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This German Covid ad, now subtitled in English, is absolutely superb 👏 (Original Post) kpete Nov 2020 OP
Funny. I thought he was going to have been a chemist or something. underpants Nov 2020 #1
Very insightful, not the kind of thing you'd see here nt Shermann Nov 2020 #2
Because half of us refuse to do even that much RVN VET71 Nov 2020 #13
I guess the current generation isn't going to unseat the Greatest Generation anytime soon Shermann Nov 2020 #14
And it will get much worse over the holidays RVN VET71 Nov 2020 #16
Follow up no subtitles. None needed. underpants Nov 2020 #3
You can turn on Englich subtitles. (Auto - English) PSPS Nov 2020 #5
This is how it's done PSPS Nov 2020 #4
Kick burrowowl Nov 2020 #6
"This was our fate." Evoking the fate of 22-year-olds in other wars. Hortensis Nov 2020 #7
It's a good ad for its target - 20 somethings. wnylib Nov 2020 #8
Being as lazy as raccoons... paleotn Nov 2020 #9
Thumbs up on raccoons thought the exact same thing. N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2020 #12
That made me happy as squirrel! GoneOffShore Nov 2020 #20
Very well done! niyad Nov 2020 #10
Science area51 Nov 2020 #11
Blinded Me With Science! GoneOffShore Nov 2020 #21
And superb it is! BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #15
Heros of the Sofa. LOL!! Mask Commandos. kairos12 Nov 2020 #17
I love this ad Gothmog Nov 2020 #18
Some didn't get the message. moondust Nov 2020 #19
Medieval plague deniers and anti-vaxxers Bavorskoami Nov 2020 #22

RVN VET71

(2,690 posts)
13. Because half of us refuse to do even that much
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:05 PM
Nov 2020

Because half of us are self-appointed lovers of "their freedoms" and don't give a rat's ass about the people they infect.

Because half of us voted for a science-denying con-man who, even as the deaths pile up and he is on the way out of Office is still grifting from the loyal, ignorant fools who worship him.

Shermann

(7,412 posts)
14. I guess the current generation isn't going to unseat the Greatest Generation anytime soon
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:14 PM
Nov 2020

They had to storm the beaches of Normandy and make tremendous sacrifices. All we had to do was be couch potatoes for a year.

RVN VET71

(2,690 posts)
16. And it will get much worse over the holidays
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:30 PM
Nov 2020

Even many members of the Biden half of the population are preparing to celebrate with family because, well gee whiz, that's what the holidays are all about: getting together with your loved ones (and spreading a lethal disease among them and, through contact, their neighbors and friends).

Sigh!

PSPS

(13,591 posts)
5. You can turn on Englich subtitles. (Auto - English)
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 09:52 AM
Nov 2020

The Ad Council has the talent to do this kind of stuff. They can be run as PSA's everywhere.

PSPS

(13,591 posts)
4. This is how it's done
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 09:48 AM
Nov 2020

This is how a federal effort is done. This is how proper adult leadership works. This is how Biden can bring the country around on this and get politics out of a public health crisis.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. "This was our fate." Evoking the fate of 22-year-olds in other wars.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 10:28 AM
Nov 2020

Delightful, and hopefully punches through.

"Become a hero too and stay at home."

wnylib

(21,432 posts)
8. It's a good ad for its target - 20 somethings.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 10:41 AM
Nov 2020

Could add some scenes of how people keep in contact, entertain themselves, get in home excercise, make funny or stylish masks, etc.

I can visualize young folks excercizing and raising up fists, singing "Fight, fight, fight corona" to the tune of My Sharona.

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
9. Being as lazy as raccoons...
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 10:42 AM
Nov 2020
Raccoons must be different in Europe. Ours are active and ingenious, with a touch of evil. Trash can pirates they are.

Wonderful message. Well done and spot on!!! Why can't we do stuff like this? Oh, that's right. Our government is controlled by ignorant hacks these last 4 years, while Germany actually HAS a government led by an uber competent Chancellor. January can't get her soon enough!

kairos12

(12,852 posts)
17. Heros of the Sofa. LOL!! Mask Commandos.
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 12:49 PM
Nov 2020

Speech will be written not of the Boys of Point de Hoc,

but the Bros of Lazyboy Recliners.

Epic.

Bavorskoami

(118 posts)
22. Medieval plague deniers and anti-vaxxers
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 11:09 PM
Nov 2020

Keeping with the German outlook, here is a German take on what how today's anti-vaxxers might have behaved in medieval Germany. Rejection of science and belief in conspiracy theories are rampant among the population. Sorry, I have not found a version with English subtitles, but you can probably get some of the drift. Title "Anti-vaxxers (Impfgegner)" Starts off with the crowd demanding that the authorities "Stop the Plague Lies", warnings against manipulation by "Billus Gatius" and claims that Corona is a Trojan house of the worldbankers. King Drumpf recommends injecting soap. In the end it switches back to 2020 to the heirs of the medieval beliefs.

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