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<title>Slog - Comments on Re: New Ask.com Commercial...</title>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial</link>
<description>Melissa McEwan wrote about that Ask.com commercial over at Shakesville a few days ago. Here&apos;s her take on what happened behind the scenes: “All right, you advertising geniuses. What we need is a way to convey that you can find porn just as easy on Ask.com as you can on Google—and real kinky shit, too! Like, chicks with dicks—but, ya know, something we can actually put on the air.” “Boss, I’ve got it! Chicks with swords!” “Chicks with swords, Sanders? That sounds totally lame.” “No, check it out—it’s a euphemism for chicks with dicks, right? But Mom and Pop America...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:22:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Tiffany</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Well it was pretty obvious to me that's what they were getting at.</p>]]></description>
<author>Tiffany</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742709</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:32:03 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by infrequent</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>could you say that again, while, you know, holding a sword?  it would be easier for me to pay attention that way.</p>]]></description>
<author>infrequent</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742723</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742723</guid>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:56:08 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Bellevue Ave</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>you always leave me pleased Mr. Savage</p>]]></description>
<author>Bellevue Ave</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742729</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:03:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Sean</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Erica, you need to read some different blogs. </p>]]></description>
<author>Sean</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742758</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742758</guid>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:39:08 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by torrentprime</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>*Reading post and comments*...So creating a commercial showing that guys use sites to search for porn is de facto misogynistic.  Got it.  Oh yeah, and "Outrage! Outrage! Outrage!"</p>

<p>Jesus H Christ: this is the closest we've come to a sex-positive ad involving sexuality in modern life (yes, yes, it's straight male sexuality, but where did you think it would start?), an ad that admits quite clearly that goes look on the Internet for sex... and it's baaaad, because it shows dancing women with swords.</p>

<p>Would the easily-outraged prefer women in burkas, so they can be completely covered and hopefully non-sexual?  How about an ad showing a guy searching for porn where women jump out of the computer and beat him for thinking objectifying thoughts? Gosh, we could think of so many ways in which we make this ad into everything else America is these days, thanks to the Christianists: repressed and dishonest.  </p>

<p>It's <b>porn</b>, people, not an etiquette guide.</p>]]></description>
<author>torrentprime</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742769</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:01:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by NapoleonXIV</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>This is a silly thread.</p>]]></description>
<author>NapoleonXIV</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742788</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:25:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by dirge</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I actually like the commercial but they really should have made sure that entering "chicks with swords" into their search engine would return something mildly stimulating before the 6th page (and that was just a gallery of the obligatory 80's fantasy art).</p>]]></description>
<author>dirge</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742826</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742826</guid>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:39:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Will in Seattle</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Well, Tiffany sure has nice music choices.</p>

<p>But I still don't get why everyone is hatin swords.</p>]]></description>
<author>Will in Seattle</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742843</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742843</guid>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:11:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by wait</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Doth protest too much, #5.  No one is outraged.</p>]]></description>
<author>wait</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742878</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:25:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by mmbb</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>+@5, -@9.  grow up, grow a brain, and think with your upstairs head.</p>]]></description>
<author>mmbb</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c742883</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:44:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by izbeurmls srnzgx</title>
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<author>izbeurmls srnzgx</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c751769</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:20:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by izbeurmls srnzgx</title>
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<author>izbeurmls srnzgx</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c751785</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c751785</guid>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:21:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by izbeurmls srnzgx</title>
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<author>izbeurmls srnzgx</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_new_askcom_commercial#c751794</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:23:27 -0800</pubDate>
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