BuffaloBill Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 For those with kids you may want to be aware of this. Ad sales being down overall have prompted the relaxation of standards around the display of what were once considered to be "adult" topics. There are to be more ads on internet, tv, radio and billboards hawking booze, sex related wares / services or even strip clubs. As I have said in other posts I typically have a "to each their own" philosophy about this kind of stuff but I do feel for parents that are trying to keep it away from kids. Would be hard to explain why mommy or daddy was so intently watching the "go cheat on your spouse" dating service commercial. Not to mention the larger than life advertisement for your local strip club on your friendly neighborhood billboard. LA Times Article
bbb Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 That really stinks, IMO. I guess I'm a prude now, but I can't even stand some commercial I heard on the radio the other day promoting I believe a gym membership.......The whole commercial was talking about their package, and how bigger is better, and women love bigger packages, etc. It seemed so low class for a gym to do that.
The Poojer Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 did you, by chance, get their number? I 'have a friend' that might want it That really stinks, IMO. I guess I'm a prude now, but I can't even stand some commercial I heard on the radio the other day promoting I believe a gym membership.......The whole commercial was talking about their package, and how bigger is better, and women love bigger packages, etc. It seemed so low class for a gym to do that.
Fezmid Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 More reason to invest in a DVR, and not listen to the radio. (and I don't think the internet can get more adult oriented - even some of the banner ads on Yahoo mail are a bit risque)
UConn James Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 (and I don't think the internet can get more adult oriented - even some of the banner ads on Yahoo mail are a bit risque) Adblock Plus is a godsend
bbb Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 did you, by chance, get their number? I 'have a friend' that might want it If you're really looking for a bigger gym package, I'll write the numer down for you next time!
The Poojer Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 hahahaha...i completely over looked the gym part...i only saw 'bigger package'..... If you're really looking for a bigger gym package, I'll write the numer down for you next time!
Tcali Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 That really stinks, IMO. I guess I'm a prude now, but I can't even stand some commercial I heard on the radio the other day promoting I believe a gym membership.......The whole commercial was talking about their package, and how bigger is better, and women love bigger packages, etc. It seemed so low class for a gym to do that. I agree. Im no prude but it lowers us as a society. Classless.
The Poojer Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 oh please...commercials aren't to blame for lowering us as a society...we have done a good job at that without them I agree. Im no prude but it lowers us as a society. Classless.
Ramius Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Ever stop to think that the only reason this is a problem is because the american society has decreed sex as this big taboo topic? Boobs are boobs. Big f'in deal. If our society wasn't so anal retentive about something so harmless as seeing a nipple, this wouldn't be a problem. What causes the bigger problem? A billboard or ad with scantily clad women that an 8 year old sees and no one says a second word, or the same billboard where the parents freak out and try to block the 8 year old from seeing it and make a huge stink about it? An 8 year old seeing a nipple or boobs isn't a problem. Anal-retentive overbearing over protective parents are the problem.
John from Riverside Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 I gotta admit that it bothers me a little bit that you cant watch a movie on tv without a "extenz" commerical or the commercial with the vibrating thumb thing for woman....... On all hours of the day
BuffaloBill Posted February 15, 2009 Author Posted February 15, 2009 Ever stop to think that the only reason this is a problem is because the american society has decreed sex as this big taboo topic? Boobs are boobs. Big f'in deal. If our society wasn't so anal retentive about something so harmless as seeing a nipple, this wouldn't be a problem. What causes the bigger problem? A billboard or ad with scantily clad women that an 8 year old sees and no one says a second word, or the same billboard where the parents freak out and try to block the 8 year old from seeing it and make a huge stink about it? An 8 year old seeing a nipple or boobs isn't a problem. Anal-retentive overbearing over protective parents are the problem. I hear what you are saying but this is the catch 22 of it all ... how do you get everyone to relax at the same time? At the same time there probably do need to be standards of decency drawn somewhere. The problem is deciding where that line is. As I said for myself personally, I could care less about what is pictured in an ad but I also do not have children.
Tcali Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 oh please...commercials aren't to blame for lowering us as a society...we have done a good job at that without them yes thats exactly what I said..that the commercials are to blame for lowering us as a society. nothing else. its alllll the commercials fault. it is none of our faults..
The Poojer Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 lighten up francis...wasnt accusing you of saying that...you were just the convenient add reply button...sorry yes thats exactly what I said..that the commercials are to blame for lowering us as a society. nothing else. its alllll the commercials fault. it is none of our faults..
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Ever stop to think that the only reason this is a problem is because the american society has decreed sex as this big taboo topic? Boobs are boobs. Big f'in deal. If our society wasn't so anal retentive about something so harmless as seeing a nipple, this wouldn't be a problem. What causes the bigger problem? A billboard or ad with scantily clad women that an 8 year old sees and no one says a second word, or the same billboard where the parents freak out and try to block the 8 year old from seeing it and make a huge stink about it? An 8 year old seeing a nipple or boobs isn't a problem. Anal-retentive overbearing over protective parents are the problem. Agreed 100%. The example I like to use is the MPAA ratings on movies. A film that portrays the bloodiest and most horrible deaths (think the Saw franchise) gets a rating of R. A film that tastefully portrays a sex scene with a woman nude from the waste up also gets a Rating of R. So essentially, we as a society have deemed gruesome violence to be on the exact same level as seeing a woman's nipple. Only in America.
Fezmid Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 A film that tastefully portrays a sex scene with a woman nude from the waste up also gets a Rating of R. Ewwwww.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Ewwwww. Wow, Freudian slip on my part maybe? I've got some thinking to do...
buckeyemike Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 I can understand how parents feel, even though I am not one. How would you like to explain to your 7 year old while watching the Daytona 500 what Viagra is? Or why the pretty girl in the Doritos Super Bowl commercial lost her clothes? Believe me, I'm no prude, but I think that many of these commercials are in bad taste.
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