# Do you REALLY want that message in your ad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687 "2013-09-26T00:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687/1 "2013-09-26T00:20:04Z")
[Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swFZ3QJmqu8) a new Taco Bell ad (actually starts 16 seconds into that link). In the ad, a new taco is printed in the guys’ living room with a new 3D food printer. Really? You think that getting into people’s heads that your food is artificially manufactured with no actual connection to real meat or vegetables or grains is a good idea? I mean, everyone already thinks that, but is reinforcing it a clever strategy? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687/2 "2013-09-26T00:35:38Z")
I think that commercial communicated that message as effectively as the taco bell commercials of my youth taught me that chihuahuas can talk and always want taco bell. That is to say, not at all. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687/3 "2013-09-26T00:59:23Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > your food is artificially manufactured with no actual connection to real meat or vegetables or grains Cite? I personally have pressure cooked raw beans for a Taco Bell franchise location. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687/4 "2013-09-26T01:03:56Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > You think that getting into people’s heads that your food is artificially manufactured with no actual connection to real meat or vegetables or grains is a good idea? I mean, everyone already thinks that, but is reinforcing it a clever strategy? I just made a juicy steak in my 3D printer. Is that bad? Should I throw it out? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687/5 "2013-09-26T01:04:15Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Cite? I personally have pressure cooked raw beans for a Taco Bell franchise location. Reading comprehension. Practice makes perfect. Personally, I think it looks more like a Taco Bell replicator than a 3D printer. This could potentially be an excellent source of product-placement revenue for bringing Star Trek back to TV. > [@Picard](#): > > Taco, Doritos Loco, Hot. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687/6 "2013-09-26T03:53:48Z")
1: I think people get it’s an over the top joke. (and pretty amusing) 2: I really don’t think Taco Bell is too caught up in the “freshness” push. People eating Taco bell are not under any illusions. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687/7 "2013-09-26T06:08:01Z")
Yeah, Taco Bell mostly markets themselves as convenience food. I don’t think they care about the whole “freshness” campaign pushed by other fast food. Maybe they would be if they had any real competition in their area of specialty. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687/8 "2013-09-30T23:21:32Z")
Those guys are [not normal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PStT_ol98EI&t=0m27s). ---
**Author:** ![montag01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@montag01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montag01)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-that-message-in-your-ad/669687/9 "2013-09-30T23:32:27Z")
It’s sort of off-topic, but I was thinking exactly what the OP was thinking, except for a different commercial and product. Trojan is running some radio spots locally, talking up the thinness of their condoms, and at one point a girl says, “It felt like there was nothing there.” And yeah, you get what she means, but at the same time it’s not quite the message you want to hear from a girl if you’re a guy.