This ad says: “People are dropping everything for the Nissan sales event!” And then we see a dropped cup of coffee, a ruined tablet computer, etc. But didn’t they say people are dropping everything? Oh, my God! They’re making people drop their babies? That will kill them! And what about other stuff too? That hot coffee could burn someone! Soldiers could be dropping live grenades into their own laps! Hunters could drop loaded guns on the ground and shoot themselves! Mechanics could drop whole cars on their workmates! And it would all be Nissan’s fault! And what about people who work in chemical weapons and weaponized disease laboratories? They will drop their sample Petrie dishes on the floor, and we’ll all be infected and die horribly, just like in The Cassandra Crossing! Aaaaa! But, wait: they said people are dropping everything, right? Well, then obviously we won’t even live long enough to contract any diseases, because that means all the nuclear-armed countries will be dropping hydrogen bombs on everyone! The world will be a burned-out cinder, and it will be all Nissan’s fault for this sale they’re advertising! Oh, the humanity! And all for some filthy lucre? Quick: get the United Nations Security Council: we’ve got to stop Nissan from having that sale before it’s too late! (Actually, never mind: the UN never seems to prevent or solve much of anything, so it’s probably already too late now that Nissan has aired this commercial. If they haven’t been able to end the Syrian massacre after a whole year, how can they prevent what may come of this?)
I can’t believe this ad isn’t up online, but I can’t find it. It just looks like some local dealership ad, but I think it’s really more ubiquitous than that, with specific dealerships tagging their names onto the generic “Nissan Sales Event” spot. Sorry I can’t link to it, but it’s really not that different from any other car dealership sales event ad you’ve seen before, except that this one threatens humanity with worldwide pandemics and nuclear annihilation. And I think we should get free cars if they’re going to encourage that sort of thing. (But you know, maybe they could turn this criticism to their advantage by making an ad where they say people are dropping everything, and then they show that famous shot from Dr. Strangelove where Slim Pickens is riding that hydrogen bomb down as it’s falling, having just been dropped from the bomber plane, and he could be heard to be yelling: “Whoo-hoo! I’m going to the Nissan Sales Event!”)
