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Audi drops not to subtle paedophile car advert!

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Knoxinbox · 05/08/2020 10:38

There is no way this was just badly thought through.... Hmm

I think this comment sums it up

“Let's add it up: Red=eroticism, sports car=substitute for potency, animal print mini-skirt=sex appeal, banana=phallic symbol. But sure this is all just accidental...”

Do you think this was someone testing the waters so to speak about how society might respond to something like this? I’ve read quite a few things on here about how the MRA has as its core aim to normalise paedophilia as just another sexual preference (eg minor attracted person) and this was what immediately jumped to my mind with this ad.

What do you think??

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netflixismysidehustle · 05/08/2020 11:01

Wtaf is wrong with people.
Why the fuck are they apologizing.

brastrapbroken · 05/08/2020 10:59

You really think this is a paedophile advert OP?

What happens next? People rock up at the AUDI garage to order themselves a kid Confused

Thislittlelady · 05/08/2020 10:57

Will someone please tell me what’s wrong with this advert??? I don’t see it...

Ereshkigalangcleg · 05/08/2020 10:55

I assume someone, somewhere decided this advert was edgy but thought they had plausible deniability. It's very weird.

Yes, also my assumption.

Kantastic · 05/08/2020 10:54

that is a very weird pose she's in. At least they haven't draped her over the bonnet.

Aren't glossy adverts checked before being released into the wild? I can't believe nobody said 'What's the banana about then?" I thought expensive ad agencies fine-tune every detail of this stuff!

I assume someone, somewhere decided this advert was edgy but thought they had plausible deniability. It's very weird.

Thislittlelady · 05/08/2020 10:54

I don’t get it? It’s a little girl eating fruit in front of a car? What’s the problem????? Are we inventing things to complain about now cow there isn’t enough shite in the world to be worried with?? I seriously don’t see what the issue is?

Ereshkigalangcleg · 05/08/2020 10:54

They are clearly being edgy here. It doesn't "say more about me" to notice this.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 05/08/2020 10:52

Perhaps you can explain how that slogan relates to a little girl eating a banana in front of a car, Meph?

Coriandersucks · 05/08/2020 10:51

And kids eat bananas - are you suggesting they wanted to portray a phallic symbol? That says more about you than it does about the advert makers I’m afraid.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 05/08/2020 10:51

Just to add I don’t mind this side of crazy online snowflakery. Let’s call out the subliminal sexualisation of kids even if the people who made the advert didn’t see it.

I don't believe for one second they didn't see it. The slogan is "Lets your heart beat faster - in every aspect."

Coriandersucks · 05/08/2020 10:49

I hadn’t even considered it containing sexualised content - how grim. I just didn’t like the look of a small child stood in front of a car like that.

justanotherneighinparadise · 05/08/2020 10:49

Just to add I don’t mind this side of crazy online snowflakery. Let’s call out the subliminal sexualisation of kids even if the people who made the advert didn’t see it. Let’s call out the subliminal racism and sexism where we see it. That will get people to actually think and will make calling out fucking obvious brazen shit that was allowed to happen under our noses easier.

Rainbowshine · 05/08/2020 10:47

I’m more bothered about a small child standing right in front of the car where the driver may not be able to see them.

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Knoxinbox · 05/08/2020 10:43

Oh give over Hmm I am categorically not a paedophile and I instantly thought there was a (not so) subtle sexual undertone

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justanotherneighinparadise · 05/08/2020 10:43

I think it’s definitely a weird advert. I’m trying to think of what they were trying to portray. I could almost get on board with a flash car being something a small child might aspire to, or Audi trying to portray their family car as being cool to the kid as well. But the banana, why the banana?

MephistophelesApprentice · 05/08/2020 10:40

Anyone who looked at that picture and thought it was in any way sexual has outed themselves as a paedophile.

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Knoxinbox · 05/08/2020 10:39

Oops, link!

Audi drops 'insensitive' girl with banana ad www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53648638

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