# Safe sex ad for Granny **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686 "2012-04-13T18:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/1 "2012-04-13T18:41:41Z")
I’ve been LMAO at this ad. It’s one of those WTF were these idiots thinking moments. Safe Sex is a serious subject but these photos are unintentionally hilarious. I didn’t even realize old people were this flexible. 😛 No nudity. Everybody has their clothes on. Thank goodness. 😃 > **[A shock tactic gone too far? New ad features senior citizens simulating sex...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2129328/A-shock-tactic-gone-far-New-ad-features-senior-citizens-simulating-sex-positions-promote-use-condoms.html)** > > STDs among senior citizens from Florida have risen by 71per cent, sparking a new campaign video from U.S. organisation SaferSex4Seniors.org. I can’t believe nobody, the photographer, the paid models spoke up and said this is just stupid. It must of been awkward posing these shots. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/2 "2012-04-13T18:44:30Z")
You’re right about the funny! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/3 "2012-04-13T18:46:15Z")
I think it’s hilarious. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/4 "2012-04-13T18:51:13Z")
I’ve got pretty decent sense of humour, but these aren’t funny; they’re denigrating somehow. It implies that there’s something funny, or wrong, or strange about old(er) people enjoying sex. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/5 "2012-04-13T18:51:42Z")
Oyy! I think I threw out my lumbago! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/6 "2012-04-13T18:56:26Z")
I was laughing at the silliness of the photos in general. Those same photos with 30 year old models would still be awkward and badly thought out. A massive fail as an ad idea. > [@Leaffan](#): > > I’ve got pretty decent sense of humour, but these aren’t funny; they’re denigrating somehow. > > It implies that there’s something funny, or wrong, or strange about old(er) people enjoying sex. > > I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/7 "2012-04-13T18:58:20Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’ve been LMAO at this ad. > > It’s one of those WTF were these idiots thinking moments. Safe Sex is a serious subject but these photos are unintentionally hilarious. I’m pretty sure they’re _intentionally_ humorous. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/8 "2012-04-13T20:21:42Z")
From the link: > [@](#): > > DDB, the New York-based advertising agency which produced the video has defended its campaign, describing it as a **‘strategic choice to use humor and shock value’**. Bolding mine > [@](#): > > A massive fail as an ad idea. I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/9 "2012-04-13T20:24:28Z")
My sex life suddenly seems very boring. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/10 "2012-04-13T20:26:18Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > My sex life suddenly seems very boring. ☹ You’re dating the wrong age group. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/11 "2012-04-13T20:27:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’ve got pretty decent sense of humour, but these aren’t funny; they’re denigrating somehow. > > It implies that there’s something funny, or wrong, or strange about old(er) people enjoying sex. > > I don’t get it. There’s something funny about old people in those types of goofy sex positions. You don’t expect old people to do stuff like slam dunk a basketball, do a drive-by shooting, get into barfights, do a reverse-cowgirl sex position, or snort cocaine off a hooker’s ass. Those things all have in common the fact that they’re usually things young people do, not senior citizens. Seeing an old person do any of those things would be pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/12 "2012-04-13T20:39:58Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > There’s something funny about old people in those types of goofy sex positions. You don’t expect old people to do stuff like slam dunk a basketball, do a drive-by shooting, get into barfights, do a reverse-cowgirl sex position, or snort cocaine off a hooker’s ass. Those things all have in common the fact that they’re usually things young people do, not senior citizens. Seeing an old person do any of those things would be pretty funny. Not so funny when you get a little older. I hope I’m not too old for reverse-cowgirl or snorting cocaine off a hooker’s ass. On the other hand, I gave up basketball years ago. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/13 "2012-04-13T21:18:32Z")
The one with the guy getting a reach-around cracked me up. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/14 "2012-04-13T21:29:31Z")
Somehow I feel they are missing a certain something. Maybe it would work better if the clothes came off? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/15 "2012-04-13T22:15:32Z")
I’ve been waiting to say this ever since those telephone marketing surveys started hanging up on me when I told them my age. _They don’t care what you think. You are not the target demographic._ ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/16 "2012-04-13T22:44:00Z")
I see older people in good health all the time who can do most of what they could earlier in life, although more deliberately. Then can jog, bike, swim and have sex. I watched my 89 year old lady neighbor walk over to an upholstered chair and one-step up without any support like a teenager. The numbers and ability dwindle greatly, but they are still out there. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/17 "2012-04-13T23:04:01Z")
It’s the same reason that [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2700em-JQ) is amusing. It’s unexpected and frankly, if it grabs people’s attention and makes them use condoms so much the better. I’ve been treating too many seniors with newly diagnosed STDs lately. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/18 "2012-04-13T23:37:09Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > It’s the same reason that [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2700em-JQ) is amusing. As someone who is often annoyed by how the sound doesn’t always match the video, I am amused by the sound change as the guitarist, while playing a solo, jumps in the water (about 1:45). Gurgle! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/19 "2012-04-14T00:30:32Z")
I would have done it differently: 1. Totally serious. 2. Nobody under 75. 3. No clothes. And yes, you can find seniors (especially models) with great bodies. 4. Include same-sex couples. Why is that treated like a different message? 5. No obvious simulation. 6. Totally different music. Think slo-mo with ballet music. 7. If you want humor, include things like walkers and hernia belts. And why are none of them wearing life-alerts? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686/20 "2012-04-14T01:35:35Z")
Its not so much the clothes on with the simulated sex that bothers me…its the HATS. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-ad-for-granny/618686.md?page=2)