Advert that simulates masturbation is banned

[Jazzy]

An online advert that appears to show men masturbating in public has been banned as it's "likely to cause serious or widespread offence".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5JTsFzk0x0A

Source

What did you think about this advert?

 

[Evil Eye]

Honestly it would've been better if it had been what it seemed

 

[Jazzy]

Honestly it would've been better if it had been what it seemed

Looked like it though, didn't it?

 

[Evil Eye]

But you know there's no way it really is and you're just waiting for the explanation. You expect it not to be about masturbation, so it would be funnier if it was

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

It should be banned for the lame attempt at being funny

 

[Jazzy]

It should be banned for the lame attempt at being funny

I have read that it was banned but not for being lame.

 

[draco99]

Haha that ad is hilarious!

 

[DrLeftover]

As it is making fun of men, and mostly white men at that, I'm surprised it hasn't won an advertising award and is now being played every hour on the hour on all the networks.

 

[draco99]

It is funny because it wants you to think of masturbating.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

It is funny because it wants you to think of masturbating.

I think we've already established that.

 

[DrLeftover]

There's not much that gets by Draco unnoticed.

 

[Jazzy]

I don't get it, banned from what and by whom? :S

The advert for protein drink For Goodness Shakes was sent in a direct marketing email. It shows men vigorously shaking something below waist level, just off camera, in a series of public places.

The 'reveal' at the end of the ad shows that men were shaking a protein drink, with the 'punchline': "We shake for you ... the protein shake without the shaker."

The final scene - featuring a man appearing to ejaculate behind an attractive woman in a lift - particularly concerned the Advertising Standards Agency. They felt the whole clip "alluded to masturbation."

 

[Kirito]

Lmao prudes.

 

[DrLeftover]

Question:

Who mixes ANY canned drink that needs to be agitated, or, for that matter, even a can of spraypaint... like they showed in the commercial?

Whoever shot the commercial had them do it like that to provoke exactly the reaction they got.

Right?

 

[Evil Eye]

Right?

Right.
Everything for advertisement.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

I don't think it was offensive since the article said it was shown to a target audience and not on broadcast television. Besides, is masturbation really all that offensive?

 

[Sinon]

I'm pretty sure I've seen ads that are far more explicit than this on mainstream television.

Hell, they start showing ads for condoms at 7PM now.

 

[Evil Eye]

Hell, they start showing ads for condoms at 7PM now.

I think I've seen some lube commercials around 6 PM.