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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 389298" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I think the main reason it bothers me is that the Suave products are generally marketed to families. I was NOT watching a tv-14 show by any means. I think the viagra and other similar commercials are stupid and annoying but they don't cross the line. This was a show that is shown during family time - time when people have little kids still awake. I don't even totally object to the word. It has a time and place, but casual conversation or selling products doesn't seem appropriate. </p><p> </p><p>I actually HATE the Axe commercial where they are asking if the "detailer" will clean this or that kind of balls. It is CLEARLY meant to suggest profanity and male body parts and is stupid. If Wiz were young I am SURE it would cause some interesting questions from him. As I personally HATE every Axe product I have ever seen/smelled, my voice won't mean much to them. The products make me physically ill from the sheer stench and regardless of who they claim they are selling the products to, their target market is the 13-21yo male. By the age of 21 or so, guys generally either want better smelling products or better quality products or NOT to be so slathered in perfume that they smell up entire houses. At least that is how it is here. I know a retailer who is right next to the college campus and they tried to carry Axe products. They sell a LOT of products of that nature to the college kids and couldn't even move a case of Axe because the college kids laugh about it. It may be different in other areas, but here it is a middle school through high school product because it is so over-scented.</p><p> </p><p>I find THAT commercial offensive, but as I wouldn't buy it anyway I don't care as much. I am NOT old, and AM of the generation that is pretty laid back about a lot of things. I still find it offensive and a giant neon sign showing a great lack of intelligence and creativity to use H3ll over and over in an advertisement for a product. There are SO many more clever ways to get a point across that resorting to language that will offend people needlessly just seems idiotic.</p><p> </p><p>If the language served a purpose or conveyed a message it wouldn't bother me nearly as much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 389298, member: 1233"] I think the main reason it bothers me is that the Suave products are generally marketed to families. I was NOT watching a tv-14 show by any means. I think the viagra and other similar commercials are stupid and annoying but they don't cross the line. This was a show that is shown during family time - time when people have little kids still awake. I don't even totally object to the word. It has a time and place, but casual conversation or selling products doesn't seem appropriate. I actually HATE the Axe commercial where they are asking if the "detailer" will clean this or that kind of balls. It is CLEARLY meant to suggest profanity and male body parts and is stupid. If Wiz were young I am SURE it would cause some interesting questions from him. As I personally HATE every Axe product I have ever seen/smelled, my voice won't mean much to them. The products make me physically ill from the sheer stench and regardless of who they claim they are selling the products to, their target market is the 13-21yo male. By the age of 21 or so, guys generally either want better smelling products or better quality products or NOT to be so slathered in perfume that they smell up entire houses. At least that is how it is here. I know a retailer who is right next to the college campus and they tried to carry Axe products. They sell a LOT of products of that nature to the college kids and couldn't even move a case of Axe because the college kids laugh about it. It may be different in other areas, but here it is a middle school through high school product because it is so over-scented. I find THAT commercial offensive, but as I wouldn't buy it anyway I don't care as much. I am NOT old, and AM of the generation that is pretty laid back about a lot of things. I still find it offensive and a giant neon sign showing a great lack of intelligence and creativity to use H3ll over and over in an advertisement for a product. There are SO many more clever ways to get a point across that resorting to language that will offend people needlessly just seems idiotic. If the language served a purpose or conveyed a message it wouldn't bother me nearly as much. [/QUOTE]
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