile service is as shite as everyother one, except they have a much more anoying feature; richard branson... fuck sake they have a monopoly like micro$oft... but i should stop now
T-Mobile, o2, virgin, orange and vodafone r all incredibly shit, compared wiv the rest of the worlds mobile companys... caller id hasn't even got to uk yet... its 2003, wtf!??
And its all apart of the inovation of companies like nokia, samsung and NEC tht piss me off, moving in tiny little steps.. in japan they make fones which will only unlock to ur finger print.. y has uk not got ne thing like this??
for £100 u can have a 3 carat diamond made, silicon is the best super-conductor we have, diamond is known to b better.. if we used diamond as a processor IMAGINE the speeds u could go at, every thing would b like a bullion times faster.. but they dont do it cos they have so much money to make doing tiny steps.. its fucked!
~tit
