German Aids Campaign - Don't Lose Your Head

[NedNickerson]

A new German campaign promoting condom usage that warns "It's easy to lose your head when you're horny" is raising eyebrows. It's also fairly creepy.

The campaign features a series of images of headless torsos in sexual positions. It's not necessarily SFW (Safe For Work).

More photos at this link:

http://blogger.xs4all.nl/marcg/archive/2006/10/22/137842.aspx

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[Corny]

i like it one of the better campaings from the aidshilfe

 

[epicAdam]

Did anybody notice the web address at the end of that TV commercial??? How on earth does ANYBODY remember that??

 

[Corny]

easy when you're german.
oblivion-is-infecting.com
or
forgetting-is-infecting.com would be easy to remember for you, wouldn't it?

 

[SilverRRCloud]

Did anybody notice the web address at the end of that TV commercial??? How on earth does ANYBODY remember that??

Yeah, how about the longest noun in German for many years. Now, we have gotten en even longer one...


die Donaudampschiffahrtsgesellschftskapitänsfrau

It is simple as in the wife of the captain of the Danube Steamer Comp.

It ain't that bad, once you get used to it.

SC

 

[Yves]

Interesting campaign. I know nothing about the target audience or the organization, but the campaign seems adequate for a German adult. Germany has used a slightly different approach on AIDS prevention compared to the US. American audiences are more conservative. Condoms are available in public restrooms, bars, universities, etc. How many American universities have condoms in public restrooms?

 

[Paws]

There's a huge mistake in the video: the heads can be seen in the mirror.

 

[pills]

Yeah, how about the longest noun in German for many years. Now, we have gotten en even longer one...

die Donaudampschiffahrtsgesellschftskapitänsfrau
SC

I thought the German word for "Jeep" was the longest noun? Well, things have probably changed since I was in high school. Now it's probably called just a Jeep.

Long nouns aside, I think the campaign is kind of odd. I get the "Don't lose your head" part, but I think the graphics are a bit much.

 

[Paws]

There ever was a german word for Jeep?

 

[konrad01]

There ever was a german word for Jeep?

Geländewagen

 

[NedNickerson]

A French AIDS poster...

 

[doctorsun]

European media never ceases to amaze me. Those ads would NEVER be acceptable in the US. Ever.

Remember, this is the country that freaked out over Janet Jackson's nipple being partially exposed.