Hubba with a Rubba advert...

[placidfemme]

I personally don't like the advert... (but then again I don't need condoms so...) anyway..

If they can put ad's on TV with a guy falling off a ladder, or a naked guy slipping out the shower, or a mother falling face first onto a glass table... then why not put people with AIDS on Ad's or people dying/suffering from other STD's. That would be more affective...

If they (people who have sex lol) don't listen to thier parents/teachers/family and friends why would they listen to some fat cartoon rapper regarding safe sex... show them how thier dicks can fall off and get all crusty and shit and however STD's affect women and then they'll listen...

[zadok]

If they can put ad's on TV with a guy falling off a ladder, or a naked guy slipping out the shower, or a mother falling face first onto a glass table... then why not put people with AIDS on Ad's or people dying/suffering from other STD's. That would be more affective...

I concur. Something simlar was done here showing the 'Grim Reaper', and apparently it was very effective.

[ManDownUnder]

I understand there's a basic principle that says people will do things for a small chance of a big gain, but won't do things for a small chance of a big loss...

E.g. if you could spend $5 and be in to win a million, with no other loss than the $5 (as in Lotto - all on TV)... people are likely to give it a go, even though the expected payoff is about 50c

What if you could spend $5 with an expected win of $5.50, and a one in a million chance of being bankrupted and having everything you own taken off you (all onTV of course).

It'd go down like a cup of cold sick - no-one would do it and yet the payoff is arguably better (almost a gurantee...)

Same with this ad except in reverse. They want to STOP people getting it on without protection so they show it in a positive upbeat light?!?

Show the death and pain and suffering - show what disease does to kids, and the burden of teenage pregnancy. Show the AIDS victims in the early, middle, and late stages of that dreadful disease.

IMHO- they're doing it all wrong, completely backwards, and I expect that might be contributing to an increase of disease. Kids are getting the wrong message. Sex is easy and if you wear a condom it's safe.

It's not 100% safe by any means... despite what they say - read the fine print...

MDU

[Hitcher]

I've never seen these ads. Maybe they don't get run on the flaccid old fart channel...

[Eurygnomes]

The rate of STI's (fyi) is increasing partially due to the increase in vigilence. Put it this way, gastroenteritis is a notifiable disease, chlamydia is not. Both have distinct economic impact on the country (approx $260m per year for diarrhoea & vomiting!) but one has the whole 'sexual taboo' thing surrounding it. Government has been lobbied for 'quite some time now' about putting sexually transmitted infections on the notifiable disease list - but until the health act, in particular the infectious disease part of it, is reformed - there'll be nothing doing.

So as more people get Chlamydia - or are made aware of it - it filters into the media.

When I was about 13, I was lucky enough to go to Madame Tussauds. There were wax models of syphillis sores that were SOOO disgusting, that even with my cast iron tummy, I felt ill. That's how to scare young people...imagine having a chancre like that, weeping pus etc. :vomit:

So yeah - the hubba hubba ad is crap. It reminds me of "hubba bubba bubble gum" which doesn't help (pink, chewy, tastes bad...) but then advertising seems to stick in my brain obviously!

[tl_tub]

Please dont mention those ACC adverts! How can you talk about accidents around the home, yet have an example of people commercially advertising products? Maybe im just slow (dont answer that), but it doesnt make sence to me.

[placidfemme]

Please dont mention those ACC adverts! How can you talk about accidents around the home, yet have an example of people commercially advertising products? Maybe im just slow (dont answer that), but it doesnt make sence to me.

*is confused now*

[Flyingpony]

At first I thought this was some funky new Hubba Bubba chewing gum advertisement. Felt it was strange since there were no product shots. Then there was something on the news and said it was about safe sex

Still get the feeling this advertisement is promoting having one nightstand sex and how if you have a condom you'll get laid. It doesn't feel to be promoting safe sex practises.

ACC advertisements have people falling down stairs and off ladders onto driveways etc, why not show us some STD images like you find in doctor waiting rooms?

[Sutage]

it says 'gimme more representing on the floor' i think then the moronic crowd shout 'its on' :P
its target audience is todays little generation (indys footloose post got me ranting) targeting to blacks/wannabe blacks with their rap music nonsense
just like the mcdonalds shit they targeted towards blacks/wiggas because its what todays generation is
all PC aside face the facts

[Biff]

Crap adverts, but according to the dept of ditryteenagehoesofbothgendersandsexualpersuasions - the advert has worked. I'm sure I heard on some crap TV thingy recently that teenage pregnancy has fallen by something like 15% since the campaign begun.

[motobob]

"......
simple - it's not 2 chicks doing the kissing! No one wd be complaining then! They might be put off their dinner, but not because they were disgusted

Hey if they had the 2 chicks kissing then most guys would forgetta bout using the Rubba. We go into Major sensory overload when this sorta thing occurs.

[speights_bud]

Still get the feeling this advertisement is promoting having one nightstand sex...

I agree, But also think about how the Ad is presented? do you think the intended audience may not be capable of understanding it any other way??.
Recently i was trying to understand what some 'pacific' guys a school were saying to each other while playing rugby. could tell it was english but i had no bloody idea what they were trying to say!.

Maybe The ad working but i reckon all this 'safe sex' crap they teaching kids at schools promotes having sex and one night stands. What happened to parents? (although there are PLENTY of excellent ones out there)

[inlinefour]

Its aimed at a particular younger generation, who I guess will understand it.

[crashe]

The advert is aimed at the young ones who actually understand the "Rap".
It apparently is working, which is why they have brought the advert back onto our screens.

Sure I think that they could come up with a better advert for maybe the older generation.... but they really want to stop the young ones from:

1. To NOT get pregnant, and be parents at such a young age.
2. Getting any of the STD deseases that are going around.
3. Getting it across to the young ones to USE the CONDOMS.

It is aimed at all sexual preferences in the young age group of people.

I personally know so many people with HIV/AIDs who are straight and gay and if this advert works to stop people getting it, then thats great.

[scumdog]

Wouldnt of heard of this sort of shit back in the day, but what fucks me off more is the 2 dudes. Ok I'm not gay and I dont particulary have anything against them other than a certain incident that tristan is aware of (he isnt gay but yea). But I dont want to be put of my fucken dinner by seeing two guys going at it fuck that pissed me off.

Lighten up dude, sure it's your perogative to be disgusted but there's a shit load of gays out there (and they didn't get to be that way by choice - who would given the flack from the straights?) and they constitute a fair section of the audience this ad. is aimed at, - like it or lump it, they'll be around forever..

How many times have you been hassled/adused/threatened/beaten by others that are gay?? and more specifically BECAUSE they were gay?
What problem (apart from your weak stomach) have they ever caused you.?

Tolerance grasshopper, tolerance.