"Point at Absolutely Nothing"
June 9, 2012 9:35 AM Subscribe
Stubbs is a Good Dog. [slyt]
I am glad my dog has competition in her expertise at the old Play Poorly With Children trick. Competition is key to being the Best Dog.
Also re: 30 second unskippable ad: That sure was an incredibly sexist Axe ad at the beginning starring the voice of Nick Offerman. Which is weird considering how almost everything else I have seen him in has had a slight-to-incredible feminist bent. I at least hope that ad paid for a lifetime of exquisite woodworking projects
posted by Shadax at 9:48 AM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
Also re: 30 second unskippable ad: That sure was an incredibly sexist Axe ad at the beginning starring the voice of Nick Offerman. Which is weird considering how almost everything else I have seen him in has had a slight-to-incredible feminist bent. I at least hope that ad paid for a lifetime of exquisite woodworking projects
posted by Shadax at 9:48 AM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
Weird, I didn't see an ad.
posted by Malice at 9:48 AM on June 9, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by Malice at 9:48 AM on June 9, 2012 [5 favorites]
Unskippable Ad?
What are you people seeing?
Thin post? Yeah, but DOG! Bein' CUTE!
SLYT? Eh.
30 second advert? Nope.
posted by Mezentian at 9:49 AM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
What are you people seeing?
Thin post? Yeah, but DOG! Bein' CUTE!
SLYT? Eh.
30 second advert? Nope.
posted by Mezentian at 9:49 AM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
The dogs who Played Poorly with Children were often my favorites, as a kid, because they knocked me down and licked my face and went nawm-nawm-nawm on my arm so I knew they cared.
posted by Countess Elena at 9:51 AM on June 9, 2012 [7 favorites]
posted by Countess Elena at 9:51 AM on June 9, 2012 [7 favorites]
No, this dogs were hungry and wanted to know idf you had a flavour.
Your flavour was broccolli and was insufficient.
posted by Mezentian at 9:54 AM on June 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
Your flavour was broccolli and was insufficient.
posted by Mezentian at 9:54 AM on June 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
No ad here; I'm using AdBlock Plus, maybe that's the kicker?
I really wanted to see the polite neighbor at the end.
posted by not_on_display at 10:03 AM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
I really wanted to see the polite neighbor at the end.
posted by not_on_display at 10:03 AM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
I want to see a cute video of a dog, but I don't want to watch a 30 second advertisement. So, I guess, no dog.
posted by kbanas at 10:03 AM on June 9, 2012
posted by kbanas at 10:03 AM on June 9, 2012
Yep, no ad here either. Too bad you guys can't watch it 'cause it delightfully sacrelicious at the end.
posted by NoMich at 10:13 AM on June 9, 2012
posted by NoMich at 10:13 AM on June 9, 2012
kbanas, there's only an ad if the word "crap" is in your user name. It's youtube's "have a pleasant user name" effort. Personally, I think its a good idea.
posted by HuronBob at 10:13 AM on June 9, 2012
posted by HuronBob at 10:13 AM on June 9, 2012
No ad here; I'm using AdBlock Plus, maybe that's the kicker?
Oh yeah, I'm an Ad Block user as well.
posted by NoMich at 10:14 AM on June 9, 2012
Oh yeah, I'm an Ad Block user as well.
posted by NoMich at 10:14 AM on June 9, 2012
kbanas, there's only an ad if the word "crap" is in your user name. It's youtube's "have a pleasant user name" effort. Personally, I think its a good idea.
I have a rather unpleasant Youtube username and I don't get extra ads.
posted by NoMich at 10:15 AM on June 9, 2012
I have a rather unpleasant Youtube username and I don't get extra ads.
posted by NoMich at 10:15 AM on June 9, 2012
Things you can do while the "unskippable 30-second ad" (that I, for my part, did not see) plays:
posted by wreckingball at 10:19 AM on June 9, 2012 [15 favorites]
- Water the plants
- Do some light calisthenics
- Fetch yourself a snack
- Have a brief staring contest with the cat
- Stretch
- Hit mute and open another tab
- Prepare the comment you'll make about how there was an ad and how this is intolerable to you
- Get over yourselves you goddamned orchids
posted by wreckingball at 10:19 AM on June 9, 2012 [15 favorites]
I enjoyed that.
posted by Fists O'Fury at 10:28 AM on June 9, 2012
posted by Fists O'Fury at 10:28 AM on June 9, 2012
No ad here; I'm using AdBlock Plus, maybe that's the kicker?
Oh yeah, I'm an Ad Block user as well.
Same for me.
posted by Malice at 10:37 AM on June 9, 2012
Oh yeah, I'm an Ad Block user as well.
Same for me.
posted by Malice at 10:37 AM on June 9, 2012
"I have a rather unpleasant Youtube username and I don't get extra ads."
It's only Metafilter user names that they are concerned about...
posted by HuronBob at 10:38 AM on June 9, 2012
It's only Metafilter user names that they are concerned about...
posted by HuronBob at 10:38 AM on June 9, 2012
I think the thirty second ad plays if you watch it via the YouTube link beneath the text instead of the embedded video link at the end. There are two possible links.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 10:39 AM on June 9, 2012
posted by A Terrible Llama at 10:39 AM on June 9, 2012
And, in retrospect, I don't see any reason to crucify the dog because of the ad.
posted by HuronBob at 10:39 AM on June 9, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by HuronBob at 10:39 AM on June 9, 2012 [4 favorites]
Things you can do while the "unskippable 30-second ad" (that I, for my part, did not see) plays
I don't especially care about an unskippable ad (after all, people need to make money somehow if the internet is to sustain itself and keep me from developing a real hobby) so much as I wanted to express my genuine confusion over what I just heard while simultaneously utilizing bullet points four (modified to incorporate a dog that may very well be a poorly designed cat) and five of the wreckingball method.
posted by Shadax at 10:39 AM on June 9, 2012
I don't especially care about an unskippable ad (after all, people need to make money somehow if the internet is to sustain itself and keep me from developing a real hobby) so much as I wanted to express my genuine confusion over what I just heard while simultaneously utilizing bullet points four (modified to incorporate a dog that may very well be a poorly designed cat) and five of the wreckingball method.
posted by Shadax at 10:39 AM on June 9, 2012
Stubbs is a good dog, but I don't think there's anything "borderline" about the tastelessness of the end gag. Meh.
I had a 12-second unskippable ad for a certain restaurant, FWIW.
posted by Gator at 10:42 AM on June 9, 2012
I had a 12-second unskippable ad for a certain restaurant, FWIW.
posted by Gator at 10:42 AM on June 9, 2012
Pointing Eagerly At Nothing was one of my (nonpointer) dog's favourite ways to taunt me, I suspect.
It confuses me when people willingly do not use AdBlock. It's like punching yourself in the face and then blaming someone else.
posted by elizardbits at 10:52 AM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
It confuses me when people willingly do not use AdBlock. It's like punching yourself in the face and then blaming someone else.
posted by elizardbits at 10:52 AM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
Personally, I'm kind of torqued off that some of you got to see a cool Axe ad and all I got was some dumb video about some guy's hound dog.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 10:55 AM on June 9, 2012
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 10:55 AM on June 9, 2012
Godwin, thread dearth, NIW dog.
see, the dog became a mascot for the National Interest Waiver program and ...
posted by zippy at 11:54 AM on June 9, 2012
see, the dog became a mascot for the National Interest Waiver program and ...
posted by zippy at 11:54 AM on June 9, 2012
It's not.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 11:55 AM on June 9, 2012
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 11:55 AM on June 9, 2012
(not a palindrome that is)
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 11:56 AM on June 9, 2012
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 11:56 AM on June 9, 2012
I guess only cat lovers have to see the ad.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 12:27 PM on June 9, 2012
posted by kuujjuarapik at 12:27 PM on June 9, 2012
Youtube puts in ads before random video plays, this has been going on for a quite a long time and has nothing to do with the person who uploaded this video. Adblockers seem to work (I never see the ads anyway), and there's no reason for it to be a point of discussion for this particular video at all.
And Stubbs is cool.
posted by shelleycat at 12:31 PM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
And Stubbs is cool.
posted by shelleycat at 12:31 PM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
I saw the ad because I'm at work and don't have an ad blocker here. I can't even remember what it was for.
My dog also excels at Pointing at Absolutely Nothing and Not Getting into Containers I Want to Put Him In. He draws the line at anything that could be perceived as sacrilege, though. (Out of courtesy, not conviction.)
posted by trip and a half at 12:33 PM on June 9, 2012
My dog also excels at Pointing at Absolutely Nothing and Not Getting into Containers I Want to Put Him In. He draws the line at anything that could be perceived as sacrilege, though. (Out of courtesy, not conviction.)
posted by trip and a half at 12:33 PM on June 9, 2012
I am sorry jamaro but I am laughing really ugly awful laughter at your tale of ice cream woe.
posted by elizardbits at 1:15 PM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by elizardbits at 1:15 PM on June 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
My cat leaves my ice cream cone alone.
POINT - CATS!
posted by Samizdata at 9:42 PM on June 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
POINT - CATS!
posted by Samizdata at 9:42 PM on June 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
(I have discovered him drinking sweet tea though, back in his kittenish "I need to inspect everything you eat" phase.)
Oh, he is however a ChiComKitty as he says "Mao."
posted by Samizdata at 9:44 PM on June 9, 2012
Oh, he is however a ChiComKitty as he says "Mao."
posted by Samizdata at 9:44 PM on June 9, 2012
So, this isn't a Mr Bungle post?
Hmm. Not sure how to feel.
posted by Appropriate Username at 6:43 AM on June 10, 2012
Hmm. Not sure how to feel.
posted by Appropriate Username at 6:43 AM on June 10, 2012
Yep, no ad here either. Too bad you guys can't watch it 'cause it delightfully sacrelicious at the end.
posted by NoMich at 6:13 PM on June 9
He was crucifido.
posted by Decani at 10:29 AM on June 10, 2012
posted by NoMich at 6:13 PM on June 9
He was crucifido.
posted by Decani at 10:29 AM on June 10, 2012
unskippable 30 second ad, leads to a not very interesting video.
posted by BurnChao at 11:25 AM on June 10, 2012
posted by BurnChao at 11:25 AM on June 10, 2012
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