Fucking Gross Adverts

You have to tell us !

Ugh 😣 yes!! Why did they do it? What does that have to do with chocolate.

And to think, my favourite ad as a child was the Malteser ad with the wide mouth frog... I loved it so much, we had a recording on VCR with that ad and I used to FF it just to watch the ad 😆 ..how the mighty have fallen, for shame Malteser, for shame.

You wouldn’t object to an advert that showed a child shitting? Uh huh

@ParanoidGynodroid I understand your view, but graphic is not what I see.

In my view no child is showing shitting, no woman is shown bleeding. I wouldn't necessarily object to either, after all, they are completely normal. But I'd understand if others found them "graphic".

But "suggesting" menstruating and evacuating your bowels ? Some of which we all do (the paper advert with the child) and the sanitary towel (as though menstruating was somehow unsanitary - says it all really) which 50% of the population does?

But no one's saying the adverts are offensive, or that there's anything wrong with advertising period products, toilet roll etc; the point was that some are unnecessarily graphic to the point of being unpleasant or even revolting.

Every single time that's on I shout, 'no one wants to imagine you two getting it on!'

I'm old and I can remember times when women didn't talk about the menopause. Instead of talking about it, they thought they were going mad.

and if you've been through the menopause, most of you will understand why that was.

in the same way The Samaritans was started by the vicar who conducted the service for a young girl who'd killed herself because she's started her periods and thought she was dying.

I find most adverts irritating, true, but they most certainly don't offend me. Especially the ones that show what is normal in our lives. You know, being born, menstruation, menopause, shitting, dying. Those kind of things

Well I knew a girl at school who had a reputation for what she did with men and Maltesers.

It’s been this way for years and years, it’s deliberate and provoked conversation therefore promotes the ad.
Adverts in general are dull and repetitive, they go for shock to stand out and this thread proves it works.
But yes, a lot of the repulsed/ outraged/ whatever you want to call it comments are funny.
everyone should have a snickers

I'd forgotten that horror. Bring back the two office ladies instead

It’s not necessarily outrage, so much as revulsion, which is a different thing. Maybe people are fed up with the crassness of it all, I know I am, and it has nothing to do with morality or taking offence.

The ad that always has me frantically reaching for the mute button is that fucking Maltesers advert. I don't want to have to think about that woman and her "companion" Gerard "getting it on". I have no idea what it has to do with selling Maltesers.

The pepto bismol one is the least gross and irritating because it is memorable and has a catchy tune. Also, it doesn't actually show anything offensive.
The others.... I never buy Andrex anyway and that advert makes me leave the room. I stick to sainsburys loo roll (or 'bog standard') as I call it, and will continue to do so!

The last truely moving advert that I saw is the Irish supervalu Christmas add with the injured reindeer. You can Google it if you are not in Ireland and didn't see it. But I'm a sucker for a cute baby mamal, so maybe it is just me. I can not relate to how some of the current adds achieve what they are meant to. But I'm told brand connections and recognition and loyalty are objectives not just increasing sales. I find them slightly too much, but there are marketing professionals who are experts and there seems to be a consensus these are effective marketing strategies.

Oh god, the fucking Pepto-Bismol one. I hate it. There is no way I would ever buy the product, primarily because in my mind it's now firmly associated with "Diarhooooeeeeaaaaaa" and im not putting anything in my mouth with that association.

Don't get me started on the domino's ones. Plus no one would ever shave under a dressing gown. More awkward than changing into trunks on a beach. Imagine the injury possibility

That sounds gross @Oscarsmom71 from the descriptions of some of these adverts, the promoters want to shock and disgust people or at least be "edgy" just to get noticed. Which is pathetic because a good product sells itself. If I were the advertisers of a deodorant I'd want the ad to promote things like freshness, nature, fresh air, confidence etc so consumers of the product have a positive perception not someone's BO ridden armpits.

you've all clocked that the "mouth in the head ads" the mouth is upside down, right?

You are right.
I hate the deodorant one with a passion. It has people sniffing bottoms and arm pits. Just gross.
Everytime it comes on it makes me feel sick.
if they are doing it to get people to notice their products it won’t work with me !

Ever heard of people making mistakes? And actually, not everybody 'knows that' - e.g. see Naked Attraction.

I hate the Andrex school one - I’ve got a good sense of humour normally but I just can’t stand the close up of the fart, the mate pulling his finger, the chanting… the plop!! Ugh!!

I also really dislike the one with the party with the child under the table sucking the chocolate off the nuts whilst wiping her nose, meaning the chap catches her lurgy

And how bloody catchy that tune is! I keep catching myself singing it 😬

But has it? I've no idea what the name of the product is in many of these cases.

Whereas we should be splashing it all over the telly? Totally unnecessary.
Nobody should be ashamed of their periods, that would be ridiculous, but no need to show it like some badge of honour. Every woman has them, its no big deal.

Like they pour blue liquid into nappies and continence products?

Wheres the shame there?

There isnt, it was something that some women got on an illogical bandwagon about while real issues continued to be a problem. A red herring