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question about mermaids ad on youtube

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skql · 06/10/2019 13:57

is that ad targeting for uk domestic or worldwide?

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GlitterToast · 10/10/2019 10:42

That is sick

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Datun · 10/10/2019 12:59

That is sick shocksad

It's so, so counter-productive for mermaids. It makes them woefully unprofessional and desperate.

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SirVixofVixHall · 10/10/2019 13:06

Yes. It really doesn’t look like the action of a responsible charity, above reproach, does it ?
Frankly creepy and disgusting.

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Thingybob · 10/10/2019 21:42

Has this link been posted? It's about Ethan, the young person featured in the advert and is the usual kind of back story. Tomboy, internet use, same sex attracted, unhappy at school, parent wanting them to be more girly by wearing dresses, LGBTQ group, Mermaids.

www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/128024/how-charity-mermaids-became-a-lifeline-to-one-family-and-their-trans-teen/?noapp=true

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Thingybob · 10/10/2019 21:47

And if you are reading Ethan I am not trying to mock or denigrate your experience, it's just that it sounds very similar to my childhood and that of many others I know who have grown into happy, healthy adults without needing to transition.

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SirVixofVixHall · 10/10/2019 21:50

“i can definitely say without mermaids, i wouldn’t be at the stage I am today “ .....

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Datun · 10/10/2019 21:57

“i can definitely say without mermaids, i wouldn’t be at the stage I am today “ .....

That's a sentence that takes on an entirely different meaning when it's the wrong side of history 🙄