Ride me all day!

[Svartalf]

It's funny in that a bus is the last thing you'd expect to see advertised with such obvious sexualisation. I'd hope that they meant it to be ridiculous and outrageous and therefore no more than an attention grabbing publicity stunt. But the problem is it also works as generally sexist "sex sells" advertising, it probably will reinforce sexist attitudes amongst some people. If there weren't sexists in the world and constant sexual advertising for everything else, it would be fine, but there are so it's not.

She isn't a nude and looks like the back end of a bus some respects.

She's topless and I didn't know hte back end of a bus to be that fucksome

[tattuchu]

I don't think it's a good message to be sending young kids. Young kids are already over-sexualised by our consumerist culture. Regarding sexism, as long as there's a guy getting ridden as well, then I wouldn't think it was sexism.

Well, I doubt young kids would even understand the joke. But even if they did, then humor wins.

For the ones who understand it, it just reinforces the idea that it's ok to sexualise everything. And for young kids that's not really a good message to be sending. As Hermit said, sexualising a bus ride is just plain stupid.

I'm much more worried that we're teaching kids not to laugh, and that every joke is offensive to someone and therefore best not told.
Also, of course there's nothing sexy about riding the bus. And that's why the ad is silly and funny.

[cronus]

I don't think it's a good message to be sending young kids. Young kids are already over-sexualised by our consumerist culture. Regarding sexism, as long as there's a guy getting ridden as well, then I wouldn't think it was sexism.

Well, I doubt young kids would even understand the joke. But even if they did, then humor wins.

For the ones who understand it, it just reinforces the idea that it's ok to sexualise everything. And for young kids that's not really a good message to be sending. As Hermit said, sexualising a bus ride is just plain stupid.

I'm much more worried that we're teaching kids not to laugh, and that every joke is offensive to someone and therefore best not told.
Also, of course there's nothing sexy about riding the bus. And that's why the ad is silly and funny.

Goodpoint. And how many Hollywood movies are advertised on the sides of buses with guns and implied violence...?

[pErvinalia]

I don't think it's a good message to be sending young kids. Young kids are already over-sexualised by our consumerist culture. Regarding sexism, as long as there's a guy getting ridden as well, then I wouldn't think it was sexism.

Well, I doubt young kids would even understand the joke. But even if they did, then humor wins.

For the ones who understand it, it just reinforces the idea that it's ok to sexualise everything. And for young kids that's not really a good message to be sending. As Hermit said, sexualising a bus ride is just plain stupid.

I'm much more worried that we're teaching kids not to laugh, and that every joke is offensive to someone and therefore best not told.
Also, of course there's nothing sexy about riding the bus. And that's why the ad is silly and funny.

[pErvinalia]

I don't think it's a good message to be sending young kids. Young kids are already over-sexualised by our consumerist culture. Regarding sexism, as long as there's a guy getting ridden as well, then I wouldn't think it was sexism.

Well, I doubt young kids would even understand the joke. But even if they did, then humor wins.

For the ones who understand it, it just reinforces the idea that it's ok to sexualise everything. And for young kids that's not really a good message to be sending. As Hermit said, sexualising a bus ride is just plain stupid.

I'm much more worried that we're teaching kids not to laugh, and that every joke is offensive to someone and therefore best not told.
Also, of course there's nothing sexy about riding the bus. And that's why the ad is silly and funny.

Yeah, but kids don't get that. They see the ad and think that it's perfectly normal to talk about riding the bus in sexual terms. There's plenty of laughter in the world without publicly sexualising kids any further. Consider it's me who's saying this. I have no problem with absolutely gutter humour.

[Hermit]

I'm much more worried that we're teaching kids not to laugh, and that every joke is offensive to someone and therefore best not told.

Fair dinkum, Tatt. Are you really suggesting that we are going to run out of laughter without lame, sexist gutter humour?

[Svartalf]

I thought english humour actually ran on lame, sexist , gutter houmour... I've read quite a few issues of Viz

[pErvinalia]

My humour certainly does...

[Xamonas Chegwé]

It's not a very funny joke, really, is it? However, it does get noticed - which is the purpose of advertising. And, since there are versions with both male and female models holding the sign, it can't really be claimed that it objectifies women either. Older children will get the joke. Younger ones won't. That is how it is with any sexual reference in day-to-day life.

So I see nothing wrong with it.

[tattuchu]

I think it's a very funny joke

Wait, why am I embarrassed? I really do think it's a very funny joke

[Hermit]

And, since there are versions with both male and female models holding the sign, it can't really be claimed that it objectifies women either. [...] So I see nothing wrong with it.

Déjà vu. Someone once quipped that since the introduction of the law prohibiting people to sleep on the banks underneath the bridges crossing the Seine applies equally to the poor as to the rich, there is nothing wrong with it.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

And, since there are versions with both male and female models holding the sign, it can't really be claimed that it objectifies women either. [...] So I see nothing wrong with it.

Déjà vu. Someone once quipped that since the introduction of the law prohibiting people to sleep on the banks underneath the bridges crossing the Seine applies equally to the poor as to the rich, there is nothing wrong with it.

False analogy. Sleeping under bridges is something only done out of necessity and, perforce, by the poor. Using sexually attractive models and innuendo to sell merchandise is very much unisex.

[Hermit]

Excellent parody of our resident lolbertardian's posting style.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Excellent parody of our resident lolbertardian's posting style.

Whatever. It's no less true.

[Svartalf]

At any rate bridges are not hotels and buses should not be places for whores to look for johns.