the right hand doesn't know

[adrian_turtle]

I spend a lot of time looking at bulletin boards these days. (Actually, I spend more time looking FOR bulletin boards. Remind me to grumble about their disappearance.) That's why I saw this gem.

The left side of the poster advertising the Pilates class said, "Pilates allows me to focus on my appearance and my heath in ways that are not abusive or critical."
The right side of the very same poster said, "Want a SCANDALOUS Body?"

The two statements were separated by a picture of a young woman, smiling and not wearing much. I'm not sure if I was meant to be scandalized by her hypocrisy or her outfit. (But they weren't selling the outfit?) Advertising is hard.

Comments

[silveradept]

That seems to be either a highly ineffective method of advertising, or the perfect method of advertising, based on whether or not the idea of holding two contradictory views is a good thing or not.

[adrian_turtle]

It could have been perfect if they'd made two separate posters. I'm sure there are (at least) two potential markets for pilates classes, and they might as well sell to both types of student. Something about this combination made me think they weren't doing it on purpose, though.

[silveradept]

Yeah, that sounds more like an oversight or a clever hack than a deliberate decision made.