# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/41 "2009-06-26T16:46:00Z")
I think it’s sexist. They wouldn’t have this same ad with a man. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/42 "2009-06-26T16:49:49Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I think it’s sexist. They wouldn’t have this same ad with a man. If they used a real man, rather than a somewhat phallic sandwich, it would be hard to justify. 😃 ---
**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, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/43 "2009-06-26T17:08:46Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > Maybe not many, but it’s hardly going to encourage a woman looking for a fast food option to go to BK for anything. Well, I have been craving BK all week as a result. ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/44 "2009-06-26T17:51:21Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Well, I have been craving BK all week as a result. Hi, I’m BK, pleased to meat you. (Yes, the misspelling was unintentional, but I decided to keep it anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/45 "2009-06-26T18:47:34Z")
I think someone forgot the name of the place is Burger King, not Burger Jester. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/46 "2009-06-26T19:34:41Z")
Quiznos commercials also have sexual connotations but with a big dose of weirdness thrown in: [http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-marketing-sex-with-objects/](http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-marketing-sex-with-objects/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/47 "2009-06-26T21:49:49Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > Quiznos commercials also have sexual connotations but with a big dose of weirdness thrown in: > > [http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-marketing-sex-with-objects/](http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-marketing-sex-with-objects/) For what it’s worth, I think it’s a good sign that we can use fairly blatant homo-eroticism in humor. Means a lot of the ingrained homophobia is gone. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/48 "2009-06-26T21:54:27Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Offended? No. It does make me want to eat a woman and f\*\*\* a burger, though. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of lube on the burger. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/49 "2009-06-27T06:30:20Z")
Call me naive, but I didn’t even notice the sexual innuendo until like five minutes later. Perhaps because, to me, most of these words only have sexual connotations if they are said in a certain way. The thing I thought was offensive was that the woman looked, well, whorish. No woman should have to look that bad to sell a product. Knowing what the majority of people think when they see it, I no longer find it offensive, just distasteful. But it took explaining the metaphor in this thread to make associate the product with something not so altogether tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/50 "2009-06-27T07:05:10Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Call me naive, but I didn’t even notice the sexual innuendo until like five minutes later. Perhaps because, to me, most of these words only have sexual connotations if they are said in a certain way. > > The thing I thought was offensive was that the woman looked, well, whorish. No woman should have to look that bad to sell a product. > > Knowing what the majority of people think when they see it, I no longer find it offensive, just distasteful. But it took explaining the metaphor in this thread to make associate the product with something not so altogether tasty. You missed the subtle innuendo of a woman with bright red lipstick with her mouth open in front of 7 inches of mayonnaise soaked meat AND a message that it will blow your mind? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/51 "2009-06-27T07:27:13Z")
I went to Snopes in the belief this was a hoax. Still not sure it isn’t. If it proves to be a real ad then put me in the “offended” column. I find it ironic that food vendor would produce such a tasteless ad. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/52 "2009-06-27T07:46:01Z")
> [@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. Another vote for this. And, as has been stated already also, the sheer unsubtlety and idiocy of it. What a comment on what appeals to society. If it’s true it has only had a limited release, then that’s positive at least. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/53 "2009-06-27T08:11:02Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I went to Snopes in the belief this was a hoax. Still not sure it isn’t. > > If it proves to be a real ad then put me in the “offended” column. I find it ironic that food vendor would produce such a tasteless ad. I live in Singapore. I assure you it is a real ad and a real product ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/54 "2009-06-27T12:29:45Z")
It make me wish for a marker to “improve” the picture of the burger :rolleyes:. ---
**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 27, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/55 "2009-06-27T16:05:37Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I find it ironic that food vendor would produce such a tasteless ad. That’s actually a very good turn of phrase, but it forces me to ask: you have been to Burger King, haven’t you? 🙂 ---
**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 27, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/56 "2009-06-27T18:32:26Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > I live in Singapore. I assure you it is a real ad and a real product What sort of attention is it getting in Singapore? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/57 "2009-06-27T18:39:46Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > You missed the subtle innuendo of a woman with bright red lipstick with her mouth open in front of 7 inches of mayonnaise soaked meat AND a message that it will blow your mind? Honestly, when I opened the thread and looked at the add, I wasn’t sure if we were supposed to be offended by a possible blow-job reference or by a possible suicide reference. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/58 "2009-06-27T18:48:18Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Honestly, when I opened the thread and looked at the add, I wasn’t sure if we were supposed to be offended by a possible blow-job reference or by a possible suicide reference. Anyone else? I dunno about that…while it’ll probably get the job done eventually, eating too much fatty food is kind of a slow road to suicide. By the way – is anyone else who suffered through _Sweet November_ reminded of Keanu Reeves’ _“I want a hot dog!”_ ad pitch? ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/59 "2009-06-28T12:32:06Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > What sort of attention is it getting in Singapore? NONE that I have seen or noticed. Standards are a little different here to what you are used to in the US. The ad did not offend me, but as to the rest of SIngapore - I don’t know - I am an “expat” kinda ---
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971/60 "2009-06-28T15:49:52Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Not so much offended as put off the product. Ew. I have often wondered why BK even pays it add agency anything, the add agency should pay BK for the damage it does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-burger-king-ad-offend-you/500971.md?page=4)