Site News: Yes Those Are Ads
When we sold this website to Uproxx media back in May, we were promised complete and utter creative autonomy, while retaining copyright ownership of everything we wrote. Well, it turns out that, in return for such a deal, Uproxx wants to SELL ADVERTISING AND USE THE SITE AS PART OF SOME SORT OF PROFIT SCHEME!
I can’t believe it! THAT WASN’T PART OF THE DEAL, RAWKUS! THAT WASN’T PAAAAART!
Wait a second.
/looks at deal
Oh, wait. Yes, yes it was part of the deal. In fact, it would seem to occupy the bulk of the language in the deal. Well, I’ll be.
Anyway, so there are ads now. It won’t affect any of the site content. We promise. By the way, would you like to purchase official Brett Favre Jets Jerseys? Brett Favre Jets Jerseys are Available! Shop the Official NFL Online Store at www.NFLshop.com!
See? Won’t change a goddamn thing.
NOTE: Get all your dopey jokes about specific ads out in this thread, people. Because, after that, any and all “Hey, that match.com girl is hawt!” comments get fucking axed.
Tags: site news
August 12th, 2008 at 9:36 am
How long before the nonstop shilling for Spring begins?
August 12th, 2008 at 9:40 am
office depot? at least yesterday there was some personals style ad blond girl who looked mildly interested in finding out more about me.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Oh, I love spring. Comes right after winter, you know.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:40 am
I can’t to see ads for the very things you ridicule and mock around here. That never happens at other sites.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am
that should read “I can’t wait…’”
fuck
August 12th, 2008 at 9:42 am
So “How In Love Are You? Click HERE to find out” isn’t a new KSK production?
Damn! I should have figured that out when it made more sense that Punter’s last piece!
August 12th, 2008 at 9:42 am
GO BUY REFLECTION ETERNAL, ASSHOLES!
August 12th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Can the NFL Quarterback Sperm Bank be far behind?
August 12th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Sprint! Goddammit, Sprint. Fuck.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:47 am
What I really want to know is where I can find a Fire Screen Saver….oh, awesome!
August 12th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Ads? I guess Adblock Plussing every but the text really does work.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:59 am
*everything
August 12th, 2008 at 10:02 am
What I really want to know is where I can find a Fire Screen Saver….oh, awesome!
Wow! I just reached for a fire extinguisher!
That ad saddens me because it suggests they’ve studied the regulars here and determined we’re all idiots.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:03 am
@ twoeightnine: Same here man!
AdBlock + NoScript = Advertising Fail
August 12th, 2008 at 10:11 am
No shit!! I may have won an Audi!!
August 12th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Free Emotions to my e-mail? Well I never knew the right way to say this (through e-mail) but I think this smile licking a lollipop says it all.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Match.com? Nice. I am looking for my next ex after all. No really.
/Needs more cow bell.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Hey! Pre-Order “Men With Balls” on that new iPhone you just won!!
August 12th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Since this is KSK, can the match.com girl at least take off her top? If she does, I not only will watch her pull back her hair all day, I will click that fucking link.
I promise.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:27 am
i’m withholding any more comments until i see an ad for pain spray for my dog
August 12th, 2008 at 10:30 am
If having ads really wasn’t going to change anything, this post would have been tagged FUCK YOU BRETT FAVRE JERSEYS.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Can I buy some advertising space? I’m selling off my collection of half-used pads of Post-it Notes in various seasonally-appropriate shapes and colors.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Check out the Classmates.com ad: “Enter the Name of You Old School.”
I guess the site’s a good way to find out who else flunked out for being an idiot.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Has anyone else gotten the “Desktop Fairy” ad? Apparently, I can now decorate my computer with “a hidden sanctuary between the trees where butterflies flutter about.”
I’m assuming Ape was responsible for that ad.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:46 am
We’ve got the Spain* train, snorg-tee’s girl and sterger all in one spot. I believe that’s called synergy.
*the capitalization is for class
August 12th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Wait until that sweet sweet beer glove money starts rolling in.
God, it just feels dirty around here now, almost… withleathery.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:55 am
“Your illiteracy has screwed us again Charlie!”
August 12th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Please tell me you guys are getting some of these revenue kickbacks
/All I’ve seen the last two days is freecreditreport.com ads
August 12th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Next thing you know, Peter King will be writing a weekly article for KSK about football/Favre, Dr. Z will be giving us hints on what wine goes best with a Big Mac or White Castle sliders and the SportsDouche will bore us to death with stories that reveal his latent homosexuality and his inability to discuss anything other than basketball and Boston sports.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Let’s just say Hydroderm’s acne healing system moved me…TO A BIGGER HOUSE../said quiet things out loud and loud things quiet
August 12th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Note: Get all your dopey jokes about specific ads out in this thread, people. Because, after that, any and all “Hey, that match.com girl is hawt!” comments get fucking axed.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I am not going to purchase any of the goods or services advertised on this site unless one of the KSK authors/former owners explicitly endorses said good or service. Let’s start with rotowire.com. Do any of you sellouts rely on the “premium fantasy research” sold by rotowire.com?
On a completely unrelated note: Is anyone else turned off by the Lil Kim photo? Something is wrong there. Almost as wrong as the beach volleyball player bending over for W. Even Jay-Z thinks something is amiss.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:19 am
There are people out there that don’t block ads?
August 12th, 2008 at 11:20 am
You fucking sellouts.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:21 am
“Because, after that, any and all ‘Hey, that match.com girl is hawt!’ comments get fucking axed.”
No one said she was “hawt” or even hot. I said that I would click on the link if she showed her tits. Don’t you (or at least Uproxx) make more money if I click on that link? I am trying to help you here, man; don’t go all it’s-your-time-of-the-month on me.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Hey, there were ads on this site long before today.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Am I crazy or did Townshend and Daltry get less ugly over the years? Holy hell.
That being said, I’m suddenly craving baked beans. And I can save $30 on a Lexmark wifi printer at Circuit City?!?! Sign me up!
/just trying to help
August 12th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Wacky inflatable flailing arms tube man! Wacky inflatable flailing arms tube man! WACKY INFLATABLE FLAILING ARMS TUBE MAN!
August 12th, 2008 at 11:34 am
So where are the ads with Jessica “boobs for brains” Simpson hawking her Proactiv acne medication? I might click through with the right incentive (if you knowwhatimsayin’).
August 12th, 2008 at 11:37 am
I’ll take em over Gawker ads any day.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Money is the tit-milk of the world. The problem is, sometimes it comes out of a cock.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:41 am
@Drew: Dissecting that Peter King column yesterday seems to have really helped your mood.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am
“Your illiteracy has screwed us again Charlie!”
My money’s on Rickety Cricket.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:47 am
next up, “Friday Commenter Draft – Your social security number”
August 12th, 2008 at 11:48 am
someone with lots of advertising would be less likely to need more than someone with no advertising.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:49 am
GO BUY REFLECTION ETERNAL, ASSHOLES!
i didn’t know these guys (or rawkus) were still around… i just assumed things wen’t bad when company flow started up def jux and rawkus offered sole a deal. good looking out.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:50 am
and that match.com girl is hawt!
August 12th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
“Thet Veronica Vaughn is one PIECE of AYSS. And I oughta know…”
August 12th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
i’d be willing to click on an ad here or there if KSK got back to its heyday of the 2007 playoff era ya betta ask somebodddyyy
August 12th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Uproxxx Overlord #1: I guarantee I can find some new revenue streams. Step one: Let’s sell some ad space. Drew, how would you feel about wearing this bathrobe?
/holds up a robe with “Sign Up for ESPN Insider!” embroidered on it
Drew: Mmm … conflicted?
Uproxxx Overlord #2: Too bad! You’ve already signed the deal.
Uproxxx Overlord #1: Actually, he hasn’t.
Uproxxx Overlord #2: Oh. Well, we highly value your input. Until you sign the deal.
/shakes fist menacingly
August 12th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Hines Ward should rate the ads seen on the site weekly. Maybe even have a Smirre chart for the products.
August 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I totally won a $10k shopping spree with that post. Who wants to go to the mall with me? ohmigodohmigodohmigodohmigodohmigodohmigodohmigodohmigodohmigodohmigodohmigodohmigod
August 12th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
How do I know I’m at KSK?
Well, the match.com ad says I’m a man seeking men. Hmm.
August 12th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
If you’ve got ads, I’ve got ads. Go to my friend’s website.
It’s irony and entertainment all in a single package.
August 12th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I believe the previous “Commercials We Ban Forever” commenter draft should be followed when choosing ads for KSK.
August 12th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
As a member of the advertising community, I heartily endorse selling out. Click, cubicle jockeys, click!
August 12th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Turns out my credit score is worse than Kenny Anderson’s.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I wouldn’t have know Favre had been traded without those ads. The Jets?! Who knew?
August 12th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Hey, that match.com girl is hawt!
August 12th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
ok ads are only slightly annoying but… signatures. i want signatures on this site so i can make sure to never change it ever and in 10 years ill still have some dumb reference to nick saban. that or quote songs that i like, or provide you all with philosophical insight
just like on IMDB!
August 12th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
“I can’t explain!”
Drew is Happy Jack. Or is he Tommy? He’s not Baba O’Reilly, that’s for sure. Oh, yeah, Drew’s definitely Happy Jack, minus the Land Rover ads.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
No, I mean Drew is Happy Jack PLUS the Land Rover ads, as Drew is a Babylonian whore to advertising’s pantheon. Also, Drew is a gay.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Ann-Margaret is still hot.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:41 am
somewhere Drew Henson is salivating
http://www.collegefastbreak.com/
August 13th, 2008 at 8:57 am
I had to wander back to this post after I got a banner in the Rodgers’ post with a picture of handcuffs reading “We have them in your size.” Now, I was about to say “Holy shit! Those advetisising fucks are psychic or something with this ad targeting thing,” until I realized it was about drunk driving, not a hip new freaky S&M shop catering to the difficult-to-fit.
Damnit.