New Gillette add "Toxic Masculinity" is causing quite a stir!

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,773
    I'm not a big fan of ads but this ad is better than most and the message is great,  "Real men don't treat women as sex objects and real men don't bully".  That's what I get from it and that works just great for me.
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,636

  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,563
    1. People can change for the better, but it usually requires a long term, nutured, healthy relationship, not a 4 minute ad.

    2. I think the ad would have been better if it started with scenes of chivalry and kindness, then a clan of hairballs come in and try to teach the kids to be bullys.  Gillette could have came in at the end with the tagline "God shave us all"
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,959
    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/mlk-sites-atlanta-opening-government-shutdown/index.html

    Just another instance of stupid corporate greed!  Delta just wants to get good publicity from this! fuck the $ makers!

    Of course I'm kidding..but some here won't be.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Malroth said:
    1. People can change for the better, but it usually requires a long term, nutured, healthy relationship, not a 4 minute ad.

    2. I think the ad would have been better if it started with scenes of chivalry and kindness, then a clan of hairballs come in and try to teach the kids to be bullys.  Gillette could have came in at the end with the tagline "God shave us all"
    Or "God shave the Queen".

    We should be Mad Men.  ;)  Gillette doesn't know what they're missing.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,180
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Malroth said:
    1. People can change for the better, but it usually requires a long term, nutured, healthy relationship, not a 4 minute ad.

    2. I think the ad would have been better if it started with scenes of chivalry and kindness, then a clan of hairballs come in and try to teach the kids to be bullys.  Gillette could have came in at the end with the tagline "God shave us all"
    Or "God shave the Queen".

    We should be Mad Men.  ;)  Gillette doesn't know what they're missing.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,997
    God shave us all. LOL
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    mickeyrat said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Malroth said:
    1. People can change for the better, but it usually requires a long term, nutured, healthy relationship, not a 4 minute ad.

    2. I think the ad would have been better if it started with scenes of chivalry and kindness, then a clan of hairballs come in and try to teach the kids to be bullys.  Gillette could have came in at the end with the tagline "God shave us all"
    Or "God shave the Queen".

    We should be Mad Men.  ;)  Gillette doesn't know what they're missing.
     ignorance is bliss
    Not when it is keeping me from achieving my dream of day drinking in the office. 
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    mrussel1 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    rgambs said:
    I use Bic single blade razors, not overpriced at all!
    Same here.
    Something would go traumatically wrong for me if I tried to use a single blade disposable or a silver blue.

    As far as Gillette, I think they know a few things and geared this ad towards that knowledge.  Whether it's successful like Nike is yet to be seen:
    1. Millenials are the single largest adult group in this country now (this surprised me but I saw it in a few places... what happened to us Xers??)
    2. Millenials are drawn to companies that are socially conscious.  This is different than the "shut up and sing" generation.  
    3. Women buy more of these products, both for themselves, and for their partners than men.  

    So I think men were the subject of the ad, not the target. 
    I can't speak for disposables but the Silver Blues are super smooth.  Just need a closed comb handle and it's practically impossible to cut yourself.
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,966
    HesCalledDyer said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    rgambs said:
    I use Bic single blade razors, not overpriced at all!
    Same here.
    Something would go traumatically wrong for me if I tried to use a single blade disposable or a silver blue.

    As far as Gillette, I think they know a few things and geared this ad towards that knowledge.  Whether it's successful like Nike is yet to be seen:
    1. Millenials are the single largest adult group in this country now (this surprised me but I saw it in a few places... what happened to us Xers??)
    2. Millenials are drawn to companies that are socially conscious.  This is different than the "shut up and sing" generation.  
    3. Women buy more of these products, both for themselves, and for their partners than men.  

    So I think men were the subject of the ad, not the target. 
    I can't speak for disposables but the Silver Blues are super smooth.  Just need a closed comb handle and it's practically impossible to cut yourself.
    I don't know.. my Fusion is pretty precise.  I don't know if I want to take a chance with something new on race day.  

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,821
    cincybearcat said:
    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/mlk-sites-atlanta-opening-government-shutdown/index.html

    Just another instance of stupid corporate greed!  Delta just wants to get good publicity from this! fuck the $ makers!

    Of course I'm kidding..but some here won't be.
    I actually don't like anybody else picking up the Gov't tab.

    We pay taxes for that park to be functioning.

    The gov't gets a free pass when things like this happen albeit it a good offering and they shouldn't.

    Get bolt cutters, cut the lock and enjoy your park.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,821
    mrussel1 said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    rgambs said:
    I use Bic single blade razors, not overpriced at all!
    Same here.
    Something would go traumatically wrong for me if I tried to use a single blade disposable or a silver blue.

    As far as Gillette, I think they know a few things and geared this ad towards that knowledge.  Whether it's successful like Nike is yet to be seen:
    1. Millenials are the single largest adult group in this country now (this surprised me but I saw it in a few places... what happened to us Xers??)
    2. Millenials are drawn to companies that are socially conscious.  This is different than the "shut up and sing" generation.  
    3. Women buy more of these products, both for themselves, and for their partners than men.  

    So I think men were the subject of the ad, not the target. 
    I can't speak for disposables but the Silver Blues are super smooth.  Just need a closed comb handle and it's practically impossible to cut yourself.
    I don't know.. my Fusion is pretty precise.  I don't know if I want to take a chance with something new on race day.  

    Dale Sr fans were always nuts.

    Toxic Masculinity at it's finest, lol!
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500

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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,966
    HesCalledDyer said:

    And that guy really exists somewhere.  
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,821
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Oh man you're going to hell for that one, lol.

    RIP Sr.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    tempo_n_groove said:
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Oh man you're going to hell for that one, lol.

    RIP Sr.
    And RIP seagull.

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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,966
    Yikes!  Hey, who turned this into a damn NASCAR thread??  THREAD INTEGRITY!  
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,997
    mrussel1 said:
    Yikes!  Hey, who turned this into a damn NASCAR thread??  THREAD INTEGRITY!  
    one could argue that Nascar and toxic masculinity go hand in hand. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,821
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Yikes!  Hey, who turned this into a damn NASCAR thread??  THREAD INTEGRITY!  
    one could argue that Nascar and toxic masculinity go hand in hand. 
    I am a huge NASCAR fan and I do not resemble that remark...  But it can lean true for the rest...
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,966
    tempo_n_groove said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Yikes!  Hey, who turned this into a damn NASCAR thread??  THREAD INTEGRITY!  
    one could argue that Nascar and toxic masculinity go hand in hand. 
    I am a huge NASCAR fan and I do not resemble that remark...  But it can lean true for the rest...
    I love cars and bikes and I can watch any racing, from dirt bike, to moto, to F1 and NASCAR.  I agree that racing is not about culture first and foremost.  

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