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33 Hamfisted Attempts To Use Sex To Sell Unsexy Products

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Sex sells. Or, more to the point, advertising companies think sex sells. So they try to work the bow-chicka-bow-wow factor into all of their campaigns -- even when it makes no sense whatsoever. And these ads are everywhere, from the glitziest Super Bowl ad to the tiniest Netflix thumbnail.

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For some bizarre reason, Sony decided that the best way to advertise the dual touch panel functionality of their new Playstation Vita console... TOUCH

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Layconsa wanted to sell more highlighters. So they have their highlighter pointing to a topless woman in this ad. CRACKED COM

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If you sell wood care products, then sex up Pinocchio. Mabes mere atteseshe That's what Werner & Mertz did with this print ad in 2009.

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After licking its wounds from accusations of racism in a previous campaign, Popchips decided to go another route: COMPARING THEIR SNACKS TO KATY PERRY

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WE'RE INTO RUBBER This was a commercial for an Australian car repair company called Ultra Tune. It became Australia's most complained-about ad of 2016

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In 2013, Kraft introduced 'The Zesty Guy to promote GRAGKEDCOM its Italian salad dressing. SILVERWARE OPTIONAL GET The company tweeted this image of

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Samsung's laptop has a new feature. So, here's a super-flexible True beauty is curved. naked woman with not SO many curves to help you remember it. Th

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ESTRELLA INSURANCE needed an eye-catching way to show people how much money they'll save. So they plastered buses with images like these ... CAR INSUR

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CRACKEDGOM Cheena oos for adult In an effort to sell lollipops to adults, Chupa Chups stuck a sucker stick on called a boob and it a day.

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Firefly Airlines once advertised cheap tickets on their Facebook with this image and the message Come grab it real fast. 50 Firefly 9o B: yond Conve

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Heinz printed this ad in 2012 to promote their hot ketchup. Apparently, nothing says hot ketchup better than provocatively placed chicken. CRACKED.COM

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REBORN TO BE ALIVE created this image for their organ donation campaign. The tagline? Becoming a donor is probably your only chance to get inside her

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ELAGON have we Look, GUM! an mentos PURE SREP FRESH This ad for Mentos gum ran in 2012. The ad makes no attempt to explain the connection between gum

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ORACKEDCOM OEVO WE'RE JUST AS EXCITED AS YOU. VOLVO ran this ad in the program for 2003 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras with the tagline: WE'RE JUST

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