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A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

Trackback — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:45:27 PDT

This ad, for QSOL server appliances, is a neatly-condensed illustration of women's place in technology, as regarded by technologically-placed men. It's to be found in the pages of—shocker—Linux Journal, which promised not to run the ad again after its first appearance in 2000.

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A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

AugieMarch — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:26:21 PDT

@White Trash Mom: True, that. Ditto for provocative screen names.

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A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

white trash mom — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:18:51 PDT

Sex sells. Bad ads that talk about sex sell more than good ads without sex. Life is harsh campers.

white trash mom

A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

FlakJack — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:45:19 PDT

I could see this ad working well if the execution were better what an average first-year graphic design student would do here.

And Qsol? The 1970s called. They wanted to know where you got the idea for that bitchin' logo.

FlakJack

A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

starbreiz — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:28:57 PDT

Hello, sexist ad. What, females can't be Linux Admins too? (Not to assume we're all straight, but those of us who prefer men have no interest in the woman in the ad.) Not to mention, I purchased a large sum of servers from QSOL a few years back and had a very bad customer experience when many of them failed due to a known problem that they failed to notify us of. This is the first time I'd seen this ad, but it made me laugh... thanks.

starbreiz

A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

andyfox1979 — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:02:46 PDT

I knew there'd be linux nerds making linux innuendos in the comments here. I think this is proof positive that this ad works.

Maybe if linux fanboys would stop putting their propaganda on stumbleupon and digg and actually trying to meet babes, they wouldn't have to be marketed to in this way

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A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

Trackback — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:24:19 PDT

Linux Journal published a BLATANTLY SEXIST (albeit vaguely funny) ad in its August, 2007, which belong, according to the site feministing.com, in the "Ads That Really Suck" file. Worse, the ad is a repeat of another ad that appeared seven years ago, also in Linux Journal.

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A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

johnnypotatoes — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:16:53 PDT

It's a stupid ad -- promising that something great will be withheld from you is no way to sell stuff. But then, I'm not an ad weasel, so what do I know?

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A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

seanpercival — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:14:17 PDT

I'm ganna recompile my kernel all over that face!

zing

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A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

danlane — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:13:49 PDT

Pfft, it wasn't even an original joke seven years ago... www.unfortu.net has been saying the same thing since the mid-nineties.

danlane

A blowjob ad reappears in Linux Journal

BarelyFitz — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:36:21 PDT

It's her loss, I've got 99.999% uptime.

BarelyFitz