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So there's a huge increase in STIs - especially syphilis - spreading among the population of young people here in Alberta. The provincial government started this awareness campaign that some people find amusing and others find disgusting. They're doing television commercials and banner ads that point to a fake dating website for people with syphilis. That's the condensed version, if you want to read more about the campaign, you can check it out
I've seen the commercials, and yesterday I saw the first banner ad and visited the website
So ummm...honestly, for me it was a bit much, although some of the writing was funny - some of it funny in a tragic and sick way though. Although maybe I'm a little old fashioned, and I'm not really their target audience so it doesn't really matter. Will it work to boost awareness? I think it's definitely doing that. But I think maybe it's a bit too National Lampoon for people to take it seriously, I don't know.
For those of you who are brave enough to look, what do you think?
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I've seen the commercials, and yesterday I saw the first banner ad and visited the website
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for the first time. It's kind of funny, but nasty at the same time. If you're easily offended or disgusted, don't bother looking. If you do go look, it has a pop up window that lets you choose if you're a man looking for a woman or whatever - you don't need to do any of that, just click the box that says you're over 16. All the profiles and everything are fake.So ummm...honestly, for me it was a bit much, although some of the writing was funny - some of it funny in a tragic and sick way though. Although maybe I'm a little old fashioned, and I'm not really their target audience so it doesn't really matter. Will it work to boost awareness? I think it's definitely doing that. But I think maybe it's a bit too National Lampoon for people to take it seriously, I don't know.
For those of you who are brave enough to look, what do you think?