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Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:04 pm
dreaming_mouse says...



I was watching TV a few months ago and there was something said about how people were now using sex to sell their products. I didn't realise how true this was until last night when I saw the most obvious advert it was hilarious - it had my friends and me in stitches at the cinema and the guy in front was giving us dirty looks because we couldn't stop laughing. Anyway what adverts have you seen that are so blantly using sex or innuendos to sell their product?

:arrow:Advert One: Unknown product (way too busy laughing to know)
The advert started with three scantily clad incredibly hot girls jumping around and dancing. It then goes to each one individually, the first girl pours milk over her head and face while doing that thing where you sort of shake your head and flick your hair in a sex way. The second was a woman looking into the camera with "come to bed" eyes and brushing cheese against her teeth. The third was a cross between the first two but she was rubbing yoghurt over face. (I might try and find pictures because I'm just describing it in such a crap way. :roll:)

:arrow:Advert Two: Burger King
This one looks perfectly innocent it just has a woman singing "They're only £1.99" over and over again - those are the only words in the whole thing unless you count the guy's voice over about how good the stuff is. But towards the end the woman is straddling a cannon which then explodes.
  





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Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:53 pm
Sam says...



The Cialis one where the old people are in the bathtub...cover your eyes, children! :P

But that's pretty obvious...'cause it's basically a commerical FOR sex..
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:24 am
QiGuaiGongFu says...



i f***ing HATE those goddamned AXE and TAG commercials, they piss me off OH SO F***ING much!
here is a list of products/stores i will not be purchasing (from) in the future because of disgusting advertising, or something else that pisses me off about them.

wal mart
budweiser
tag
axe
enzyte
dr. johns
jergins
disney
anything by yoko ono.


thank you, that is all.
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:30 am
Sam says...



Yeah, that one Axe where there's the drain pole from the dude's shower running through everyone's apartment and they're being stripper-ish? *shudders*
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:39 am
Galatea says...



Sex sells. But I feel as though none of these advertising companies realize the damage they're doing to American youth.
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:42 am
Sam says...



Seriously. My friend's little brother (5) will run around saying, 'If you have an erection lasting over four hours see your doctor immediately'...:P from that stupid viagra one.
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:54 am
QiGuaiGongFu says...



HAHA

that wasny viagra though, that was vioxx.
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:17 am
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Same thing...:P
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:43 pm
hekategirl says...



I think the one that dreaming_mouse doesn't know what it was for was a public service announcment to eat 3 dairy foods a day.

If so thats just wrong...

Abd you ever noticed that on commercials for like vioxx and stuff they have the WOMAN talking about how she loves the way her husband is so much better in bed with the drug...isn't that a little freaky? I mean its the MAN who will be taking right?! why can't he say why he likes it....?
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Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:39 am
Duskglimmer says...



Sam wrote:Yeah, that one Axe where there's the drain pole from the dude's shower running through everyone's apartment and they're being stripper-ish? *shudders*


I saw that one a few days ago and was completely disgusted... and my little sister was in the room and went, "what are they doing?"

How the heck do you explain that to an innocent little child?!
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Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:37 am
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Hehe, it's like in Mean Girls where the little kid is stripping to the movie...:P
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Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:29 am
Duskglimmer says...



*shudders* yeah...

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Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:22 am
bubblewrapped says...



Didnt you know, Duskglimmer? Innocence is out of fashion. Naughty is in!

Sexual ads are so irritating. We had one over here that was so gross, every time I saw it I had to change the channel. Anyone else know that Lynx ad where they show the "Lynx" effect making girls go crazy over any guy thats so much as touched something that touched someone who was wearing Lynx? The way they portrayed it was sick. Just sick. Not to mention totally demeaning for women. I was almost ashamed to be female because of the way those women in the ad were acting! Lynx is the worst I can think of right now, but there are plenty of others too. I cant stand them.
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Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:48 pm
Jennafina says...



They're not just on TV, open up any magazine.
Jennafina's Love Your Body Already Dammit Campaign

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Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:17 pm
Sureal says...



I disagree with bubblewrapped...

I find the Lynx adverts hilarious - they use sex, but they use it in such a tounge in cheek way, it's funny.


For example, a man sprays a penny coin with some lynx and throws it in the fountain. A girl walks past, stops, sniffs, then proceeds to rip her clothes partially off, jumps in the fountain and starts doing the whole 'me want sex bad' thing.
The guy grins and sprays himself with the lynx.

Then the words come up...

'Get Lynx,
Get more.'



...

*sureal goes off to buy some more lynx*
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