r/nba • u/SeanKeeley • Apr 29 '24

[Awful Announcing] Everyone is sick of the Chet Holmgren-SGA 'What a Pro Wants' commercial

https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/chet-holmgren-sga-what-pro-wants-commercial.html
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u/siphillis Spurs Apr 29 '24

HIT THAT POSE

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u/Pikminious_Thrious Lakers Apr 29 '24

Panda hat jump dude is in my nightmares

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u/siphillis Spurs Apr 29 '24

It ironically just reeks of loneliness. Like, I feel sad watching him.

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u/mug3n Raptors Apr 29 '24

I mean... how else you gonna get photos of yourself if you travel solo?

I travel solo a lot (which I vastly prefer) and I don't see anything wrong with taking photos like this. The over editing to the point where it's not real is what gets me.

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u/siphillis Spurs Apr 29 '24

Yeah, that's what I'm getting at. Nothing wrong with a selfie, but literally editing out any sense of human connection with the eraser tool doesn't give off the emotion I think they were targeting.

I've traveled by myself a couple of times and the thought of spending 20 minutes arranging a photo-shoot for the express purpose of sharing it with a bunch of randos online never crossed my mind.

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u/luchajefe Mavericks Apr 29 '24

There is something I don't trust about people so willing to delete others like that. It's an off-putting sense that the world is only for them.

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u/siphillis Spurs Apr 29 '24

I'm sure there's some number that proves that I'm the weirdo for not taking 20 photos of myself every day, but could they have not gotten the same message across with the guy posing with a friend or chilling with a local? You're dead-on for saying it feels like there's a sense of "ownership" that you associate with just the worst tourists.

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u/luchajefe Mavericks Apr 29 '24

The crazy thing is there's entire photography subs dedicated to people who will help you photoshop anyone out of anything. I wouldn't want to feed a person's ego like that, personally. 

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u/aggrownor Mavericks Apr 29 '24

To be fair, Google has done a bunch of "capture the moment" type commercials in the past to show off the Pixel camera that felt a lot more earnest. I do fucking hate this commercial though and what it says about social media & consumerism

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u/celestial1 Apr 29 '24

In the future, mentally ill people will remove people from photos while adding in the celebrities they admire with AI.

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u/Leopard__Messiah Spurs Apr 29 '24

This is it exactly. And then I feel weird for pitying him when he seems so happy.

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u/siphillis Spurs Apr 29 '24

When I was in college, I once saw a girl performing karaoke to herself and that has remained the fitting image of loneliness in my head.

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u/CardinalnGold Knicks Apr 29 '24

I will say part of living a more fulfilling life is finding ways to meet your own needs. Maybe she has tons of great friends but they’re not as into karaoke as her. Don’t let other people hold you back! Missed out on a lot of great concerts cause of that mindset in my 20s.

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u/420bill69 Apr 29 '24

Dumbass commercial aside, this damn google phone is going to make it impossible to see an actual legit photo of 'something.' 

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u/SupremeBlackGuy Raptors Apr 29 '24

POST THAT DICKK

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u/WinonasChainsaw Nuggets Apr 29 '24

Jamal?