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The unintentional subliminal consequences of advertising

Started by deet, October 23, 2005, 07:17:05 PM

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deet

October 23, 2005, 07:17:05 PM
I saw a full-page newspaper ad the other day. It was for an apartment complex, and the draw of the ad was that they had full laundry facilities on-site.  The message was "we have laundry, and it's a good place to live."  The catch-phrase used was "No more creepy laundry-room guy."

I was reading this in a laundrymat. I felt like the creepy laundry-room guy. I am not, however, creepy. Complete strangers will talk to me, almost anywhere I go.  I don't make a point of flirting with girls when I'm doing laundry, but if I saw a hottie folding towels, I would probably say "Hi," if I was bored and wanted to talk.

What if she was the one reading the ad? What if she, having just learned of the "creepy-laundry room guy," was approached by a male shortly after, in a laundry room?
All walls have two sides.

The Good Reverend Roger

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October 23, 2005, 07:19:04 PM
What makes you think that was unintentional?
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

deet

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October 23, 2005, 07:21:29 PM
a lingering hope that marketers might have some humanity left in them, after capitalism has taken over their minds.
All walls have two sides.

The Good Reverend Roger

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October 23, 2005, 07:25:52 PM
Quote from: ethosiona lingering hope that marketers might have some humanity left in them, after capitalism has taken over their minds.

:lol:

Optimist.

:lol:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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