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Most annoying Diet

  • 21-01-2009 3:22pm
    #1
    southie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭


    Its annoying the hell out of me the one for the special K bars, you know the one with a girl in a red dress and a feckin muffin following her. I tend to end up screaming at the screen. Why is it all diet ads are geared towards women, and they all suggest if you eat the muffin/chocolate bar/normal food u will balloon into a whale or something. Surely women know that one bloody muffin isnt the problem ten muffins are not the problem. Why do ads try to latch onto peoples insecurities and make them feel bad for eating what is normal everyday food that is no harm to anyone.


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  • #2
    elshambo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭elshambo


    1.Because Women are insecure; because of what other women say/think about them
    2.To make money
    3.To sell product
    4.Thats their job

    The Yorkie's are not for women adds were my favourite
    Straight away all the shops sell out of Yorkies :o

    or were you looking for the 49% of the population are sexist pigs who oppress the 51% minority answer?:eek::D;)


    ooh and while were at it, MEN DONT LIKE FAKE TAN!:eek:


  • #3
    BroomBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    The Shredded Wheat ads are worse, there are no men or children in that ad. Only women.

    I preferred the ones with the cricketer (Ian Botham, is it?), at least you got the impression that shredded wheat was something healthy people that did sport ate, so it would prompt you to actually buy it.

    From an advertising POV, the new SW ads fail.


  • #4
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    southie wrote: »
    Why do ads try to latch onto peoples insecurities and make them feel bad for eating what is normal everyday food that is no harm to anyone.

    Because it works.


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