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To be unsettled with current day time tv adverts

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ThePunnyPeachDuck · 09/06/2025 21:32

I am miffed by the ads on tv these days, they are not allowed to put a ad on about chocolate or crumpets as the children need to be protected but they can put filth like this on during the day so my young children can watch it.

Is it just me?

Lynx Lower Body Spray
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_ILS41bB5Gg&pp=ygUcbHlueCBsb3dlciBib2R5IHNwcmF5IGFkdmVydA%3D%3D

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?pp=ygUcbHlueCBsb3dlciBib2R5IHNwcmF5IGFkdmVydA%3D%3D&v=_ILS41bB5Gg

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Sometimeinadifferentworld · 09/06/2025 22:03

Dangermoo · 09/06/2025 21:55

Oh that's good then. 👍

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I don't know what's good about it.

I remember when adverts used to be sometimes clever, sometimes interesting and sometimes amusing. And some of the catch phrases from adverts 20 and 30 years ago still pop up my head - Beanz meanz heinz, Good things come to those who wait etc etc.

And now things have degenerated to the point where the adverts are so bad, so gross, and offensive , a lot of people can't stand to watch them. It doesn't sound like progress to me.

MidnightMeltdown · 09/06/2025 22:02

I thought this was going to be one of those threads where someone was being overly precious but I’m actually quite shocked by those adds. First one appears to have been dreamt up by a 15 year old schoolboy boy!

Dangermoo · 09/06/2025 21:55

Sometimeinadifferentworld · 09/06/2025 21:50

@nomas
asked whether people were offended by the advert and posted a link.

So I watched it because that's the only way I could answer the question. I'd never seen it before.

And yes it was offensive so I won't be watching it again.

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Oh that's good then. 👍

DontTouchRoach · 09/06/2025 21:54

I’m sorry, but if you think this is ‘filth’ and harmful for young children, you must have been beamed here straight from a community of 17th century Puritans.

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 09/06/2025 21:53

EllyRoff · 09/06/2025 21:52

you Know when a song gets stuck in your head? I had the pepto bismol advert stuck in my head once and I was happily walking around singing “diarrhoea….aaaa!”

i think i even did the little bum lift at one point too. Bloody catchy adverts

God yes. I was singing diarrhoea-uggghh for weeks. Good advert, I hadn't thought about Pepto-Bismol for years and now I have a bottle in the cabinet.

TigerRag · 09/06/2025 21:53

EllyRoff · 09/06/2025 21:52

you Know when a song gets stuck in your head? I had the pepto bismol advert stuck in my head once and I was happily walking around singing “diarrhoea….aaaa!”

i think i even did the little bum lift at one point too. Bloody catchy adverts

This advert was my first though when I saw this thread

EllyRoff · 09/06/2025 21:52

you Know when a song gets stuck in your head? I had the pepto bismol advert stuck in my head once and I was happily walking around singing “diarrhoea….aaaa!”

i think i even did the little bum lift at one point too. Bloody catchy adverts

Dangermoo · 09/06/2025 21:51

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 09/06/2025 21:48

I laughed out loud at the lower body spray advert. It's subversive. We're not supposed to think about our clammy crevices and how other people sometimes end up closer to them than we'd like them to be.

I like the Andrex adverts too. Needing a poo at work means a lot more to me than puppies leaping around.

Bonus for me was the need for a poo with cute lab pup looking on. Goodness knows how the pearl clutchers managed when the ad was out with little boy insisting on doing his poo at Paul's house 😆 🤣

TigerRag · 09/06/2025 21:51

reversegear · 09/06/2025 21:40

Oh and generally the fact women appear to pee themselves on a regular basis! The adverts are just awful.

I'm not saying I want to see this but why is it never men in these adverts?

reversegear · 09/06/2025 21:51

WildNorthEast · 09/06/2025 21:43

@reversegear I thought it was just me that finds it disgusting. Makes me feel sick, someone blowing their (I imagine) hot stinky breath on the poor worker - absolutely vile.

God no I find it so gross I have to turn it off or leave the room, I can smell it… it’s all warm and gross and so badly filmed.

Sometimeinadifferentworld · 09/06/2025 21:50

Dangermoo · 09/06/2025 21:46

So don't watch then.

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@nomas
asked whether people were offended by the advert and posted a link.

So I watched it because that's the only way I could answer the question. I'd never seen it before.

And yes it was offensive so I won't be watching it again.

DoctorRoseReturns · 09/06/2025 21:50

Dangermoo · 09/06/2025 21:48

Exactly. The pseudo snobbery is ridiculous.

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We all poo, wee, smell, sweat and everything else

It's not like they show us a shit in a bowl

DoctorRoseReturns · 09/06/2025 21:49

InWithThePlums · 09/06/2025 21:48

Bet they increase the risk of thrush though

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You don't spray it directly on your vagina

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 09/06/2025 21:48

I laughed out loud at the lower body spray advert. It's subversive. We're not supposed to think about our clammy crevices and how other people sometimes end up closer to them than we'd like them to be.

I like the Andrex adverts too. Needing a poo at work means a lot more to me than puppies leaping around.

Dangermoo · 09/06/2025 21:48

DoctorRoseReturns · 09/06/2025 21:47

Oh ye it's so offensive to try and encourage children not to be self conscious at school about normal body functions...

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Exactly. The pseudo snobbery is ridiculous.

InWithThePlums · 09/06/2025 21:48

DoctorRoseReturns · 09/06/2025 21:47

The Sure advert worked for me 🤷‍♀️ I saw it and thought "ye it would be good to have something for those intimate areas"

They aren't filth. It's just trying to normalise body functions and smells

Bet they increase the risk of thrush though

DoctorRoseReturns · 09/06/2025 21:47

Sometimeinadifferentworld · 09/06/2025 21:46

Please what?

I don't think I've ever found farts entertaining so why should I actually want to watch this offensive advert?

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Oh ye it's so offensive to try and encourage children not to be self conscious at school about normal body functions...

InWithThePlums · 09/06/2025 21:47

Makes me long for the Mad Men days, when adverts were classy (I wasn’t born, but still).

DoctorRoseReturns · 09/06/2025 21:47

The Sure advert worked for me 🤷‍♀️ I saw it and thought "ye it would be good to have something for those intimate areas"

They aren't filth. It's just trying to normalise body functions and smells

Dangermoo · 09/06/2025 21:46

Sometimeinadifferentworld · 09/06/2025 21:46

Please what?

I don't think I've ever found farts entertaining so why should I actually want to watch this offensive advert?

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So don't watch then.

Dangermoo · 09/06/2025 21:46

Ooh those pearl clutchers. The message on the Andrex ad is a good one.

Sometimeinadifferentworld · 09/06/2025 21:46

Dangermoo · 09/06/2025 21:42

Oh please.

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Please what?

I don't think I've ever found farts entertaining so why should I actually want to watch this offensive advert?

ScurryfungeSpuddle · 09/06/2025 21:44

I hate the Andrex adverts.

I don't need to hear people farting before they go for a shit.

WildNorthEast · 09/06/2025 21:43

@reversegear I thought it was just me that finds it disgusting. Makes me feel sick, someone blowing their (I imagine) hot stinky breath on the poor worker - absolutely vile.

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ThePunnyPeachDuck · 09/06/2025 21:43

nomas · 09/06/2025 21:38

YABU, it’s better to normalise bodily functions.

Were you also offended by this one?

You sniff many people’s crotches and bums on the daily ?

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