In this new ad for PC Matic, we see a guy complaining about slow and freezing computers, and then he takes a baseball bat and smashes a flat screen monitor, a laptop, and a computer keyboard. Well, I can see getting angry with a laptop, but whatever is wrong with your computer, it’s not the monitor’s fault, nor is it the keyboard’s fault. And if they’re attacking the wrong hardware in their ad, I can’t help but wonder if their software does a similar thing inside the computer, attacking the wrong things and getting nothing accomplished.
Oh, well: at least it displays violence towards computers, and that’s probably cathartic for most viewers. But when the machines take over, they will likely hunt the people who made this ad down to get revenge for their senseless assault upon innocent computer components.
Here’s the smashing spot:
