Bacon Alarms and Talking Hands: Tech Marketing Is Getting Weird

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Armand Valdes
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Bacon Alarms and Talking Hands: Tech Marketing Is Getting Weird
Credit: Oscar Mayer

The video started off like any other high concept fashion video would: a beautiful woman in a scenic restaurant, a whispered narration reciting a poetic script, bacon raining down from the sky -- wait a minute, bacon rain?

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Credit: Oscar Mayer

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However, nothing prepared us for LG's bizarre video promo for the new G Flex curved phone. It has since taken the ad down, but it featured one of the most nightmare-inducing hand prosthetics ever seen in a phone ad.

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Credit: LG

Check out the video above and join Internet sensation Lamarr Wilson as he shares his thoughts on the bacon alarm, talking hands and more on his new Mashable show Socially Awkward. New episodes premiere every Friday, so make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out!

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