15025: Memorial Day Musings And Pandemic Ponderings.

It feels a little odd to celebrate Memorial Day during the COVID-19 crisis, an event often described with war-related terms and metaphors—including saluting healthcare workers on the frontlines and declaring the coronavirus an enemy. Don’t mean to discount the noble efforts of people providing services under dangerous conditions, but… really? Even the current Commander-In-Chief joined the rhetoric by claiming to be a “war-time president” battling an invisible foe. MultiCultClassics is not the only publication to note the phenomenon.

Regardless, it would be a shame to let the global pandemic become a smokescreen that diverted respectful acknowledgement of the true American heroes behind the holiday.

14962: Digital Shop Chatbot Earns Employee-Of-The-Year Status.

Leave it to a digital agency to deem a chatbot as being their most qualified, talented, likeable and ambitious employee. Sadly, it’s probably true. The description below confirms the place is comprised of unqualified, talentless, dislikeable and unambitious humans.

I am blue by morning. Green by noon. And grey by night. What am I? Ahem! I’m DDB & Tribal Vietnam’s new chatbot. Sure, I can do a lot more than just change background colours. I can show you our work, connect you to our social media pages and put you in touch with our Managing Director. Some may even say I have a lot of power in my hands. Speaking of hands, I don’t have any. But I am armed with a lot of pickup lines. And when I’m not busy listening to hardcore death metal, I like regaling internet strangers with tales about our agency. If you pop over looking for funny cat videos, I won’t bother saying hello. By the by, have you seen that cat doing that little cat thing on Instagram? Ha. To keep me company, check out ddbtribal.vn

9735: Ovaltine Campaign Comes Up Short.

Not sure what Y&R in Vietnam was thinking with this campaign—especially since 5’5” is the average height for Vietnamese men.


From Ads of the World.