Six Ads That Really Pissed People Off In 2012

Christians, transgender people, the Amish — the ad industry got under everybody’s skin this year.

1. Red Bull

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PHPJN2ZR7jk.

This Jesus-debunking spot ran all over the world, including South Africa and Brazil. You wanna see some real complaints, Red Bull? Run it in Mississippi.

2. Libra tampons

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CmKTnKFzKlU.

Ha ha, you don’t have a vagina!
Lesson: Don’t fuck with transgender people.

3. New Idea magazine

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YAMOnL1tTQc.

Lesson: Don’t fuck with the Amish.

4. Pilot pens

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qm6SxsOTUoQ.

This spot upset men, as it portrayed men as idiots.
I have no problem with this spot.

5. Cottonelle “Gripples”

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KeCwSF-XleM.

Gripples grip more shit.
Depicting smelly behinds knotted the knickers of many.
My problem here is that dogs like the smell of poo, rendering the commercial inaccurate.

6. Carefree

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3AsvkAOkdc.

This was the number-one complained-about ad — in Australia and the world over. Why? Because a tampon commercial dared speaketh the “v” word.