http://current.com/shows/infomania/92581445_thats-gay-sissy-commercials.htm
hey everybody go f urself imo lol
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
This is, quite frankly, the best response ever to Old Spice Man:
http://oldspice-kinkmeme.dreamwidth.org/460.html?thread=12748#cmt12748
(warning: contains implied slash but still SFW)
― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
old spice man seems totally out of place with the rest of those v clearly heteronormative ads imo
liiiike, the bit at the end when he's sitting on the horse and dude says "guess what? totally gay"---i'm pretty sure the ad is aware of that?
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah but loads of stuff does that double bluff thing where it pretends to be subverting a norm by perpetuating it, this is especially prevalent in advertising now.
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
no i get that, it's just---i had never seen the rest of those commercials and was kinda O_O at how they were so clearly informed by gay panic or w/e
like srsly that colorado speedway one was wild---two guys in pink sweaters, sipping tea!
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
It's kind of amazing how homoerotic some of the man ads can be.
― Theodore "Thee Diddy" Roosevelt (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
it's interesting (maybe) how lots of these need to create a this-is-how-women-want-you-to-act context
also i feel like maybe they're designed to play on one level to another audience and another to another, so hm
― thomp, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
*strokes beard*
always thought the [uk?] lynx adverts were curious in their deflationary view of masculinity as now-lucked-out passive clueless sorts, sometimes literally being eaten by voracious impulsive nuts-style Babes. seems v british.
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 August 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
James May is on a mission to save modern man. Thirty years ago men were a resourceful, practical and dependable band of brothers. Today, somehow, they have been reduced to shambling, useless, half-drunk and unreliable oafs in the eyes of society, a reputation perpetuated by the popular culture of blokeishness, which says they're a bit pitiable, endearingly hopeless and completely unable to multi-task.
From Man Lab HQ, James leads a team of today's lost male souls on the slightly muddy but invigorating path to enlightenment. They face an array of inventive practical tests, learn how to deal with the mysteries of romance and reclaim the notion of teamwork in a series of daunting challenges that demonstrates to the world that men can be a dependable and admirable bunch rather than the tepid receptacles for sperm many now assume them to be.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vsw36
― cozen, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 10:45 (thirteen years ago) link
??
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
sounded dodgier to me before I actually googled the precise definition of receptacle :)
still, james may is a fandan
― cozen, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Well the word suggests receivership, "catching" if you will
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 10:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't stop hearing that programme description as being read by Julian Clary.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 10:59 (thirteen years ago) link
half-drunk(...)Each week, James sets an example to his team of men by facing a breathtaking test of courage and skill that would be more at home in an action movie. They go to the pub quite a lot too.
also...
James May learns how to defuse an unexploded bomb and serenade a woman.
At the same time?
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
The trailer makes grim viewing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8I6hN4Y3qg
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Why are there so many commercials featuring a few guys sitting around watching television?
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Monday, 20 December 2010 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
That's what real men should do. Add in: sit around and play videogames, sit around and eat, sit around and drink, and try to fuck anything that moves while sitting in a bar.
― Spectrum, Monday, 20 December 2010 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Or maybe those commercials are just trying to create easy sympathy: "hey, those guys are watching TV too - just like us!"
― Spectrum, Monday, 20 December 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Weird through-the-looking-glass effect. I guess maybe that's the point.
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Monday, 20 December 2010 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
words used in ads aimed at boys:
http://www.achilleseffect.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wordle-BoysToys-sm.png
words used in ads aimed at girls:
http://www.achilleseffect.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wordle-GirlsToys-sm.png
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Sunday, 10 April 2011 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link
from this: http://www.achilleseffect.com/2011/03/word-cloud-how-toy-ad-vocabulary-reinforces-gender-stereotypes/
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Sunday, 10 April 2011 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't know if this is exactly germane to the thread, but those new Schick ProGlide Fusion "Face Off" commercials depress me somehow. I get this subtle vibe of defeatedness and desperation from them, like the men in them are all sort of trying to cling to this masculinity that doesn't make sense anymore but don't really feel much sense of purpose in general.
― bin caught laden (Hurting 2), Friday, 6 May 2011 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't know if this is exactly germane to the thread, but most of the commercials mentioned in this thread depress me somehow. I get this subtle vibe of defeatedness and desperation from them, like the men in them are all sort of trying to cling to this masculinity that doesn't make sense anymore but don't really feel much sense of purpose in general.
Fixed.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Last line of copy on my box of Dial For Men BLUE GRIT with MICRO SCRUBBERS:
Your hair covered, meat powered mansuit will be clean, smooth, and fresh all day.
I guess they just assume that no one will ever read the whole thing?
― flights are very long when you're ornery (los blue jeans), Monday, 27 June 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
meat powered mansuit
when i read this, i see a motorized article of clothing made of dude's skins that you feed ground beef into
― mississippi john hurt, but alabama john feeling okay (m bison), Monday, 27 June 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
those axe commercials use the phrase "man-hide"
― dirty deathdrone boys (J0rdan S.), Monday, 27 June 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
oh see, i think of something like Eddie Murphy's fat suit that is inflated by meat farts.
― sarahel, Monday, 27 June 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
GOT 2 B MANLY!!! GRR
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 27 June 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
My favorite of these was the Snickers commercial where Mr. T was all "hahah imma throw shit @ u bcz ur a faggot"
MAN CANDLES
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17mu7sk3ei7uljpg/original.jpg
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
omg they're actually called Man Candles
http://www.yankeecandle.com/assets/banners_730x190/summer_2012/CatBan_SUM12_730x190_WNew_mancandles.jpg
Though, tbh, they sort dropped the ball by not calling them mandles imo.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
oh mandlesyou came and you smelled like some gross shitso I wouldn't feel gayoh mandles
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
^ A+
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
oh my god
― horseshoe, Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
shit that has to be an snl skit
It's not!!!
What on earth do you think "Man Town" is supposed to smell like??
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
what is that purple one all the way to the left? "bean town"?
― horseshoe, Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
xp hahaha okay "man town"
― horseshoe, Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
"About This Fragrance - Escape to the man cave with this masculine blend of spices, woods and musk."
. . .
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
^ man town
man town smells like aftershave, starched french cuff shirts, fine cigars, polished leather, and the sweat of the oppressed
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
man town just sounds like gay bar imo
― horseshoe, Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
I sorta zipped past that on Gawker today and thought it was a funny 'shopped picture. Now, though, my light chuckling has backed up and turned into dread and tears.
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
xpost - lol
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
what's the difference between first down and mowing the lawn?
― dayo, Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
coming soon: ripe dick
"smell yo dick...with yankee candle"
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
omg rip dick - DAYO!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
r.i.p. dayo's dick
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link