<![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> @raincoaster: Thanks for that, Raincoaster! Now about the exploding penis...

niceguysorta

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> @niceguysorta: I think it kinda-sorta counts as intellectual because it's a reference to Aristophanes, not to Thatcherism, which is not exactly revered even at the Economist.

raincoaster

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> @VirusWithShoes: Fine. Then I'm faux-fended.

Mediahohoho

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> These are obviously instructions for writers, excerpted from the Economist Style Manual!

rachele

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> I have no idea what's going on but I really want to buy whatever that second ad is selling.

Channing

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> Makes me want to subscribe, I'll tell ya.

cog_in_wheel

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> Ah, OK, cloud-cuckoo-land was a common Thatcherism:
[en.wikipedia.org]

Still, why does that potato-sack clown with onions for ears have an exploding penis on his head?

niceguysorta

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> The clown looks like W.

Zorica

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> I'll bet these are student or spec ads. I used to work on The Economist advertising, and I don't think they would walk away from the red background. Ever.

Don Is

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> @famousauthor: But Tony was such a good boy!

VirusWithShoes

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> @contradicto: Economic Coverage With a Purpose!

arguablythemostfamous

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> It's just that British sense of humor--like trying to fool you into thinking that Tony Blair is a statesman rather than a poodle.

famousauthor

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> First thought:?
Second thought: They appear to be catering to balloon animal artists. Has there been an explosion in latex stocks?

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> @Mediahohoho: I'm being faux-condescending in case you think I'm being a prick.

I work on many levels, but rarely take the stairs.

VirusWithShoes

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> @Mediahohoho: I don't know if this is actually condescension as opposed to simple rank-stupidity being passed-off as advertising.

Sometimes it's hard to tell - but then, you aren't British, are you?

VirusWithShoes

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> Always nice to be condescended to by the Brits. Fuckwits.

Mediahohoho

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> Seems pretty clear: they're differentiating themselves from Jayson Blair-ism and the cuckoo WSJ editorial page (and soon the entire Murdoch WSJ).

One of the few things the Economist is dogmatic about is free trade, especially as it applies to agriculture (given the paper's origins), and at the moment they have a point, with tariffs, subsidies and protectionism making the food crisis worse.

ifstone

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> The Economist, Now with Goofus and Gallant.

contradicto

]]> <![CDATA[New <em>Economist</em> Ads Target Kindergarten Demographic]]> Shouldn't the Cloud Cuckoo Land ad feature a bird?

BadUncle

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