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Community => Social Issues and Causes => Topic started by: Bad Penny II on November 13, 2019, 02:55:58 AM

Title: Is this add a bit sus?
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 13, 2019, 02:55:58 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/heXhw1d.jpg)

I felt a bit dodgy cropping girls on the towel so I did the whole page.
They look quite young, is this OK, am I getting old and prudish?
I'm not outraged or anything but ye, I think it's at least questionable so I questioning.

Title: Re: Is this add a bit sus?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 13, 2019, 03:39:46 AM
They appear to be adults of a mammalian species. Oh, were you mentioning the electronics? Sorry, I have no answer for that.
Title: Re: Is this add a bit sus?
Post by: Magdalena on November 13, 2019, 05:01:53 AM
Hmm...All I see are two young girls who love Coke more than the average girl. They do buy a lot of Coke merchandise. Could be because it's a Coca Cola Beach "Limited Edition."  :notsure:
--Gotta have it!

The phones? I don't see what's questionable about the ad.
Title: Re: Is this add a bit sus?
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 13, 2019, 08:23:10 AM
It's possible they could be older than I first thought, or not.
Having two twelve year olds portrayed in that position would be pretty tacky in my view.
They aren't selling towels really, they're promoting an unhealthy product with the bodies of possibly underage girls.
Laying in the sun isn't something that's encouraged by many in these more enlightened times.
They could be doing something, carrying or god forbid riding a surfboard or something.
Having a model that looks underage but isn't could be considered problematic.
I suppose obese old blokes who enjoy a coke might enjoy the add though.
Title: Re: Is this add a bit sus?
Post by: Recusant on April 14, 2021, 05:36:27 AM
I appreciate advertisements that step on their own dicks, so to speak. They serve as a reminder of common denominators of our species in regard to behavior. Realistically, often those don't result in an image I find salutary.  :maskwink: