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[sabotabby]

I'll post soon about my most exciting evening, but for now, here are some words from our sponsors.

First up...here's a questionable ad for a good cause.





Perhaps there's another way to read this. But I'm reading it as, "if you get AIDS, you clearly don't have any self-respect." I don't think that's the intent of the ad—I hope not! But I can't figure out what else they're trying to say.

It's in the subway. I don't like looking at it.

The other one makes no sense, but I found it amusing.





I went to the guy's MySpace, which expresses a similar sentiment.

This sounds like fun for a guinea pig.

Up next: A Batshit Insane Adventure.

Comments

[jvmatucha.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that AIDS ad was made by some execs who were trying to find a "hook", or a nifty "catch", rather than trying to actually imply anything.

The AIDS prevention ads around here usually feature half-naked guys holding up condoms. (But then again, this is the San Fran Frisky area...)

:)

I should take some pics of the flyers around here. A lot of them are quite amusing! :D

[sadie-sabot.livejournal.com]

I think it means that girls who respect themselves don't have sex, and thus, don't get AIDS. as if.

[pretzelsalt.livejournal.com]

I wish I was a guiniea pig.

I never get to choose my own lunch.

[bike4fish.livejournal.com]

Brendan is never again going to go off without telling his dad. He is going to get so much shit from his friends.

The AIDS poster doesn't make any less sense that a lot of ads I see. It's as though focusing on both a target and a message are way too hard.

[roter-terror.livejournal.com]

Too strange.

[goodlookinout.livejournal.com]

being also in toronto... I HAVE SEEN BOTH OF THESE. the first one also pissed me off. it's I guess trying to say that with self-respect means insistence on safe sex, but comes off as with self-respect, dont "sleep around".

the second one d and I were trying to figure out... we figured it was a joke to get people to look at some band or something.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

I don't know if that's because I've received pretty adequate sexual education in school, but when I saw the words "preventAIDS", even if couldn't see "use a condom" in the picture, those words popped up automatically in my head... The "self-respect" part to me also brought up images of being pressured into not using a condom, and respecting yourself by not yielding.

I guess I'm not the demographic they're looking after ;]

Also, you probably know the rules and are careful, but you know that there's a stiff fine for photography on the subway, right?

[caprinus.livejournal.com]

"if you get AIDS, you clearly don't have any self-respect."

--I see this as "if you let some guy talk you into barebacking, you clearly don't have any self-respect". I really dodn't get any anti-sex vibe from the add, just not a "don't be stupid/pushover" one. And it is clearly targetted at a demographic that talks about "respect" and "disrespect" a lot, even if this cracker doesn't know what it really means.