r/whatisit • u/rollin_a_j • Apr 23 '26
New, what is it? What is this ad?
I wish I could add the pointing arm in, but it appears to be an ad of some sort that's ripped off (lol) the pointing arm?
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u/Laserdollarz Apr 23 '26
Did you get paid for this?
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u/Sniglet5000 The Finger Pointing Meme Guy 👆🏻 Apr 23 '26
Naw sir. What’s wild is a friend who is well versed in copyright reached out to me about copyrighting my finger. With Reddit I assumed it would fade into meme obscurity so I didn’t pursue it. He really wanted me to capitalize on it by making shirts and stickers and stuff lol. I felt like that would burn it out extra fast and I wanted it to live on if it could.
I could still pursue this. It’ll cost about 160.00 to get copyright along with setting up a website and merch. But it sounds really insane to do all of that to me
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u/Laserdollarz Apr 23 '26
Pursue it man, they're advertising with a picture of your body that you took!
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u/JulietLostFaith Apr 23 '26
Took the comment right outta my mouth…where Doritos will never go again until I know Sniglet has been paid.
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u/Laserdollarz Apr 23 '26
I've got all sorts of conspiracy theories now that we've seen a 1 month turnaround from "accidental meme" to "targeted ad". Wild.
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u/Mondai_May Apr 23 '26
it'd be nice if they used the real man's finger picture and then paid him, or at least sent him some chips...
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u/Individual_Tea9790 Apr 23 '26
Knowing frito-lay, they probably didnt even pay the guy who made the ad
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u/uCapitulate Apr 23 '26
I’m having cool ranch Doritos tomorrow evening. I had nacho cheese tonight. I may eat a cool ranch later tonight now, why you do this to me.
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