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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 02:41 PM
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Am I the only one here who finds BK's "Whopper Virgin" ad campaign repugnant?
Edited on Fri Dec-19-08 02:43 PM by JonathanChance
Every time I see one of those ads, It makes me really uncomfortable.

http://www.whoppervirgins.com/
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dawgmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 02:43 PM
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1. Nauseating
You're not the only one. The premise of introducing mostly third-world people to American fast food? Completely repulsive.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 02:47 PM
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2. i think they're horrible
i can only imagine how ill those people were after eating that crap. repugnant is a great word for that.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 02:51 PM
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3. No. I find them utterly culturally insensitive. I don't what it is with Burger King,
but every ad campaign they've had since the 80s has been awful.

Either just really bad in design, or with that weird ass freaky King thing that's been around the last couple years, or culturally insensitive, or other badness. I can't remember what it was in the 80s that they did that was awful, but it was.

How can a company consistently put out shitty ad campaigns for 30 years?
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 03:07 PM
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6. I thought the ad with Hootie dressed as a cowboy was funny.
I actually did an analysis on that ad regarding Gender Theory for a Comm theory class in college...
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 03:11 PM
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7. 80s was Herb who, ironically, was a Whopper virgin
What goes around comes around in bad ad campaigns, too, apparently. http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_herb.htm
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 03:19 PM
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9. Herb! That's right! I knew it was awful.
Thanks for the reminder!

That campaign tanked like an anvil in a pool.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 02:53 PM
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4. This is DU. There's no shortage of people to find anything at all repugnant.
Pretty bunnies hopping in a field of daffadils would set someone off. Just watch.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 03:05 PM
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5. This is most certainly true.
And now, someone's going to go off on me making an obscure reference to Martin Luther's Small Catechism.
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 03:11 PM
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8. BK is spreading cholesterol across the globe.
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