{"id":689,"date":"2020-05-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/?p=689"},"modified":"2020-05-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:00:00","slug":"every-covid-19-ad-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/every-covid-19-ad-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Every COVID-19 ad ever (or, Caperton Phones It In)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, your girl managed to pull a shoulder muscle doing Pilates. It\u2019s kind of agonizing. Why did I mention it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ad-supercut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\"\/><figcaption>In These Challenging Times, we\u2019ll get through this \u2014 together.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>1. It\u2019s the first time in forever that I\u2019ve injured myself doing something marginally active, and not just, like, working from the couch, or sleeping wrong, so I couldn\u2019t resist getting a little bit of a brag in there. A sad, sad, pathetic brag. (You go with what you&#8217;ve got.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. It makes it really, really hard to type. Which is fine. I mean, it\u2019s not like my job isn\u2019t 97.8 PERCENT TYPING.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, like a P.E. teacher forced to sub for a seventh-grade English class at the last minute, I\u2019m putting on a video. And actually, it\u2019s pretty apt, as videos go \u2014 if today\u2019s theme is all about phoning things in, this supercut of every COVID-19-related ad would seem to fit the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now sit down and be quiet while I read this romance novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Every Covid-19 Commercial is Exactly the Same\" width=\"693\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vM3J9jDoaTA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What was your favorite part? Mine was when the somber music sped up. I\u2019m always a sucker for slightly faster somber music. 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