Flash And Humor Not Always Appreciated
from the geeks-don't-do-flash dept
Flash is not always appreciated. Now their ads aren't either. Ads promoting Flash in NYC are focusing on the "4% of online users" that don't have Flash as the scum of the earth. Their VP of corporate marketing says it all: "When you're dealing with humor, you have to take some risks.... But if we've offended the group that married three times and has restraining orders to stay away from all three husbands, then I'll have to live with that."
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Not funny
Believe me, I love off-colour humor, but this is really too much. This statement, though it had to be made, is simply not true. This is exactly what they are doing - ridiculing people who are 'different' from their definition of normal. I'm sure there's lots of middle-aged white male executives without Flash on their system, but I didn't see a mention about them on the posters. This is simply a case of a company stepping over the line to get the attention in any way it can, then apologizing after the damage is done, but with the general effect achieved. It happens a lot, but it definitely does not need to be encouraged.
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Native flash
WTF.
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