Facebook makes its advertisements change depending on what is in your profile. So if you say you like Sufjan Stevens in your Music section, there will be an ad that says, "This new band sounds just like Sufjan Stevens!" even though the band sounds nothing like Sufjan Stevens.
But if you put in your facebook profile that you are single, you had better be prepared to be reminded of that fact pretty much constantly. Now, I think I've written on here before about the irony involved in an ad that had a woman with a surgically enhanced chest and only the hint of a shirt with a banner reading, "Looking for a Christian girl?", but I would like to take this opportunity to point out another ad for a facebook application called "Zoosk".
This ad involves an attractive woman who definitely is not wearing a shirt, but she is in the process of passing a basketball, so it's kinda PG-13 rated. Are marketing executives so openly disdainful of men 18-25 that they will simply combine two Things Guys Love (naked chicks and sports) and call it a day? Were the lesbians wrestling in beer unavailable? Was it Megan Fox who was going to cost too much money, or was it the Abrams Tank she was going to be driving?
And what is the female equivalent? Surely Zoosk has to market towards women- it's a dating site. Are there men without shirts reading poetry? Men without shirts in a tub filled with gold? Maybe more Vampire stuff? Sexy Vampires playing the piano?
Anyway, I will not be tricked so easily, Zoosk. I am frankly insulted by your ad and will never buy your product. Now if you'll excuse me, the Cubs are on TV and Megan Fox is singing the 7th inning stretch.
3 comments:
Hilarious.
Also, I liked your comment on Show Me Daily. Your writing and analytical skills are improving immensely. :)
Because I am not listed as single on Facebook, I bet that I am missing out on a lot of pictures of half-naked men.
Andrew,
Thanks, Dad!
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Chrissy,
This calls for an experiment!
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