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Silent NO Longer
12Jan2010 Filed under: I DON'T GET IT! Author: Kate BartholomewThe first time I saw it I was startled. The second time I was a unnerved yet mildly amused. However, the subsequent five billion times I’ve seen this Facebook ad, I have been gravely concerned.
Speechless. Yes, speechless momentarily.
Phew! THAT’S over. And now, WHAT IN THE HELL?
Are you a Mom? Are you making a piddling to middling amount of money? YOU ARE IN LUCK!!! Evidently, Mass Murderers Deranged Serial Killers Educational Society of America has a SCHOLARSHIP for YOU! Oh – wait – maybe not… But your own personal psycho-killer may help you get you a well-deserved PELL grant!
Why is this funny? (Or utterly CREEPY?) Because, it seems, this is no joke. Like I said, I’ve spotted it MYRIAD times.
IS IT JUST ME?
Ammon
January 12th, 2010 at 7:02 am
All you have to do to qualify for the scholarship is shave that guy without him killing you.
Brian
January 12th, 2010 at 9:58 am
You know that the ads are targeted, right? I never see that one. 😉
Kate Bartholomew
January 12th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Brian, I may make less than – okay NO money to speak of – but are they REALLY targeting the “mothers” of KITTEN CHILDREN?
Kate Bartholomew
January 12th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Ammon: I think you’ve hit on it. I think they would like you to use a straight razor…
Laura
January 13th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Have you seen the scary Dr. always offering breast augmentation? Also very frightening. I am not letting anyone who looks like that around the girls!
Kate Bartholomew
January 13th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
No, I’ve not seen the scary Doctor… As Brian said, they TARGET these ads. What does that mean? Are your girls saying something of which you are not aware?
Zina
January 19th, 2010 at 9:05 am
I think we’re supposed to relate to the ad because it’s sensitive to the fact of women’s changing hormones as we age, which can bring on hirsutism.
robyn
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Okay yeah I’ve seen that ad and thought WTH? The one that really crreps me out is the really black guy sporting newly whitened teeth. Okay, um, target marketing? I’ve been accused being translucent.
Pam
January 25th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Never fear. He’s merely a homeless descendant of Sweeney Todd who never learned the family trade.
(I actually see this add a lot, too. And I’ve never see Laura’s scary plastic surgeon ad. Hmmm.)
Kate Bartholomew
January 26th, 2010 at 3:05 am
I admit: I finally saw the plastic surgeon freak.
Laurie (@turban_diva)
January 30th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Hmmm… maybe they got it mixed up with that “So easy even a caveman can do it..” ad?
Michael
February 1st, 2010 at 8:33 pm
I just assumed it was because Jesus wanted moms to go back to school. Cuz Jesus loves smart moms. And stuff.
Kate
March 16th, 2010 at 1:26 am
Granted, it was not a contest as such to decide “What in the hell?” but I declare Michael the winner of my favourite comment for this post. Ammon, you get second place. Never fear, you were ALL very funny, indeed.
Marie
December 2nd, 2010 at 5:35 am
eh..speechless!