People Annoy Me. A Lot.
Posted on February 9th, 2007 by CheenePhoft
Can we please just stop? I mean really…
Adrants points out that the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is
demanding that GM pull its suicidal robot spot.
This after Snickers pulled the hilarious awkward man kiss ad.
Seriously, people, stop it. I’m about the liberalist of liberals. Trust me,
I can hate Republicans with the best of ‘em, but it doesn’t mean we have to
turn into a nation of PC addicted babies.
Snickers, you suck for not standing up for yourself and pulling the ad. GM,
you suck for lots of reasons, but least of which was that spot. Why is everyone
dying to be the next boy who cried wolf?
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I agree completely Paul. This is getting old. You can’t even fart these days without offending someone.
Fart? I am so offended right now.
Paul
This ins’t about liberals or conservatives, Democrats or Republicans. To you, the Snickers ad was hilarious. But would it motivate you to have one? That’s the bottom line. I doubt the commercial would inspire anyone to ‘grad a Snickers’. At the same time, a lot of people thought it was offensive. An unsuccessful (but humourous to some) ad that offends 1) gays for appearing homophobic and 2) anti-gays for somehow ‘promoting homosexuality’ is not a good ad. It’s a dumb ad and should hve been pulled.
You’re probably not going to agree with me, but I blogged about it here
Actually, this was one of the few ads that made me remember the product, to be honest. While most went for the laugh, and then just inserted the product in, the snickers bar played an integral role.
As far as whatever issues people have with advertising, I’m in the camp that it can be good to sometimes upset people (think the VW safety ads). You just can’t please everyone all the time, and when you try to, you’re more likely to end up at a bland, boring place that nobody cares about anyway.
Of course, I would want my clients to stand for something a little more righteous, I still think complaining about this ad is extremely unproductive. There are much, much bigger things going on right now that we could be spending our energy on (like Pelosi’s flight arrangements, oh my!).
Plus, I don’t have a homophobic bone in my body, but that doesn’t change the fact that I would feel a little awkward about kissing a male coworker.
I agree with both Paul and Jonathan; it was funny, it made me laugh and remember Snickers, it does offend both the gay and non-gay camps and it is good to shake the trees from time time. It’s somewhere in the middle of offensive and not offensive. I have gay friends who would likely laugh their asses off at the ad. I live in the heart of the gay community in San Diego and I haven’t seen any protests… As for the GM ad- I have my own ax to grind with GM, but I have to say the ad wasn’t bad. The fake suicide/ dream sequence might be a little much to some delicate tastes, but I didn’t see it as "going too far". I do think we’re getting a little too sensitive about these things. Offending people should be avoided, I totally agree and I’m one of the biggest liberals you’ll ever find, but there is a point when you just have to "lighten up Francis!" I get way more offended when I think about the people we are sending to Iraq and Afghanistan to die. That really pisses me off. Screw the ads and just turn off the TV…
[...] Along Paul’s point, which some have clearly disagreed with, Adweek’s weekly poll seems to point out that you can’t take this stuff too seriously. Hell, if we (as in the people who make ads and read AdWeek online) don’t take it all that seriously then should anyone else? Maybe it makes sense then that AdFreak (a division of AdWeek) is taking a rather humorous look at GM’s Robot.Seriously people. We’re never going to get by without offending someone. Might as well laugh in the process. Technorati Tags: beyond madison avenue, advertising, superbowl, offensive advertising, adweek, adfreak [...]