Blogs Apr 17, 2012 at 2:28 pm

Today In Backlit Plastic PSA Placard Placement

Dan Savage
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Those are some fucking cheerful messages in any occasion, but Jesus, I feel sorry for the fearful flyer who sees those just before boarding the airplane to get home to his family.
Allyn on April 17, 2012 at 2:35 PM Report this
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Use a condom or your kid might be an orphan.
Then again, he might be better off without you.
Matt the Engineer on April 17, 2012 at 2:38 PM Report this
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I know this just might be a, 'I'm just saying', thingy, but really. These two are totally different messages. One, no matter what cards life deals ya, you must try and give it all ya got. And second, in the world we live in, AIDS still destroys the lifes of thousands and thousands of people around the world. Both do offer a message of hope and compassion.
cristo on April 17, 2012 at 3:06 PM Report this
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What's really fucking sad is that they have to use an image of a blonde white baby in a large city (rather than the reality, which is closer to a black baby in an African village) because otherwise middle America won't give a fuck.
UNPAID COMMENTER on April 17, 2012 at 3:07 PM Report this
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@3 "Get AIDS and die, and your child will be inducted into The Baseball Hall of Fame."

I'm just sayin'.
Ophian on April 17, 2012 at 3:38 PM Report this
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I think Clear Channel takes whatever unsold spaces they have at airports like this and rotates in PSA material they've committed to. I believe Clear Channel gets good publicity and a writeoff against their unsold space, so yeah, they should be more careful about placement. "Want to grow up to be Babe Ruth? Give your parents AIDS."
gloomy gus on April 17, 2012 at 3:59 PM Report this
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"Orphanhood: results may vary"?! That's fucking hilarious, Dan. You got a legitimate LOL out of me. There were these great ones in the Subway station in D.C. that were encouraging awareness for diabetes. It was like a picture of a life jacket with the phrase "We can stop drowning; why not diabetes?" Or of a seatbelt with the phrase "We can stop fatalities; why not diabetes?" I really love inane shit in travel centers.
mtnlion on April 17, 2012 at 4:01 PM Report this
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@5: I think that I'm reading it the way that you and presumably Dan are reading it. If I were a contender for the GOP leadership I suppose I might use it to support my case against gay adoption.

Uh, luckily I'm not a GOP contender.
saxfanatic on April 17, 2012 at 4:46 PM Report this
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You don't know that the orphan in the street couldn't turn into the next Babe Ruth. An alcoholic with a gambling problem.
tacomagirl on April 17, 2012 at 5:22 PM Report this
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Every 14 seconds a stupid kids walks down the middle of a three lane waiting to be run down.
Cato the Younger Younger on April 17, 2012 at 7:07 PM Report this
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@11, that was definitely my thought, haha. Also, what a cute white kid. Yay white people! Hurray for being the majority! Never letting you forget it!

...That diversity thing isn't supposed to be just a gimmick, y'know.
GlassMoon on April 17, 2012 at 8:56 PM Report this
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So true. We have a lot less empathy for black people, by far. We patronize them in our movies and TV shows and turn away in fear when they cross our path in real life. Or we shoot them if they're young males wearing hoodies.
floater on April 17, 2012 at 9:21 PM Report this
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Babe Ruth wasn't an orphan. Placard FAIL
glasspusher on April 18, 2012 at 8:43 PM Report this
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There's another, probably unintended historical connection here -- Babe Ruth had many, many sex partners, and probably did not practice what today we would call safe sex. He had a child with a woman who wasn't his life. His sex life is partly what made him a larger-than-life figure. Babe Ruth is the poster boy for "traditional values"? Seriously? That's like making Brett Ravre a poster boy for texting....
on April 19, 2012 at 6:54 PM Report this
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There's another, probably unintended historical boo-boo here, besides the fact that he was NOT an orphan -- Babe Ruth had many, many sex partners, and probably did not practice what today we would call safe sex. He had a child with a woman who wasn't his life. His sex life is partly what made him a larger-than-life figure. Babe Ruth is the poster boy for "traditional values"? Seriously? That's like making Brett Favre a poster boy for wholesome texting or Ty Cobb the poster boy for sportsmanship.
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