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Serena Williams, 3 Million Dollars, and Tampons

By: Chuck McCarthy
January 11 2010, 1:25 PM


When I was asked to write for Liquid Generation, my first though was, "Yes!" My second thought was, "What the F am I going to write about that people are going to care about?" I have no idea what is going on in the world, and I'm sure that you, the LG reader, don't want to hear about my mom making hats, my roommate Kate eating all my potato chips, or my inability to feel... anything... in my heart... I am dead inside... 

So what did I do? 

I did some research. I turned to THE source for mainstream pop culture here in the United States of America, M MagazineGuess what. I was not disappointed.

Less than 5 pages into the magazine I came across this article about Serena Williams' recent tennis win against Mother Nature (must be Mick Foley's cousin).  Apparently, Serena shut Mother Nature out in straight sets, proving not only herself as THE dominant force in women's tennis, but also showing great ethical fortitude, as apparently Mother Nature has been trying to bribe her by sending her a gift every month.

Okay, you got me. It's not an article. It's an ad for Tampax tampons, the most ridiculous ad for tampons I have ever seen, and completely indicative of the kind of slovenly work that is being done in every corner of print media - people all around are doing crappy jobs. 

I couldn't find out exactly how much Serena is getting paid to endorse Tampax, but taking into account how much she has been paid for other endorsement deals, it is probably somewhere in the area of $3 million. The photographer who shot this ad probably made at least a couple of grand for a couple hours work. The art director's copy editors, and everyone involved made a good amount of money from putting this ad together, yet they picked the photo that looks like Serena is squeezing out a fart, not celebrating victory. 

Maybe it was all Serena's fault. Maybe she never gave them the right look. 

All I am saying is that if you paid me $3 million, I would start using tampons, I would make the right face in the photo shoot, and I could probably even take the picture myself... I have a camera with a timer on it.

Chuck McCarthy is the mastermind behind IdeasByChuck.com, where he gives away great ideas in the hopes that you turn them into reality and remember to send him a small percentage of your profits. He Twitters here and Tumbls here. Chuck will be guest blogging for LiquidGeneration the next couple weeks!

 
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Where's the Beef?

By: Prongs
December 16 2009, 8:49 AM

Yesterday PETA unveiled the latest ad for its "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign, featuring Bethenny Frankel, member of People with Extraordinarily Little Talent Society (PELTS).

My Cheetah-lined hat is off to you, PETA, because your ads continue to intrigue me. I find myself thinking, as I cut into my still-mooing T-Bone, "Who is PETA's demographic?" Considering your recent choice of spokespeople, I can only assume that your research, presumably conducted by underpaid monkeys at typewriters, shows that your core audience is people invested in reality television. How else can you justify burning our retinas with the likes of Steve-O, Khloe Kardashian, and Karina Smirnoff? (You know it's bad when your last name is a brand and they still don't want you.)

It makes sense though. PETA's invasive studies done on bunnies, show that reality TV viewers are far less intelligent people who can be more easily swayed into giving up those necessary extravagances like fitted Dalmatian tees adorned with hamster noses, and squirrel-tail tampons.

And as for the rest of us, the nod-and-wink, upper-crust "Adult Swim" viewer? Manatee flippers make for a lovely corset.

 

Worst Beat Boxer Ever

Worst Beat Boxer Ever

This guy should get together with Andy from The Office and start a band. We'd totally illegally download their album.

 
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Worst Beat Boxer Ever

By: Slippy Jenkins
December 14 2009, 12:24 PM

Looks like you in 15 years, doesn't it?

 

 
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Tiger Woods and Obama Are BFFs 4 LYFE

By: LG Staff
December 09 2009, 8:34 AM

So Golf Digest got themselves into quite an awesome predicament. It seems their January issue features both Tiger Woods AND Barack Obama on the cover - together. They're practically humping each other. Really. This a great thing for Tiger. Appearing on the cover with Obama makes him appear like he's getting his stuff together, you know, hangin' out with the Commander in Chief, totally not hooking up with chicks as he's playing a round of golf. But it's a bad thing for Obama. Who wants to appear with a dude who's banged a third rate porn star? We would, but we're sleazy like that. Anyway, we want to make Obama's problem worse. Here are the new Golf Digest covers we came up with featuring the two BFFs.

 

 

 

(click here to see the third cover after the jump)

 

 

The real story here isn't whether or not Hannah Montana is swearing, it's whether or not the reporter in the video KNOWS HE'S YELLING INTO THE MICROPHONE. PLEASE, IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR OUR EARS TO BE HURTING THIS MUCH. KTHXBAI.

 

 
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I Did Not Have A Nose Job

By: Lady Gaga
November 30 2009, 7:29 AM

THIS IS A LIE! I LIE I TELL YOU! SOMEBODY PHOTOSHOPPED THIS THING! I HATE YOU! I HATE ALL OF YOU!!!!!!

I BET THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS JUST HATE TRANNYS AND THOSE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM! DAMN YOU, INTERNET!

WHATEVER,

Lady Gaga

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(via cakeheadlovesevil)

 

 

Lindsay Lohan: Before and After Meth

Lindsay Lohan: Before and After Meth

Just kidding. We don't know if Lohan does meth, she probably doesn't. But we certainly know she has a meth face, which is the WORST kind of face if you're going to have any face at all.

 

10 Worst Celebrity Interviews with David Letterman

10 Worst Celebrity Interviews with David Letterman

You thought Juaquin Pheonix was bad, you got to check some of these out!

 

Worst Police Dog Ever

Worst Police Dog Ever

This police dog should be put to sleep he's so bad.

 

10 Best Athletes Who Are Bad Sports

10 Best Athletes Who Are Bad Sports

It's funny how certain athletes dominate in every aspect of their sport...except good sportsmanship. Check out this collection of death threats, sucker punches, and riots, to see for yourself.

 

Worst Pants Idea Ever

Worst Pants Idea Ever

"Excuse me, is that your butt winking at my butt?"

 

Worst Movie Ending Ever

Worst Movie Ending Ever

You can't explain this scene because it is unexplainable. And retarded.

 

10 Worst Infomercials Ever

10 Worst Infomercials Ever

This video is best viewed between the hours of 1AM to 5AM, when you're kinda drunk.

 

Best Worst Ad Ever

Best Worst Ad Ever

Bear witness to the most amazingly awful acting jobs in the history of awful acting jobs.

 

Word Muddle Madness

Word Muddle Madness

Here's a puzzle game where you have to sound out the small words to form a complete phrase or sentence. If you don't speak English, too bad.

 

Kim Kardashian Drinks Stuff

Kim Kardashian Drinks Stuff

We don't care if this is just an obvious ad for Pepsi. This is a photo of Kim Kardashian and we're required to post every picture of her.

 

10 Worst Celebrity Parents

10 Worst Celebrity Parents

On Mother's Day watch some of the worst celebrity parents ever caught on tape. You'll be grateful yours aren't famous.

 

Kelly Bensimon's Boob Tries To Run Away

Kelly Bensimon's Boob Tries To Run Away

Real Housewife from New York cast member Kelly Bensimon has a boob job so bad the boobs are trying to hide for cover.

 

Which Movie Villian Are You?

Which Movie Villian Are You?

You’re evil, a villain – the bad, horrible ones you see in all those scary movies. So we have to ask: Which movie villain are you?