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logansrogueSo there I am, watching an admittedly horrible TV show. Most Shocking Police Chases or something like that. But it's off-season TV, I'm hanging with my Mum, my Dad, my brother and my teenaged nephew. We're all pretty bored at this time of year so we're watching.
And then an ad for Crazy Domains dot com dot au comes on. You notice I spell out the domain - I don't want any additional traffic going to these jerks. They're banking on Pamela Anderson's sex appeal in the most explicit and exploitative way possible.
Ad starts out that a bunch of executive types are in a board meeting. Pamela Anderson is at the head of the table, dressed as a Sexy Executive. A hot brunette secretary comes in. One of the male executives (a run-of-the-mill regular type guy mind you) starts drifting off to fantasy land. That fantasy land?
Pamela Anderson and the hot brunette secretary in gold bikinis, covering themselves in cream. I shit you not. The cream is so glip-gloppy, so milky, so CUMMY, it's hideous. And I'm sitting here, with my family, my teenaged nephew, my brother, my Dad... and I feel like I'm worth NOTHING.
I feel objectified, I feel belittled, I feel humiliated, I feel invisible in my OWN FUCKING LIVING ROOM.
For what? Cheap domain names. Cheap. Fucking. Domain NAMES.
I look to Mum and I say, "Who do I have to write to to end this?"
Mum didn't have much hope. But I'm going to be calculated, my darlings. I'm going to see exactly what would make a difference to these douchebags and expend my energy cleverly, effectively and resoundingly.
Consider this post the brainstorm session. What can we do to stop this shit?
ETA: To any review boards reading this post, may I just say that the title of the post isn't literal? I just wanted the ad off the air. I'm quite indifferent to CrazyDomain's continued existence as a business. I just didn't want that horrible ad on the air any longer. As far as expending my energy, I am a second generation feminist. I've seen complaints go wrong, and end up bringing the company publicity in a positive way, so I was merely talking about making sure that this didn't happen, and that I didn't expend my energy uselessly (I have a chronic condition so this is a real concern for me).
As far as the expletives go, I think I have a right to swear in my own adult-rated online journal to my friends. I haven't been libelous, I have just stated my overwhelming anger. I hope you understand. Being subjected to soft porn in front of male relatives is a little humiliating.
And then an ad for Crazy Domains dot com dot au comes on. You notice I spell out the domain - I don't want any additional traffic going to these jerks. They're banking on Pamela Anderson's sex appeal in the most explicit and exploitative way possible.
Ad starts out that a bunch of executive types are in a board meeting. Pamela Anderson is at the head of the table, dressed as a Sexy Executive. A hot brunette secretary comes in. One of the male executives (a run-of-the-mill regular type guy mind you) starts drifting off to fantasy land. That fantasy land?
Pamela Anderson and the hot brunette secretary in gold bikinis, covering themselves in cream. I shit you not. The cream is so glip-gloppy, so milky, so CUMMY, it's hideous. And I'm sitting here, with my family, my teenaged nephew, my brother, my Dad... and I feel like I'm worth NOTHING.
I feel objectified, I feel belittled, I feel humiliated, I feel invisible in my OWN FUCKING LIVING ROOM.
For what? Cheap domain names. Cheap. Fucking. Domain NAMES.
I look to Mum and I say, "Who do I have to write to to end this?"
Mum didn't have much hope. But I'm going to be calculated, my darlings. I'm going to see exactly what would make a difference to these douchebags and expend my energy cleverly, effectively and resoundingly.
Consider this post the brainstorm session. What can we do to stop this shit?
ETA: To any review boards reading this post, may I just say that the title of the post isn't literal? I just wanted the ad off the air. I'm quite indifferent to CrazyDomain's continued existence as a business. I just didn't want that horrible ad on the air any longer. As far as expending my energy, I am a second generation feminist. I've seen complaints go wrong, and end up bringing the company publicity in a positive way, so I was merely talking about making sure that this didn't happen, and that I didn't expend my energy uselessly (I have a chronic condition so this is a real concern for me).
As far as the expletives go, I think I have a right to swear in my own adult-rated online journal to my friends. I haven't been libelous, I have just stated my overwhelming anger. I hope you understand. Being subjected to soft porn in front of male relatives is a little humiliating.
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Date: 2009-12-30 03:18 pm (UTC)I just wrote to the Australian Human Rights Commission because that's where the Advertising Standards Bureau sent me. I feel like I'm on the merry-go-round of beaurocracy already!
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Date: 2009-12-30 03:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-30 03:31 pm (UTC)There it is. I just wrote to Liss to let her know as well.
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Date: 2009-12-30 03:45 pm (UTC)ô,ôP
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Date: 2009-12-30 03:49 pm (UTC)Damn the torpedoes, teaspoons ahead!
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Date: 2009-12-30 04:08 pm (UTC)Oh god yes please
Date: 2009-12-31 06:21 am (UTC)By the way, you wouldn't last two minutes in a jungle society: Everyone knows there roles and they don't tolerate losers complaining about "the man" keeping them down
Re: Oh god yes please
Date: 2009-12-31 07:34 am (UTC)I'm sorry, you don't get to push us around any more, buddy. We aren't standing for it any more.
Re: Oh god yes please
Date: 2009-12-31 07:36 am (UTC)You just reminded me of exactly WHY I need to do this. Not all publicity is good publicity - ask Method cleaning products, ask Toyota.
So thanks for the reminder! I shall write these letters ASAP.
Re: Oh god yes please
Date: 2009-12-31 07:53 am (UTC)It's really bugging me. What was Toyota's negative publicity? I can't for the life of me think of it.
Re: Oh god yes please
Date: 2009-12-31 08:02 am (UTC)Re: Oh god yes please
Date: 2009-12-31 08:09 am (UTC)Re: Oh god yes please
Date: 2009-12-31 11:34 am (UTC)