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that is so...16yr old boy with a cheesy mustache..

Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
edited October 2008 in Strut Central


b,121b,121Even though this is marginally better than the Hillary Duff ad, it's amazing how spectatularly this ad campaign fails. b,121b,121Kala, between your hkunt insults you should consider replacing "gay" with "16 yeard old boy with a cheesy mustache."

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  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    This is more than marginally better than the Duff. But it's a bit too Sykes-censored for my taste.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121This is more than marginally better than the Duff. But it's a bit too Sykes-censored for my taste. b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121Who cares. It's an expression. I can understand if people said "That's so homo"... but gay has different meaning to me.
  • erewhonerewhon 1,123 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121 it's amazing how spectatularly this ad campaign fails. b,121b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121Maybe I'm biased because I'm sympathetic with what the campaign is trying to achieve, but I'm not so sure it fails and am curious why you think so. *Any* PSA targeted at teens is going to be met with groans and eye rolls and "that's so gay". But while there is that inevitable outward display of superiority among peers (and on message boards), I think the messages do sink in for at least a small percentage of those same viewers on some level that in the long run actual makes an impact.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121This is more than marginally better than the Duff. But it's a bit too Sykes-censored for my taste. b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121Who cares. It's an expression. I can understand if people said "That's so homo"... but gay has different meaning to me. b,121b,121h,121b,121b,121Do tell?
  • rascmonrascmon 441 Posts
    This PSA has made me think.. Maybe i'll go back to saying things are retarded
  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts
    b,121b,121b/wb,121b,121
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    I say things are "Hella Gaytarded, My N*gga!"b,121b,121thats ok.... right?
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    "That's so characteristic of negative gay stereotypes."
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    I remember a year or two ago talking to cas about starting a campaign to take back rainbow flags from the gay community. Because I love rainbows but can't show my support without people thinking I'm gay. Or something like that. I think it seemed funny at the time.b,121b,121b,121Like taking the word "gay" back to just mean happy. I'd love to walk out into the fron office and proclaim "that lunch made me feel super gay!"
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121 "that lunch made me feel super gay!" b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121b,121What was it, keilbasa?
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121This PSA has made me think.. Maybe i'll go back to saying things are retarded b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121Ha! In all seriousness, I thought that this PSA was going to be about use of the word "retarded." I figured Hillary Duff already saved the gays and it was now retarded peoples' turn.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121I remember a year or two ago talking to cas about starting a campaign to take back rainbow flags from the gay community. Because I love rainbows but can't show my support without people thinking I'm gay. Or something like that. I think it seemed funny at the time.b,121b,121 b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121it is pretty brazen of the gay community to claim all refracted light as theirs
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    luckily the american flag represents my love for astronomy pretty well.
  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    as long as those people stay away from unicorns we're ok.
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    I suppose if they did "that is so 16yr old boy with a skirt as a shirt" that would be actually kinda gay.
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    I like Wanda, I'm glad she got her hair right again.
  • CinisterCeeCinisterCee 863 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121I suppose if they did "that is so 16yr old boy with a skirt as a shirt" that would be actually kinda gay. b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121hahaha
  • CinisterCeeCinisterCee 863 Posts
    This one sorta makes the point but I don't know the celeb, and the cashier girls at the end are still "what???"b,121b,121
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121 it's amazing how spectatularly this ad campaign fails. b,121b,121b,121h,121
    b,121b,121Maybe I'm biased because I'm sympathetic with what the campaign is trying to achieve, but I'm not so sure it fails and am curious why you think so. *Any* PSA targeted at teens is going to be met with groans and eye rolls and "that's so gay". But while there is that inevitable outward display of superiority among peers (and on message boards), I think the messages do sink in for at least a small percentage of those same viewers on some level that in the long run actual makes an impact. b,121b,121h,121b,121b,121b,121I'm sympathetic to the campaign as well, I just think advertisements are poorly conceived. The girl-with-a-skirt-for-a-top one is the best example: the message is obscure, the punch-line misses the mark, and the writing is campy. I don't know a teen who will think these ads are anything but silly. The campaign is great, the marketing guys are not.
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