One person’s joke is someone else’s insult it seems. Reader Nate sent in a photo of a fake poncho ad that ran in the LOLCats themed issue of the Boston-area free magazine Weekly Dig. He thinks the ad is hilarious, but we found at least one complaint from a Weekly Dig reader who thought the fake ad was “misogynist” and that the “potential hilarity was ruined by bad taste and poor judgment.” See the (fake) ad inside if NSFW language doesn’t bother you…
Our reaction is, of course, “Holy Shit! Where can we buy that poncho!?”
ROFLcon and ponchos spark controversy [Weekly Dig]
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Awesome!
I must admit in no uncertain terms that that indeed is a sweet fucking poncho.
Best poncho ad ever. I predict a big market shift in the poncho sector of the economy.
This “ad” was posted in its original form way back on April 2: [www.aidsvertising.com]
and that issue of the Dig is from, what, 3 weeks ago?
OLD
Woman here…also not offended! Ponchos aren’t very fucking cute though
That poncho ad was fucking delicious!
(Am I the only one who thinks the “ass raping” bit doesn’t make any sense?)
Looks like one of the many funny ads in the GTA IV game
pretend you aint fat lol priceless
does it hide short, fat pot bellies & bald spots too???
@Rectilinear Propagation: Oh you so did not just say that.
Team Poncho!
P-A Notes FTW!
***van explodes***
Sweet Jesus I’m sure some little old ladies had a heart attack when they read that ad.
…and I want one of those ponchos now.
this is pretty funny, although it feels like a bit of a ripoff of that old
“>”Ebonics Delta”gag from a few years ago.
dammit, let’s try this again…
this is pretty funny, although it feels like a bit of a ripoff of that old
“>Ebonics Delta Gag Commercial from a few years ago.
If you like this, search for “powerthirst” on youtube.
Fuck! That fucking add is fucking hilarious I L-O-fucking-Led so fucking loud in my fucking office.
No seriously. That is funny, people are sensitive cry babies, and as always, please, all offended, get over it.
No sense in crying over things that simply do not effect you.
Don’t like the joke? Don’t laugh.
Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho, who can tell anymore
Since i work in the publicity field, all i can say this ad is awesome!!!! Pretty hilarious too. I didn´t find it misogynist or offensive, i find it brilliant; I wish i could get that magazine down here in México…
@SkokieGuy: “Axe doesn’t work?”
Axe doesn’t work for us homos
I mean, we get gaggles of girls flocking after us, but only to ask us if their shoes go with their new contacts they got 
They need to make Homo-Axe – to attract all the menz!!
So many problems with this ad, I don’t know where to start… I mean, the word green doesn’t need to be on the next line, which wold leave some breathing space between the paragraphs.
And “ass raping” needs a hyphen.
And doesn’t “aint” need an apostrophe between the n and the t?
No wonder there are complaints about this ad!
@BrienBear: They have that. It’s call Boobs.
I can has fucking ponchos?
jesus people need to pull the stick out of their collective asses, if you don’t find it funny turn the page and move on, don’t make a federal case out of it. If someone tells a joke that’s not funny do I go complain to anyone? no… same freaking basis. people need to get off of their high horses and get a sense of humor or learn to shut their traps sometimes. I’d hate to see what would happen if the person who found this offensive were to end up on /b/…
i really admire the random capitalization. very good imitation of crappy local ads.
Outrage is probably coming from the same people who are dumb enough to send Maddox hate mail.
frankly, I am offended… there are two spots of green.
It IS offensive.
Talk about low-brow humor…
There are plenty of funny articles, with clever comments, but this (article) is not one of them.
If it’s not funny without “ass-raping,” then it’s not that funny.
To me, it seems like the ad would be exactly as funny without that.
Hell yeah.
@GBirdii:
Really glad someone else caught this copypasta, too.
FARK really needs to give up on the Photoshop contests if this is the best they can do, or was this 4chan? is there a difference?
I’m surprised I didn’t see more anger from religious people at the first three words, “Sweet Baby Jesus!”
No matter how lowbrow or simple you make humor, you can guarantee in this Pre-Idiocracy state we live in there will always be somebody whose head it will sail over. There’s people in this world who take Team America World Police as jingoism. I’m not surprised that at least one person complained about that ad. Bad taste? OF COURSE! Misogynistic? Well, it wouldn’t be nearly as offensive or hilarious if it WASN’T misogynistic, would it?
That gives me an idea, I’m gonna start a website with fake ads based around “shaggy dog stories”. Like, picture a banana, and then the ad copy runs all over the entire page in tiny little print that takes ages to read, talking about how great these oranges are, they’re so high in potassium and vitamin C, and then at the very bottom of the ad, it says, oh wait, this is a banana.
Then I can wait until I get a complaint that says, “Dear Sir, your recent banana advertisement contained numerous misleading and/or irrelevant statements…”
I’m a woman.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I *created that poncho ad* Swear to god.
I’m an improviser in San Francisco in a group (that has performed in Boston) called Oui Be Negroes. http://www.ouibenegroes.com
I love that people like it. I had three glasses in me when I did it as a joke on an Extreme Advertising Website. What is the one thing you would never find extreme.
Well…a fucking poncho.
Glad you enjoy it. Even more stunned it made the Boston Weekly!
Shaun Landry