# Does this Burger King ad offend you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971 "2009-06-25T18:22:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spectralist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Spectralist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectralist)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/21 "2009-06-25T22:58:33Z")
Not offended. And i like the ad. It would actually draw my eye to it. Which is much more than most ads would do. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/22 "2009-06-25T23:27:53Z")
No, I think it’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/23 "2009-06-26T00:08:09Z")
Not offended, but a little repulsed seeing as I now have a mental connection that says that it would taste like a dick. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/24 "2009-06-26T01:32:59Z")
It’s embarrassing that whatever ad agency is responsible for this was willing to ditch half their potential client base to possibly turn on some horny, obese teenage boys. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/25 "2009-06-26T02:13:01Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Not really offended, but not exactly thrilled at yet another example of what I consider to be an unfortunate trend in today’s public discourse. > > It is easy to characterize prior times’s values as “prudish” - but I’m not sure what benefit there is to casual vulgarity becoming increasingly commonplace. This. Other words that have been previously posted: tacky, juvenile. I’ll add tasteless and sexist. I feel the same way about the Hardee’s ads. Yeah, yeah, we get it – all men are pigs, appeal to their manly sloppy gluttenous eating habits, high-five the way they tomcat around, and oh yeah, throw in a ton of blatant sexual non-innuendo and Hollywood’s version of hot babes. Female customers? What female customers? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/26 "2009-06-26T02:16:40Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > This. Other words that have been previously posted: tacky, juvenile. I’ll add tasteless and sexist. I feel the same way about the Hardee’s ads. Yeah, yeah, we get it – all men are pigs, appeal to their manly sloppy gluttenous eating habits, high-five the way they tomcat around, and oh yeah, throw in a ton of blatant sexual non-innuendo and Hollywood’s version of hot babes. > > Female customers? What female customers? Is that necessarily sexist, though? Like would we be eyerolling at a yogurt ad aimed at women where the emphasis was on losing weight and staying regular and whatnot? ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/27 "2009-06-26T02:39:50Z")
The ad is visually clumsy, and the message is tacky. If I cared to fellate my food, I would grab a carrot. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/28 "2009-06-26T02:44:14Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Is that necessarily sexist, though? Like would we be eyerolling at a yogurt ad aimed at women where the emphasis was on losing weight and staying regular and whatnot? I dunno… is there a vagina-esque tub of yogurt being shoved in the face of a frightened teenage boy made to look like a Ken doll? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/29 "2009-06-26T02:48:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I dunno… is there a vagina-esque tub of yogurt being shoved in the face of a frightened teenage boy made to look like a Ken doll? She doesn’t really look all that frightened to me. Just kind of…meh. Not really all that different from most pictures of fashion models/models I’ve seen in ads in general to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/30 "2009-06-26T03:07:29Z")
I want to see a similar ad with a guy poised to munch a big wet taco. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/31 "2009-06-26T07:07:10Z")
I smell a hoax. I went to the Burger King web site and didn’t find this product on the menu. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/32 "2009-06-26T11:48:38Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I smell a hoax. I went to the Burger King web site and didn’t find this product on the menu. Its on the menu here. With the tag “It’ll blow your mind” but no visual - my immediate thought was still to a seven inch wang and a blowjob. As to appealing to only half your audience - how many women do you really think are in the market for a seven inch burger int he first place. I would dare to suggest that its a fraction of the men that would eat the same. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/33 "2009-06-26T14:58:20Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > As to appealing to only half your audience - how many women do you really think are in the market for a seven inch burger int he first place. Maybe not many, but it’s hardly going to encourage a woman looking for a fast food option to go to BK for anything. Where’s our ad of the hunk rubbing salad dressing all over himself? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/34 "2009-06-26T15:04:23Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Another reason to be a vegetarian. I almost ate a vegetable once. But I felt like I would be taking advantage of the poor girl. ---
**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/35 "2009-06-26T15:16:28Z")
Burger King offends me. So much salt it chokes you and that burnt taste! Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/36 "2009-06-26T15:24:59Z")
It offends me. That girl looks like a spitter, and that’s just wrong. If you don’t want the genie, don’t rub the lamp. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/37 "2009-06-26T15:27:50Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Is that necessarily sexist, though? Like would we be eyerolling at a yogurt ad aimed at women where the emphasis was on losing weight and staying regular and whatnot? Hate those, too. [http://current.com/items/88941392\_sarah-haskins-in-target-women-yogurt-edition.htm](http://current.com/items/88941392_sarah-haskins-in-target-women-yogurt-edition.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/38 "2009-06-26T15:33:28Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I smell a hoax. I went to the Burger King web site and didn’t find this product on the menu. Apparently it’s a limited product offering in Singapore. You won’t see the ads outside of Singapore either. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/39 "2009-06-26T16:38:39Z")
It doesn’t offend me personally, although it does add to my uncomfortable feeling that Idiocracy becomes a more and more realistic future with every passing day! ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/40 "2009-06-26T16:43:16Z")
I’m not offended but I think it’s stupid. I think eroticism can be OK in ads but this crosses the line from erotic to vulgar. Might as well show a “cum shot” of mayo squirting onto her face from the sandwich. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971.md?page=3)