Comments on: Holy Shit. “Bot Me”?

By: C Giraud

C Giraud — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:13:08 +0000

This ad campaign is incredibly offensive. I can’t imagine an ad campaign the same thing being done with a male robot in such sexy positions. The ads here in Boston don’t vary. They are all basically saying “Women are mindless robots that will put out if you drink svedka.” Frankly, I’m amazed at how difficult it’s been to find similar opinions to those here on the Internet. Even the NYTimes article about the campaign didn’t mention the sexism. What is this doing to the young girls out there seeing this?

By: Hana Maru

Hana Maru — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:49:04 +0000

Aww, funnyface, that response makes me sad. Not because they can’t say no to sexist ads, but because Anna dragged out the whole “token unadvertised sexy man makes it all equal” bit. Just like how someone always brings up the lettuce dudes that PeTA has on their website, to argue against their evident sexism. It just doesn’t cancel it out. It doesn’t mean the same thing, and it doesn’t have the same effect on men in society.

By: mischiefmanager

mischiefmanager — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:46:24 +0000

And people say the ad business isn’t misogynistic. I say the men who buy this stuff should take their bottles to bed with them and leave us live women the bloody hell alone.

By: funnyface

funnyface — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:27:50 +0000

I actually emailed Anna about these when they first appeared. She reminded me that she and the other Jez eds have little control over the advertising, which is managed by Gawker overlords, and meekly suggested that since there are male bots too, it’s “equal opportunity lame” or somesuch. I haven’t actually seen those ads in a while, but it might just be my Adblock getting smarter.

By: bluebears

bluebears — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:09:35 +0000

This is why I produce my own moonshine in a still out in my backyard.

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:36:33 +0000

Bite me, Svedka.

By: ratinski

ratinski — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:15:53 +0000

Christ, the Bot Me ads. I haven’t seen them for a few days, actually, but they were FUCKING CREEPY AS SHIT last week and the week before.

Is Svedka expensive? I remember buying it a couple of years ago because it was the cheapest bottle in my liquor store and I really wanted penne alla vodka for dinner that night.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:04:07 +0000

I have seen these in the subway and they CREEP ME THE FUCK OUT.