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FightForMichigan

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77. Someday...
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 03:54 PM
Feb 2013

someday, some marketing firm will come up with an ad that suggests men can't get laid because they're unclean and have ballstench and headcheese. Until then, this kind of crap is always only directed at women, and so, yes, it's sexist and offensive.

Apparently not. I clicked the link. yardwork Feb 2013 #1
I'm not offended by it Dorian Gray Feb 2013 #201
good grief Lars39 Feb 2013 #2
as a post menopausal woman NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #3
Me too leftynyc Feb 2013 #15
yup NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #24
+1000! pacalo Feb 2013 #61
I laughed at it too. HappyMe Feb 2013 #28
me too! robinlynne Feb 2013 #94
"a polished knob always gets more turns" Flaxbee Feb 2013 #133
I find all euphemisms offensive. sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #4
There is a vast difference between a euphemism and crude slang. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #32
I can't believe these will ever be ads BainsBane Feb 2013 #5
They ARE ads. The other three aren't so crude and offensive, just tasteless. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #40
Not scientifically accurate. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #6
You're probably not in their target market. sadbear Feb 2013 #7
Nice Beaver NightWatcher Feb 2013 #8
Thanks, I just had it stuffed. sadbear Feb 2013 #9
OK, that was even funnier than the ad. GliderGuider Feb 2013 #49
It should be, it had better writers. Actual writers. Not ad men (or boys, whichever) redqueen Feb 2013 #60
Note to self: Summer Hathaway Feb 2013 #116
I had a totally tasteless joke I was going to say ... littlewolf Feb 2013 #150
LOL! polly7 Feb 2013 #135
This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Feb 2013 #10
Who will put this up first? riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #11
Howard Stern has been advertising this product for a few weeks. sadbear Feb 2013 #17
But a picture is worth a thousand words riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #23
Not on TV. sadbear Feb 2013 #29
the ability to be easily offended datasuspect Feb 2013 #12
Your post offends me Orrex Feb 2013 #13
So you say. Doesn't make it a fact. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #19
you hit the trifecta! datasuspect Feb 2013 #30
Izzat so? Funny, I always thought resorting to crudity was. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #33
10 roger good buddy datasuspect Feb 2013 #34
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
Not everything is sleazy. This ad? Sleazy. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #21
The dirtiest thing said on TV in the 1950s... Bay Boy Feb 2013 #108
bwaaha hhaaaaaaaaaa! Pharaoh Feb 2013 #183
I'm more offended by their product than ... surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #16
Offended, really? That's quite puritan for today's ads. nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #18
Not really, not with language. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #22
Doubtful. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #20
Is this for really real? Are they actually using this babylonsister Feb 2013 #25
Be careful where you bathe your Beaver... Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #26
Holy shit that's a VERY wet beaver Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #27
It's either been in the water too long or it's happy to see you. Beacool Feb 2013 #155
I predict a new advertising firm and new marketing exec in Playtex' near future. stevenleser Feb 2013 #31
Two kinds of ads: effective and ineffective. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #35
LMAO! No, not offended at all, rvt1000rr Feb 2013 #36
I've been looking, and I'm not finding ANY supportive comments on their FB page. LOL. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #37
Best comment = Call Playtex consumer affairs at 1-888-310-4290 lunasun Feb 2013 #195
yeah, very uncouth, tacky, gross Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #38
Well, now, that's a bit crass. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #39
I find it eyeroll and facepalm disgusting Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #41
Two part offensive HockeyMom Feb 2013 #42
Rec'd Kalidurga Feb 2013 #44
I laughed. But I have a sense of humor. nt TeamPooka Feb 2013 #45
Men DO find this sort of thing humorous. Especially the 12 yo variety. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #48
especially the cranky grandma variety. TeamPooka Feb 2013 #50
DU DEMANDS BIGGER FONT SIZES ON THE DAILY BINGO CARDS Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #107
i shared this thread with a woman datasuspect Feb 2013 #51
I thought it was funny. HappyMe Feb 2013 #59
there's someone here to speak for you datasuspect Feb 2013 #64
I am. But, then, I have a little self-respect. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #82
Good grief! HappyMe Feb 2013 #90
Aha! So only women "with no self-respect" find it funny! Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #92
Heh-heh. You said 'knob.' Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #95
Perhaps you've heard of my punk band Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #97
Quite a mouthful, there. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #207
"Teens Sexting Beyonce Facebook Sex Sex Cell Phones JVS Feb 2013 #171
"In my line of work, it's important to stay hep." Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #182
Wow! Sissyk Feb 2013 #102
do beavers find it funny? snooper2 Feb 2013 #66
They won't find this funny Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #100
Too funny! Spike89 Feb 2013 #166
Check out a lot of the comments on Upworthy. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #68
I think the "wood" thing is narrow & uncreative. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #206
you know, I have been hearing that same line for decades when I point out that something is niyad Feb 2013 #202
We live in a cruder society today. Xithras Feb 2013 #46
never read rabelais, nicht wahr? datasuspect Feb 2013 #54
This ad is not a ribald satire on society; it is itself worthy of a satire. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #112
Actually, Playtex is finding out via its FB page that their marketing is a huge fail kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #72
I wonder why they didn't think of depicting a beaver's dam made of tampons. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #114
THEY ARE DOOOOOOOMED! Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #125
Just an eyeroll here. Pretty damned juvenile humor. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #47
No. Whoever dreamed that up and whoever approved it are disgusting. I find no humor in it at all. appleannie1 Feb 2013 #52
just curious datasuspect Feb 2013 #65
A lot of things that don't demean women, gays or the disabled. appleannie1 Feb 2013 #71
so ... Lurker Deluxe Feb 2013 #120
jokes about anyone. To me calling a woman a beaver or a man a prick or pecker are equally offensive appleannie1 Feb 2013 #160
about anyone .... Lurker Deluxe Feb 2013 #162
Do you hear those crickets? GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #189
Sure do. The only people with anything to say are the trolls and I have to wonder what name they appleannie1 Feb 2013 #209
The poster asked for a joke - GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #212
Vagina vagina vagina! Pharaoh Feb 2013 #188
stupid DURHAM D Feb 2013 #53
Whales take in enormous amounts of water, seeking small bits of food. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #55
You win the thread! GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #63
you have to be capable of having a well rounded perspective datasuspect Feb 2013 #67
Nasty = shows who the real dirty pigs are who need to get hosed down lunasun Feb 2013 #56
The crude idiot crowd on DU has already shown up to voice their approval. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #73
*** Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #111
It's a cunningly constructed campaign. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #57
as a marketing piece datasuspect Feb 2013 #62
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 just see our Calvinist heritage yet again coming to the fore. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #175
I'm no prude (just ask any of my 3 gentleman friends). I find the whole "dirty vagina" kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #176
Did you look at the entire campaign? GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #178
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
Looks like an updated version of the "Douche with Lysol" ads of yesteryear... KansDem Feb 2013 #69
omg omg omg. bunnies Feb 2013 #101
Here's another... KansDem Feb 2013 #146
One more... KansDem Feb 2013 #152
Oh my....it probably prevented pregnancy and VD!!! LeftInTX Feb 2013 #113
And resulted in deaths... KansDem Feb 2013 #144
My mother had a bottle of Lysol in the bathroom cabinet to douche with. Seriously. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #148
facepalm.... mike_c Feb 2013 #74
Given the context, I'm offended. Remmah2 Feb 2013 #75
This message was self-deleted by its author pa28 Feb 2013 #76
Someday... FightForMichigan Feb 2013 #77
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Feb 2013 #134
Disgusting. Brigid Feb 2013 #78
Probably. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #85
Could it that the middle school interns yellerpup Feb 2013 #79
OMG! Delphinus Feb 2013 #80
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
As a man, I am not their target audience... Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #83
or 4 RobinA Feb 2013 #119
Every ad begins with the implied statement "You need this, you are not this" Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #167
perhaps they should have went with a "pussy" cat instead? Pharaoh Feb 2013 #184
As in "A clean pussy (cat) gets more 'birds'?" Oh my! :P Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #192
That is pretty tacky N/T deathrind Feb 2013 #84
Sounds like something a 6 year old would make up. I take that back. > BlueJazz Feb 2013 #86
I think it's rather lame, actually. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #87
I agree. I think the ad is 'meh' but the product... AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #136
I find it interesting that most DUers who think this is funny and ok are male. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #88
People who don't share your outrage are "blatantly sexist apes"? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #98
I'm just dishing out a sexist comeback for some of the cruder remarks. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #127
HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A BLATANTLY SEXIST APE Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #141
All you've done in this thread is call people names for disagreeing with you mythology Feb 2013 #198
Did you not count all the women Sissyk Feb 2013 #105
Good grief, what sorts of singles bars are you going to? Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #109
and don't forget the sexist beavers... snooper2 Feb 2013 #121
I am outraged at your patriarchal and misogynistic use of the condescendingly sexist term ... 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #122
I am sitting in my office, laughing out loud. DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #163
thanks :) ghurley Feb 2013 #170
Zing!!! RobinA Feb 2013 #123
Explain the sexism in the ads to me. Xithras Feb 2013 #174
Hmmm ... I wonder if they'll pick up on a theme like this for Tush Wipes? RKP5637 Feb 2013 #89
Not offended. temporary311 Feb 2013 #91
What if.. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #139
Dear Lord Aerows Feb 2013 #93
I know I'm interested in nothing other than getting more wood wryter2000 Feb 2013 #96
I'm not offended, but ... groan. Myrina Feb 2013 #99
I think that "enjoy the go" campaign came out of some marketers focus group "how can we make using Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #104
Offensive coz it's so lame. graywarrior Feb 2013 #103
Meh. I am neither highly outraged nor highly amused. (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #106
I'm too old for this. Playtex is marketing them for both: LeftInTX Feb 2013 #110
Except, of course, if you're a lesbian justiceischeap Feb 2013 #115
Just as an aside, did Kurt Vonnegut document or invent that particular hedgehog Feb 2013 #118
No. Vonnegut wrote about "wide-open beavers" due to the pre-existing slang JVS Feb 2013 #126
I find it offensive, too. forestpath Feb 2013 #124
This thread has been most helpful in confirming what I already suspected about several DUers. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #128
I'd rather be the beaver than the wood. liberalmuse Feb 2013 #129
great, now I'm gonna "El Condor Pasa" stuck in my head all day. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #132
^^^^^^^^^ jaded_old_cynic Feb 2013 #205
Maybe...I think it's funny. Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #130
*facepalm* sakabatou Feb 2013 #131
Not offended but I find it tasteless and - lynne Feb 2013 #137
"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
I was a bit more irritated by Always wishing me a "Happy Period." ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #140
That's right up there with "enjoy the go" Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #142
We live in an anything goes culture, sadly. No maturity, no restraint, no decency. reformist2 Feb 2013 #143
Offensive but still funny. I don't think it was meant to be funny. Cleita Feb 2013 #145
stupid, juvenile, aimed at prissy people Scout Feb 2013 #147
If you ask me, the product itself, and the implication of the ads, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2013 #149
Yes, and I didn't make that clear, that the entire concept is a FAIL. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #153
Ahem. Holy Cock alert: LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #194
No reference to an icky, smelly animal that needs to be cleaned up. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #196
"Boys, Be Careful Where You Park That Thing!" Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #197
The OP had a cute lil wet beaver LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #199
Shaming women into believing they smell bad Generic Other Feb 2013 #151
in my mind the add does its job Drale Feb 2013 #154
Yes bigwillq Feb 2013 #156
I'm embarassed to say that it took me a second to even get it. UtahLib Feb 2013 #157
me too. Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #168
I think it's crass, bathroom humor. Since men don't usually buy such products woodsprite Feb 2013 #158
Their FB page is blowing up in their faces and they're all too busy kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #165
Creatively crass... TeeYiYi Feb 2013 #159
Not at all loyalsister Feb 2013 #164
You may be offended, but you'll remember it. Mission: success LittleBlue Feb 2013 #169
What I will remember is that Playtex and Energizer Holdings are run by a bunch of sexist pigs and kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #172
You will, but most won't though LittleBlue Feb 2013 #173
Ditto MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #180
Remembering an ad doesn't equate success..... llmart Feb 2013 #179
Vagina. The word itself is bothersome to some men. Initech Feb 2013 #177
I like vagina. Glassunion Feb 2013 #187
There are people who scan the internet Pharaoh Feb 2013 #181
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
bwwaaaahaaa! Pharaoh Feb 2013 #191
LMAO!! Sissyk Feb 2013 #190
Cheap, LCD "humor" for adults whose brains are still in 7th grade. alp227 Feb 2013 #193
It's misogynistic, just an updated version of the ads that used to push Lysol as a feminine smokey nj Feb 2013 #200
Not much different than Axe ads targeting men Prism Feb 2013 #204
On both of their FB pages, comments appear to be running about 500:1 against the ad campaign. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #208
Ugh. Disgusting. frogmarch Feb 2013 #210
Reminds me of a billboard near here that was eventually removed, Sheepshank Feb 2013 #211
I think the message is muddled at best, but I admit I laughed Bettie Feb 2013 #213
No you're not helveticas Feb 2013 #214
What's offensive ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #215
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