When marketing goes too far

[ericcoleman]

And in the end the love you make is equal to the drugs you take ... Viagra

Comments

[phillip2637.livejournal.com]

Adapting Beatles' lyrics for advertising.... Now, there's a field of endeavor that just about *defines* "race to the bottom".

[ericcoleman]

Revolution was used to sell Nikes.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Oh my.

Well, in some respects it was true in the sixties and seventies before they invented Viagra, or the war or drugs....but that's an entirely different train-of-thought and probably not strictly relevant.

I think I'll go with my first thought: oh my.

[shadowcat48li.livejournal.com]

nah... it could be worse... using Twist and Shout for sex toy marketing

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

Very stupid: it invites the "more must be better" idea for idiots to take more than the prescribed dose, and get in serious trouble with side effects.

[arnoldtiller.livejournal.com]

Heh! For some reason, I like it!

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

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