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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... 13:15 - Aug 4 with 1946 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

...interesting results

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53648638

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 13:39 - Aug 4 with 1886 viewsDarth_Koont

I want to think this was innocent and people are getting carried away. I'm sure a vast majority wouldn't have thought anything like that.

Problem is that advertising is an industry where imagery even subliminal is vital. It's core to the business and what disturbs me is that these details should and probably would have been thought about. And possibly ignored in order to create the social media storm.

At the very least having a child illustrate the car's "kill zone" seems remarkably crass.
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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 13:47 - Aug 4 with 1848 viewsBryanPlug

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 13:50 - Aug 4 with 1832 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 13:39 - Aug 4 by Darth_Koont

I want to think this was innocent and people are getting carried away. I'm sure a vast majority wouldn't have thought anything like that.

Problem is that advertising is an industry where imagery even subliminal is vital. It's core to the business and what disturbs me is that these details should and probably would have been thought about. And possibly ignored in order to create the social media storm.

At the very least having a child illustrate the car's "kill zone" seems remarkably crass.
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It is a parked car to be fair, on someones drive.

Audi should respond 'we apologise if we caused offence to any perverts'.
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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 13:58 - Aug 4 with 1784 viewsDarth_Koont

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 13:50 - Aug 4 by Marshalls_Mullet

It is a parked car to be fair, on someones drive.

Audi should respond 'we apologise if we caused offence to any perverts'.
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Of course. But it's not as if kids aren't run over and killed in driveways.

I agree it's a stretch but once you see it you can't unsee it. When we know there are hundreds of children killed per year and many thousands worldwide it all seems very unnecessary from a car manufacturer.

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 14:03 - Aug 4 with 1756 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 13:58 - Aug 4 by Darth_Koont

Of course. But it's not as if kids aren't run over and killed in driveways.

I agree it's a stretch but once you see it you can't unsee it. When we know there are hundreds of children killed per year and many thousands worldwide it all seems very unnecessary from a car manufacturer.


Its not that uncommon for a child to be shown near a parked car on a driveway;



This advert was heralded and won awards.

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 14:06 - Aug 4 with 1747 viewsDarth_Koont

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 14:03 - Aug 4 by Marshalls_Mullet

Its not that uncommon for a child to be shown near a parked car on a driveway;



This advert was heralded and won awards.


Indeed. But here there was a point and the car is also clearly parked.

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 14:11 - Aug 4 with 1725 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 14:06 - Aug 4 by Darth_Koont

Indeed. But here there was a point and the car is also clearly parked.


That's my take from the photo too.

Think we are seeking out offence.

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 14:20 - Aug 4 with 1697 viewsDarth_Koont

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 14:11 - Aug 4 by Marshalls_Mullet

That's my take from the photo too.

Think we are seeking out offence.


Don't get me wrong. I would only notice where the child is because these are the things I notice from doing similar campaigns for a car manufacturer. Cautious safety is key so I don't understand why this was seen as a good idea.

I'm sure road safety campaigners and people who have lost family members might also see it and react.

It's no biggie but it's certainly clumsy. And it annoys me that this wasn't thought about - or indeed the possibility that it was thought about but they wanted the controversy.

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 15:01 - Aug 4 with 1605 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 14:20 - Aug 4 by Darth_Koont

Don't get me wrong. I would only notice where the child is because these are the things I notice from doing similar campaigns for a car manufacturer. Cautious safety is key so I don't understand why this was seen as a good idea.

I'm sure road safety campaigners and people who have lost family members might also see it and react.

It's no biggie but it's certainly clumsy. And it annoys me that this wasn't thought about - or indeed the possibility that it was thought about but they wanted the controversy.


Fair do's.

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 15:12 - Aug 4 with 1580 viewsDarth_Koont

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 15:01 - Aug 4 by Marshalls_Mullet

Fair do's.


No worries.

Talking about so-called communication specialists and trusted brands taking the p!ss, I should add that the BBC have pushed this as barely disguised clickbait too.

Seems the real issue for it being pulled is pedestrian/child safety and the weird banana angle has been tacked on fairly gratuitously.

It's their most read article as a result ...

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 15:16 - Aug 4 with 1569 viewsMarshalls_Mullet

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 15:12 - Aug 4 by Darth_Koont

No worries.

Talking about so-called communication specialists and trusted brands taking the p!ss, I should add that the BBC have pushed this as barely disguised clickbait too.

Seems the real issue for it being pulled is pedestrian/child safety and the weird banana angle has been tacked on fairly gratuitously.

It's their most read article as a result ...


Agreed.

Also sad how many so called respected media outlets now make 'stories' from Twitter quotes.

....I guess it got my interest though.

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 15:26 - Aug 4 with 1542 viewsDarth_Koont

Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 15:16 - Aug 4 by Marshalls_Mullet

Agreed.

Also sad how many so called respected media outlets now make 'stories' from Twitter quotes.

....I guess it got my interest though.


Haha. Wasn't a criticism of you. They know it works and it relies on you or anyone else doing the digging/providing the balance they are PAID for.

How we ever got in the position of having a shallow, clickbaity, client journalism "public service" broadcaster is beyond me.

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 16:12 - Aug 4 with 1487 viewsRyorry

I dislike all ads, esp car ads.

But there's something that seems to me just not right about that one in particular. The smallness of the child esp in comparison with the large size of the car right behind her, the fact that adult female models are the humans that are usually draped across new cars in the assumption that that will somehow attract buyers, and that this small child is there instead, eating a banana - I mean why on earth would you have her unzipping a banana in that pose? Just subliminally totally wrong for me.

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Twitter undertook the Rorschach test.... on 16:18 - Aug 4 with 1471 viewsDanTheMan

I'm just kind of amazed this made it onto the BBC website, let alone being the most read article.

Looking at the original tweet, it currently has around 1k people talking about it. When I originally saw it, it was less than 1,000.

Some of Donald Trumps tweets get literally tens of thousands of people talking about them.

It's an absolute non-story.

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