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revulsion-inducing ads
Sunday, July 31st, 2022 06:24 pmHas anyone else been getting a particular style of ad on YouTube lately, which shows animations of various parts of the human body? These ads tend to have a voice-over that sounds computer-generated with a British accent.
This latest one includes text "Let this sweet mineral melt in your mouth to rebuild your gums and teeth", with an animated video of a face with a tongue stuck out and a glob of red stuff on it, with the tongue moving left and right.
If so, do you find these animations disgusting? I do. It makes me want to close the ad as quickly as possible, which usually means closing the browser tab and not continuing to browse other videos as I might have otherwise done.
This time instead of closing the tab, I paused the ad in order to write this. Now I've played more of the ad to get more details. It went on to show a real non-animated photo of a person's mouth with white foam on the teeth and something red like blood at the bottom.
This is the first time I've had the ad open long enough to notice what company it is for. I won't link to it but: Body followed by bliss followed by today, with dot com.
I've taken a look at the website, and it seems quite dodgy to me. It does not have any "sweet mineral" for sale, only a few books and mention of "members-only" content which can be purchased.
Now the ad is showing a sideways view of a real open mouth but with the upper part of the jaw animated to be moving up and down in an unnatural way (equally horrific to me) while an off-white rectangular thing floats into the mouth.
I didn't watch the rest.
This was a relatively benign example of the type of ad. Other ads have shown internal bodily organs like the stomach or colon, with the organ bloated and pulsing larger and smaller, or wiggling around or something like that.
These all make me cringe with revulsion. I am curious if other viewers have this same visceral reaction, as I don't imagine ads can work well if they make the viewer want to close the window as quickly as possible before even hearing what the ad is for.
Edited to add:
I got that ad again, or one very similar to it. This time however it linked to a different website, latest followed by dash and stuff and dot com.
I selected the "i" info link in the lower left corner of the video, which brings up YouTube info on the ad. That provided an option to not show the ad again. I selected that, but considering the same dang ad must be getting shown from different advertising accounts, it may not help much. Also, you don't get to prevent all ads from the same account, only the particular ad you select.
I remember looking for an option like that, to stop a particular ad from playing, in the past. Back then I didn't find any. So I wonder if the option is new, or only shown on certain ads. Or maybe only when you are signed into YouTube or Google.
This latest one includes text "Let this sweet mineral melt in your mouth to rebuild your gums and teeth", with an animated video of a face with a tongue stuck out and a glob of red stuff on it, with the tongue moving left and right.
If so, do you find these animations disgusting? I do. It makes me want to close the ad as quickly as possible, which usually means closing the browser tab and not continuing to browse other videos as I might have otherwise done.
This time instead of closing the tab, I paused the ad in order to write this. Now I've played more of the ad to get more details. It went on to show a real non-animated photo of a person's mouth with white foam on the teeth and something red like blood at the bottom.
This is the first time I've had the ad open long enough to notice what company it is for. I won't link to it but: Body followed by bliss followed by today, with dot com.
I've taken a look at the website, and it seems quite dodgy to me. It does not have any "sweet mineral" for sale, only a few books and mention of "members-only" content which can be purchased.
Now the ad is showing a sideways view of a real open mouth but with the upper part of the jaw animated to be moving up and down in an unnatural way (equally horrific to me) while an off-white rectangular thing floats into the mouth.
I didn't watch the rest.
This was a relatively benign example of the type of ad. Other ads have shown internal bodily organs like the stomach or colon, with the organ bloated and pulsing larger and smaller, or wiggling around or something like that.
These all make me cringe with revulsion. I am curious if other viewers have this same visceral reaction, as I don't imagine ads can work well if they make the viewer want to close the window as quickly as possible before even hearing what the ad is for.
Edited to add:
I got that ad again, or one very similar to it. This time however it linked to a different website, latest followed by dash and stuff and dot com.
I selected the "i" info link in the lower left corner of the video, which brings up YouTube info on the ad. That provided an option to not show the ad again. I selected that, but considering the same dang ad must be getting shown from different advertising accounts, it may not help much. Also, you don't get to prevent all ads from the same account, only the particular ad you select.
I remember looking for an option like that, to stop a particular ad from playing, in the past. Back then I didn't find any. So I wonder if the option is new, or only shown on certain ads. Or maybe only when you are signed into YouTube or Google.