View Poll Results: Will the "You can't be too thin" pitch be criticized? | |||
No, it's marketing genius, for heaven's sake! | 10 | 14.29% | |
Yeah, some crazy liberals will be up in arms! | 16 | 22.86% | |
Huh? I don't get it. | 5 | 7.14% | |
This poll's options suck. Also, beer. | 39 | 55.71% | |
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Sure, it sounds good in relation to computers and all, but I guarantee some eyes will be raised somewhere .
edit: ok, if you still don't get it - think Nicole Richie. Does that help? Last edited by ezkcdude : 2007-08-07 at 22:41. Reason: explanation |
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What in the world are you talking about?
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Absolutely! The dog mice down the street with the cheese hats eat all those catnips! They are obviously hiding their oversized mushrooms. I think those sunflower seeds should be banned from every Mcdonalds until they can solve this ipecac issue!
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Fourth poll option added.
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Sorry, I assumed AN members are super intuitive. Assuming everyone had heard the ad slogan for the new iMac (heck, I just got an e-mail with it in big bold font), I thought about it for a moment. Can't be too thin? Haven't we been told ad nauseum over the past few years that our society promotes too-thinness? As in too-thin-that-it-makes-12-yo-girls-anorexic-too-thin. Get it now?
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mmmhm..but you know humans are ridiculous...But I think this will piss people off more
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Selfish Heathen
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That doesn't preclude the poll options sucking. Just offering extremes of "marketing genius" and "crazy liberals" is super stupid, unless the whole thing is some sort of a joke.
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I'm pretty sure there was a "Got Milk?" ad that got lambasted because it had a picture of a model that said "You can never be too rich or too thin."
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I'm not sure what other options could have been listed - "Uh, it's like ok, sort of" or "meh, I don't care for it." The point is either you are offended by the ad or not. Personally, I'm a little surprised they would use that particular phrase - my prediction is it won't be used for long before they see some backlash (even if it never becomes public criticism).
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Not only do neither of those options adress the "point" of this thread, they aren't even mutually exclusive. This entire thread feels like you're just trying to raise a non-existant issue. Maybe you should try writing to NBC or something, they seem to have a penchant for sensationalist Apple news. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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hustlin
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Threads like this make me long for logic captchas during user sign up.
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BTW, robo, you need to brush up on your logic. Since when are "No" and "Yes" (or "Yeah") not mutually exclusive? |
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I get the poll. I don't see anything wrong with it. Is it a little odd? Yes. But it does make sense (to me). Obviously I'm in the minority here.
I voted. I don't think there will be big uproar about this. The Got Milk ad had a model in it, which directly implies that women ought to be skinny. This ad, however, contains computers. BIG difference. Now, where is Halle Berry when you need her... Deal with it. |
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Sometimes genius marketing is controversial. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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I think most people are with me on that one. I didn't think "Is Apple trying to tell me I should be skinnier?" It's just not a logical conclusion to me. An ad for food that claims "You can never be too thin," however, is different. Especially when the ad shows a skinny model and goes on to describe how milk will make you thinner. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/advertisi...-ad-285278.php |
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Yeah...the blogs..they have eyes....and are watching every move....
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When I first saw the slogan I laughed. I imagined a new iMac TV ad featuring twiggy.
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What Brad said.
the second time he said something And then, what robo said. Then what Brad said again. Then what Robo said. And Then again. And again. Debating is easy. Do you know where children get all of their energy? - They suck it right out of their parents! |
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Yes, I think some people will take it (the tagline, not this thread or poll) too seriously. Yes, I'm a crazy liberal.
Off topic: does anyone know what the thingy is on top of the Dell's ATX case? |
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This thread reminds me of one of those "Listmania" things that Amazon allows users to post. I read one a while back for the 1st gen Nano:
You can never be too sleek, too thin, or too Nano-torious! I tend to agree that controversial marketing is, generally speaking, effective marketing. Apple is simply riffing off pop-culture, and nothing wrong with that. I like the new ad slogan. "We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin |
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I am pleasantly surprised by the beer lobby turnout.
Fox News would eat this poll up though. They really love sensationalized false dichotomies. |
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Yeah, just Fox. And Fox alone.
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I like it, but it's certainly edgy in a way that Apple marketing hasn't really been (at least while I've been an observer). I wonder: does this reflect a conscious change of direction or just a one-off idea?
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