Comments on: Yes, I'll honor the f---ing embargo http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chris Owens http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722947 Chris Owens Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722947 I can watch this over and over. I think I am going to like this movie-generation service very, very much. I can watch this over and over. I think I am going to like this movie-generation service very, very much.

]]> By: Chris Spurgeon http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722438 Chris Spurgeon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722438 That is sooo great. Curse the day any of us first agreed to an embargo. That is sooo great. Curse the day any of us first agreed to an embargo.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722450 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722450 Wow, I never would have guessed that it was procedurally generated. It was better than cats. Wow, I never would have guessed that it was procedurally generated. It was better than cats.

]]> By: alowishus http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722451 alowishus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722451 EMBARGO ON! EMBARGO ON!

]]> By: Bucket http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722452 Bucket Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722452 Can we embargo these bot-generated videos until 25 minutes after 7 pm on the day they stop sucking so horribly? If I wanted to listen to Stephen Hawking argue with himself I'd.... Ok, I'm off to make a web video, but promise me you won't tell anybody about it. Can we embargo these bot-generated videos until 25 minutes after 7 pm on the day they stop sucking so horribly?

If I wanted to listen to Stephen Hawking argue with himself I’d….

Ok, I’m off to make a web video, but promise me you won’t tell anybody about it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722454 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722454 I wish I understood what this meant. I wish I understood what this meant.

]]> By: Susannah Breslin http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722465 Susannah Breslin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722465 This is deeply f---ing hilarious. This is deeply f—ing hilarious.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722988 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722988 Do a google search on "edging" and you find out more than you wanted to know about human sexuality. Do a google search on “edging” and you find out more than you wanted to know about human sexuality.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722478 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722478 Non-disclosure agreements. We want you to provide free publicity for our product, but please sign this paper that says that you won't talk about our product. Non-disclosure agreements. We want you to provide free publicity for our product, but please sign this paper that says that you won’t talk about our product.

]]> By: gollux http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722501 gollux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722501 NDAs usually mean I have no further interest in being shilled. It's saved me a lot of wasted time over the decades, not having to listen to breathless hyperbole promoting the vaporware of the moment. NDAs usually mean I have no further interest in being shilled. It’s saved me a lot of wasted time over the decades, not having to listen to breathless hyperbole promoting the vaporware of the moment.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-723015 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-723015 <i>"edging" which is a word that I don't think has ever been used by a real human being</i> Let's just say that it's a keyword on xtube. “edging” which is a word that I don’t think has ever been used by a real human being

Let’s just say that it’s a keyword on xtube.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722773 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722773 Because this might be sort of difficult to learn through the Google: Sometimes companies issue press releases with temporary embargoes, meaning they want journalists to wait a few days before telling anyone. Theoretically, a journalist would get super excited about the new product/announcement/greenwashing initiative/charity golf tournament, interview the company's VP of public relations, and write a glowing story that could be published on the very same day the announcement goes public. This method is especially hilarious when the announcement says nothing of value. Because this might be sort of difficult to learn through the Google: Sometimes companies issue press releases with temporary embargoes, meaning they want journalists to wait a few days before telling anyone. Theoretically, a journalist would get super excited about the new product/announcement/greenwashing initiative/charity golf tournament, interview the company’s VP of public relations, and write a glowing story that could be published on the very same day the announcement goes public. This method is especially hilarious when the announcement says nothing of value.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722787 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722787 Win. Win.

]]> By: alowishus http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722553 alowishus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722553 WHO RUN BARTERTOWN? WHO RUN BARTERTOWN?

]]> By: Elijah Meeks http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722565 Elijah Meeks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722565 Further evidence that effing (which my iPhone corrects as "edging" which is a word that I don't think has ever been used by a real human being) content trumps effing glitz. Further evidence that effing (which my iPhone corrects as “edging” which is a word that I don’t think has ever been used by a real human being) content trumps effing glitz.

]]> By: prblog http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-725146 prblog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725146 Yes, it is just that bad. Personally, as a public relations professional, I got tired of taking a hit every time someone in my industry inspires content like the above video. So I started a blog to help out these folks and hopefully shame the minority of our industry into better PR practices. Keep in mind folks, you only hear about the bad PR efforts. It's called the Bad Pitch Blog. To prove I am not just trying to foist a link on you, I will let those inclined to check it out hit Google. Feel free to send us any bad pitches you receive. We out the worst offenders for the world and Google to see. Thanks. Yes, it is just that bad. Personally, as a public relations professional, I got tired of taking a hit every time someone in my industry inspires content like the above video.

So I started a blog to help out these folks and hopefully shame the minority of our industry into better PR practices. Keep in mind folks, you only hear about the bad PR efforts.

It’s called the Bad Pitch Blog. To prove I am not just trying to foist a link on you, I will let those inclined to check it out hit Google.

Feel free to send us any bad pitches you receive. We out the worst offenders for the world and Google to see.

Thanks.

]]> By: Elijah Meeks http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-724681 Elijah Meeks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-724681 So what you're saying is that if I was some kind of suburbanite tool or a murder simulator addict or spent my time on xtube(??), that I'd be more familiar with the specialized jargon of those distinct subcultures? Color me happy that my iPhone is simultaneously dirtier and more mundane than me. So what you’re saying is that if I was some kind of suburbanite tool or a murder simulator addict or spent my time on xtube(??), that I’d be more familiar with the specialized jargon of those distinct subcultures?

Color me happy that my iPhone is simultaneously dirtier and more mundane than me.

]]> By: The Rizz http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722645 The Rizz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722645 <I>"edging" which is a word that I don't think has ever been used by a real human being</I> Last summer I spent several hours outside edging my lawn. Afterward, I played some Counterstrike, but got shot while edging around a corner. “edging” which is a word that I don’t think has ever been used by a real human being
Last summer I spent several hours outside edging my lawn.
Afterward, I played some Counterstrike, but got shot while edging around a corner.

]]> By: JoshP http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722414 JoshP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722414 Apparently i am the embargo... what the f*** does this mean? Apparently i am the embargo… what the f*** does this mean?

]]> By: theawesomerobot http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722421 theawesomerobot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722421 I love the internet video. I love the internet video.

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722422 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722422 hahaha, I know it's robots reciting the text... but you know the person that typed it up was totally raging! hahaha, I know it’s robots reciting the text… but you know the person that typed it up was totally raging!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-729079 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-729079 the is effing funny! the is effing funny!

]]> By: Omir the Storyteller http://boingboing.net/2010/02/25/embargoes.html#comment-722940 Omir the Storyteller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-722940 Edging is also a noun that refers to the stuff The Rizz was working on last summer. I think. Edging is also a noun that refers to the stuff The Rizz was working on last summer. I think.

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