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[–] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 45 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Probably went something like this:

"Marketing believes that this will do well in grass roots advertising as it suggests cunnilingus, while not being so explicit as to make it obvious. These things get shared around with 'did they know' or 'how'd this make it past marketing' comments quite often so at best, we get free word of mouth, at worst we say 'we had no idea how this fell through and are reviewing our reviewing proccess.' Either way, we increase distribution of our campaign."

It worked too, I had no clue a second one, let alone a third, existed

[–] ame@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 8 points 9 months ago

Sounds believable enough. One alternative I also like is the design for this poster was thought up by someone higher up who thought it'd be cool if his head was sticking out of the V and the artist assigned to this poster had to just work off that idea

[–] colin@lemmy.uninsane.org 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

honestly i never would have noticed it had i not been primed by the question.

as for marketing, there's a lot of inconsistency. you've got the Gerbers and Tony the Tigers of the world, completely blind to how things might be misinterpreted, and you've got the Wendy's of the world, who 100% know what they're doing. Venom? dunno enough to place them in one camp or the other.

I probably wouldn't have noticed either if it hadn't been shared in my discord server with that comment, but turns out my humor ceased evolving around the age of 12, because I'm still mildly amused by this

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ok, Tony the Tiger is a furry. But what's wrong with Gerber and Wendy's?

[–] colin@lemmy.uninsane.org 3 points 9 months ago

allegedly, Gerber had trouble entering regions where the literacy rate is low because in such places consumers identify food products based on the imagery on the packaging, or the contents itself if the packaging is clear. in Gerber's case, you have a jar of unidentifiable mush, with the image of a (likely foreign-looking) baby. conclusion: what's in the jar?

dunno if that's folklore or real. but the Wendy thing is just that they're always doing edgy stuff on their socials. they know how to spot an innuendo, because that's what they do.

[–] Glaive0@beehaw.org 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Saw an Xbox ad for Palworld that was the epitome of a filler ad: “check out the hottest new game here” that’s what I write when I’m trying to wireframe a template, not when I’m trying to actually sell something.

Tell me your marketing team was replaced with AI without telling me your marketing team was replaced with AI

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

I think AI would give a better result than that, tho. Maybe paying a soda can to someone was cheaper than asking ChatGPT

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So what's that funny here?

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I understand the question, sorry

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What's the not save for work?

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not safe for work, or "NSFW," usually means that the post contains content that might be upsetting to your co-workers, such as sexual content or violence

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yes, I am aware of what nsfw means, thank you either way. But what what is the nsfw part about this? I feel like I'missing the point..

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's a joke. There's really no point. I wasn't aware I was supposed to make a point.

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's 196, it's shit posting. You don't have to make a point.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] colin@lemmy.uninsane.org 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

i've never seen this many airplanes in one thread before

[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I thought the red V was insinuating cunnilingus, much like how people make a V with their fingers and put their tongue between it.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Because sex sells and subliminal sex sells sublimely