Oily bikini lady in rebreather ad

[RoyN]

Well it would seem that in response to Kompressor's original question, we have seen that there are NO women on Scubaboard that were bothered in the least by the ad of the oily lady in the bikini with a CCR unit on her. And that was his original question.

There were however many such who were bothered by men on scubaboard discussing the ad. And if you discussed the ad at all, then by their definition you apparently were "sexist," a nasty word that means you are a bad person.

I have noticed at least 5 groups of postings on this topic.

#1 reacted unfavorably to the ad. Kompressor, Thal, and I to name a few. Whether for technical scuba reasons or versus general marketing tactics. Kompressor himself seemed to excape the "sexist" accusation, perhaps because he seems sensitive, and apparently that was the nature of his query. And anyone sensitive could not possibly be "sexist," and must surely wear a white suit, wear a white hat, and ride a white horse all day long!

#2 reacted unfavorably to those reacting unfavorable to the ad. The guise however seemed to be under anti-sexism. The thesis being that if you reacted unfavorable to the ad, then you are sexist, and guilty until somehow miraculously proven innocent.

#3 were those who tended to agree with NetDoc for no logical reason other than they want to court his favours as the ChmOfTheBoard. And anything NetDoc says, they are going to agree with, even if they cannot think of a good reason why.

#4 those who reacted favorably to the ad; either they thought the CCR diver looked convincing, or that she empowered women somehow in that heavy CCR unit, or that even though she had a bikini on (most ITCs will caution you against this, although maybe not in Florida), it was a good looking bikini, etc. After all, KISS pays, so why not?

#5 those who liked to joke around, and keep the atmosphere light, amid the dust cloud of the battling titans (Thal & NetDoc); AlMityWife is my favorite comedien in this group, although there were also lots of runners up who deserve an honorable mention!

My own favorite CCR ad is our own Chickdiver in her own Megaladon CCR in her avatar. But maybe I am just biased, in that I perfer really smart divers (read: tech instructors) who gear up accordingly to prevent hypothermia on long deco hangs after deep CCR dives. Thats just my own bias, I suppose. Everyone has biases, just like Thal explained.

I can appreciate NetDoc's perspective on KISS paying for the ad. This is exactly what businessmen must be concerned with to keep the business going. Nobody here wants this business, Scubaboard, to fail.

NetDoc's views and explanations have given me insight into KISS's apparent marketing shift into non-technical recreational diving. I would have never guess this effort was afoot. Since I am a dedicated open circuit technical diver, I am not within that target market.

To the occasional low-quotient learning-challenged respondent (Group 6) who accuse everyone and everything with nasty sounding words, I can only say, keep your eyes on your buddy when you go into the water, and don't stray too far. The ocean is unforgiving of the inability to think logically under pressure.

Hey :admingreet: , where do I come in?

 

[almitywife]

...... ... AlMityWife is my favorite comedien in this group, although there were also lots of runners up who deserve an honorable mention!
......

comedian!! what do i have to do to get some respect around here !!!!

as per Ms Carolina formerly known as the KISS chick, below is a picture of me in a thong.... so maybe now i will be taken more seriously!!!

(down here, a thong is something you wear on your feet)

 

[Cacia]

lol

sexy toes there girly, they could use a little oil

"sexist," a nasty word that means you are a bad person

I know a lot of sexists that are not bad people. Most people are to some degree.

 

[Tigerman]

LOL. I want to see THAT ad.

Come to think of it.. So would I..

 

[Ayisha]

I'm glad nereas said that he noticed "at least" 5 groupings of postings. Firstly because his five groupings are incomplete, and secondly because even his descriptions of the "groupings" are clearly biased by his own perceptions and judgements.

Not sure what "group" I belong to, I don't think it's been described.

 

[Blox]

Hey :admingreet: , where do I come in?

That's what I wondered too

 

[NTSilver]

I know I am coming in late on this but I have to respond. I honestly had no clue what she was advertising. Sometimes I only see half of the ad as I am scrolled down on the bottom and only half the ad would show on the left. It was only by reading this thread that I actually realized what was being advertised. I guess the first thing you see is NOT the rebreather. Consequently as I was coming to this thread the ad played and I did notice the nice looking guy, but again I was not looking as what he was selling. I was always curious and now I know.

 

[Foo]

I wonder why when Tusa came out with it's Ad campaign last year it didn't raise this kind of a ruckus' (see below one of their pics.)

Oh, there was quite a long discussion about the Tusa ads on SB... quite the ruckus.

I thought the Tusa pink fins skirt was cool.

 

[mike_s]

Oh, there was quite a long discussion about the Tusa ads on SB... quite the ruckus.

I thought the Tusa pink fins skirt was cool.

I need to go search for it and see if it was as stupid as this one!

 

[Jon C]

32 pages of responses (so far) and there are only 5 groups? Okay, now there are 6...the people that count Scubaboard responses....damn I hate being labled...is that a 7th group?