Posted on 11/26/2022 4:22:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
Some labelled the tweet “gross” and “inappropriate”, and others were upset about its explicit nature.
Tampon brand Tampax has been hit with controversy after its recent tweet, which social media users have deemed “vulgar” and “gross.”
Tampax went viral after putting its spin on the popular flirting method of “Slipping into someone’s DMs”, a reference to someone romantically and sexually approaching others by messaging on their social media platforms.
Tampax tweeted on Monday, November 21: “You’re in their DMs. We’re in them. We are not the same”.
The seemingly innocent tweet racked up more than 360,000 likes and 47,500 retweets, but not all were amused.
Some labelled the tweet “gross” and “inappropriate”, with people in an uproar about how the brand chose to be so explicit in how tampons are used.
Twitter was in an uproar after the tweets went viral, and many showed their dismay at the choice of words.
One user said: “Real weird for a company that sells products made for woman’s natural bodily functions to make a tweet sexualizing woman for using their products…. lmfaooo fire ur social media manager, this is gross”.
Another added: “It never ceases to amaze me how brands are so ready to alienate their core demographic. It’s certainly an interesting business strategy.”
“Yikes! This is BEYOND inappropriate from a corporation,” added another.
Some also warned about the dangers of young people reading the tweet as many girls as young as nine-years-old are getting their period with others saying the brand is “alienating” themselves.
Many critics called for the company to delete the tweet due to the surrounding controversy, which despite the outcry from the public, has yet to be removed.
Tampax chose to respond in a light-hearted manner with the controversy and retweeted the joke saying it “refused to let Twitter shut down before we shared this tweet” – referencing recent rumours about the social media platform’s future after Elon Musk’s takeover.
Leni/MinuteGal
Asymptotial nothingness?
Bloody well they do
Tampax — no strings attached
Haha! You a funny guy 👍
In case you were wondering what DM stands for.
What does DM mean? DM stands for “direct message.” Big Commerce defines the term as, “a private form of communication between social media users that is only visible to the sender and recipient(s).
What do you call woman who lost the string on her tampon?
A cotton picker!
Ok that’s funny right there
How do you know the barmaid is mad at you?
Leaves the string in your Bloody Mary.
Must be your time of month.
I just had an idea. A new brand of tampon for transitioned females and they/them people...
“It’s gold Jerry!...It’s gold!”
>> “Yikes! This is BEYOND inappropriate from a corporation,” added another.
What else is new?
At least once a month, I would reckon.
Now that’s funny right there!
I asked for it...
(Kurt) “Vonnegut is also the guy who once compared semicolons to transvestite hermaphrodites in what has to be the best quote related to punctuation in the history of quotes related to punctuation. “Here is a lesson in creative writing,” Vonnegut said. “First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” https://litreactor.com/columns/foonotes-kurt-vonnegut-and-the-semicolon
You must really get off on this kind of stuff.
Leni
:)
King Charles
I see that the mostly men on this thread are using it as a way to express adolescent locker room humor. I’m not liking this thread because I find the topic frankly gross, and am surprised to see it on here.
In the olden days, such topics of conversation would not be out in the public forum. But it appears nowadays, in today’s anything goes social media culture, along with the coarsening of it, such threads as these now pop up.
Wish I could go back in time when certain subjects best kept private, weren’t put out into the public sphere. This cheapens the discourse and doesn’t make the FR forum look good.
And I know my comment here will elicit responses such as lighten up, good clean fun (it’s not clean) etc., but ask if most of your parents would want to read this thread, or their parents before them. I think I know the answer. The word vulgar comes to mind.
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