Microsoft Ad Causes Viewers To Feel Sick
by dionroy on Jul.06, 2009, under Public Relations
Microsoft recently went overboard with their “creative” advertising ideas. Their latest online-only advertisement for its Internet Explorer 8 Web browser offended viewers which eventually led to its removal.
Titled ” O.M.G.I.G.P.” as in “Oh my god I’m going to puke”, the ad shows a married couple sitting at the kitchen table while the husband uses the internet. Moments later his wife asks to borrow the laptop and begins browsing the internet until she finds a disturbing website in his browser’s history file. The website (unable to be seen by viewers) is clearly repulsive and causes the wife to vomit uncontrollably all over the kitchen and on her husband!
From watching the video one would guess the website she is viewing is more than likely pornographic and highly offensive. The “comedic” yet failed message behind the ad is: “Tell him to download Internet Explorer 8 and start using in-private browsing so he never leaves anything in the history and you will never be surprised by hairy (bleeped out).com again.- Internet Explorer 8, browse better.”
If you think you can stomach it, check out the video for yourself below:
