The Spin has seen its fair share of marketing missteps, design quirks and headlines that make you do a double take. The Spin shares some of the eyebrow-raising examples from October 2025.
1. The truth hurts – as anyone who has seen this acupressure mat ad can attest. Making the rounds online this week, the ad’s tagline promises far more than any consumer could bargain for – not the kind of move that usually relaxes them. The Spin’s seen its fair share of painful copy, but this one hits a nerve in more ways than one.
2. Closer to home, a new building near The Spin’s headquarters is well under way. While the building does look promising, the same can’t quite be said for the company board standing proudly outside. Construction progress aside, someone might want to rebuild that line from scratch. Let’s just hope that is one promise it doesn’t deliver on.
3. Pictures sometimes speak for themselves. This televised angle from a White House conference proves it. This poorly (or expertly) framed backdrop requires very little reading between the lines. Proof that a little bit of perspective changes everything.
4. This headline spotted online was so revealing, we can only hope the follow-up was ‘water found
in the ocean’.
5. A recent online purchase by one of The Spin’s colleagues didn’t quite meet expectations. Sometimes good design is about knowing where to make the cut. This designer seems to have taken the … mickey. Must have been in a bit of a rush to cross the finish line.
6. Halloween appears to have arrived early at one online store. Some confessions, The Spin thinks, are best left to the living.
7. What do Bangladesh and 9/11 have in common? Nothing, as it turns out – except this post. Some crossovers are best left unexplored.
8. Sometimes the best advice is no advice, as this sign would suggest. Age, weather and irony seem to have joined forces on this one. The owners should take notice – all signs point to getting a new one.
