Old Navy Summer Commercial

05-22-2007, 01:12 PM

Re: the current Old Navy Summer Wear Commercial
Actually an ad for self mutilation.
I find it disgusting. There is not one attractive girl on the commercial, I feel sorry for every one of them.
Not one of them looks healthy and therefore sexually appealing.

wolf · 05-22-2007, 03:57 PM

None of the Old Navy Commercials are appealing.

I haven't seen this particular one, so I don't know exactly what's wrong with it.

jinx · 05-22-2007, 04:05 PM

It's possible that you're not the target audience... but I haven't seen it either, what's the problem?

glatt · 05-22-2007, 04:18 PM

Sometimes I when I see an ad that really appeals to me for some reason, like maybe it has music I love from the 80s, I'll realize they are trying to target me. What bugs me is when the end of the ad comes and I see it's a cholesterol medication ad, or an ad for life insurance or something. Sigh. Why not a condom ad, or a beer ad, or something? What are they trying to say?

Shawnee123 · 05-22-2007, 04:01 PM

I saw it last night. I see exactly what rkzenrage is saying!

05-23-2007, 02:33 AM

Hmmmm, their target audience?... target audience???... hmmmmm.... people who masturbate to Night & Fog perhaps?

freshnesschronic · 05-23-2007, 07:41 AM

Ever go to the mall and there's this pregnant lady on the wall and you're like "...they need to tone it down with these mom-to-be advertising" and after a double take you see the fatty arms and no definition in the shoulders and then you realize she's a plus size model. I guess that's what Old Navy was looking for, though I haven't seen the commercial.

monster · 05-23-2007, 07:58 AM

This Ad?

Hime · 05-23-2007, 10:31 AM

Clothing models aren't supposed to be sexually appealing to guys, they're supposed to be thin so the clothes are the focus. If she had giant boobies, you wouldn't notice the clothes, would you?

jinx · 05-23-2007, 10:43 AM

Oh please. Self mutilation? Get over yourself RK.
If you think you're fat Shawnee then lose some weight, don't try to make it someone else's *coughlabratcough* problem.

Shawnee123 · 05-23-2007, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Oh please. Self mutilation? Get over yourself RK.
If you think you're fat Shawnee then lose some weight, don't try to make it someone else's *coughlabratcough* problem.

Wtf? Who yanked your chain? I can't have an opinion? Sheesh.

jinx · 05-23-2007, 11:27 AM

You can, and obviously do, have your opinion. And I can tell you what I think of it. If you only want to be agreed with, maybe stick with the PM's on this subject.

LabRat · 05-23-2007, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Oh please. Self mutilation? interesting article about weight and longevity RK.

As for the ad, eh. Teen girls are usually skinny and boney until their puberty driven growth spurt is over if they lay off the booze and Coldstone.

As for the article, my

without having done virtually any reading on the subject is this: It is known that fat is where many toxins collect in the body. So it follows that the less fat you have, the less toxins you are generally exposed to, which likely a contributing factor to longer life. Also, being overweight is correlated with persons level of quality physical activity being lower, and physical activity stimulates the body's immune system and decreases levels of stress hormones, which also will help lead to better survival outcomes. Does this actually lead to a longer life? Longer by how much no one can really know. I mean do YOU know when you are 'supposed' to die? So how can you know if you actually ARE living longer by doing the 'right' things???? *shrug*

There was just a radio blip yesterday on our local station about a dude who just celebrated his 100th birthday, who smokes (since he was 20) and drinks hard liquor every day.

Stop worrying and spend that time enjoying the things around you, and frankly, whatever life you have been alotted should be better quality, which IMHO is better than quantity.

Shawnee123 · 05-23-2007, 11:59 AM

Very well said and true, LR.

I don't think what I said was anything new; there have been millions of articles and studies about women's self-image and advertising. Do I wish I were 6'3" and 120 lbs? Probably. Do I think that's a healthy goal? No. (Besides the fact I think my growth spurt is long over) :p

But, I did say millions of women, so that does not necessarily include me. I think I'm beautiful. There are women who starve themselves to try to look like those models, because that is perceived to be the ideal among young women.

I'll try to eat more Special K.

wolf · 05-23-2007, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

This Ad?

If it is, I seriously don't get what Rzen's on about ... not a single goth or emo in the ad. Just a bunch of coatracks wearing bathing suits.

05-22-2007, 01:12 PM	#1
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Old Navy Summer Commercial Re: the current Old Navy Summer Wear Commercial Actually an ad for self mutilation. I find it disgusting. There is not one attractive girl on the commercial, I feel sorry for every one of them. Not one of them looks healthy and therefore sexually appealing.

05-22-2007, 03:57 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	None of the Old Navy Commercials are appealing. I haven't seen this particular one, so I don't know exactly what's wrong with it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-22-2007, 04:05 PM	#3
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	It's possible that you're not the target audience... but I haven't seen it either, what's the problem? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-22-2007, 04:01 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I saw it last night. I see exactly what rkzenrage is saying! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-23-2007, 07:58 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	This Ad? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-22-2007, 04:18 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sometimes I when I see an ad that really appeals to me for some reason, like maybe it has music I love from the 80s, I'll realize they are trying to target me. What bugs me is when the end of the ad comes and I see it's a cholesterol medication ad, or an ad for life insurance or something. Sigh. Why not a condom ad, or a beer ad, or something? What are they trying to say?

05-23-2007, 02:33 AM	#6
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Hmmmm, their target audience?... target audience???... hmmmmm.... people who masturbate to Night & Fog perhaps?

05-23-2007, 07:41 AM	#7
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Ever go to the mall and there's this pregnant lady on the wall and you're like "...they need to tone it down with these mom-to-be advertising" and after a double take you see the fatty arms and no definition in the shoulders and then you realize she's a plus size model. I guess that's what Old Navy was looking for, though I haven't seen the commercial.

05-23-2007, 10:31 AM	#9
Hime Extraordinary Machine Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Outside of Washington, DC Posts: 307	Clothing models aren't supposed to be sexually appealing to guys, they're supposed to be thin so the clothes are the focus. If she had giant boobies, you wouldn't notice the clothes, would you?

05-23-2007, 10:43 AM	#10
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Oh please. Self mutilation? Get over yourself RK. If you think you're fat Shawnee then lose some weight, don't try to make it someone else's coughlabratcough problem. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-23-2007, 11:27 AM	#12
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	You can, and obviously do, have your opinion. And I can tell you what I think of it. If you only want to be agreed with, maybe stick with the PM's on this subject. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-23-2007, 11:59 AM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Very well said and true, LR. I don't think what I said was anything new; there have been millions of articles and studies about women's self-image and advertising. Do I wish I were 6'3" and 120 lbs? Probably. Do I think that's a healthy goal? No. (Besides the fact I think my growth spurt is long over) :p But, I did say millions of women, so that does not necessarily include me. I think I'm beautiful. There are women who starve themselves to try to look like those models, because that is perceived to be the ideal among young women. I'll try to eat more Special K. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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