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re: I'm perfectly okay with Gillette's commercial
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:32 pm to TDsngumbo
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:32 pm to TDsngumbo
quote:So, respect his mother, eh?
I try to raise him to respect women, respect others, respect his mother
I try to act as a role model to him when he's around the wife
Is this her?
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Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:33 pm to NC_Tigah
quote:
Is this her?
do NOT shame him into changing that! looks like my wife when we first met
ETA: sans the man hands
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:36 pm to kingbob
quote:Certainly not. If all ads portrayed "the norm", they would be pretty boring. Yes, choosing a theme for an ad is quite a conscious decision.
It's not that they're just absent-mindedly accidentally portraying a vision that isn't exactly the norm.
quote:It's always an "agenda". Again, the only thing on the agenda is making money.
They are nakedly pushing an agenda in order to push stereotypes of some groups of people and refute others.
quote:You're looking way too deep into this. Where's the dishonesty? The hatred?
it's the dishonesty rooted in hatred disguised as compassion that is the problem.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:38 pm to Korkstand
quote:
Again, the only thing on the agenda is making money.
This is a damned lie. If they wanted to make money they’d advertise how awesome their razor blades and shaving cream are
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:39 pm to Korkstand
quote:
I can assure you that the motive behind any commercial is to make more money. Whether you personally think a particular ad will be successful toward that goal is your own opinion.
Solely? Can other motives not exist simultaneously?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:41 pm to TDsngumbo
quote:
Having said that, their commercial is 100% spot on when it comes to the way I try to raise my son.
Am I Gillette's son?
The merits of the issues they raise are 100% secondary to the fact that it is not their role to raise them in the first place.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:41 pm to TDsngumbo
seriously everyone, we the people of the united states of america need to respect all women, especially moms. and we need to shut the porn industry down as their only goal is to sexually explode all those chicks for a profit.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:43 pm to Skillet
quote:
seriously everyone, we the people of the united states of america need to respect all women, especially moms. and we need to shut the porn industry down as their only goal is to sexually explode all those chicks for a profit.
go change your colostomy bag
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:44 pm to Skillet
quote:
sexually explode all those chicks
What the frick kind of porn are you watching? Some sort of snuff films?
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:46 pm to fr33manator
quote:They've already done that a thousand times over.
This is a damned lie. If they wanted to make money they’d advertise how awesome their razor blades and shaving cream are
But yeah go ahead and think you know how to make more money than one of the most valuable brands in the world.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:47 pm to Mo Jeaux
quote:Sure, but not at the cost of making less money.
Solely? Can other motives not exist simultaneously?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:48 pm to Korkstand
quote:
Sure, but not at the cost of making less money.
How do you know?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:58 pm to Mo Jeaux
quote:Because I live in reality. Because I am not burdened by constant paranoid delusions. Because Gillette is in a fight for their lives, battling cheap delivered razors and the beard movement.quote:How do you know?
Sure, but not at the cost of making less money.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:00 pm to Korkstand
quote:
Again, the only thing on the agenda is making money.
Nah, this ad was designed for Tumblr posters like you to come out of the woodwork and defend a megacorporation (with shady practices) because they told big meanie men to "do better y'all"
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:00 pm to Korkstand
quote:
constant paranoid delusions.
dude, this is a discussion board, that's a broad sweep of the brush for just bringing something up for discussion, besides, are we supposed to be nice little lemmings and just ignore/accept everything without question?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:04 pm to Korkstand
quote:
Because I live in reality. Because I am not burdened by constant paranoid delusions. Because Gillette is in a fight for their lives, battling cheap delivered razors and the beard movement.
You're being naive and obviously overly sensitive.
One can take the position that Gillette is not engaged in some overt conspiracy to destroy masculinity and/or Western Civilization while simultaneously believing that certain motives of those behind ad campaigns are driving the campaigns.
Your reality comment is, as I said, rather naive. You probably have little experience in the Fortune 500 corporate space if you think that corporations do not engage in actions that may not have a direct financial benefit, or that may even have net costs.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:12 pm to 777Tiger
quote:Dude, do you not see how many people actually believe that Gillette, a 100 year old brand, one of the strongest in the world, and one facing more competition now than it has in a long time, is sacrificing profit to push some global socialist agenda to pussify the world? If that's not delusion, what is?
dude, this is a discussion board, that's a broad sweep of the brush for just bringing something up for discussion
quote:No, you are free to talk about Gillette as much as you want. In fact, these public threads only strengthen my point that this ad is intended to make money. And who knows? Maybe we'll also see a few more men acting like real men, too.
besides, are we supposed to be nice little lemmings and just ignore/accept everything without question?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:17 pm to Korkstand
mmmmmk, you seem pretty emotionally vested in all of this, doesn't really mean shite to me, and probably the same for most in this thread, I've been tied to this desk all day but I'm just about done, I'm getting ready to grab a beer, go out to the boat slip and make sure it's ready for the upcoming freeze, doubt any of this shite will cross my mind again, unless this thread is Germaned or bumped 
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:19 pm to Korkstand
quote:
Again, the only thing on the agenda is making money.
I don't disagree, but most of the argument in this thread is that it's a bad decision because they are basically lecturing their target market and most people are tired of being lectured to.
And while a lot of what is lectured in the commercial is something that most everyone agrees with it does a bad job by lumping every man in as bad and using bullshite stereotypes to push the message.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:21 pm to Mo Jeaux
quote:I'm naive because I don't buy into the "liberal elites conspiracy" shite? And sensitive? I'm not the one feeling like my manhood is threatened by a commercial.
You're being naive and obviously overly sensitive.
quote:One can take that position if he is paranoid, yes.
One can take the position that Gillette is not engaged in some overt conspiracy to destroy masculinity and/or Western Civilization while simultaneously believing that certain motives of those behind ad campaigns are driving the campaigns.
quote:Just look at all of this free publicity for Gillette. This may be one of their most financially successful ad campaigns in a long time.
Your reality comment is, as I said, rather naive. You probably have little experience in the Fortune 500 corporate space if you think that corporations do not engage in actions that may not have a direct financial benefit, or that may even have net costs.
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