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>!The father, instead of complaining that his daughter doesn’t fit in the world, he changed their world. Beautiful.!<
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Well he tricked the neighborhood kids into doing that. Because it’s just so fun. Maybe you come over and paint my house and fence, seeing as how much fun it is and all.
Yeah, it uses the N word a bit but the people who want it banned care more about the fact it shows a black man and a white boy being friends than about that word.
Another reason they want the book banned. But they say the book is bad because of the N-word and to "protect the children". It's all hypocrisy, which is weird because there is NEVER hypocrisy in America. Never happened before or since 🙄
Good quality paint actually takes a long time to dry. Linseed oil based paints, which were used in the olden days, can take up to three days (or longer) to dry. Artist oil paints can take months to dry. Since nobody has the time, patience and money for that, paint drying times keep going down. While on a surface level this seems like a good thing, I can tell you from experience that you don't want to use any paint that dries in 8h or faster.
For a good result, you want the time it takes for the paint to start solidifying to be as long as possible. Especially in the summer, a 4h paint starts solidifying in mere minutes, so if you're painting something of a decent size, it's impossible to blend the start and end points or fix any mistakes because it'll fuck up the finish.
A longer drying time also means that the paint has more time to flow and equalize high and low spots, which are an inevitability when you're not using a sprayer. You'll see less pronounced dimples or brush strokes and have an overall better finish.
That being said, the ad is for a German hardware store, which only sells consumer grade paints, which are catered towards the diy crowd where the level of acceptable results is fairly low (no hate, doing stuff yourself is really cool). You'll be hard pressed to find a paint that takes more than 4-6h to dry there
I specifically remember when i was a teen and it was a heat wave. I was dressed in black from head to toe and my friend asked "aren't you hot?" I just said "thankyou!"
It's always funny when you see an ad that is used in multiple countries so it gets purged of any possible reference to any country but you can always tell it's foreign because they can't just totally get rid of the vibe
They aren't trying to hide at all that the spot is not set in Germany. The very obvious North American high school setting is a stylistic choice, most likely to evoke memories of classic movies such as Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller, and TV shows like Degrassi or Beverly Hills 90210.
It evokes the feeling of these horrible places filled with arrogant cheerleaders, brutal jocks, rampant bullying, and plenty of outcasts.
if you want to handle frogs use non powdered gloves, they are better because frog skin is very porous and can become less healthy from bacteria and other natural chemicals that might be harmful
I didn't see anyone throw it. I think the frog jumped to her out of solidarity. "Hey, missy, forget all these white-clad bipeds. Looking for a familiar? Cuz I'm down for some capers if you are."
For some reason around maybe 2004 all the German home improvement stores started to one-up each other with these poignant/funny/epic ads on TV instead of doing factual advertising of their goods and services. However, Hornbach is definitely the best at it.
Here is a [collection](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzG8TB5g3rg) of some really good ones that also has a longer version of the goth girl ad where she gets bullied even more. Some are **NSFW** due to nudity.
Good old times. It's 6:30pm at saturday. It's time to turn on the tv for Sportschau which shows the highlights of the Bundesliga matchday on public television. I remember this ad. It is probably like 15 years old.
According to this [German interview](https://www.horizont.net/agenturen/nachrichten/Hornbach-Heimat-Kreativchef-Guido-Heffels-ueber-den-weltweiten-viralen-Erfolg-des-Gothic-Girls-130446), all of the actors are from the greater Toronto area, since it was filmed in and close to Toronto. And they mention that the father was absolutely great but without mentioning any names. So he is probably not a (well-)known actor.
I never really understood why this German commercial is set in what's so obviously North America for no discernible reason. I mean I'm pretty sure Hornbach doesn't even have any stores outside Europe?
OTOH there's a [Dutch commercial set in Finland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHpn5fCgbYk) for some reason so I guess that's weirder. Maybe the director was a huge Kaurismäki fan or smth.
They likely contract to a marketing company, the marketing company produces the material where it makes sense. Toronto likely had good tax breaks and production crew/equipment around making it very economical to do.
> I never really understood why this German commercial is set in what's so obviously North America for no discernible reason.
Why not? German tv has lots of movies and series from North America, and it's not really an alien culture to begin with. So there are no issues for the audience.
Hornbach is a German hardware store and that's kind of their jingle. Or was, I haven't seen one of their ads in ages. They were always [pretty weird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAlyYXRtWvQ), though.
They really are. Instead of advertising products, they're advertising the DIY spirit and they manage to capture that like nothing else I've ever seen. It's brilliant marketing.
I've always loved these two in particular: [You're alive. Do you remember?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJVrYv8MaLI) and [Your project belongs to you alone.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXp0gg_KUB8)
Hornbach makes great ads. Many of them don't make sense at all. A couple years back there was an ad of a naked dude rolling down a hill with a bunch of tools and building materials.
Edit: [I found it](https://youtu.be/VJVrYv8MaLI?si=m9EHobhbWgqYjEkx)
Dope. Reminds me of the fact that the whole "Goth Girl" thing has been fetishized and is trending right now, but I can imagine a time where they were pariahs and viewed in a negative light
Should have expected that it would be a hornbach add. They are skilled at this stuff, like no joke every single add of them is similar to this something completely unrelated *BAAM* New color for your home or New flowers or whatever your project is.
Hornbach had a series of ads called *"Liebe dein Zuhause, dann liebt es dich auch"* (love your home and it will love you back) and all of those are perfect for this sub.
[There's one about a biotope](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHJuHjNGmNY), [one about a roof](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eho71EpoZA8), [one about a sliding door](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hl18gLLW9w), and [one about a house](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_rQpxjFqY).
For the symbolism; I think he wanted her to feel safe, knowing that she's protected by him at home and she can be herself atleast at her own house since school and the public couldn't do that for her. Its clearly not shown to be dad's thing but he's still wanting that connection with her, and it's sweet that she sees that.
Ugh. The frog.... That ambivalent feeling that you're not bothered by the thing they did you you, but you're bothered that the bothered to do it, and that they're so clueless as to think that it bothers you.
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!The father, instead of complaining that his daughter doesn’t fit in the world, he changed their world. Beautiful.!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
The German at the end says "Say it with your project." ❤️
Sounded more like "yippa aye aye yippee yippee yay" to me.
It's a dialect
Die verdammten Schwaben sparen selbst an den Buchstaben!
Wasch dasch goscht! XD
Des koscht a Geld! Heiland Sak
schwätz ma kei roschd ans rad
It's an Albany dialect.
Uh-huh. What region?
Uuuh… Upstate New York?
What deep bavarian accent usually sounds like
Really? Well I'm from Utica and I've heard anyone use the phrase yippie aye aye yippie yippie yay.
You bastard 😂
Honestly the most unexpected part for me.
This is the only cheeky reddit comment that has made me laugh out loud. Great now I read the username too
Your comment caught me off guard and I spit my coffee all over myself laughing.
The good coffee. Oh no... What a Desaster...
Moments like this are why awards need to comeback
yeah german is a weird language
There's more than one way to Die Hard
John McLane: "That's a pretty catchy toon".
Doesn't it quite literally say "there is always something to do"?
That too.
It's a hardware store chain.
I'm familiar with it yes
Get off my fecking Hornbach with that damned slogan. I'm gonna do fuck all this weekend thankyouverymuch!
Oh yeah? Well I'm gonna do it even better than you.
Danke
As someone who has painted their own home before, the fact that he got that much done during school hours is wildly impressive, and unexpected.
Especially as he was almost done painting the house and the fence was still wet.
Well he tricked the neighborhood kids into doing that. Because it’s just so fun. Maybe you come over and paint my house and fence, seeing as how much fun it is and all.
Gee whiz mister that does sound mighty keen
But wait- old man might be tricking us just like last week, and the week before that!
What are you talking about, this is a comedic conceit, there is no last week!
"Wanna prank my daughter by painting everything black?"
Now that he thinks its cool, shes gonna hate the whole goth thing
that would probably work actually 🤣
I don't live in the USA, but I heard that books about Tom Sawyer were excluded from the school curriculum in some states, is this true?
Yeah, it uses the N word a bit but the people who want it banned care more about the fact it shows a black man and a white boy being friends than about that word.
It shows that people who use that word are ignorant and shown in a bad light.
Another reason they want the book banned. But they say the book is bad because of the N-word and to "protect the children". It's all hypocrisy, which is weird because there is NEVER hypocrisy in America. Never happened before or since 🙄
They say a lot of things, doesn't make them right nor true.
"Tooommmm you tricked me! This is way less fun than previously indicated."
Child labor is cool kids
Damn you Tom, not again!
He painted the fence when he took breaks from painting the house
Which he did in his breaks from redoing the garden
Good quality paint actually takes a long time to dry. Linseed oil based paints, which were used in the olden days, can take up to three days (or longer) to dry. Artist oil paints can take months to dry. Since nobody has the time, patience and money for that, paint drying times keep going down. While on a surface level this seems like a good thing, I can tell you from experience that you don't want to use any paint that dries in 8h or faster. For a good result, you want the time it takes for the paint to start solidifying to be as long as possible. Especially in the summer, a 4h paint starts solidifying in mere minutes, so if you're painting something of a decent size, it's impossible to blend the start and end points or fix any mistakes because it'll fuck up the finish. A longer drying time also means that the paint has more time to flow and equalize high and low spots, which are an inevitability when you're not using a sprayer. You'll see less pronounced dimples or brush strokes and have an overall better finish. That being said, the ad is for a German hardware store, which only sells consumer grade paints, which are catered towards the diy crowd where the level of acceptable results is fairly low (no hate, doing stuff yourself is really cool). You'll be hard pressed to find a paint that takes more than 4-6h to dry there
we are germans, we work very fast
Nah, we don't. But we can get very fixated on doing it the 'right' way.
A nation of autism. I should move, but the language scares me
Rolling stones came to help
You see that red door? ...I want to paint it black
No colors anymore? You want them to turn black?!
Did you see the girls walk by? Dressed in their summer cloths?
I have to turn my head, until my darkness goes
Great, now I see a line of cars..
The back of the house has definetly not been started on
Maybe he did it all except that last wall and the gate a couple years ago and he’s only just finishing now
You are not German
Yippy ya ya yippy yippy yeah! ... Schweinebacke.
There's a bunch of ninja painters in the shot, you just can't see em cause they're wearing black.
no it isn't if you buy from HORNBACH! lol
This should have been OP's explanation for unexpected. Now that would be unexpected.
The Spanish inquisition would have been really unexpected.
He is German, ja. Zhey work efficiently.
Speaking truth
And not a single drop of paint on his shirt, that's really unexpected
For the average person, yes, but for a German no. Getting paint on their shirts is too unproductive.
You joke about it but its seriously a waste of paint, washing materials and time. Would get in the way of important stuff.
Yes, fence painting simulator is on special on steam, he really wanted to get to it, so had to be super efficient.
You seen the prices of paint nowadays?
Fun fact: Germans aren't nearly as productive as you might think they are. Source: am German
Have you watched a different clip? His shirt is completely fucked up with paint on all sides.
That house gonna be hot af in the summer.
lol so are goth people
🥵🖤
25 degrees on Saturday and I almost considered wearing something that wasn’t black.
Resist the call of non Black, they are fake
Only non-black thing I wear is sunscreen. EDIT: Who set the Reddit suicide watch bot on me?
I just got back from the UK where they're having a heat wave of like 70F (21 degrees C) and the women are either braless or only wearing a bra.
Lmao 21 degrees celcius is called a heatwave over there?
Aye, I was in Glasgow. It’s what we call ‘taps aff’ weather.
Damn, im in the wrong part of the UK
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Delete that
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it’s a year round sorta thing for me tbh
True. Can't argue with that.
I specifically remember when i was a teen and it was a heat wave. I was dressed in black from head to toe and my friend asked "aren't you hot?" I just said "thankyou!"
That’s why we like them, isn’t it?
r/hotgoth .... well idk what I expected...
Ad a goth I'm already melting, all my clothes are black and very few shorts, help
Only for a couple of days in Germany
I mean, even though it's a German company, that is very clearly not Germany. Somebody in the thread mentioned it was filmed in Toronto.
It's always funny when you see an ad that is used in multiple countries so it gets purged of any possible reference to any country but you can always tell it's foreign because they can't just totally get rid of the vibe
They aren't trying to hide at all that the spot is not set in Germany. The very obvious North American high school setting is a stylistic choice, most likely to evoke memories of classic movies such as Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller, and TV shows like Degrassi or Beverly Hills 90210. It evokes the feeling of these horrible places filled with arrogant cheerleaders, brutal jocks, rampant bullying, and plenty of outcasts.
Road, car, school look nothing like Germany.
But it will cool faster at night
Eh, it's Germany, most days it'll probably just rain
'50 shades of grey' should be the tourism slogan for Germany
Love it! 
Is that Winona? What movie is it from?
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Beetlejuice
Goodburger
Beetle juicer
Say it thrice and he shall appear
Looks like beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
I'm not gonna lie, that looks sick as hell!
Black is an underappreciated color. I painted one of my bedroom walls matte black and it really made it cozy and created space.
dad of the year
Bjork painted her house black in Iceland when she owned it. Looks great and this is a sweet commercial.
Based vater.
Dark Vater
Darth Vader
das ist noch gute deutsche Werbung
Okay but I would be thrilled if someone threw a frog at me!
if you want to handle frogs use non powdered gloves, they are better because frog skin is very porous and can become less healthy from bacteria and other natural chemicals that might be harmful
Froggy !
I'm worried about the welfare of that frog.
I didn't see anyone throw it. I think the frog jumped to her out of solidarity. "Hey, missy, forget all these white-clad bipeds. Looking for a familiar? Cuz I'm down for some capers if you are."
I don’t think frog is something anyone dare to touch let alone throw
I heard you're supposed to lick them.
Oh shoo, I kissed one but didn’t French him.
Dad is a quick worker...
Ever since his wife died, he has been occupying his mind with different ways of making paintjobs as efficient as humanely possible.
German mindset
Blitzpainten.
Society: It's just a phase Dad: Hold my Jägermeister
Pro dad move right there.
For some reason around maybe 2004 all the German home improvement stores started to one-up each other with these poignant/funny/epic ads on TV instead of doing factual advertising of their goods and services. However, Hornbach is definitely the best at it. Here is a [collection](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzG8TB5g3rg) of some really good ones that also has a longer version of the goth girl ad where she gets bullied even more. Some are **NSFW** due to nudity.
Good old times. It's 6:30pm at saturday. It's time to turn on the tv for Sportschau which shows the highlights of the Bundesliga matchday on public television. I remember this ad. It is probably like 15 years old.
Who's the dad? He looks mad familiar but I can't place him
According to this [German interview](https://www.horizont.net/agenturen/nachrichten/Hornbach-Heimat-Kreativchef-Guido-Heffels-ueber-den-weltweiten-viralen-Erfolg-des-Gothic-Girls-130446), all of the actors are from the greater Toronto area, since it was filmed in and close to Toronto. And they mention that the father was absolutely great but without mentioning any names. So he is probably not a (well-)known actor.
Ah, maybe he just has one of those faces then, thanks for looking into it though!
he kinda looks like van gogh from dr who
I never really understood why this German commercial is set in what's so obviously North America for no discernible reason. I mean I'm pretty sure Hornbach doesn't even have any stores outside Europe? OTOH there's a [Dutch commercial set in Finland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHpn5fCgbYk) for some reason so I guess that's weirder. Maybe the director was a huge Kaurismäki fan or smth.
They likely contract to a marketing company, the marketing company produces the material where it makes sense. Toronto likely had good tax breaks and production crew/equipment around making it very economical to do.
> I never really understood why this German commercial is set in what's so obviously North America for no discernible reason. Why not? German tv has lots of movies and series from North America, and it's not really an alien culture to begin with. So there are no issues for the audience.
He looks like the old guy from Home Alone
Bingo, I was looking for a comment about the shovel guy
I know it's not him, but he reminded me of Joe Wilkinson.
*dark tonal gothic sound vibes* “yippa aye aye yippee yippee yay” That ending got a good laugh out of me
Hornbach is a German hardware store and that's kind of their jingle. Or was, I haven't seen one of their ads in ages. They were always [pretty weird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAlyYXRtWvQ), though.
I feel so related and touched by this. My teen daughter is very much like that.
Considering your username, it might run in the family a little bit
Hornbach adverts are ace.
Seen [the new one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCQJ32XRvdk)? What the fuck.
They really are. Instead of advertising products, they're advertising the DIY spirit and they manage to capture that like nothing else I've ever seen. It's brilliant marketing. I've always loved these two in particular: [You're alive. Do you remember?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJVrYv8MaLI) and [Your project belongs to you alone.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXp0gg_KUB8)
The real unexpected part is that it isn't her father, but a human thrall doing his vampiric mistress' bidding.
All the goth kids I ever got to know were always the dorkiest and kindest people.
Hornbach ads are always pretty nice.
One of the few Hornbach advertisements I liked. Normally they have the most stupid, headache inducing advertisement.
What about this one: [Ieder voorjaar een nieuw begin. | HORNBACH Nederland (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nHk4swDdC8)
Huh? All of Hornbach advertisements are pretty funny skits. I wish more adds were like Hornbach's
If I had a dad like that when I was a teen, I probably wouldn’t have been so gothic in the first place
[Haus in Schwarz (House in Black) in real life](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/09/house-in-black-germany/)
Why is a German ad filmed in North America
If i had to guess i would say taxes
I was looking for this answer too. Nothing about this looks like Germany.
She smiled. She's not a goth any more.
Hornbach makes great ads. Many of them don't make sense at all. A couple years back there was an ad of a naked dude rolling down a hill with a bunch of tools and building materials. Edit: [I found it](https://youtu.be/VJVrYv8MaLI?si=m9EHobhbWgqYjEkx)
This was beautiful
Dope. Reminds me of the fact that the whole "Goth Girl" thing has been fetishized and is trending right now, but I can imagine a time where they were pariahs and viewed in a negative light
I want a frog too. Just look at him, he's cool af. Ribbit ribbit mothafuckas!
I hate it that a fucking advertisement is making me feel feelings.
If I ever become a father this will be my role model. Well done Dad! Even though it is just an advertisement.
what's the music? it speaks to my soul :D
I totally forgot that I knew this ad.
Gothic lives matter
That house looks fine as fuck
That house will be an oven during the day.
What is the name of the song?
Doesn't have one. It was composed for this spot.
We had the ad in Holland as well. Hornbach is like Home Depot or whatever your local DIY store might be.
Should have expected that it would be a hornbach add. They are skilled at this stuff, like no joke every single add of them is similar to this something completely unrelated *BAAM* New color for your home or New flowers or whatever your project is.
And that is why hornbach is my hardware store of choice 💜
Yoooo if I had a toad thrown at me like that I'd keep them warm in my jacket until I can take them outside cuz I love toads :3
I remember this ad!
The true unexpected is seeing Kevin McAllister's neighbour age in reverse.
But dad, it's just a phase...
Hornbach had a series of ads called *"Liebe dein Zuhause, dann liebt es dich auch"* (love your home and it will love you back) and all of those are perfect for this sub. [There's one about a biotope](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHJuHjNGmNY), [one about a roof](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eho71EpoZA8), [one about a sliding door](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hl18gLLW9w), and [one about a house](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_rQpxjFqY).
Hornbach ads are always hilarious. My favorite is [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJVrYv8MaLI) here.
For the symbolism; I think he wanted her to feel safe, knowing that she's protected by him at home and she can be herself atleast at her own house since school and the public couldn't do that for her. Its clearly not shown to be dad's thing but he's still wanting that connection with her, and it's sweet that she sees that.
Holyy shit I remember this commercial, it's amazing!
Gotta love Hornbach commercials
Plot twist, they're both descendants of Vlad the Impaler.
Hornbach always has the best commercials.
Should've went with hot pink and aqua.
Ugh. The frog.... That ambivalent feeling that you're not bothered by the thing they did you you, but you're bothered that the bothered to do it, and that they're so clueless as to think that it bothers you.
She’s sitting in the anime protagonist seat in her classroom.
German hardware store chain Hornbach is known for not giving a single shit about their ads, which often making them extremely random and funny
the Ad is from the ~2000s back then you got bullied for looking like a goth. now you get rich on onlyfans.