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u/larinzod 2h ago
They could give me their insurance for free and pay me and I would still go with another insurance company because I hate their marketing.
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u/1PooNGooN3 1h ago
It’s not even affordable! It’s just marketing gimmicks stupid people must fall for
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u/Pork_Chompk 26m ago
Ok, you taking LiMu Emu, Patrick Mahomes, the GEICO Gecko, or Flo?
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u/TheVentiLebowski 45m ago
This. Who the hell thought this advertising campaign was a good idea?! That emu and his idiot sidekick are even worse.
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u/Legal_Commercial477 2h ago
I will never consider using this company just for the fact the commercials are so idiotic
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u/jormundgand20 1h ago
They could give me the greatest insurance the world has ever seen for $2 a year and I'll still choose anyone else.
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u/Select-Belt-ou812 2h ago
I too hate, nay, utterly despise, this stupid thing... FUCK THIS STUPID THING
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u/khajiithasmanywares 1h ago
Only thing i like about this is that someone obviously cut the head off the sugar puffs mascot finally
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u/ltsouthernbelle 2h ago
That thing creeps me tf out. He looks like a serial killer.
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u/GW_Jefferson 2h ago
Nothing tops the Becoming your parents commericals..everyone of them are hilarious
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u/Famous-Register-2814 2h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/Vf9U7fpEtSYFV7dBVs
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u/Danny2Sick 1h ago
I love that guy he's weirdly captivating!! Also great as 'The Eagle'!
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u/beloved_supplanter 1h ago
He's in something else? I loved him in Rescue Me and thought he completely shifted away from all other acting to being Mayhem. I'll check it out.
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u/Mr_Abe_Froman GREEN 1h ago
He's great in 30 Rock as Dennis Duffy
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u/amanda_moon93 1h ago
I liked him in John Wick
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u/thingsfallapart89 1h ago
He was excellent in Oz. Same with his role on Law & Order: SVU
Dean Winters is solid as hell at acting
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u/BackLopsided2500 1h ago
He was on SVU as a detective and was Olivia Benson's love interest for awhile.
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u/Diva_of_Disgust 1h ago
He was Ryan in the show Oz. Old as fuck at this point, but really good show. It was the first hour long tv series made by HBO.
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u/Russell_has_TWO_Ls 1h ago
I side with the “parents” almost every time. The influencer one was most egregious. They were correctly pointing out how dumb that shit is
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u/teslastats 2h ago
I can't explain why, but I hate this thing so much that I want to know who approved it.
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u/IHaveNoEgrets 1h ago
Ditto. I have issues with balance and with my leg joints. But I'd risk a nasty fall just for the opportunity to punt this thing into next week. Get a good running start and kapow into the stratosphere!
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u/MissKitty919 31m ago
I don't know why, but your comment made me think of South Park..."kick the baby"! 🤣
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u/Cassidycutie87 2h ago
Bring back lemu emu
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u/hamburgergerald 2h ago
Omg they’re even worse 😭🫠
Every single ad break on Peacock is the emu insurance commercials
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u/ROMMELBOT 2h ago
Companies are moving to mascots to avoid paying people and not taking a risk their human spokespeople will embarrass them. Enshittification marches on.
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u/Rexitoxal 2h ago
I thought it was because they thought having some sort of "cute" mascot would draw people in, like cereal brands do
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u/PepsiAllDay78 2h ago
Their whole ad campaign is just the worst! I will never give Liberty Mutual a penny of my money.
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u/thingsfallapart89 1h ago
As consistently good the Progressive “Young Homeowners Becoming their Parents” campaign is, is as consistently dogshit Liberty’s ad campaigns collectively are
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u/snuggleslut5 1h ago
I like the young homeowners well enough, but I miss the geico cavemen.
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u/thingsfallapart89 59m ago edited 22m ago
I always thought the cavemen ads were much better than the gecko campaigns. I know that’s been their best known mascot now for a couple of decades, but his shtick never did it for me even as a kid
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u/Procrastinating-Elf 31m ago
Always loved the cavemen. Commercials used to genuinely be so much more entertaining.
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u/paisleyhaze 1h ago
I can’t tell if they know their ads aren’t funny in the slightest and are just trying to be memorable beCAUSE of how bad they are
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u/IIRCIreadthat 2h ago
I can't stand this thing. The original joke where he couldn't pronounce the name correctly was at least just a little bit funny. Turning it into this thing is stretching the joke way too far and makes it completely obnoxious.
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u/Spuzzle91 1h ago
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who wants to punt that stupid yellow fuzzball into incoming traffic
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u/joannee1197 41m ago
I was thinking Liberty Biberty is kind of ripping off Annoying Orange. Thanks.
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u/Queen_Cheetah 1h ago
The ONLY, and I mean the ONLY mascot worse than this blob is the used tampon that is the mascot of our local grocery chain, Jewel, 'JoJo'-
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u/Euphoric_Screen_7640 1h ago
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u/Queen_Cheetah 1h ago
It's a shame, but it's not like there's any sort of visually appealing object associated with the word "JEWEL"- OH WAIT.
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u/1amNOTmyselfYouSee 2h ago
The teeth on that thing. It is vile! Maybe they are trying to creep people out.
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u/Elsupersabio 1h ago
On Prime video I have those running back to back, I have sworn never to do business with them no matter how cheap it may be, they have come into my home and inconvenienced my life.
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u/CorrineVale 2h ago
I was watching TV with a client and he audibly reacted (negatively) to this thing’s appearance on screen, didn’t think much of it but now that I’m seeing this post, I can only conclude that this thing must be universally irritating on some level, what I don’t understand is why?
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u/wstsidhome 1h ago
Thought it was a pineapple plushie at first. So Liberty Bibberty now has an emu and a yellow poof ball with spikes similar to the Statue of Liberty? Two mascots plus the biberty dude
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u/Massive_Mongoose3481 1h ago
It's bad, but any of them saying anything like "we're on your side" can go fuck themselves.. Their entire business model is get them, raise their rates for no reason and deny deny deny as many claims as possible. Auto, health, home, workers comp, makes no difference, they all suck ass
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u/Bempet583 1h ago
I read a really well written post/essay about their marketing techniques on Reddit somewhere and this guy referred to this particular "thing" as the liberty testicle.
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u/TheLastTreeOctopus 2h ago
Puffle-lookin' ass freak.
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u/Crazyscorpion77 1h ago
Me and my mom calls him a tribble from star trek
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u/TheLastTreeOctopus 1h ago
For some reason, I could never really get into Star Trek. More of a Stargate gal, myself.
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u/Crazyscorpion77 1h ago
My dad liked Stargate also really anything sci-fi star trek was really what he grew up with
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u/TheLastTreeOctopus 1h ago
My uncle's a pretty big Star Trek fan. I've tried watched with him a couple times, but always just found myself bored out of my mind and unable to stay focused on it 😅
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u/UpstairsOk6744 43m ago
Worst but my favorite were the Quizno's subs Spong Monkeys of the early 2000s.
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u/FunkyPhantom3030 42m ago
I'm convinced that their marketing team is a bunch of chickens shitting on random squares with ideas written on them.
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u/charlie2135 2h ago
Yet, we talk about it which is what advertising has turned to.
I don't feel any compulsion to go to a business due to their advertising when it's something like insurance.
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u/Thin-Piano-4836 2h ago
“biberty!!!” My two year old was singing it the other day .
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u/LadyLektra RED 49m ago
I’m mildly infuriated by all these goofy insurance commercials.
I never once have thought “Jeez I want my insurance company to have a sense of humor!”
If anything I want one that takes their job seriously and approves/reviews my claims properly. I would never get Liberty because of how stupid their ads are. I wouldn’t expect them to do the job correctly based off how much they don’t take themselves seriously. Same with progressive.
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u/QuantumRepairman 1h ago
Hot take: I love the guy. It’s absurd and silly and proof they can laugh at themselves.
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u/snuggleslut5 1h ago
The guy who has he emu is kinda hot and I don't mind looking at him. The yellow thing is weird and I could do without that. They're getting carried away with the liberty biberty thing, it wasn't really funny the first time.
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u/BarcaOfCarthago 9m ago edited 4m ago
Corporate shill
Nah this is a manufactured replacement to take over the real human mascot’s role
So much so that some unfeeling and psychopathic board of directors and CEO said “we could literally drop an unmoving and immobile AI yellow circle on a car and it’d be just as effective.”
“It’ll also make people upset so it gets more viral organic growth.” This is short sighted and there will be a pushback from enshitification
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u/lilaccheesecake 2h ago
Hey, at least we can be glad it was a puppet made by the Jim Henson company 😭 not ai.
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u/Fake_Punk_Girl 20m ago
That is its ONLY saving grace in my opinion. Had to check if someone mentioned this. At least they're giving real artists some work.
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u/Slosher99 2h ago
Their only goal is to get their name in your head so when you're looking at insurance options, you know they are a big legit company, and might pick them over another that's fine but doesn't spend much on ads.
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u/CrazyButton2937 2h ago
VERY infuriating. Absolutely. Stupid marketing. Is that the subliminal plan? Commercials we despise?
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u/Disastrous_Return83 1h ago
I thought it was just me that got irritated by this weird thing and their adverts. So glad I’m not alone. I tried talking smack about it with coworkers and I just got blank stares lol
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u/queen-masy 1h ago
Liberty biberty is the pinnacle of mildly infuriating because it's just an ad but it makes me want to learn how to make puppets so I can torture this stupid fuzzy testical of a character
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u/RogueKitteh 1h ago
They're trying so hard to be Progressive (who's commercials are actually kinda funny) it's painful
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u/r97nxvx8 1h ago
It's like this so people like you will post about it. Literally justifying its abhorrent existence.
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u/Gin4Gingers 1h ago
Not just this thing, but this whole stupid company and their ads! It's everywhere I go! I see that stupid emu on billboards. I see it on YouTube, reddit, hulu, Roku and even at work when I deliver their ads into people's mailboxes because I became a mailman instead of going to college so I can complain about seeing libbity bibbity every single waking moment of my life! It's driving me insane and I can't take it anymore! I even hear it on the radio almost everyday to and from work! I SAW THE STUPID EMU IN MY DREAMS AND HE PECKED ME TO NEAR DEATH FOR REFUSING THE INSURANCE! The worst part is that it tries too hard to be funny but it never lands. I'm in hell and the devil is a emu
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u/Necessary_Milk_5124 1h ago
I’m convinced their marketing team is fine with negative opinions. Their enrollment is probably higher than it’s ever been. And we’re all discussing it.
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u/Technical_Mix_5379 BLUE 58m ago
Seriously what happened to just the original ads without this thing…
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u/Mission_Fart9750 1h ago
At least Biberty Dude is funny. But they're trying to beat him to death too.
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u/Famously-Incognito 2h ago
You have to understand that the generation of skibidi is now starting to drive. They don’t understand normalcy.
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u/ThinkWishbone2495 2h ago
Time to retire those unwatchable commercials. Whoever approved these needs to be replaced. Please don't say it was AI who created this slop!
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u/Long_Breath_2263 2h ago
I did laugh the first time I saw the one where he asks for an autograph and when he gets it he says “what’s it say….”
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u/beTcha_cant_do_dis 1h ago
OMG!! I hate it. My daughter thought it was a pineapple. Who writes these commercials. I also despise the Emu and Liberty Biberty equally.
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u/louielou8484 1h ago
My mom hates this thing. And it has teef. I showed her this one day and she shrieked over it 😂
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u/SkitAWulf 50m ago
Does it make it more infuriating that I scrolled down to find a Liberty Mutual ad? Also, I personally like the puff ball guy more than the emu and Doug guy. My fiancé agrees with yall, tho.
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u/altonbrownie 50m ago
Somehow I, thankfully, have never seen this thing until this post, but upon seeing it… yeah, he looks like an annoying lil fuck
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u/philnolan3d 35m ago
I really hate that thing. And I was already getting tired of the actor guy saying it. I laugh at the emu though.
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u/WaterIsNotSticky 28m ago
I see this little bitch on my gym's TV, literally haven't seen it anywhere else somehow, so far...
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u/catdog5100 26m ago
Everybody on this subreddit (and related ones) are complaining about or mentioning this thing, and I have yet to actually see it in action. I should probably be glad for that lol
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u/Educational-Draw271 21m ago
Remember how they lied when hyping "Smart" T.V.'s and told us you would be able to skip commercials, mute them, make the sound lower, etc, etc, because they were "Smart" TVs... I do
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u/LemonP13 13m ago
Biberty looks like those creepy toys with dentures attached to them that you'd see at the dentist office.
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u/apexdryad 4m ago
Mark my words, the himbo and the yellow ball gonna get married eventually. Love is in the air.
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u/Vilhelmssen1931 0m ago
I don’t know what 40 year old at that ad agency thinks the “liberty biberty” bullshit is funniest thing they’ve ever heard but I feel like they have a facebook overflowing with minions memes
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u/TheRealFrantik 2h ago
Every time I hear "liberty biberty", I want to put my fist through my laptop screen