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"Lab beakers and Chinese farmers. Kites and panoramic views of Costa Rica. Cars, babies and canned goods \u2014 these are what advertisements are made of. \nStock video provider Dissolve has created a brilliant ad by mocking (what else?) ads. \nSee also: Artist Brilliantly Recreates the Awkward Faces of Real Estate Ads\nThe company pokes fun at its own business by pairing stock footage with the text from Kendra Eash's advertising takedown \"This is a Generic Brand Video.\" Eash's poem, originally published on McSweeney's, calls out brands for overusing tropes like wrinkled ethnic men, stop-motion highway shots and skyscrapers. \nDissolve's resulting video is perhaps the most obnoxiously, on-point cliched ad to every exist. \nThis is consumerism. This is America. This is...kind of genius.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nBONUS: The Most-Shared Ads of 2013 \n\n\nThe Most-Shared Ads of 2013\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Dove \"Real Beauty Sketches\" 4.24 million shares\nDove uses a clever method to make women confront misconceptions about their appearance and the result prompts some very emotional reactions. \n\nVideo: YouTube, doveunitedstates\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Geico \"Hump Day\" 4.03 million\nThis ad, featuring an excitable camel, gets a spike in views every Wednesday. \n\nVideo: YouTube, GEICO Insurance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Evian \"Baby &amp; Me\" 3.34 million \nThe sequel to the uber-successful \"Roller Babies\" ad does just fine on its own. \n\nVideo: YouTube, EvianBabies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Kmart \"Ship My Pants\" 3.05 million\nA silly, off-color pun goes from mildly amusing to hilarious in 30 seconds.\n\nVideo: YouTube, Kmart\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Cornetto \"Yalin Keyfi Yolunda, A\u015Fk\u0131 Sonund\" 2.91 million\nA Wes Anderson-esque tale of young love from Turkey.\n\nVideo: YouTube, cornetto turkiye\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Budweiser \"Brotherhood\" 2.72 million\nOne of the best-received ads of this year's Super Bowl features a sentimental trainer raising a Clydesdale. \n\nVideo: YouTube, NFL TV Super Bowl Ads\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. PepsiMax \"Test Drive\" 2.69 million\nOK it was fake, but it was fun: Nascar driver Jeff Gordon goes incognito for a test drive and an actor does a great job pretending to be freaked out. \n\nVideo: YouTube, Pepsi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. MGM/Carrie \"Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise\" 2.17 million\nMore fakery, this time in a coffee shop to promote the movie Carrie. Is it me or does everything seem fake about this? Ironically the movie was overtaken by Gravity at the box office. \n\nVideo: YouTube, CarrieNYC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Ram Trucks \"Farmer\" 1.88 million \nAnother ad that proves that you don't have to (try to) be funny to be remembered during the Super Bowl. The ad was a rip off of an older one, but this one was much better. \n\nVideo: YouTube, ram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Volvo Trucks \"Jean-Claude Van Damme Epic Split\"  1.82 million \nA latecomer, Jean-Claude Van Damme's was the split that was seen round the Internet. People couldn't help passing it around, even though it wasn't nearly as dangerous as it looked.\n\nVideo: YouTube, Volvo Trucks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Neft Vodka \"Biting Elbows\" 1.35 million\nThis ad had everything, including babes, blood and ultraviolence. It's not clear it sold a lot of vodka though. \n\nVideo: YouTube, bitingelbows\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. True Move \"Giving\" 1.26 million\nAnd this ad couldn't be any more different. A touching ad from Thailand shows how one kind act can change a person's life. \n\nVideo: YouTube, TrueMoveH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. PooPourri \"Girls Don't Poop\" 1.24 million \nAn eloquent British-accented woman explains how to mask the scent of your poo. \n\nVideo: YouTube, Poo~Pourri\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14. GoPro \"Fireman Saves Kitten\" 1.23 million \nAn HD dose of aww from the maker of the popular camera. \n\nVideo: YouTube, GoPro\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. Phonebloks \"Phonebloks\" 1.08 million \nA great idea to cut down on phone waste and a way to make your phone seem even more like a toy. \n\nVideo: YouTube, Dave Hakkens\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16. Three \"The Pony #DancePonyDance\" 1.06 million\nAn adorable dancing pony. Need we say more? \n\nVideo: YouTube, three\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n17. H&amp;M \"Short Film Directed By Guy Ritchie Featuring David Beckham\" 928,272\nGuy Ritchie figures out a way to film David Beckham running around in his underwear. \n\nVideo: YouTube, hennesandmauritz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n18. Rockstar: \"Grand Theft Auto V: Official Gameplay Video\" 841,528\nYou didn't think we could get through this list without one videogame ad, did you? \n\nVideo: YouTube, RockstarGames\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n19. Sony \"Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video\" 764,857\nA step-by-step guide on how to lend games to friends.\n\nVideo: YouTube, PlayStation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n20. Code.org \"What Most Schools Don't Teach\" 754, 119\nBill Gates, Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg, among other tech luminaries, make a pitch for teaching coding .\n\nVideo: YouTube, Code.org\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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