Seriously people. Firstly, I'm always kind of confused by industry ads: cheese, cotton, and beef spring to mind immediately. I mean, I'll be honest, I don't need any advertisement telling me to behold the wonder of cheese--wonderment is already held in abundance, I promise you, cheese industry. But the beef (it's what's for dinner) and cotton (the fabric of our lives) ads have never had any significant effect on me. Never after seeing those beef ads do I think MMMM...you know what I would like right now?? A gigantic PIECE OF COW. And I'm pretty sure that a hefty percentage of my clothing is made of completely non-natural Target fabric. Also, it's probably from China.
Secondly, of all the industries to advertise, high fructose corn syrup? Really? As soon as the ad came up, Preston said, "Oh - I've heard about these ads, but hadn't yet seen one." He then pointed me to this blog, where there is a hilarious satire of the ads from January 6 (the ads themselves are also embedded in the post). I highly recommend checking this site out, as the situations this guy imagines are really pretty ridiculous...and AMAZING (my favorite is the first).
Oh Internet. You just make EVERYTHING better.
Sadly, I can see what they're trying to get at...
ReplyDeleteEveryone bashes high fructose corn syrup for "possible" health risks, so they feel like they have to convince you that it's still good.
Defending themselves.
Kind of like the egg back in the day...
It was bashed for leading to high cholesterol, therefore they then came up with "the incredible, edible, egg" campaign.
Regardless, I agree with you.
Not one ounce of me is suddenly craving eggs, beef, or high fructose corn syrup.
Milk on the other hand?
Those ads have been admittedly tempting :)