Weird advertisement; what are they thinking??

amother

↑ Honey

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 9:49 am

ddmom wrote:

The ad is in very poor taste but the point of advertising is that people should talk about it so they were successful! A whole thread talking about it! Look at how many ppl didn't see the ad but will go look at it now!
I guess time will tell if they get more or less business as a result!

The point of advertising is also not to push away a number of your readers. This ad wouldn't get me there. It would actually make me look elsewhere, and others agree.

↑ PinkFridge ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 9:50 am

icedcoffee wrote:

I genuinely don't understand the issue... I've seen a lot of similar shaving/hair-removal related ads. What

A bit more subtle in the optics.

↑ PinkFridge ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 9:51 am

amother Honey wrote:

I find it offensive. Not sure if I can express myself properly, but being compared to an animal with a full body covering of fur just has me cringing. We may have a thin layer of hair that we would like to remove from certain places, but we aren't a sheep that needs its coat removed at intervals.

I hold my body in a better light than being compared to an animal (or patch of grass for that matter).

Besides, if I would want to select a place to get hair removal, I would choose one that promotes a relaxing environment than one that suggests being shorn like a sheep.

And why should anyone have to be confronted with images that make women look like something who need their hair removed? So many discomfiting angles.

amother

↑ Hyssop ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 11:22 am

amother Honey wrote:

The point of advertising is also not to push away a number of your readers. This ad wouldn't get me there. It would actually make me look elsewhere, and others agree.

100%.

An ad is not a story, to make people talk.
Its meant to encourage more customers.

Doesnt do that for me.

↑ PinkFridge ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 11:25 am

And my apologies to the copywriter and designer. I would usually do this privately, write directly to the magazine, etc. But there is more here to discuss than just the ad.

↑ PinkFridge ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 11:28 am

amother Bubblegum wrote:

I think it’s adorable. Sorry ladies, you need to work on having a little humor.

It's very clever. Just not appropriate.

amother

Floralwhite ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:20 pm

amother Bubblegum wrote:

I think it’s adorable. Sorry ladies, you need to work on having a little humor.

I honestly think referencing a woman's intimate bush is inappropriate in a public ad.

And I am the furthest thing from a prude.

amother

Seablue ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:21 pm

amother Floralwhite wrote:

I honestly think referencing a woman's intimate bush is inappropriate in a public ad.

And I am the furthest thing from a prude.

Why is that what you think it's referencing? That's not what it makes me think of
I don't get it. Women get laser for all areas.

amother

↑ OP

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:23 pm

amother Seablue wrote:

Why is that what you think it's referencing? That's not what it makes me think of
I don't get it. Women get laser for all areas.

They're referencing a women's entire body, all area's. Which is just weird & inappropriate. Instead of a naked hairy women, they used a sheep.

amother

↑ Floralwhite

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:23 pm

amother Seablue wrote:

Why is that what you think it's referencing? That's not what it makes me think of
I don't get it. Women get laser for all areas.

its the reference.

the only part on the body that is bushy like a sheep is that area.

maybe it wasnt the intention but it is definitely the imagery for this particular animal

amother

Cadetblue

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:24 pm

what's ironic to me is that laser on an animal is abusive and unacceptable. call PETA stat.

on a human? let's charge 1000's of dollars. pain? oh that's ok, no pain no gain...

idk the point of my post just a funny thought I had.

B'Syata D'Shmya ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:44 pm

Successful ad, it got you talking, perhaps you are the business owners sister. There actually have been trials of laser on sheep
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.co.....12282

Personally, the woolly sheep look softer and more comfy and happier....

amother

Moccasin

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:45 pm

amother Chartreuse wrote:

This week's ad:

What's wrong with it? It's cute, and very clever.

amother

↑ Foxglove ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:47 pm

B'Syata D'Shmya wrote:

Yeah, the naked one does not look pleased...

amother

↑ Hyssop

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:48 pm

B'Syata D'Shmya wrote:

Point of an ad to make you Go to the SHOP!

its not a story just to make you comment. Lol

amother

↑ Chartreuse ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:50 pm

B'Syata D'Shmya wrote:

Personally, the woolly sheep look softer and more comfy and happier....

amother

↑ Chartreuse

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 12:51 pm

amother Moccasin wrote:

What's wrong with it? It's cute, and very clever.

To me, this looks GROSS!