This hilarious ad for a 1996 Honda is the perfect commentary on materialism.

When Carrie Hollenbeck needed to sell her 1996 Honda Accord, with over 140,000 lifetime miles on it, having a filmmaker boyfriend paid off. Big time.

Max and Carrie. Photo used with permission

Max Lanman had the idea to produce an actual commercial to advertise his girlfriend's jalopy. But this wouldn't be some low-budget production for a 4 a.m. run on the local access cable channel. Oh no. Not at all.

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Dove's latest campaign is unintentionally funny and highlights a serious issue.

It missed the mark but made for some good laughs.

For years now, the marketing team over at Dove has been working to make their brand's name synonymous with body positivity.

2015's "Choose Beautiful" campaign. GIF from Dove/YouTube.

The company's latest campaign, released in the U.K., tries to address body image issues with ... a more diverse range of bottle shapes? Seriously. Um.

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Why Donald Trump's pick for secretary of labor should probably stick to making burgers.

In a characteristically Trumpy move, Donald Trump has nominated Andrew Puzder, CEO of fast-food chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, to be secretary of labor.

Andrew Puzder! Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images.

Of the United States of America, that is.  

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Witness the sorrow of teens realizing that old cigarette commercials were kinda outright lies.

Kids these days, just cracking open the deceptions of commercials. TYPICAL TEENS!

Watching old-timey commercials might've given these kids trust issues.

The Fine Brothers showed a buncha teens old-timey cigarette commercials. All the teens were understandably like, whoa.

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