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TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
20. Haha! Mission Accomplished!
Fri Mar 22, 2019, 01:58 PM
Mar 2019

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Folks are writing about why ads now are pushing ideas, instead of merchandise?

Yet, there are all kinds of You can do it!" ads for men, telling them how they can be successful.


Man, the comment section is like the registry at an MRA convention.

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Interesting... zaj Mar 2019 #1
Haha! Mission Accomplished! TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #20
Converse is owned by Nike. jalan48 Mar 2019 #23
There are a lot of men who can't handle strong, confident, smart (and sexy) women. mnhtnbb Mar 2019 #2
I hope you dump his fundy ass and find a new accountant. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #5
I'll go back to doing my own taxes next year. mnhtnbb Mar 2019 #9
I am so sorry to hear about your husband. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #11
Thank you. mnhtnbb Mar 2019 #12
Do tell your attorney, since he recommended the incompetent. That's just wrong on so many levels. Hekate Mar 2019 #24
and yet you persisted............ russ1943 Mar 2019 #25
Don't know how to see the comments, I don't use Twitter. lark Mar 2019 #3
Go to Youtube to see the comments Sanity Claws Mar 2019 #10
I liked the ad. mia Mar 2019 #4
It's the Captain Marvel effect. toddwv Mar 2019 #6
I won't attribute it to any specific charliea Mar 2019 #21
I think websites should do away with comment sections. java108 Mar 2019 #7
Wow lots of triggered snowflakes in that comment section. (nt) Skinner Mar 2019 #8
+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2019 #16
They bring it on themselves Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2019 #29
Call me cynical Revanchist Mar 2019 #13
I'm cynical as well. jalan48 Mar 2019 #17
Their marketing dept researched it and made the data-driven decision IronLionZion Mar 2019 #18
Not cynical. Realistic. Caliman73 Mar 2019 #22
The comments contain a whole lot of men .. knightmaar Mar 2019 #14
Never read the comments Bettie Mar 2019 #15
Advertising has come a long way from saying women can't have it IronLionZion Mar 2019 #19
Dear Incels, AJT Mar 2019 #26
Poor things. (The commenters, I mean.) They live in a VERY scary world. n/t TygrBright Mar 2019 #27
And now we have chuck taylor zipper for people with arthritis! stonecutter357 Mar 2019 #28
The best ad trying to appeal to a specific group was first shown 50 years ago DFW Mar 2019 #30
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