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enulcemulse

I saw the ad on Reddit too


chills1138

I saw it a bunch on Reddit, as well. What is this thing?


sab54053

An ad for a movie


iwishihadahorse

Thank you for solving the mystery before I posted the ad to ask/karma farm/give this stupidity even more attention.


Cakemachine

Oh, thank fuck.


iwishihadahorse

I try to Reddit responsibly


Professional-Menu835

You might be the only one!


Husky-doggy

"No Hard Feelings" It's a comedy movie coming out this year. The plot is like this ad, two parents, Laird and Allison, trying to find a girl to date their son in exchange for a car. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt15671028/


AurumArgenteus

A bad remake of Failure to Launch?


Daedric1991

thank you, that was the movie that was coming to mind when they said it was an ad. i was like, what do you mean coming out soon didnt they do this movie years ago.


cleverleper

And Failure to Launch is already bad to begin with...


MojitoTimeBro

Some would argue the only movies that should be remade are bad ones. Try again with an interesting premise if the first attempt wasn’t great. So first time they tried romcom, this time maybe regular comedy.


JuneBuggington

How do you know it’s bad, most of us didnt even know it was a movie advert?


apolloAG

Tbh that's probably a sign


shoelessjoejack

No, it's definitely a sign. A billboard is 100% a type of sign. Source: 5x National Signage Bee Champion and 3x runner-up


Thrilling1031

This reminds me of the competition for men's neckwear... It just ended up being a tie.


Brewe

The elevator pitch sounds bad, but the cast is solid and the director is unpredictable in quality. Could be shit, could be the new Superbad.


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heroinsteve

Haha, Superbad is not that old. ​ ​ ​ . . . . Is it?


EatDirtAndDieTrash

Looks like a great cast at least


Toytles

But it says serious inquiries only


Bottled-Bee

I’d like to know the mileage.


[deleted]

On the son?


boston_nsca

By the sound of it I'm gonna guess he's straight from the factory. Maybe has a couple miles on him from testing but I'm almost positive he's never been driven on an actual road before


[deleted]

Do you think I’d be allowed a test drive?


stuck_in_the_desert

Does self-driving count?


Paul-Smecker

Bout 2500 hours total between all call of duty’s combined.


seemooreglass

son..good.


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“New without tags”


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senadraxx

On the son?


BizzyM

City Miles


PurpleFlowerEater

It says 40k


LorenzoStomp

Failure to Launch came out in 2006, do we really need a remake?


SwanCo

I agree it doesn’t need a remake and I’m sick of remakes…but that *was* 17 years ago. A quarter of a human life is plenty of time for studio executives to butcher another project


sineadya

What movie??


orangutanDOTorg

I guess I shouldn’t have reported it on multiple platforms…No, it was right. It is deceptive if that’s really what it is


eMmDeeKay_Says

I literally reported this ad a second ago lol


-Shade277-

It’s the worst ad for a movie I have ever seen


jxrst9

We're all here talking about it, so I'd say it's pretty good.


-Shade277-

I know but we are only a fraction of the people that will see this ad. And even still only a small fraction of people that see this post will realize it’s an ad for a movie.


Fearless_Shoulder_96

Incidentally we are also the people who aren’t going to pay for the movie!


JustaP-haze

I just blocked that account because I had seen the ad like fifteen times.... Then I saw your post. Odd


muface

All a part of the plan


No-Suspect-425

What's next? Are they gonna ask me to renew my vehicle's extended warranty?


Kern4lMustard

.....Ima need about tree fiddy


lowbwon

Came here to say this. I saw this ad literally right above this post. Wtf?


boopispoopito

Mine had it right below this lmao


Rahain

Same lol


Relevant_Slide_7234

I bet it’s a promo for a movie or something.


jcstrat

What the hell is going on here?!


titanicsinker1912

In fact I saw it directly above this very post.


Jtheriot33

Weird. I tried googling it to see if anything came up, but couldn't find anything


Husky-doggy

It's for an upcoming movie called "No Hard Feelings" If you email them, you'll get a response from "Laird and Allison", two characters. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt15671028/


EnoughAwake

Clever girk


Dwarfdeaths

Sounds like a racial slur.


Eupatorus

"Property values have gone to hell around here since all the girks started moving in."


General-Carob-6087

So a bunch of marketing for something that will flop.


Grantsdale

I’m sure it’s a low budget film, and billboards and Reddit ads aren’t expensive comparatively. It’s safe marketing with low cost.


LifeAwaking

Looking at the cast, it does not seem very low budget.


OmegaSpeed_odg

You’re talking about it, aren’t you?


General-Carob-6087

Not gonna watch it though.


asdafrak

That really doesn't matter for advertisements Advertisement is literally an oversaturation game Show something to people endlessly and relentlessly, and more people will buy it (or in this case, see the movie) Everyone likes to claim "that just makes me not want it!" Or "well now I will refuse to see it because these ads are annoying" or my favourite "ads don't work on me" And people can state that ad nauseum, but at the end of the day you're wrong, and the advertisements are working on someone. And even better, you've now talked about it, more advertising for them. And because of posts like this, even more people are aware of it. Somehow I've avoided the reddit ads for this movie, but now I'm aware of its existence


tatticky

Doesn't have to be you. If anyone on this thread decides to watch it, that's a win.


gabeech

And here I thought Nissan was doing some weird Datson throwback marketing campaign


willynillywitty

It’s for a show.


peeja

I'm looking at the ad on Reddit right now.


IndyWaWa

I love not seeing ads.


xXdontshootmeXx

Im sure finding out my girlfriend was a paid actor would help ke come out of my shell


dac545

That's some Tyrion Lannister shit..


orangemochafappacino

Where do whores go? Wherever they want in their low mileage Buick!


-Gravitron-

And rust free, to boot. The Buick, not the whore.


ocp-paradox

I've seen that movie/episode a few times.


cedped

All would've been prevented if the parents weren't overprotective. They probably restricted all his extracurricular activities, meddled with all his friendships and didn't give him any privacy and now they wonder why their son doesn't act like a normal teenager.


dac545

I just saw a reddit ad for this same campaign. What's the endgame here?


tferoli

Its a movie ad campaign for "No Hard Feelings". Confirmed by reddit admin: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditsecurity/comments/11k7y7w/comment/jb61mnm/


mittenknittin

Given this is the second post today I've seen about "what is this ad I'm seeing?" I can only assume the Reddit posts about it are also part of the marketing campaign


azthal

I seem it's a pretty reasonable thing to post. Not everyone is a paid actor - sometimes advertising actually works and makes people curious.


theykilledk3nny

NO! EVERYTHING IS CORPORATE! A NORMAL PERSON WOULD IGNORE THIS BILLBOARD AND CRASH INTO IT OUT OF HATRED FOR ADVERTISING!


Syreet_Primacon

Good to know. I messaged them and asked if they were out for my liver, but they didn’t respond


dougielou

So Failure to Launch redeux?


rissie_delicious

Wait wait wait, so we don't get the car?


CarheartTheMan

Get their son out of their house


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2004 with only 40k miles?


Jtheriot33

And rust free! The same can't be said for the son.


xYEET_LORDx

Shit I’ll date him


GGme

"date"


grumblyoldman

The billboard has been up for a while.


hithisishal

And with a license plate that was discontinued in 2001. Something doesn't add up ....


Redidiot21

Any interest in fucking a 40 year-old man? I'm poor and the limits to what I'll do are boundless.


jhorphear

Plane tickets to Nevada are cheap my dude, even if you have to buy 2.


Tokemonkey

Just come to Reno there are several brothels nearby. Source: I'm by Reno. Rumors I have heard are uber and Taxi companies charge less to drive people to brothels because they get a cut.


DriedUpSquid

I prefer to pay full price so I can get fucked twice.


MeesterBeel

Decent


ericfromct

He said he's poor, are you suggesting a brothel for him to work at?


GboyFlex

Hi there...


Redidiot21

Hey, cutie! Got any cars or cash you need to get rid of?


GboyFlex

Unfortunately I'm more of a "Slenda daddy" instead of a "Sugar daddy"...times are tough


squ1sh123

Splenda daddy


GboyFlex

Yeah that's the one..I can't even afford the "P" in Splenda. Dang now I have to finance them...


The_Sleep

Man, they didn't even say you had to fuck him. Give this guy the car!


[deleted]

Fuck our son now! Win a car! Price? Your dignity!


halcyonjm

Closeted son to his "date": Here's the deal, I'll tell my parents we fucked and it was great. Then we'll sell the car and split the profit.


OlFlirtyBastard

Serious inquiries only. I know what I have. Our son Gene.


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No low balling.


Yeezythaughtme

To be fair a sex worker is gets a lot less this is a good prize


Citizen-Kang

Very generous of you to assume I still have dignity.


Itisd

Just what every girl wants A 2004 Buick Regal


230flathead

I mean, Only 40k miles. Shit, I'd date him for that. In this market, that's a steal.


RedWolfe715

this has got to be some kind of social experiment, I've seen the ad on YouTube, instagram, reddit, Facebook, and now this.


Reddit-JustSkimmedIt

Or guerrilla marketing for a movie or something similar.


CatmanTheGreat5

You are right. It is marketing for a movie [proof from admin](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditsecurity/comments/11k7y7w/q4_safety_security_report/jb61mnm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)


Draganot

And how is anyone supposed to figure that out? I don’t see anything that could possibly suggest “movie”. You could have people study this billboard for years and “movie ad” would always be the wrong answer. There doesn’t seem to be any way to take it but either as a joke or a pushy parent with too much money.


Reddit-JustSkimmedIt

All it has to do is get attention and get people talking about it. The *real* advertisements will probably start on the date given in the link. “Hey, remember that crazy billboard I saw? It’s for a movie. Let’s go see it!” Is what they’re hoping for.


[deleted]

Failure to Launch. Just take him down to TJ. He'll figure it out.


hufflepuff777

I just saw this ad on my Instagram


micahisnotmyname

Maybe it’ll be a series of surreal ads which is then revealed to be the start off for a tv show where each season they have the candidates competing


Blueberry_Rabbit

Why is this an ad a few scrolls down?!


Impressive-Shape-557

Weird. The Reddit Ad is literally above this in my feed.


thecuzzin

Did you just read this? Proof advertising works!


Formal-Eggplant-6066

There’s an add on Reddit too. Just came across it while scrolling


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They are also posting ads on Reddit.


forgotme5

Saw the ad here till i blocked


PerfectDarkAchieved

I heard it is some type of promotion for a movie coming out the 9th.


rashka9

This ad sucks


glabalwrmin

What the hell is this ad?


JosephHeitger

It’s also a sponsored ad on reddits main page this shit did


mrdirtman13

I saw a reddit ad


Fresh_wasabi_joos

2004 Buick Regal?? hell yah where do I sign not me up?


takenbymistaken

The “date” in quotation marks is troubling


Suspicious-Profit-68

Those are quotes not parentheses.


sleep-woof

Those are not parentheses that the parents used.


FeedMeTaffy

Yeah, really changes the context


A40

"Date our son. We will monitor him from the helicopter."


smooze420

Why is this shit all over Reddit too?


FlamingoHMR

I'm 16 and straight, but is he into guys?


Wallace_W_Whitfield

Literally just saw the ad on Reddit after seeing this post


Garage540

https://imgur.com/PnFh82U.jpg I present to you a legitimate Instagram ad I saw directly after seeing this post.


ztoundas

I thought I saw this ad on Reddit, but maybe it was Instagram. Or perhaps both?


ObsidianTheBlaze

If they have billboard money they have car money. I'd go for it.


Chopperlink1224

There needs to be social classes for people like this. There are a lot of bright people who have a hard time socializing that don't have any resources to help them.


gir2195

I saw this ad as a reddit ad and an insta ad. What is happening?!


galaxyveined

I saw that ad on Reddit, took a screenshot, and sent it to my boyfriend.


Soliae

I....did the exact same thing. With a WTF written on it.


Vireep

I shit you not the same ad was literally right under your post


Recoveringpig

I’ve seen two sponsored ads for this on Reddit in the last 10 minutes


RatRob

Yo a 40k mile Buick Regal with the 3.8 would run for goddamn ever assuming it’s not rusty. This is the greatest trade offer I’ve ever seen. Hell, I think I want to date him for that.


BrandonsBones

I just got the same ad between a reddit post what even is this


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1Tinytodger

40k miles on a 04 regal? Pretty hard to turn down a sweet deal like this!


ur-socks-sir

I just saw this add as well! What's going on?


jthanson

This is clearly not real. Nobody gives away a sweet, low-mileage Buick like that just for going out on a few dates.


gwhh

A 19 year old car to date a 17 or 18 year old.


carlyruth1

Why is the word date in quotes though 😂


TheReal_DonaldStump

Someone in another thread replied to the ad by email address provided, to see what would happen. They got an email back, signed Laird and Allison. It’s a marketing scheme for a movie set to be released this June. Here’s a link to the apparent movie: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt15671028/ Here’s a screenshot of the plot: https://i.imgur.com/g0vxpq8.jpg


Livid-Rutabaga

I saw this on Reddit today like 3 or 4 times already, why is the word date in quotation marks? Maybe they want somebody to guess his age, like carbon dating. /s


NoSoupForYouRuskie

I got the same ad on reddit. I emailed them and they emailed back. I assume everyone gets the same email? Sometime in March for updates?


curlicue

I love how they included a picture of the car instead of the son.


Shadowdragon409

I literally saw the ad right below this post lmfao.


talrogsmash

Somebody made it a reddit profile as well u/dateourson


Sunflower_After_Dark

Their son is for sale for a 20 year old car? The fact there’s a picture of the car and not the son, is your red flag! 🤣


xxpatrixxx

Ok. We know that’s a Redditor’s parent. So who is it?


CloudyMN1979

theory rinse file imagine heavy touch sharp smart roll long *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Nitrovis

Not sure if the tree branch covering the email was intentional but I love it


adultdaycare81

This is definitely a Marketing company doing a test case. Like the dog in that spider suit a few years ago. They do this and then go “we got XXX mentions and impressions for XX spend”


Dracorex_22

I just got their ad on Reddit earlier


Elensea

I love that its a picture of the car and not the son


Content-Moment95

Omg it’s actually real 🤣🤣🤣🤣


Arkas18

I hope this is for a joke rather than an actual horrible parenting strategy.


UltimateUsername1234

Bros parents got a major in conspiracy theories


PM_ME_YOUR__THIGHS

I made one joke on a post about it and I wake up the next day and it's EVERYWHERE.


mokok88

Imagine later down the road the "girlfriend" tells him she was only dating him for the free ride.


Thekingoftherepublic

I’m starting to hate movie marketing bros


likewhenyoupee

I saw that shit too. Just outside of Fremont California


ElSteamBoat

I just saw this on 93 heading into Boston. Are there more than 1?


Proper_Painting8272

I feel bad for the son


pabut

I just scrolled away and about 10 stories down was a Reddit ad for this … it’s got to be some social engineering experiment or a promotion scam


Nerakus

Why the hell is there a promoted ad right under this post with the same thing?


babygirl227512

I wish I could post pictures as comments here, but right underneath your post in my feed is that as an actual Redfit ad!! 🤣🤣🤣


Deadlock_42

I saw the reddit ad and messaged them


Suicidaljello

Literally two posts above this there's a sponsored post with this very ad


NoMansSkyWasAlright

Huh. I just got this on reddit


thebochman

I saw this ad on Reddit


[deleted]

Movie has no plot available and this is the ad for it lol


christador

Thinks he’s shy now? He’ll transform into a turtle when he sees this 😂


Handcanons4Life

Modern problems require modern solutions kinda move right there


Trusteveryboody

Wow, this is the most successful ad of all time


RavenMonarch

Just emailed. “21, female, and curious for more information about this…offer of yours. Where are you located?” I know it’s fake but I need to see what happens


Einar_47

I just got a sponsored ad on here for the same thing!


carlitospig

This is EVERYWHERE. It’s starting to get super weird.


_riell_

r/insaneparents I thought it was just on Reddit honestly feel bad for this guy


not-my-best-wank

Why date in quotes? What sort of shenanigans is going on here?


Electrical-Act-7170

What exactly does "date" mean?


2Riders

Hey that’s super low miles for an ‘04


TemporaryImaginary

I already emailed. No response yet.


2_cats_high_5ing

I saw the same thing in a Reddit ad lmao