# Why No Condom Ads on TV?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-condom-ads-on-tv/460878>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 22, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-condom-ads-on-tv/460878 "2008-08-22T00:57:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-condom-ads-on-tv/460878/21 "2008-08-22T22:11:16Z")

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I still think these are the best condom ads _ever_:

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ezWgCbRELs)

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxp3-kR3b_4)

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**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-condom-ads-on-tv/460878/22 "2008-08-22T22:26:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Mister Rik]  
I still think these are the best condom ads _ever_:

![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4ezWgCbRELs/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/4ezWgCbRELs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zxp3-kR3b_4/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/zxp3-kR3b_4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque  
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Holy crap, those are hysterical. Thanks for sharing!

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-condom-ads-on-tv/460878/23 "2008-08-22T23:26:40Z")

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[QUOTE=BlueKangaroo]  
Holy crap, those are hysterical. Thanks for sharing!  
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Funny thing is, I was expecting the second one to have the same punchline as the first. Didn’t see _that_ coming, though.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-condom-ads-on-tv/460878/24 "2008-08-22T23:39:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]  
Didn’t see _that_ coming, though.  
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That’s what _she_ said.

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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-condom-ads-on-tv/460878/25 "2008-08-23T01:10:04Z")

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Haha, **Otto**!

Those are great: I had seen the first one, but not the second. Hell, those adverts really ought to work. 😃

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-condom-ads-on-tv/460878/26 "2008-08-23T01:17:08Z")

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[QUOTE=pbbth]  
[Lifestyles commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSPhwpFvlAE&feature=related). Most of the comments indicate that the people watching didn’t get it but it makes perfect sense to me! 😃  
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I stopped reading comments on YouTube because those people are so stupid it makes me hope the species goes extinct.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-condom-ads-on-tv/460878/27 "2008-08-23T01:41:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Celyn]  
Haha, **Otto**!

Those are great: I had seen the first one, but not the second. Hell, those adverts really ought to work. 😃  
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You meant to say, “Haha, **Mister Rik**!” of course 😉

> [@Baldwin](#):
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> I stopped reading comments on YouTube because those people are so stupid it makes me hope the species goes extinct.

Then you need to read [this XKCD comic](http://www.xkcd.com/462/) and check out the hover text 🆒

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