F'd Ad Fridays: Find His Porn

Who needs a trusting relationship of mutual respect when, for just $19.95, you can expose your partner's computer to some stranger's cyber-frisking?

From the site:

"Why do I need it? 

Long gone are the days when guys would hide their porn stash under their mattress or in their dresser drawers. Porn has gone virtual – which means no more adult DVD’s or dirty magazines that you will find lying around. Everything he looks at is right there on your computer, only problem is it’s not easy to find. Aren’t you curious what he’s up to? You are not alone. Most women are curious and until now there was little that could be done. Now all you have to do is try Find His Porn today and see exactly what he’s watching. "

Or you could just ask him to share it, if you're so into that kind of thing.

Via Buzzfeed

Obscene tomatoes sell organic produce

Some are a little naughty, others might arouse an oddly-formed space mutant.

The cutline in Ads of The World says "Ad for the organics food brand Ja! Natuerlich in a special edition to mark the Vienna Design Week."

Umm... okay.

Headline writer unaware of Urban Dictionary

Via Buzzfeed

It's a Filipino-American newspaper from Northern California, provenance unknown.

For those of you neither young nor juvenile enough to find it funny, here is an annotated version:

MILF braces from FAP offensive

A pants-shittingly good DM

This Brazilian direct mail campaign by Publicis invited journalists and bloggers to the 10th anniversary of Hopi Hari Horror Hour, a scary themepark.

The copy that came with the gender-specific gift below says, "You'd better be prepared."

Is it just me, or do Brazilian men's underpants look like women's panties?

This is perfect old-school direct marketing: A simple but true insight, executed memorably. (Plus, a day with free underpants is always a good day.)

If you're interested, here's the show. Rammstein has never seemed so... Broadway.

Tip and pics via Ads of The World

Ugly boots: There's a vaccine for that!

Not really, but "Uggcitrine" is a pretty good parody of clichés in big pharma marketing for birth control and STI drugs.



Via Illegal Advertising

The Durex ad that I didn't need to see on World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS Day. And while many great attempts have been made by social marketers to get people to practice safer sex, the sexual transmission of HIV continues at a worrying pace.

The biggest barrier is that fact that nobody really likes condom sex better than bare sex. "Shower in a raincoat," etc. It will always be seen as a sensory compromise, even if it can improve length of performance or allow a more relaxed response by offering peace of mind.

And even the condom manufacturers know it:

This ad was featured today in Photoshop Disasters, because of the badly altered hand, but I found the concept itself gave me pause.

So, apparently, did @sidgestion, who Tweeted another version of the ad with the comment, "you can leave her pleasantly puzzled - do I need to get an abortion?"

Indeed, the ad seems wrong on so many levels. That a woman would muse about whether her partner used a condom or not brings up all kinds of questions about sexual health, consent, and plain old respect in the bedroom. It implies that she really would rather you forwent the Jimmy cap and jumped in au naturel, no matter what she has said to the contrary. In some ways, this is as bad as "no means yes".

Yeah, yeah, I know. It's just a stupid ad. But in a world where some men would rather have their foreskins cut off than wear a condom, I don't think it's helping the cause any.

This Katherine Heigl PSA is completely nuts

I've already profiled this hilarious ad on Osocio last night, but I wanted to share it here for the morning crew.

Former Grey's Anatomy actress Katherine Heigl stars in this video promoting the spaying and neutering of pets. But she says that it isn't about the animals for her — she just really hates balls.

Katherine Heigl Hates Balls from Katherine Heigl      

It's a fantastic performance. Funniest PSA of the year, easily. And, following Snooki's perfume debut on the site, this video establishes Funny or Die as a viable advertainment medium.

The ihateballs.com site is also worth checking out, if only for the merch.

Well, now that's awkward...