stock photo models and community college campus brochures, Target store models, most of the models have a disability or obesity or conventionally unattractive, are these the poster children for our current generation? It’s getting a little out of hand.
Bah, I don’t care if the models are sexy or not. All advertising is evil and is designed to manipulate us and hack our brains. I try my best to avoid / ignore it when it’s possible to do so.
That’s what I find really funny about this. Advertising supposedly has been using extremely attractive people for years because attractive people makes you want to buy the product more? But now they’re using less attractive people which would mean the advertising is less effective?
I don’t really care either way since I hate ads too, but it seems counter productive other than to appeal to the “look we’re hip too” corpos.
Yep, it’s all about checking certain boxes. It’s tragic how normalized disingenuous statements and imaging have become in this post-truth world. We’re “family” to our employers. Large faceless corporations that exploit workers and destroy the environment tell us that they “care” about us. Disenfranchised people become window dressing. Props for commercials.
You’d think there would eventually be a major cultural backlash against this kind of bullshit. But I doubt I’ll see it in my lifetime. At least not one big enough to make it stop.
At least we get some funny satire out of it. Roger Horton, Ryan George, The Onion, SNL, etc.
Good point. And I wouldn’t be surprised if all the odd-looking models are intended to draw our attention even more to the ad. If so, clever.
If that’s true, then AI-made ads will be SUPER effective!