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Funeral Service Ad in a Subway [600x450] (i.imgur.com)

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[–]CurtR 23 points24 points ago

Fake. And also inappropriate and decisively unfunny to large portions of any demographic at any given time.

[–]Paralyzing 17 points18 points ago

It's not fake. It's just translated. The original text says "Kommen Sie doch ein bisschen näher." (German)

[–]Recoil42 1 point2 points ago

It's not fake.

Citation needed? I can't seem to find any reference that it's real.

[–]Paralyzing 11 points12 points ago

Source: I'm German and I've seen it with my own eyes. Also what berlinbaer posted.

[–]berlinbaer 15 points16 points ago

hm ?

[–]Recoil42 5 points6 points ago

Thanks. I'm really surprised it's real -- mostly, that the metro allowed them to run an ad like that.

[–]Elesh 0 points1 point ago

I would think the ad company who had a contract with the metro is to blame.

[–]Recoil42 0 points1 point ago

Usually, there's an approval process which specifies that all parties get to see every ad before it goes up.

[–]WhatABeautifulMess 17 points18 points ago

Maybe I'm in the minority but I think this is clever and funny. I mean a little dark sure, but it's German.

[–]CurtR 2 points3 points ago

I mean, it is funny. However, nobody I know has died recently.

I'm just thinking how unfunny I would find that if, say, my buddy died two days before.

That's what I said large portions of any demographic at any given time. Death just isn't funny to people experiencing the effects of it.

[–]WhatABeautifulMess 2 points3 points ago

I guess. To me I didn't associate it with death in general, so I don't see people internalizing it unless their friend/family committed suicide or died in a freak accident but I tend to be insensitive. Honestly from my experience pretty much anything can offend some people when they're grieving. I mean it's not like it's a big secret that you might die if you walk off a train platform. I don't see this as any better/worse than this kind of stuff.

[–]SublimeMack 2 points3 points ago

That is fucked up

[–]hobbes-99 1 point2 points ago

Wow guys draw a line, it's advertising and has you talking. This is clever and funny and i believe even someone who had a friend die in a subway would not take this as a personal attack.

We know what it's doing/saying. Hell, think of it as a health and safety warning not to come too close or you'll die if it'll make you feel better.

[–]rfry11 0 points1 point ago

This just seems dangerous and generally unfunny.

[–]Luner 3 points4 points ago

Especially for the people driving trains who actually have to experience this once in a while, and have it on their consciousness.

[–]Cosmologicon 0 points1 point ago

What's the joke, that they're tricking people into coming closer to the sign and getting hit by a train so they have more business? Maybe I'm the only one, but I don't think they were trying for that, assuming it's translated correctly. I think they're talking about coming closer to your departed loved ones, and the placement is just an unfortunate coincidence.

[–]11equals7 0 points1 point ago

Every time I see this it has moar JPEG.

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