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    Anyone else think this is, uh, kinda gross to be on TV?

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    Cheeky, perhaps. Certainly not gross. Accidental implication that tops don't poop was kind of hilarious.
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    Makes sense. It's not something to show on TV after Dora The Explorer, but as a personalized streaming ad... Yee.
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    This is funny and informative without being vulgar, I have absolutely no issue with this.
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    Unfortunately not true! I get ads like these fairly often and I'm not receptive. XD Not if they actually looked at my watch/search history.
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    It's an ad for a food delivery service. If you've used a food delivery service you would be "receptive" to this.

    Ok, I guess I'm the odd man out. I just found it fairly off putting for an ad about food to be talking about poopy butt... relations. Am I crazy? Seems like a legit concern.
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    I don't think there's much issue with the ad discussing any particular kind of "relations", though I find it a bit odd there's a food delivery ad discussing "relations" at all. It'd be kind of like an ad for pineapples discussing the "secondary taste benefits" of consuming it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rynjin View Post
    I don't think there's much issue with the ad discussing any particular kind of "relations", though I find it a bit odd there's a food delivery ad discussing "relations" at all. It'd be kind of like an ad for pineapples discussing the "secondary taste benefits" of consuming it.
    I think there's issue with it. While I agree with your sentiment this ad is literally talking about feces while selling you food. The most unappetizing approach to cuisine I can imagine.

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    (Note: Didn't watch the clip.
    Probably won't from the sound of it.)

    Well, it certainly got people to talk about it.
    So, from that point of view it is successful.

    (At least) half the point of a ad is drawing attention after all. Now whether is successfully sells anyone on its product is a different question.
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    I think there's issue with it. While I agree with your sentiment this ad is literally talking about feces while selling you food. The most unappetizing approach to cuisine I can imagine.
    Activia yogurt has been doing that for as long as I can remember. I don't see the problem with it, and frankly, while I don't care one way or the other about the method they used to convey it (except for thinking it's somewhere between mildly clever and Voughtland-style corporate pandering), but the actual message is fairly good and delivered effectively.
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    Activia yogurt has been doing that for as long as I can remember. I don't see the problem with it, and frankly, while I don't care one way or the other about the method they used to convey it (except for thinking it's somewhere between mildly clever and Voughtland-style corporate pandering), but the actual message is fairly good and delivered effectively.
    I think the difference is that Activia's commercials talk about maintaining healthy gut bacteria and avoiding constipation whereas this one talks about messy anal sex... which paints a picture in the minds eye, at least for me. That said, I don't particularly enjoy Activia commercials either. If you have an example of an Activia commercial that is as explicit about messy rectum activities I'll be glad to pan that as well.

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    this one talks about messy anal sex... which paints a picture in the minds eye, at least for me.
    At most it alludes to anal sex. If that's too much for your imagination, I don't really know what to tell you.
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    Seems like a legit concern.
    I mean, if that's how you really feel:

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    At most it alludes to anal sex. If that's too much for your imagination, I don't really know what to tell you.
    It alludes to anal sex that is too "messy" to be enjoyable. Let's keep it real.

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    I'm not telling you to leave, I'm directing you somewhere where your comments might actually affect change.

    (Assuming that's your aim, anyway.)
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    I'm not telling you to leave, I'm directing you somewhere where your comments might actually affect change.

    (Assuming that's your aim, anyway.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by HeyHoWhatUpYo View Post
    Oh, did you honestly think no one has complained to them directly? Or did you just think that they'd only listen to me because I'm a monolith of wisdom? If it's the latter... D'aww, thank you!
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    I didn't know whether you had done so, no.
    Well, like most people on these forums, when I talk about something I like or don't like it's to drum up conversation. That's typically what a discussion forum is for.{Scrubbed}
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    The issue is there's not a ton of discussion to be had. "Relations" aren't a board friendly topic, and I figured out where the line was as far as explicit language in my first year here; it's not a discussion that can be had in detail if you know what I'm saying.

    And anything else on the topic starts butting up against other taboo topics like religion and politics, which will get the thread locked anyway.

    The advice of "discuss this topic somewhere else" is sound.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HeyHoWhatUpYo View Post
    Well, like most people on these forums, when I talk about something I like or don't like it's to drum up conversation. That's typically what a discussion forum is for. Do you typically direct people who like or dislike something to the creators of it and ask them to voice their concerns elsewhere? I don't seem to see any other examples of this in your posting history. Seems like an odd behavior for a forum regular, but to each their own, I guess.
    What Rynjin said, but also - usually a discussion topic has a bit more discussion fodder than "look at this! Ew, amirite? Discuss."
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    What Rynjin said, but also - usually a discussion topic has a bit more discussion fodder than "look at this! Ew, amirite? Discuss."
    That's not what I said, it's a very simplified {scrubbed}representation of what I said, a{scrubbed}. Also, it's just not correct. This forum is filled with people plainly starting threads saying "I just watched X movie/show/whatever and I liked/disliked it! Here's the reasons why..." It's literally the same thing I did here. {Scrubbed}

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    The issue is there's not a ton of discussion to be had. "Relations" aren't a board friendly topic, and I figured out where the line was as far as explicit language in my first year here; it's not a discussion that can be had in detail if you know what I'm saying.

    And anything else on the topic starts butting up against other taboo topics like religion and politics, which will get the thread locked anyway.

    The advice of "discuss this topic somewhere else" is sound.
    I don't think anyone here is wanting to speak in great detail about the "relations" being mentioned in the commercial, more about the appropriateness of such a commercial existing in the first place. It struck me as incredibly odd just how tone deaf a company must be to be actively talking about "messy" bum relations while trying to sell people food. Seemed unappetizing to me.

    I'm not sure what this commercial or it's appropriateness has to do with religion or politics. Can someone not like or dislike this video without underlying religious or political ideals? I'm not religious at all, and my politics don't involve this type of thing one way or the other.

    I disagree that this needs to be discussed somewhere else. It seems to have been discussed just fine so far. We even had a moderator chime in... without locking the thread or disciplining anyone so I don't feel the fear of forum violations is sound. There have been none. I could say the same fears could be present in reviewing just about any type of media, it's all dependent on your political or religious leanings. Some people consider Pokemon to be Satanic, for example, but should that mean we can't talk about Pokemon here?
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    This forum is filled with people plainly starting threads saying "I just watched X movie/show/whatever and I liked/disliked it! Here's the reasons why..." It's literally the same thing I did here.
    Your opening post contains very little of that beyond the dislike, particularly the bolded part. My intent in pointing that out wasn't to attack you, but to help the thread along in a more productive direction. When you're ready to discuss any of those reasons then I'll weigh in, otherwise I'm more than happy to step back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Psyren View Post
    Your opening post contains very little of that beyond the dislike, particularly the bolded part. My intent in pointing that out wasn't to attack you, but to help the thread along in a more productive direction. When you're ready to discuss any of those reasons then I'll weigh in, otherwise I'm more than happy to step back.
    I have given those reasons a number of times. In fact, I gave a reason in my post that is literally mere inches on your screen above your post claiming I haven't given those reasons.

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    This has been reviewed and will remain locked. In part because the subject matter and how it has been discussed sails close to our rules on explicit sexuality, and in part because it has generated acrimony with several rule breaches by different people in just a few posts.

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