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08 Dec 2008, 5:09 pm

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I only read the paper for the Far Side comic on Page 3

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No seriously. I have to put up with the tripe published in the Otago Daily Times. They do their utmost to make sure no news from outside Otago sneaks into their paper. I have to read the Herald for real news. I would love a regular Dominion Post supplier.

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08 Dec 2008, 8:06 pm

I agree with familiar_stranger, suicide, and emo culture as a whole, is generally used to get attention nowadays, not because they actually ARE depressed or DO feel like they would take themselves at some point. To me suicide is the most serious thing in the world and should never be taken lightly, so seeing ads like this really aggravates me.

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09 Dec 2008, 4:17 pm

hmm.. i feel personally insulted by those ads now... i've attempted suicide before, it's nothing to make fun of, it's a serious problem, and making fun of it doesn't help

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09 Dec 2008, 5:48 pm

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hmm.. i feel personally insulted by those ads now... i've attempted suicide before, it's nothing to make fun of, it's a serious problem, and making fun of it doesn't help

*hugs*

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09 Dec 2008, 5:57 pm

Ads like this are sickening to say the least

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10 Dec 2008, 4:03 pm

KBABZ wrote:

Kasuki-Chan wrote:

hmm.. i feel personally insulted by those ads now... i've attempted suicide before, it's nothing to make fun of, it's a serious problem, and making fun of it doesn't help

*hugs*

Everyone needs a hug.

thx, i see why ppl flipped out when u were gone for a bit, ur nice ^^

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10 Dec 2008, 4:20 pm

Is there a videoclip of this?

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10 Dec 2008, 8:41 pm

:lol:

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10 Dec 2008, 10:54 pm

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KBABZ wrote:

Kasuki-Chan wrote:

hmm.. i feel personally insulted by those ads now... i've attempted suicide before, it's nothing to make fun of, it's a serious problem, and making fun of it doesn't help

*hugs*

Everyone needs a hug.

thx, i see why ppl flipped out when u were gone for a bit, ur nice ^^

Thanks! Yeah I prefer being nice as opposed to "lol emo"

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10 Dec 2008, 10:56 pm

yeah that's kinda sick IMO
suicide isn't funny

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10 Dec 2008, 11:00 pm

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thx, i see why ppl flipped out when u were gone for a bit, ur nice ^^

I agree, KBABZ is nice.

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:lol:

Not sure if this is a reply to my post, I am curious actually, I wanted to see the ad, out of curiosity, but I couldn't find it on youtube.

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10 Dec 2008, 11:01 pm

That's kinda disturbing.... At least it's more interesting than super boring ads though. And look at all the publicity it's getting their product!

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11 Dec 2008, 7:07 am

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Not sure if this is a reply to my post, I am curious actually, I wanted to see the ad, out of curiosity, but I couldn't find it on youtube.

i have the same thoughts with the majority of what i read or watch, it's only human to want to know as much as you can about everything.

as for the advert i think it's just the picture and intended for magazines or something similar.

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11 Dec 2008, 12:39 pm

Or one of those big building ads. Can you imagine seeing one of these draped down the side of a building on your way to work?

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11 Dec 2008, 1:10 pm

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Or one of those big building ads. Can you imagine seeing one of these draped down the side of a building on your way to work?

most adverts are all about the subconcious, there was one magazine advert where a girl had three legs, looking through the magazine more people wouldn''t realise it but it would play on their mind, along with the brand of alcohol they were advertising.

suicide is a serious issue and so seeing the advert will make most people think seriously towards diet pepsi, in time people will forget the advert but remember they had a strong oppinion for/against it and so they'll be more inclined to buying the product.

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11 Dec 2008, 1:37 pm

Or not so, as might be the case here.

I can only imagine an ad that could have been worse: "Coca Cola, the official soft drink for the suicidal", and you see a picture of a teenager who slit her throat using a shard of glass from the old glass Coke bottles. Urgh. Makes the Pepsi one seem kinda tame.

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