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A new Twitter account wonderfully takes the piss out of the most annoying ads

Refreshingly honest.

Jan 27th 2016, 7:54 PM 7,622 Views 1 Comment

EARLIER THIS MONTH, two London comedians came upon an idea.

Why not just take the most annoying ads that they come across on the internet and put their own honest spin on them.

So We Fix Your Adverts was started

Today we are making Trainline's adverts a tad more accurate. pic.twitter.com/0RwgTTU8qA
— We Fix Your Adverts (@WeFixYourAdvert) January 27, 2016

Source: We Fix Your Adverts/Twitter

Set up by the extremely popular Technically Ron account, and James Menzies, they told Metro that their plan is just to generate a few laughs – and ads are ripe for parody.

And their work is top notch satire

The new https://t.co/OGirSPrLtp #LoveYourImperfections adverts cause outrage after controversial statements. pic.twitter.com/nGACZ3EGqV
— We Fix Your Adverts (@WeFixYourAdvert) January 19, 2016

Source: We Fix Your Adverts/Twitter

People can send them requests of the most annoying display ads out there

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And they get back with their own honest take on it

diesel Source: Twitter

Look at their version of the controversial GBK campaign

Outrage as the first draft of the new Gourmet Burger Kitchen adverts make it onto tube lines pic.twitter.com/YCMT0OFu58
— We Fix Your Adverts (@WeFixYourAdvert) January 18, 2016

Source: We Fix Your Adverts/Twitter

And this hot deal

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They have even created refreshingly honest error message for Safari

Refreshingly honest error message from Safari pic.twitter.com/NGypamm22w
— We Fix Your Adverts (@WeFixYourAdvert) January 27, 2016

Source: We Fix Your Adverts/Twitter

And have an explanation for when Twitter is down

This is just getting ridiculous #TwitterDown pic.twitter.com/raWb76hqIR
— We Fix Your Adverts (@WeFixYourAdvert) January 19, 2016

Source: We Fix Your Adverts/Twitter

Excellent work lads.

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A new Twitter account wonderfully takes the piss out of the most annoying ads