You guys are seeing ads?
this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2024
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Believe it or not I watch regular TV! I travel for work constantly and I have TV on in the hotel room. It makes me feel less lonely. That's how I'm seeing these ads. On my PCs it's Firefox+ublock origin.
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I use an adblocker, but I also drive a very old car and unfortunately my cd player just broke. I can confirm that there are tons of vaginal deodorant ads on the radio, always presented as a conversation between two women. There's no intention to be funny, they're trying to sound like a natural conversation two women would have in private and completely failing at coming across as anything short of awkward.
"So it works well for you?" "Yes! It lasts up to 24 hours, and four out of five gynecologists recommend it!"
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capitalism preys on insecurity 🤷♂️
I’ve been seeing those too. And one of them says “72 hour protection” like what? You’re not showering for three days but you’re just going to febreeze you vageeze and call it good ? Insane behavior
True story after the pandemic sort of settled down I had been laid off for my job as so many others had and I started doing Uber and I noticed that people smelled bad when they got in my car but nine times out of 10 it was women that smelled bad like with body odor more than men and it was mostly younger women in their early twenties that were smelling this way so maybe it's just that women of a certain age tend to have more body odor than guys nowadays fuck I don't know It was just something I noticed to the point that I appointed it out to my wife
I’d like to buy some punctuation, please.
No thanks run on now
Because unscrupulous assholes know they can prey on insecurities and sell a shitty, over priced product to people that don't know any better.
Those ads are utter bullshit. nobody needs that crap. They particularly don't need it on their genitals. It causes more problems that it helps.
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/11186190
I responded in detail about the whole genital odor thing and how to care for one's genitals
But why would they not have thought of doing this before. I haven't noticed this uptick at least in my country but I'm curious now OP has asked. It's strange that they've decided now that they could prey on people's insecurities when it's been an option all along and it's largely already what they do anyway.
It's not that new. As another user mentioned, there's been campaigns about smells going back to the radio and print only days. Summer's eve has made millions with their bullshit "freshness" mentality. The only thing that's really changed is the ability to directly talk about the product being applied to genitals/the crotch.
The entire deodorant industry trades on implying that any smell is a bad thing anywhere on the body. We can indeed produce some funky smells that are unpleasant, but it really isn't something that can't be handled without deodorant for most people. Deodorant is just a ton more convenient and longer lasting for the armpits. Even there, it can sometimes cause problems, though it's less common for it to be as problematic as at the groin.
I mean, I use antiperspirant on my armpits because washing them as often as needed to get rid of the chemicals the bacteria there produce that cause odor is a time sink if you're prone to a lot of sweating, or don't have the freedom to do it when it's ideal. But you can handle pit odor by cleaning rather than using deodorants.
The difference is that we all know that armpits produce unpleasant odor that isn't from an infection, so we've gotten used to the idea of covering it up, or preventing out by controlling sweating and reducing bacterial presence. But the various makers of the products have been advertising their stuff for ages in a very similar way.
A fundamental tenet of marketing, the art of separating dollars from your wallet, is to make you feel that you are less. That you are deficient, unless you look like so and so, have such and such, so buy this and that. Consume baby, consume.
But specifically saying there is a surge across all America is anecdotal. People from different regions get different advertising, broadcast wise and different search results.
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You’ve obviously escaped the Old Spice full body deodorant for men commercials running perpetually on YouTube.
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Bro shower at least once a day
People produce different amounts of body odor. Also it's better for your skin to not use shampoo every day. 4-5 times a week is totally fine.
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You're doing manual labor without showering?
Reminds me of an old roommate I had. He didn’t think he smelled either… he did… it was rough
Been there with two coworkers back when I managed a restaurant. They couldn't believe they smelled when I had to have that terrible conversation with them. One improved, the other didn't. I actually had to fire the second guy.
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The full body deoderant people are expanding into the male market. Not sure why they felt the need to change the name, I think it's the same stuff? 🤔
Women:
Men:
Note, same company. I haven't tried it, some reviews say it smells funky, like sour milk or bad cheese, which, you know, I don't need to spend money to smell funky. LOL.
https://selfmagnitude.com/blog/brutally-honest-product-review-lume-deodorant
I did learn, after buying a hot tub, that men and women have a pH difference, so that might have something to do with it.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1034/j.1600-0846.2001.70206.x
"A statistically significant difference in skin pH between men (mean pH=5.80) and women (mean pH=5.54) was found, with women being more acidic than men (P<0.01). No difference between right and left arm was found. In men, the area closest to the wrist had significantly lower pH values compared with the proximal sites. This was not the case in women. Skin surface pH decreased during normal working hours in both genders."
Since Lume and Mando started their big marketing push, other known brands are doing the full body treatment, I think I'd trust them over Lume and Mando which look to be mostly marketing.
Secret (guessing for women):
https://secret.com/en-us/shop/aluminum-free-whole-body-cream
Old Spice (guessing for men):
https://oldspice.com/total-body/
Haha marketing is what it is... a joke I made up some 30 years ago was that, despite what we see on the surface - the evidence proves that women are disgusting, dirty, fat, ugly animals that need a vast array of products to be created so that they can go outside without offending everyone...
So yes, you're right to find this ridiculous and offensive - but at the heart of it is simple greed, which is the real meaning of the American Dream.
The ads I’m seeing have been for “full body” deodorants. Targeted at both men and women…
That's interesting. I avoid ads...so I'm not seeing what you're seeing. I think my balls get a bit of a smell after a day, but like a nice, mild balls smell. My pits, man, my fucking pits...they go rancid in about a day's time, definitely in 2-3. Simply stating as a matter of fact, gotta deal with my pits before my balls.
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I don't know but I'm honestly convinced that they put something in women's deodorant so that we need to buy more of it and it makes us stink more because when I start using fancy women's deodorant I fucking stink like God awful and I can't even stand my own smell but when I stop using deodorant or can't afford it for a while I don't smell bad and I can't figure it out
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If it’s for competing brands it’s either evidence of either a gaslighting cartel, or tons of mimicry and breeze testing in the ad teams’ thinking.
Making women feel uncertain is an old tactic for body care products.
Your balls start to smell first? Wonder why. Inadequate wiping? My armpits will start to go musky after about 4 days in the same clothes. That's my first thing to go. 🤷♂️
My armpits will start to go musky after about 4 days in the same clothes
Why the fuck are you wearing the same clothes for 4 fucking days? The only profession in which that is remotely acceptable is if you're on the front fucking line of a warzone, fighting for your life.
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I'm 40 years old and my balls are quite long. Different body bacteria maybe? I shower after I shit so it's got nothing to do with wiping.
I shower after I shit
Like, a bidet? Or a full-blown no-clothes shower?
Yeah…tell us. Do you take your clothes off? Describe it. Like, slow. In a whisper.
I uh... slip my pants down and uhh.
Nah I am very regular and it's rare for me not to take a FULLY NAKED FULL BODY shower shortly after I shit.
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I have a really good sense of smell; trust me, you smell after one day and just can’t smell it yourself until day four. I’m sorry if this comes as a surprise.
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While being in the same area while my parents are watching TV and I've seen Lume womans deodorant commercials quite a bit. Absolutely no clue why it's becoming more prevalent.
Just because you don't notice the smell doesn't mean there is none...
If I don't shower in the morning, I feel like a bum.
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