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      1 year ago

      Like a breeding ground for nascent edgelords

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        1 year ago

        I wouldn’t go so far as to say you’re outright wrong, but I feel the nuance of subtlety is important here. These ads are cheeky without intending to be overtly offensive. I imagine most folks see edge lords as the childish button pushers that they are, and this is more developed and mature, imo, of course.

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          Yeah nuance is good. This ad is a bit more cerebral but it’s definitely ‘of a generation’ that I think the majority of proto-edgelords emerged from. I think it just evokes the video game mags of that era and it has the same kind of surreal over the top visual style that a lot of the more offensive ads shared.