Clever advertising or over offended

[zetec]

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/19480982.southend...

This has popped up on my local news site, admittedly it's a site full of click bait but my opinion is that this is some clever advertising. People can't be that offended..... surely?

[Sporky]

I've been called an SJW, a snowflake, and woke by various gammon in my time, but that sign on that can is nothing more than mildly funny. It's not mocking the sight impaired. It's just a pun.

[bitchstewie]

This guy's already won.

[bearman68]

zetec said:

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/19480982.southend...

This has popped up on my local news site, admittedly it's a site full of click bait but my opinion is that this is some clever advertising. People can't be that offended..... surely?

Made me chuckle.

I'm guessing the guy that took it as an insult is feeling slightly sensitive - I just see it as a clever play on words.

[Sporky]

bearman68 said:

I'm guessing the guy that took it as an insult is feeling slightly sensitive

Understandably, perhaps, but it seems an overreaction.

[Trophy Husband]

Yesterday I saw a van with Doggy Styling on the side!
Obviously a dog groomer but I did chortle!

[BlueFocus]

zetec said:

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/19480982.southend...

This has popped up on my local news site, admittedly it's a site full of click bait but my opinion is that this is some clever advertising. People can't be that offended..... surely?

To be offended here is pathetic, it makes no slur or criticism of blind people, what has happened to the world ??

[Super Sonic]

bhstewie said:

This guy's already won.

Superb.

[the-sharpener]

There is a guy who does water features up in Scotland

called


Splash Gordon

[A Winner Is You]

I wonder if he works for Twitch, they banned the term "blind playthrough" for being offensive

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-12-07-...

[g3org3y]

article said:

Ryan Anderson, the owner of CK Blinds, based in Hockley, said he was “not out to upset anybody” but would not be considering changing the message.

“That message has been on the back of my van since the mid-90s,” he said.

[m3jappa]

But it is driven by a blind man though isn't it? He fits blinds, he is the blind man.

[Triumph Man]

Nobody who is blind will see it though so where’s the problem?

[GadgeS3C]

Sorry for the Wail link:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2108085/S...

[bristolbaron]

bhstewie said:

This guy's already won.

This guys a legend:
https://news.sky.com/story/singhsburys-becomes-mor...

[Derek Smith]

Triumph Man said:

Nobody who is blind will see it though so where’s the problem?

Way back, before social media was online, a commedian, Jasper Carrot possibly, started a joke that he said may offend deaf people, so put his hand in front of his mouth and told it. Lots of criticism for those days. He was confronted by someone quoting a deaf person's outrage. He asked, 'What about the person who told him?'

[Mammasaid]

m3jappa said:

But it is driven by a blind man though isn't it? He fits blinds, he is the blind man.

A nun is taking a bath and hears a knock on the door. The nun asks, “Who is it?” A man replies, “It’s the blind man!” Thinking, oh, he’s blind what harm could it do, she then responds “Come in.” A man comes through the door with a utility belt around his waist and tape measure in hand. He looks at the nun and says “Nice tits, where do you want the blinds?”

[PH User]

Some people really will get offended at anything!

[zetec]

I still think it's a ploy for some free advertising. Get a mate to photo the van and send an outraged email to the local click bait paper who they know will run the story. Et voila, company name, phone number etc etc all there to see!!

If someone has genuinely got that offended that it's a genuine complaint then they need to take a good long look at themselves....

[moffspeed]

We have a local cess pit drainage company, their truck cabs are adorned with the slogan "We move the motion".

Quality.