F'd Ad Fridays: Effing Student Work

Redditor Jo3 posted some of his student work:

My advice to you, Jo3: There's enough commoditization of women's sexuality out there already, and it doesn't help to compare their vaginas to hot pockets. You are a clever creative with bold ideas. You can do much better than this.

F'd Ad Fridays: Grounds for divorce

This supercut of old coffee ads puts a spotlight on the onetime acceptance of men being total dicks and women defining themselves through domestic talents:



At least, I hope it's no longer acceptable.

Via  Reddit

May the vaccinations be with you. Always.

When I was a kid, and Star Wars was still shiny and new, Lucasfilm lent out the cheaper characters for TV Public Service Announcements against drunk driving and smoking.

This doctor's office poster, however, just seen on Reddit, is new to me:

It's obviously an old one, but with the anti-vaccination movement and the renaissance of measles, perhaps it's time for a sequel.

Raise your hand if you think schools are underfunded

Here's a cute ad that showed up on Reddit. Looks like someone's spec idea, however the supposed sponsor, A Day Made Better, is a very real teacher-supportive CSR effort by Office Max in the USA.


Here in Canada as well, classrooms are grossly underfunded and teachers (such as my better half) end up spending this much and more out-of-pocket just to make sure their students have what they need to learn in a positive and fun environment. Yet political pressures to reduce school budgets continue to reduce the quality and availability of classroom resources and insult the professionalism of teachers.

So the ad above may well be fake (since it is so tonally different from the "real" campaign) but it certainly expresses a real frustration faced by educators.

Drug courts PSA is full of stoned-looking celebrities

This spot, produced for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, is bizarre. The celebs, some of whom have been known for their drug problems, look like they're the forlorn coming-down portraits you see on mugshots in The Smoking Gun:

The Reddit submitter I stole this from put it best: "Very odd anti-drug/drug court ad featuring Matthew Perry, Steven Tyler, a very beleaguered looking John C. McGinley, and a bunch of other stars who look like they're doing it as part of their community service."

This is too bad, since specialized Drug Courts are a really great idea to help addicts get appropriate treatment rather than throwing them in jail.  

The ad, though, just makes me depressed.