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STORY<br />
JASMINE TEO, NEU WEE TEE & KI’ERN TAN<br />
HUNGER STRIKES<br />
Search: Snickers <strong>2017</strong> Recovery Room<br />
The patient in this hilarious Snickers ad finds<br />
out that you should never go under the knife<br />
with a hungry surgeon. According to the candy<br />
bar maker, people — even top professionals —<br />
do stupid things on an empty stomach. In this<br />
case, the muddle-headed surgeon makes the<br />
egregious mistake of leaving a very crucial piece<br />
of equipment inside his patient.<br />
probably spur even the apathetic to action. It also<br />
reminds you of the pre-war Syria, one that has a long<br />
and rich history in arts and culture (since 3000B.C),<br />
and is home to six UNESCO heritage sites and was<br />
generating over US$6bn in revenue from tourism,<br />
drawing even more visitors than Australia.<br />
FEELING<br />
OUTER<br />
SORTS?<br />
http://stars.chromeexperiments.com/<br />
Welcome to the Google map of the universe. Well,<br />
sort of. The 100,000 Stars site picks you up and<br />
transports you to the sun, from where you can either<br />
take a tour around the titular 100,000 stars (87 major<br />
ones are featured with descriptions) or roam freely in<br />
outer space. The visuals are stunning at times, and<br />
the universe brought to scale may ignite an existential<br />
crisis. But, hey, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson<br />
puts it: “Not only do we live among the stars, the<br />
stars live within us.”<br />
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON<br />
Search: McDonald’s – Dad<br />
You may have<br />
mixed feelings<br />
about this new<br />
McDonald’s ad<br />
that has raised<br />
a stink in the UK<br />
for what critics<br />
are calling an<br />
exploitation of “childhood bereavement”. It centres<br />
on a young boy who has lost his father. As his mum<br />
describes his long deceased dad to him, the boy<br />
realises, to his disappointment, how little they have<br />
in common, except for one thing — their mutual love<br />
for Mickey D’s Filet-O-Fish.<br />
ALONE TIME<br />
Search: Krungsi Auto soul mate<br />
This Thai car ad starts off as an antithesis of<br />
everything SDU stands for. It follows a young woman<br />
as she extols the many merits of being single. She<br />
enjoys her footloose and fancy-free lifestyle all the<br />
way through<br />
to middle age.<br />
But all that<br />
changes when<br />
she mistakes<br />
a stranger’s<br />
car as her<br />
own one day.<br />
Guess there’s hope yet for all the single ladies out<br />
there. You just need to buy a common-looking car<br />
first.<br />
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