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    Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?

    Look Familiar? Bell Canada's Palm Pre Ad Mimics The iPhone
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    Image of Benjello Jiggler Benjello Jiggler
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    It did because some classless little twat at some little Ad agency is thoughtful enough to assume that this is funny. And old people handling a phone... it's funny because Old people are stupid too. Yep, surely some pre-30 year old little yuppy douche is real proud of themselves for this campaign.
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    08/31/09

    @Benjello Jiggler: I laughed
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    Haha. "This game was first played in 1299... And I think some of these people were there."
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    Image of frigg frigg
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    The sarcastic dig is inconsequential.

    What's remarkable is Palm's further development of ads that make you not want to buy their product at all.

    I expect the next Palm Pre ad out of, say, Sweden, to feature a hamster with a lit cigarette in its mouth and a Palm Pre duct-taped to its back slowly spinning on a lazy susan for around a minute. "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" will be the music.
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    Image of takeshi takeshi
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    Oh please -- as if we don't constantly dig on the Canadians...
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    Image of dcdttu dcdttu
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    Uh, Canadians are 'Americans' too. Seriously...
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    Image of denisnossevitch denisnossevitch
    08/31/09

    @dcdttu: Yup, we realize that, however most of the U.S. citizens tend to think of themselves so highly as to consider themselves representing the Americas in general.
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    Image of t0ph t0ph
    08/31/09

    @denisnossevitch: Doesn't nearly every country refer to us as 'Americans'?
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    Image of denisnossevitch denisnossevitch
    08/31/09

    @t0ph: Actually, in Europe, people refer to both Canadians AND U.S. citizens as 'Americans'
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/31/09

    @denisnossevitch: Yeah but then we in Canada get the joy of thinking whoever said that is an uneducated boob! Reverse snobbery!
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    Image of denisnossevitch denisnossevitch
    08/31/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Very true, actually I think only Canadians and Mexicans actually refer to U.S. citizens as 'Americans'.
    Personally, we get insulted when someone calls us that though lmao.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    08/31/09

    @dcdttu: Well, what are we gonna call folks from the United States, then? Unitedians? Statesmen?

    Actually, Statesmen doesn't sound too bad...ugh. I'm sure the founding fathers spent a good deal of time on developing the best system of government they could with what they had.

    But you can't neglect branding, guys. Shorten that mess.
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    Image of ninjagin ninjagin
    08/31/09

    @OCEntertainment: How about the time-tested "Yankees" or "Yanks"? I always find it amusing to be called a "Yank".
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    08/31/09

    @ninjagin: That may work in the international market. Southrons may take issue, though. You're welcome to explain it to them.
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    Image of Rodime Rodime
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    hehe, bell is just doing publicly what we all do privately - Make fun of you fat idiots down south. I mean, what other country would elect someone like bush ... TWICE (Well, technically once... but still! that was for a second term).
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment Rodime was starred Rodime was unstarred
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    08/31/09

    @Rodime: Yes, yes I see. I have always thought that the laziness, obesity, and inactivity of Americans was directly related to a particular president that we had elected. Well, *they* elected. I was too lazy to get out of bed early enough to go vote for a president that I didn't really know much about because I couldn't be bothered to do my due diligence in researching the candidates.

    ....I'm sorry, I think I forgot whether I agree with you or think you're crazy....
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    Good thing I'm north of Canada, in Detroit.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    I worked for a Canadian firm and most of my co-workers were Canadians in the US. The only activity I ever saw them seriously engage in was drinking of the beer and smoking of the cigarettes, and they were VERY serious about both of those activities. And they always let their phone go to voice mail.
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    Now which Canadians? The French or the good ones?
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    Image of diskdaddy diskdaddy
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    We're (Canadians) afraid of our "Nazi Healthcare" system so we need to keep in tip-top shape. Got to keep the bureaucrats from coming to our doors with their scythes.

    In Boston on a vacation, I rarely saw fatties, oddly enough. The downtown area is all walk-friendly, which contributes to passive excercise. Same deal over near Harvard. Didn't go to Fenway though ;)

    In both Canada and America, it is my belief that the suburbs are what's making ppl fat. When you gotta drive to go to the fastfood/donut store.... :/
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    Image of Amir Oulad Amir Oulad
    08/31/09

    @diskdaddy:
    You're canadian? A canadian would never call his healthcare a nazi system.
    It exceeds American healthcare system by a million to the tenth times.
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    Image of nicklar nicklar
    08/31/09

    @Amir Oulad: Tangent, but my healthcare coverage exceeds Canada's by 10 fold. You might mean that everybody is covered in Canada, but it's not great coverage. :/

    Btw, diskdaddy, being from Boston, I concur that there are not a lot of obese people about here, but they do exist. :)
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    Image of TonyWonder TonyWonder
    08/31/09

    @nicklar:

    yeah but you pay for yours...I don't....my free-decent healthcare trumps your awesome-paid health care...
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/31/09

    @TonyWonder: Yeah motherfuckers. I got surgery for free! When can an American ever say that? Our health care system is damn good.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    Nothing says "Active lifestyle" like Curling.
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    Image of Neuroticlymbo Neuroticlymbo
    08/31/09

    @Homerjay- that's all.: Hahah. Have you ever tried it?
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    Homerjay- that's all. promoted this comment Neuroticlymbo was starred Neuroticlymbo was unstarred
    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    08/31/09

    @Neuroticlymbo: no but I've bowled and swept my floor so I'm fairly certain I understand it. :)
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    Image of happycamperjack happycamperjack
    08/31/09

    In reply to Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?
    Canadians are indeed quite a bit thinner on average, look it up. Or come up over the border and prepare to be shocked by how oversized ppl magically disappeared.
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    Image of ospreyguy ospreyguy
    08/31/09

    @happycamperjack: Maybe I sould move my fat ass to Canada...
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    Image of Eric Swenson Eric Swenson
    08/31/09

    @ospreyguy: Better yet, move your fat ass at all! That's their secret. Cat's out of the bag.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/31/09

    @happycamperjack: I guess you stay out of Ontario.
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    Image of drukus drukus
    08/31/09

    @UnderLoK: I think you mean Toronto.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/31/09

    @drukus: I think you mean Windsor.
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    Image of drukus drukus
    08/31/09

    @UnderLoK: +1, I think it is all the Detriot sauce leaking over.
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    Image of natural selection natural selection
    08/21/09

    In reply to Look Familiar? Bell Canada's Palm Pre Ad Mimics The iPhone
    I own a Palm Pre, and in the google maps app, if you turn the phone, the image does not turn with it, like in that commercial. Looks like some Canadian trickery
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    Image of DssTrainer DssTrainer
    08/21/09

    In reply to Look Familiar? Bell Canada's Palm Pre Ad Mimics The iPhone
    Nah I don't see it. Especially not the version of the iPhone ad you used.. Epic fail on Giz. You should have showed the one where they do the exact same thing like turn the phone and all that ... like the earlier iphone 2g ads. You lose credibility for the argument using the wrong commercial
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    08/21/09

    @DssTrainer: lol
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    08/21/09

    In reply to Look Familiar? Bell Canada's Palm Pre Ad Mimics The iPhone
    the music does sound eerily similar... but whatever the Pre was built to compete with phones like iPhone so why not compete with their ads too
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