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In reply to the discussion: Am I the only person offended by this? [View all]rvt1000rr
(40 posts)36. LMAO! No, not offended at all,
But, then, I have a perverse sense of humor. Plus, I enjoy a good play on words...
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They ARE ads. The other three aren't so crude and offensive, just tasteless.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#40
It should be, it had better writers. Actual writers. Not ad men (or boys, whichever)
redqueen
Feb 2013
#60
I'm offended that your offended... that you find offensive...umm what was I offended about..?
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#43
"Leave it to Beaver" the story of an adolescent boy named Beaver Cleaver. nothing new here lol nt
msongs
Feb 2013
#14
I predict a new advertising firm and new marketing exec in Playtex' near future.
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#31
I've been looking, and I'm not finding ANY supportive comments on their FB page. LOL.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#37
you know, I have been hearing that same line for decades when I point out that something is
niyad
Feb 2013
#202
Actually, Playtex is finding out via its FB page that their marketing is a huge fail
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#72
No. Whoever dreamed that up and whoever approved it are disgusting. I find no humor in it at all.
appleannie1
Feb 2013
#52
jokes about anyone. To me calling a woman a beaver or a man a prick or pecker are equally offensive
appleannie1
Feb 2013
#160
Sure do. The only people with anything to say are the trolls and I have to wonder what name they
appleannie1
Feb 2013
#209
And it offended that pretentious little prig on Upworthy - Mordecai something
GoneOffShore
Feb 2013
#70
One can see nude newscasters in Europe. Your point? (And no, your pun did not go
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#117
I'm no prude (just ask any of my 3 gentleman friends). I find the whole "dirty vagina"
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#176
I'm not offended, but I think it's juvenile and if I were a woman it wouldn't make me want to buy...
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#58
My mother had a bottle of Lysol in the bathroom cabinet to douche with. Seriously.
Manifestor_of_Light
Feb 2013
#148
It's okay with me, as long as it doesn't turn into some anorexic OCD thing, like other people's
patrice
Feb 2013
#81
Every ad begins with the implied statement "You need this, you are not this"
Demo_Chris
Feb 2013
#167
I find it interesting that most DUers who think this is funny and ok are male.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#88
All you've done in this thread is call people names for disagreeing with you
mythology
Feb 2013
#198
I am outraged at your patriarchal and misogynistic use of the condescendingly sexist term ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2013
#122
I think that "enjoy the go" campaign came out of some marketers focus group "how can we make using
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#104
This thread has been most helpful in confirming what I already suspected about several DUers.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#128
"Remember - when you see an ad, no matter how stupid or offensive: somebody wrote that down.
mikeytherat
Feb 2013
#138
It's an entire advertising firm who got a seven-figure contract to create, develop, test, and deploy
Blue_Tires
Feb 2013
#161
I think about that when I see trailers for the typical "blow-em-up, beat-em-up, special effects,
niyad
Feb 2013
#203
We live in an anything goes culture, sadly. No maturity, no restraint, no decency.
reformist2
Feb 2013
#143
If you ask me, the product itself, and the implication of the ads,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Feb 2013
#149
I think it's crass, bathroom humor. Since men don't usually buy such products
woodsprite
Feb 2013
#158
What I will remember is that Playtex and Energizer Holdings are run by a bunch of sexist pigs and
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#172
I just texted this to my wife. I'll let you know when she gets back to me if I'm offended.
Glassunion
Feb 2013
#185
Good news! I was not offended. In fact I got quite the giggle out of the double entendre.
Glassunion
Feb 2013
#186
It's misogynistic, just an updated version of the ads that used to push Lysol as a feminine
smokey nj
Feb 2013
#200
On both of their FB pages, comments appear to be running about 500:1 against the ad campaign.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#208