{"id":573,"date":"2006-05-22T08:20:38","date_gmt":"2006-05-22T13:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=573"},"modified":"2006-05-22T12:31:13","modified_gmt":"2006-05-22T17:31:13","slug":"think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=573","title":{"rendered":"Think."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m always intrigued by banner ads that catch my eye but confuse me as to what they&#8217;re selling. As someone who works in advertising and marketing, you&#8217;d think I would be far past trying to justify the &#8220;Sex sells&#8221; mentality, but I&#8217;m simply not. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/think_israel.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I mean, should I be led to believe that a shapely middle-eastern woman is why I should &#8220;Think Israel&#8221; for my next vacation? While the thought of a dark, exotic woman in a swimsuit is certainly appealing, I can think of many places I could go to see that, the internet not withstanding. And certainly Israel has far more to offer. Assuming that I would in fact see the subject of this ad there, I would likely be distracted by the millennia-long history of the area.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose that the skyline is an apology, in a way, but this is just silly. Does this sort of advertising actually work? Am I contributing to its effect by noticing it? See also : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=310\">True boobies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m always intrigued by banner ads that catch my eye but confuse me as to what they&#8217;re selling. As someone who works in advertising and marketing, you&#8217;d think I would be far past trying to justify the &#8220;Sex sells&#8221; mentality, but I&#8217;m simply not. I mean, should I be led to believe that a shapely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s73iP8-think","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":184,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=184","url_meta":{"origin":573,"position":0},"title":"Did did did did did did and did.","date":"9\/10\/2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Certainly, the most bizarre thing I've seen all day. Scroll down and watch the blatant and sexist advertising. 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