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[Closed] Is anyone else disgusted by that 'cover the fat man' advert?

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Makes me feel kinda sick. Still, keeps me riding my bike though. I ain't the best looker, but christ.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 2:32 pm
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It's "Fitness singles" girl at the moment for me....Quite a contrast.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 2:33 pm
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I thought that fat guy was advertising a "specialist" type of site when i first saw it. Didn't think i had paid for Premium membership ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 2:36 pm
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He does have a rather impressive man-gina.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 2:40 pm
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^ lol yes. printscreen that ad and stick a copy on the cookie jar - that'll keep you motivated.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 2:43 pm
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The man-gina comment has made me feel a bit sick...


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 2:43 pm
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[url=

you seen my Magina?[/url]

Pretty much work safe.


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 2:48 pm
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Is it really necessary?


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 11:53 pm
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its works as an advert as you notice it


 
Posted : 10/12/2009 11:57 pm
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True. First thing I saw when I opened my laptop up.

It's not my wallpaper by the way.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:05 am
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Disagree Jedi - noticing is one thing, having empathy with the product because of it is another thing completely. I wonder how sales are for their tees compared to previous ads?


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:15 am
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They sell tees? I just scrolled down as fast as I could.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:20 am
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After seeing that ad, I resolved never to buy one of their tee shirts. It's gratuitous to say the least.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:27 am
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rings up design bloke to cancel naked jedi advert..............................................................


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:28 am
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Dad?


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:30 am
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God you're all so sensitive sometimes. ๐Ÿ™„
I've visited their site on the basis of that advert.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:33 am
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dad??


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:33 am
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Tees aren't that great anyway.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:36 am
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I'm not sensitive but I am in advertising/creatve and I just don't think they know their target audience. No doubt some people will be compelled to buy after seeing it but I would have thought it would disuade more potential purchasers.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:42 am
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I think Mark said it was one of (if not the) highest clicked-on Ads they've ever run...


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:44 am
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It caught my eye and like others have done.. scrolled down and forgotten about it.would rather not see it to be honest.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:44 am
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Dad?

No but your mum said to tidy your room. ๐Ÿ˜›


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:46 am
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I've visited their site on the basis of that advert.

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You've got embarrassing manboobs which need covering up too ?


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:47 am
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i dont get the dad thing ๐Ÿ™


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 12:51 am
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i dont get the dad thing

He maybe suggesting the guy in the advert is his dad?


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 1:00 am
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You've got embarrassing manboobs which need covering up too ?

indeed. I saw the "Cover the fat guy" logo and thought "Ah that sounds like just the thing!"

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As I am currently naked.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 1:12 am
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its the daily mail of internet advertising, I pity the fool who has to take the photos/suggest its a "good/edgy" campaign.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 4:50 am
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do you think he was photoshopped like so many models out there?


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 5:37 pm
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Has that fat dude above got pincers instead of hands?


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 8:08 pm
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I was wondering what you were all on about to be honest. I assume it was the advert at the top of this site a few weeks back yes? If it was I thought it was in bad taste. An absolute shocker of media advertising.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 10:36 pm
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I'd never visit their site, it turns my (rather large) stomach


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 10:42 pm
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The ad may generate click- throughs ( I admit I did) but I had no intention of buying. Still would like to know if the campaign had a positive effect on like-for-like sales but I doubt they know - it seems a rather unsophisticated attempt at being controversial in the assumption it will generate sales.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 11:44 pm
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i dont mind being fat.............
but if i was fat and a ginge.............i would top myself.. ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 11:48 pm
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Hmm.. I think you lot are overanalysing this a bit.. my thought process was pretty much just "What the.. Arf!.. Oh t-shirts *click*"

The only reason my click didn't convert to sale was that I didn't like the t-shirts much.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 11:51 pm
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Possibly am but it is my job so I tend to . And if I was a sales manager I would be planning targeted campaigns not stab in the dark adverts. Perhaps they aren't a very sophistimicated business.


 
Posted : 11/12/2009 11:55 pm
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I think I've said before, get it removed, it's horrid and my kids agree with me, unusually.


 
Posted : 12/12/2009 12:28 am
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[i]I think I've said before, get it removed, it's horrid and my kids agree with me, unusually. [/i]

[img] http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/f60/6ad/f606ad58-47f5-4488-8254-722341a4b726 [/img]


 
Posted : 12/12/2009 1:19 am