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I don't even drink and this makes me want a Guinness, and I want a print of this poster for my wall. Why can't advertising be simple anymore? What's wrong with "[product] is good! Try it!" as a philosophy? They don't need controversy and other bullshit to make a sale, they just need to make people aware of their product and intrigue them a bit. Instead we have light beers that insinuate they'll make you more amiable to dangerous (rapey) behavior and energy drinks that are sold entirely on the amazing torsos of their advertising models.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Don't worry, Jezebel is on the case. I can't help but feel like you just didn't care much at the beginning, which is whatever, but now you're doubling down on this whole "Hah you idiots just can't take a joke like me, jokemaster GoGoGadgetChris" to save face Either way you just look like an rear end in a top hat
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hyperhazard posted:Budweiser got in trouble back in the day for Spuds MacKenzie, because having a cool party dog was seen as marketing the product to children. 99% of kids grow up to drink beers so who cares imo.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:I can't help but feel like you just didn't care much at the beginning, which is whatever, but now you're doubling down on this whole "Hah you idiots just can't take a joke like me, jokemaster GoGoGadgetChris" to save face Sincerely sorry to have offended you. All I meant to say was that it didn't seem that bad to me, but yeah I did end up talking about Ferguson and Native Americans and Irish Jews and that was uncalled for. I get that the slogan calls to mind "no means no", I just don't think it's actually causing anyone duress. All discussion of it seems to be "someone might be offended by this" rather than someone actually being offended? Either way sorry to be a cock but I still think it's mountains from mole hills.
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Pick posted:They wanted something a little more sinister than "piss goes in, piss comes out." You're hired!
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Sincerely sorry to have offended you. All I meant to say was that it didn't seem that bad to me, but yeah I did end up talking about Ferguson and Native Americans and Irish Jews and that was uncalled for. I wasn't trying to make a federal case out of it or anything, I just got a laugh of out how you'd think such a large company wouldn't make such an unfortunate choice for their marketing. I mean, that's the point of the thread, right? I do get pissing off Zaphod. That's good fun.
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Screaming Idiot posted:Why can't advertising be simple anymore? What's wrong with "[product] is good! Try it!" as a philosophy? They don't need controversy and other bullshit to make a sale, they just need to make people aware of their product and intrigue them a bit.    Vintage ads are the best. 
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Apr 29, 2015 00:56
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"I'm lovin' it" ~a rapist
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Apr 29, 2015 01:01
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"Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman." 
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Karma Monkey posted:"Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman." Slogan for my wife's vibrator. It was
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hyperhazard posted:Budweiser got in trouble back in the day for Spuds MacKenzie, because having a cool party dog was seen as marketing the product to children. Oh man that dog was the bane of my high school's administration. They had to move detention to the lunchroom for a while because too many of us were getting busted for wearing Spuds shirts to school. The Thing to Do became hiding your Budweiser t-shirt under a sweater or jacket so you could flash it when faculty weren't looking.
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I really want to believe that consisted of DMSO and heroin. I will admit to knowing nothing about DMSO beyond the Dead Kennedys song.
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Eat This Glob posted:Slogan for my wife's vibrator. It was So what were you doing with your wife's vibrator?
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Thunderfinger posted:So what were you doing with your wife's vibrator? 
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Thunderfinger posted:So what were you doing with your wife's vibrator? Literally shaking
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duckmaster posted:This would have been an excellent point well made if you hadn't followed it up by telling us you live near a donut restaurant. OK. I'm not trying to be defensive, but I'll be defensive anyway. It's not a doughnut restaurant. It's a commercial doughnut manufacturer that happens to have coffee and pastries available with a dining room up front because it happens to be part of the space. They're only open until about 10 AM at the latest. They're usually out by 9ish. Most of their product is shipped to restaurants. My kids call it the doughnut store. We go there every few months. I prefer J's myself. If you're from Burnsville, you know where it is and you know you've eaten there. Don't be afraid, you know it's awesome.
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Karma Monkey posted:Vintage ads are the best.  
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 Camel is trying to keep up with Bud Light  hyperhazard posted:Budweiser got in trouble back in the day for Spuds MacKenzie, because having a cool party dog was seen as marketing the product to children. I love both the Simpsons and Futurama takes on Spuds MacKenzie (Suds McDuff and Slurms MacKenzie)
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Zaphod42 posted:
Poor Slurms  Party on man 
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Thunderfinger posted:So what were you doing with your wife's vibrator? It was strong enough for me. Too strong, really. I was Bull Hurley, and the vibrator was Sylvester Stallone. It went "over the top" as it were.
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Karma Monkey posted:
 Apparently it still exists. hyperhazard posted:A little something for the men as well Indeed. 
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Sincerely sorry to have offended you. All I meant to say was that it didn't seem that bad to me, but yeah I did end up talking about Ferguson and Native Americans and Irish Jews and that was uncalled for. Don't worry, you're fine. The internet is full of turds so far out of every marketing demographic the real world couldn't see them with a telescope. No one except offense-enthusiast garbage children would interpret that slogan in a rapey way.
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It certainly was a dumb move in marketing.
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Elfface posted:Isn't Light Beer low alcohol content? Why are they giving that a slogan which is basically "You'll get drunk and do stupid poo poo" when presumably light is for people who don't want to get drunk, or at least not so easily? Dunno if you're serious or not, but light beer in the States is "light coloured" beer, larger and such, usually still 4-5%.
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Davfff posted:Dunno if you're serious or not, but light beer in the States is "light coloured" beer, larger and such, usually still 4-5%. Ummm, no, fairly sure the difference is calories, and since most of the calories in beer are from alcohol, lower alcohol content http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_beer
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The Glumslinger posted:Ummm, no, fairly sure the difference is calories, and since most of the calories in beer are from alcohol, lower alcohol content Kinda. Lite beer has about 20% less alcohol, but 40% less calories. It's still a better diet proposition for getting drunk, but if you're at the point of trying to figure out how to get drunk within your diet you probably have bigger problems than that gut.
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The Glumslinger posted:Ummm, no, fairly sure the difference is calories, and since most of the calories in beer are from alcohol, lower alcohol content That link uses Bud Light as an example to show that it can mean lower calories.
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The Glumslinger posted:Ummm, no, fairly sure the difference is calories, and since most of the calories in beer are from alcohol, lower alcohol content Well, you learn something every day. Wasn't wrong about the %ge but didn't realise it was related to calories... Over here, a light beer is around 2%.
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Bud light: ladies, drink this if you wanna get raped
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Sincerely sorry to have offended you. All I meant to say was that it didn't seem that bad to me, but yeah I did end up talking about Ferguson and Native Americans and Irish Jews and that was uncalled for. We're not offended by it, we know they don't mean it in a rapey way. We're saying it calls that to mind, which makes people think of it when deciding whether or not to buy your product. Which is a dumb move. It's like... If your car advert focuses too much on safety, it reminds people of car accidents. Sure, you're saying that your car is safer, but people are still thinking about danger at the time, which puts them off. And yeah, I did think light beer was lower alcohol percentage.
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Here in Northwestern Canada, we would call lower alcohol "near beer" which has .05% alcohol content and is sold in supermarkets. Real beer (5-10%) is in liquor stores. Never heard of 2%. As for dumb marketing, didn't the Taco Bell dog fail completely? Like everyone was aware of it but the connotation of "Mexican rat-dogs LOVE it!" actually lowered sales.
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artsy fartsy posted:Why don't all companies everywhere just put cute animals in their ads and on packaging, it's completely safe and there's like 5 things I can see in my living room right now that I bought strictly because there was a cute dog. On the other hand, I will never buy Cottonelle toilet paper specifically because of the dog on the ads/packs. I just find the association of a cute puppy with toilet paper subtly disgusting.
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Tiggum posted:On the other hand, I will never buy Cottonelle toilet paper specifically because of the dog on the ads/packs. I just find the association of a cute puppy with toilet paper subtly disgusting. What about angel soft, they have babies on the packaging 
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I buy the toilet paper with the squirrels on them. So, uh, I'm not sure why squirrels are associated with wiping your arse, maybe trees or something?
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On the topic of toilet paper, I hate how Charmin is trying to re-brand TP into "bathroom tissue". It even comes complete with a momma bear smiling happily as she watches her cub take a dump. I mean, I get it but this is paper that wipes poo poo off your rear end in a top hat. How cute and fluffy do you possibly think you can make it? grittyreboot has a new favorite as of 11:48 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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ubergnu posted:I buy the toilet paper with the squirrels on them. So, uh, I'm not sure why squirrels are associated with wiping your arse, maybe trees or something? You've never been a boy scout then?
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There was an NPR segment a few weeks back where a guy was trying to convince everyone to stop with toilet paper and start using baby wipes. The logic he used is "if you're out in the garden and get mud all over your hands you'll go use soap and water. Yet when it comes to poop dry paper is what we use? That's madness."
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Good to see you could count on Radium if you wanted to get screwed even back in the '20s
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Len posted:There was an NPR segment a few weeks back where a guy was trying to convince everyone to stop with toilet paper and start using baby wipes. The logic he used is "if you're out in the garden and get mud all over your hands you'll go use soap and water. Yet when it comes to poop dry paper is what we use? That's madness." Yeah I'll accept his logic the next time I open a door and fix a sandwich solely with my rear end.
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