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RockRaven

(20,090 posts)
Mon Jun 29, 2026, 08:56 PM 16 hrs ago

"Old Man Yells At Cloud" time...

I just heard a line in a commercial that made me want to throw something. For the abuse of language as much as for the contempt they must have for the target audience.

Blah blah blah (saying name of company and product (it really doesn't matter what it was)),
Blah blah blah (why product is so great),
Blah blah blah (why you really need their product), then...
"All X come with buy-your-own Y included"

Excuse me, what? I cannot have heard that right.

"All X come with buy-your-own Y included"

Oh. I did hear that right. What?

"come with... buy your own... included"

What?

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