Can I just have a righteous rant about TV adverts please?

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Ra ra ra!
That advert for the burger that you put in the microwave and your date suddenly goes from being 'up tight and frigid' to 'up for it and semi-naked' (the only 2 types of woman in the world - clearly)
Ra ra ra!
The shreddies one. All grannies knitting - woman power - but it is up to a man to be quality control (and naturally one of the grannies fancies him...)
Ra ra ra!

Errr just don't watch channels with ads if they annoy you - or record the programmes on Sky+ so you can fast-forward...

err not everyone can afford sky+,and there arent many channels that dont have ads on...

Just watch BBC all the time. Everything else is common anyway.

The one that always got me was for some insanely low fat yoghurt, clearly aimed at dieters and there was a mid pregnancy woman wiggling in the advert (there was obviously a bump, but a little one iyswim).

She shouldn't be on f*ckin diet stuff

Oh, and Palmer's Cocoa Butter telling women about their "ugly" stretchmarks

i would die without sky +, i cant bear to watch a programme thats not recorded.

The stretch mark one gets me too. It talks about scars too. I have scars. I'm not ugly and getting rid of them won't change my life or make DH love me more.

I like the cadbury truck one .

The boy in the 'warm up your cereal' advert is to old for his mum to be doing it all for him.

the one with Helena Christianson telling us tht doing the washing at 30 degrees is far more satisfying thn being a supermodel

she does actually say that

The one with the 'neighbour'

"Well....as a man...I've noticed her weightloss"

A man??? A short smug jewellery laden elf with a smug expression and an adoring wife looking on. EWWWGGHH!!!!

Who are 12

Loving this thread

UQD, the 'men can't do the washing' ones are demeaning to everyone - not only are men hopeless but washing etc is obviously 'womens' work', shame on men for even trying... I remember seeing a print ad for a men's shampoo range that said it came 'in chunky, easy-to-grip bottles'. Good for all you Neanderthals out there!

Is it just me that hates that Dove 'real women' campaign? And the Bravissimo one with all the girls giggling sheepishly about the size of their boobs? Just seems like a really cynical attempt to say 'Ladeez, we're on your side really...' while still using women's insecurities to sell us stuff

I just love the teletext ones with the cats. PMSL.