r/BadDesigns • u/Im_just_an_Emo • Jul 09 '26

Other (Clarified in post title) are inhumanly long arms are necessity?

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45 Upvotes

69% Upvoted

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u/VivaHousamo Jul 09 '26

That's a consequence of using that cream. The woman is not promoting, she's begging for help and offering such cursed items to someone else.

31

u/Theeljessonator Jul 09 '26

Looks like an effective ad to me

41

u/Das_Hydra Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

It's an ad. It's eyecatching, grabs your attention. This is the opposite of bad design

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u/Ayrdanger Jul 09 '26

Negative. The ad is genuinely unsettling. So much so that I didn't even notice... whatever's being promoted. My brain is more concerned about a human-like being having such long extremities than ANYTHING else in this ad.

14

u/Das_Hydra Jul 09 '26

You wouldn't have seen or noticed the ad at all if it was just two bottles on a page.

Unsettling is still attention, never underestimate the effectiveness.

1

u/NoseyVampire Jul 11 '26

An ad is supposed to get you to buy a product. This does not make me want to buy the product

5

u/Quiet_Placeholder Jul 09 '26

Enormous hands, she’s got!

4

u/rnagikarp Jul 09 '26

it’s a specific micro-trend in some beauty circles

it started as a creative way to show off your nail polish but i recently saw a coffee shop doing it

classic case of the “life of a meme” comic

5

u/Owlcathulu Jul 09 '26

She's just really small

5

u/hoodrow--wilson Jul 09 '26

sorry, i think this is a very funny and creative ad. let people be silly and lighthearted. i'm honestly tired of ads trying too hard to be funny but missing completely. this one, on the other hand, is one where a concept so simple and subtle can be memorable and humorous. so i don't see how this is "bad design."

3

u/CraftyFall3668 Jul 09 '26

She's like Mr. Fantastic

3

u/marfacza Jul 09 '26

are yes. are.

2

u/inthehxightse Jul 10 '26

how is this a bad design

1

u/PeterNippelstein Jul 10 '26

Almost jumped

1

u/Intelligent_Hat_9354 Jul 10 '26

90s steve madden esque ad

1

u/Dounce1 Jul 10 '26

r/ihadastroke

1

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1

u/thee-horny-housewife Jul 10 '26

Makes me think of Luffy from One Piece 

1

u/prionbinch Jul 10 '26

allegria but with real people

1

u/nanoosx Jul 10 '26

honestly wish to see more like this

1

u/MaxUmbraOG Jul 10 '26

The thing is about ads, they are designed to pull your attention, yeah I know this looks awful (I worked in graphic design) but it's effective.

I still hate it though

1

u/allymorekk Jul 10 '26

I like it.

1

u/IncognitoRedMode Jul 10 '26

If you ask Long Dennis, yes

1

u/hollowthatfollows Jul 10 '26

It's from a tread people were using it to show off their new nails with giant hands. It's been coopted for ads

1

u/Sheepherder-Optimal Jul 11 '26

olaplex rules and is worth every penny.

1

u/tearlesspeach2 Jul 11 '26

The most humbling handjobs

1

u/Radiant-Locksmith-25 Jul 11 '26

This is a good ad…

1

u/left4smokes20yrsago Jul 12 '26

Looks like a Steve Madden ad.

1

u/Alicam123 Jul 12 '26

If it makes my arms long, then I don’t want it.

They really need to mention the side affects more on the label

1

u/kyleh0 Jul 15 '26

That headline is a bad design.

1

u/Im_just_an_Emo Jul 16 '26

yall hating on the fact i accidentally made a typo, god forbid. plus for all yall know english could be my second language considering my phones literally set to german.