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I mean why? Wouldn't it be much more realistic and relatable if the ad was like "oh thank fuck I'm not pregnant"

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[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 78 points 1 year ago

people trying to get pregnant probably buy more tests than people having a scare.

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 71 points 1 year ago

Isn't the bigger question why are corpo marketing ghouls chosing to show women well past their second or third trimester with a test stick when it's intended for use in like the first few months. Yes I know it's to make their product more obvious for what it is and what it's for, but come on!

[-] Pastaguini@hexbear.net 46 points 1 year ago

I think that’s the joke - hence the “when you want to be sure” tagline.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

new conspiracy theory: they're in cahoots with other industries that do body shaming. Oh you think you're pregnant? What if you just got oddly fat?

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[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago
[-] RION@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Me getting annoyed at everyone ITT making the same joke only to realize it wasn't a joke aware

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

"Oh snap, I thought I just had to take a massive shit."

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago

If the people in that ad need a test to figure out if the wife/gf is pregnant then I have a bridge to sell them!

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

she just has a boulder sized tumor in her stomach and is making sure she isnt also pregnant ok

The tagline says "for when you want to be sure" so I'm pretty sure it's a bit

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

Lady looks like she's 9 months preggers, m'am I don't think you need a test to figure that one out.

[-] Deadend@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

“Oh thank god it’s not a tumor!”

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

My organs feel like the undertaker being taken to town by Kane but that's probably bad gas

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

I mean, I’ve been there

[-] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 1 year ago

Real answer, it's probably because you don't want your product to be associated with negative emotions. Branding is all about the associations that people get when thinking about your product.

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'd guess this is correct, but I'll say that I have seen pregnancy test ads where the person taking the test was relieved and happy it was negative. They've tried spinning it the other way with the positive vibes.

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bit idea: we make the pregnancy tests more and more unplausible.

  • Celebrating the pregnancy during an ultrasound

  • next a baby shower

  • next after the kid’s born

  • then celebrate that same kid’s conception despite the fact she just graduated college “mom, I already born! I just graduated college, why are you still staring at that test?”

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

Also, why the fuck is she taking a pregnancy test that far into pregnancy? Why did she think her belly got so big in that way?

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago
[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Lmao. They're happy because they're not fat?

[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I know. I was just being facetious

You say that, but my sister was 7 months pregnant before it finally occured to her thatvshe might be pregnant. She said that she thought she was just getting fat. She had 2 other kids before that.

My mom works in labor and delivery and there are a concerning number of people who show up to the hospital actively in labor who insist that there is no possible way that they're pregnant.

Sex ed is real fucking bad in some areas.

[-] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Because burgerland lol

[-] miz@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

bit idea: guy whose fetish is pregnant women who don't show yet, so he has them take a test before sex

[-] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

Do you take this pregnancy test by having your water break on it? That lady is unreasonably pregnant.

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

bruh i think you know what that test is gonna say

you should go to the hospital like now

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago
[-] StillNoLeftLeft@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Also if the status of the belly is what this picture present, the test is what tips them off? Until then it's just been what? Terrible bloat?

[-] Annakah38@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

That woman is clearly extremely pregnant. No need for a pregnancy test.

[-] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Only ad I've seen had a negative test in it

[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

The AI wasn't sure which was her left hand so it split the difference and put one ring on each.

[-] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like, at bar with a test that just shows a minus sign. The woman sighs, then you see her chug a drink and go dance, "sometimes all you need is to be sure"

[-] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is this an AI generated image? Maybe it's just me, but this one is real borderline, getting some uncanny valley vibes looking at them even though I can't quite place what's wrong.

[-] Krem@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

libbing-out just some inhuman faces and empty eyes and toothless mouth holes and very high details on the clothing wrinkles and face wrinkles strange dramatic lighting in what's supposed to be a cute bright ad, nothing weird going on here at all

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