I usually try to ignore commercials when I watch television. If I can’t at least ignore them, I’ll just let them wash over me, saturating myself with slogans and jingles and catchphrases until none of it means anything anymore. It’s better than actually paying attention to them and requires less effort than it would take to actually get off my ass until my show comes back on.

In any case, a few days ago, I came across this commercial from AT&T that struck even me as more morbid than necessary.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xox2P4uqq8w[/youtube]

Pretty sick huh? That they killed Slate Sanchez doesn’t bother me so much. Local news douchebags can be ground up and used for cattle feed, for all I care. But for his unassuming crew to have the similar fate, well that’s more than a former A/V nerd like myself can take. They didn’t ask to die in the service of Slate Sanchez. They’re unwitting victims to what could have been a perfectly entertaining way for that local news creep to bite it.

That’s no way to sell cell phone service to the nerds of the world. Shame on you, AT&T.