Every Terrible Ad Cliché You've Ever Seen in One Genius Video

Lab beakers and Chinese farmers. Kites and panoramic views of Costa Rica. Cars, babies and canned goods — these are what advertisements are made of

Stock video provider Dissolve has created a brilliant ad by mocking (what else?) ads

The company pokes fun at its own business by pairing stock footage with the text from Kendra Eash's advertising takedown "This is a Generic Brand Video." Eash's poem, originally published on McSweeney's, calls out brands for overusing tropes like wrinkled ethnic men, stop-motion highway shots and skyscrapers Read more...