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> The usual defense by advertisers is that their clients do not want their businesses to be associated with adult material That's the biggest joke in the world
by realusername 2y ago
> The usual defense by advertisers is that their clients do not want their businesses to be associated with adult material
That's the biggest joke in the world, the largest diffusers of explicit content are by far the advertisers which they use to sell anything, from cars to shampoo
The advertising industry is the very last industry which can claim a moral high ground on anything.
- mikestew 2y agoReread what you quoted. The advertising industry isn't claiming the moral high ground on anything, they claim their client are. And their clients will tell you, no, it's the customers who will throw a fit at the slightest hint of nipple. It's buck-passing all the way down.
- Lammy 2y ago> the largest diffusers of explicit content are by far the advertisers which they use to sell anything, from cars to shampoo Relevant Bill Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4NyMJHWVHw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4NyMJHWVHw
- otikik 2y agoThey lie outright. The other day I saw an ad of a body lotion that “modifies your skin DNA”, according to the ad.