Duplicate image: Sex Sells

The image on Sex Sells also appears on Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game. We've recently had a discussion about the latter, and she seems more fitting for that.

I think we should pull it from Sex Sells; it should be trivial to find a better example. For example, a few minutes of GIS'ing turns up this example◊ that actually is safe for work.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!

It took me a minute to get the the suggestion (mostly because I'm dense). I like it, but the implication in the picture might be a bit too subtle. Or I can see someone calling it out on that. Other than that, I agree on pulling the image from Sex Sells.

"I know where I am, I just don't know where I am in where I am." - Me

Just note in the caption that this can even be used to sell minivans.

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That works too...Okay. I'm on board with it.

"I know where I am, I just don't know where I am in where I am." - Me

Here's two versions I made. The first crops out the mice type, the second is the full image downscaled:

edited 3rd Jan '12 6:34:35 PM by 20LogRoot10

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The first one is better.

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I like the first one, too. The mice type is distracting.

edited 3rd Jan '12 6:47:48 PM by Madrugada

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Eh, as much as I am all for getting rid of the duplicate; I think we can do better than the minivan ad. I will come up with some examples in the near future, but am I alone in not loving it?

Heh, that's very good.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.

I like the minivan, but I'd definitely like to see some more options.

This sounds like a fun thing to Photoshop though. Any crazy idea?

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.

If you could find a good pic of a model in a one-piece swimsuit (to keep it relatively SFW), and make it look like a Coke ad, that would be great. If there's one out there already like that, that'd be even better. Bill Hicks and Gabriel Iglesias both had great ideas on that theme, but their suggestions would be too raw for us to use, especially Hicks'.

edited 4th Jan '12 5:55:31 AM by Willbyr

Bill Hicks was what immediately popped into my mind, as well.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.

Those both look better than the minivan simply because the they seem more concentrated and obvious.

Should be something more absurd... I toyed with stethoscopes, bulldozers, rice, and TV Tropes, but not fully satisfied with the results. There's got to be something so perfectly non-sequitur.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.

Keep that Evony ad on Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game. There's a difference between using sex appeal to sell products and being dishonest enough to use sex appeal that has literally nothing whatsoever to do with the product. Sex Sells has more than enough other images to easily replace it.

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X 4 Good starting material, at any rate.

Something like Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game? This doesn't have to be faked. Shouldn't be, I don't think.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.

I like the Mila Coke ad. That's a pretty good example of the trope.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick

I don't like it.

Also, the Laconic is "Using sex to sell your product, regardless if it fits."

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Lots of good examples on the page. Is there a good picture from The Simpsons of using sex to sell Catholicism?

edited 4th Jan '12 4:44:27 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.

I still like the van best.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.

How's this◊ or this◊?

edited 4th Jan '12 8:31:54 PM by Willbyr

I like the first one.

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It is too bad the logo on the bathing suits is so obviously added in post. Guess the target audience is not supposed to consider how impossible this would be. Still good though.

edited 4th Jan '12 10:53:29 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.

Yeah, the general audience that Budweiser's targeted to really won't care about technical details like that.

You know, there's also the St. Pauli Girl logo: old◊, new◊

edited 5th Jan '12 3:59:45 AM by Willbyr