Tuesday 3 July 2012

Who OK'd this Ad?

I spend all day on the internet just poking around here and there. Unlike most people I pay attention to sidebar ads, and sometimes read a little too deep into them. They range far and wide from mundane, to  scammy, to funny, the list goes on and on. One that's pretty standard are the t-shirt companies. Most of them all take the same approach: Sex appeal.

 You've seen these everywhere; It's just an attractive girl with a humourous shirt on. Simple and effective.



But over the past couple months I've noticed this one below in high rotation and it just kills me:


This chick looks like she wants to eat your soul. She's got that weirdly creepy smile, her eyes look like they belong to a flesh-eating zombie, the colour-cast is bizarre and unsettling, and her body is splayed out like a corpse. It's just plain creepy.

What art-director OK'd this ad? I get the heebie-jeebies every time I see this. I'll be scrolling along, reading about new movie releases and bam!


There she is, waiting for you to turn your back so she can rip your heart out and consume your soul.

In summary, Dear Road Kill Tshirts, change this ad. Please. You're creeping everyone out.

7 comments:

John said...

To be fair, they haven't changed it because you're the only man to notice that she had a face.

Jake Hammell said...

You're right, she's got MASSIVE...tracts of land.

Matt said...

Wait... She had a face?

Anonymous said...

your either a woman posing as a man or a faggot.

Jake Hammell said...

Oh behave.

gforcepdx said...

I've always thought SNORG was pretty clueless. Nothing they sell has ever struck me as funny and their business model would seem to be built almost completely on impulse purchases from drunken frat boys.

George Payerle said...

Those tracts of land carry a fascinating message.