Some advertizing images make me uncomfortable

[mysterionz]

How is it that you can tolerate looking at images of South Park characters?
They aren't very reality based.
The proportions are wrong....etc.

Is it because they are drawings, not photographs?

South Park is fictional It’s when fictional elements are brought into real life situations like advertising and marketing.

 

[Dagan]

Oh, I'm just commenting on the "why" Publix chooses that kind of marketing with their advertising. It has to be that they are saving money doing the simplest, obvious thing they could do, and per rather Sherlock Holmes style thinking...that's it. The only ink being used (paid for) in making those ads (that are printed) is the most minimal amount possible because everything else is white - no ink required for the white of the photo copy paper that is already said white color.

 

[mysterionz]

Oh, I'm just commenting on the "why" Publix chooses that kind of marketing with their advertising. It has to be that they are saving money doing the simplest, obvious thing they could do, and per rather Sherlock Holmes style thinking...that's it. The only ink being used (paid for) in making those ads (that are printed) is the most minimal amount possible because everything else is white - no ink required for the white of the photo copy paper that is already said white color.

That’s a good theory. Another point I have is the marketing team has access to several stock photos of products so new pictures don’t have to be taken. If they want to change the picture, their only option is to scale the size of the picture up or down.

 

[Dagan]

Also, very true and probably accurate, as both theories fit with being really, really lazy per marketing, haha.

 

[mysterionz]

 

[mysterionz]

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I can’t believe I have to post here again. Soup doesn’t work like that.

 

[mysterionz]

have you ever seen a breakfast biscuit the size of a huge burger?

 

[mysterionz]

Floating avocados and a mini leaning tree

 

[Chailatte_]

Here are some:
1. Why should I ever buy that yogurt just because actor X, who they paid a ton of thousands of dollars, is advertising it? And meanwhile, the actor is eating that 70-cent yogurt like it's the best thing in the world... it makes me uncomfortable and puzzled.
2. Advertisements that say 9 out of 10 dentists or similar, which dentists are these and why only 9 out of 10? What data are you basing your recommendation on for this product over another? Are these neutral dentists? What does that 1 dentist think and why doesn't he agree with the other 9? Or are these dentists that you pay? The real question is: do these dentists even exist?!? I know it's all just a marketing ploy, but it still annoys me.
3. People who smile or worse, LAUGH while advertising silk epil/waxing or similar... do I need to add anything else? I don't think so.
4. Slow-motion/exaggerated advertisements.

 

[Dagan]

Eat that yogurt because it helps her fight off Michael Myers.

 

[mysterionz]

 

[mysterionz]

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How can I stop being uncomfortable by this image? It was brought back in the upcoming flyer

 

[NDR2]

How can I stop being uncomfortable by this image? It was brought back in the upcoming flyer

Does it affect your ability to work?

I know from my own experience that if I try to fight a feeling or thought, it usually persists. Can you just look away? Maybe think of something else more comforting when you find yourself thinking about it?

 

[mysterionz]

now why this?

 

[mysterionz]

New image dropped.

 

[Judge]

Perhaps you should go into some detail of what or why such images make you uncomfortable.

Critique each image...tell us what bothers you about them, as opposed to just saying they bother you. Without more context I can't tell if this is a criticism of photographic techniques and/or aesthetics, or if they bother you on some emotional level.

Or do you object based on principles of marketing. And if so, why?

 

[mysterionz]

Perhaps you should go into some detail of what or why such images make you uncomfortable.

Critique each image...tell us what bothers you about them, as opposed to just saying they bother you. Without more context I can't tell if this is a criticism of photographic techniques and/or aesthetics, or if they bother you on some emotional level.

Or do you object based on principles of marketing. And if so, why?

It looks like a butt and it’s too big. Looks more like a lemon. Apricots are small and not huge like that.

 

[Judge]

It looks like a butt and it’s too big. Looks more like a lemon. Apricots are small and not huge like that.

Marketing isn't about reality. It's about manipulating public perceptions. If most goods or services operated on a premises of reality, they wouldn't sell much of anything nearly as much. Marketing in the private sector is for profit- not for charity or the public good.

There are any number of products (edible or not) with shapes or features that may resemble human body parts that we all have. Do you ever consider why you choose to dwell on such a thing? Would it offend you if there were those in marketing making such an association on a deliberate, or subconscious level? Just wondering.

I do know there are methods of psychology used to evaluate persons based on how they associate certain things they see, which may be very different from what others see or perceive. Reminds me first and foremost of Rohrschach Tests.

"The Rorschach test is a projective psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both. Some psychologists use this test to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It has been employed to detect underlying thought disorder, especially in cases where patients are reluctant to describe their thinking processes openly. The test is named after its creator, Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach. The Rorschach can be thought of as a psychometric examination of pareidolia, the active pattern of perceiving objects, shapes, or scenery as meaningful things to the observer's experience, the most common being faces or other patterns of forms that are not present at the time of the observation." - Wikipedia

Online Rorschach Inkblot Test

 

[mysterionz]

It's about manipulating public perceptions.

I feel like I’m questioning reality whenever I look at them.

Do you ever consider why you choose to dwell on such a thing?

I have no idea. I’ll have to consider..

 

[Judge]

I feel like I’m questioning reality whenever I look at them.

Best perhaps to accept that marketing and reality are often "mutually exclusive" of one another, especially when profit is involved. At least to the edges of where they can go relative to government regulation.

I have no idea. I’ll have to consider..

Perhaps the answer may be found there....what truly promotes such a perception based only on shapes or positioning of objects in a photo. Maybe exposing something far deeper in your psyche. Or not...