Dumbass.

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AN Indian man claims he has been cheated by the cosmetics firm that makes popular deodorant Lynx after failing to land a girlfriend for the past seven years. Vaibhav Bev has been using Lynx deodorant since 2002, in the hope the company's promotional campaign - which features scantily clad women throwing themselves at men - had some basis in real life. Mr Bev is suing the maker of Lynx - marketed as Axe in his home country - for more than $100,000, seeking compensation for "depression and psychological damage". "I used it for seven years but no girl came to me," he told the Daily Record. Indian compensation lawyer Ram Jethmalani advised the company that makes Axe, Unilever, to settle out of court. He said any claims by Unilever that Mr Bev failed to find a girlfriend because he was unattractive were unlikely to succeed.

I hate those commercials just as much as the next sane person, but really? The sickening part is that no matter what, this guy is probably going to end up getting his grubby, cheaply cologned hands all over some serious cash. It's like they're paying him for being a fugly moron.

Oh, that wacky Chris-chan is at it again!

I'm okay with this. Marketing department, you reap what you sow.

This is too funny for me to get pissed. I'm allergic to Axe. It makes me sneeze and get all watery-eyed, so seeing harm brought to them gives me a sense of glee.

I said it gives me a sense of glee, not that it was right.

I'm allergic to you too, by the way.

I think that stuff stinks all to hell, and want to hold my nose whenever I pass a man wearing it. (Ya know, men on whom I do smell it always seem to be drenched in the stuff - maybe it's a commentary on AXE's target audience?)

Am I the only one who smells a /b/tard?

Cyberwulf wrote:

DarthDarthington wrote: Penguin wrote: I'm okay with this. Marketing department, you reap what you sow. This. Agreed. Maybe now they'll can their sexist ad campaigns.

Or maybe they'll put a disclaimer on them.

But hey, maybe if you write a letter in ALL CAPS calling them fuckknuckles, which not only seems to be your calling in life, but also your only skill that doesn't involve Godot and a whip, they'll stop that ad campaign.

All of this aside, do you think I could get in on this? I mean, I use Axe and nobody loves me. I'm sure it's their fault, because correlation ALWAYS equals causation.

Yeah I hate the smell of Lynx. You can tell a mile off if a guy is wearing it.

This is awesome/ridiculous though. Surely this isn't real actual news is it?

Ugh. I really hate stories like this. I don't like any conflict in which I'm hoping for both participants to lose.