Geek Soap Box

Absolut Vodka has positively taken over NY’s Grand Central Terminal lately with countless advertisements touting the brand’s new campaign, “In an Absolut World…”

Look, I know I occasionally have a filthy mind, but surely I can’t be the only one that sees a not-so-subtle vaginal/clitoral theme to these images right?  I mean, what else can that be?

Either someone’s subconscious got the better of them at Absolut’s advertising agency, or this was a deliberate campaign choice.  So, that then begs the question…what is the logic or rationale behind the Freudian psychology?  Does that kind of stuff still work in a day and age where the general public has become positively desensitized to sexual imagery?  Nowadays, I don’t look at that and think, “gosh, if I just drank more vodka I might get laid.”  Instead, I think, “wow, that’s really blatant and immature.”

What’s next, a choo-choo train wailing and chugging through a deep, dark tunnel?  For a business so renowned for its creative that whole Web sites have sprung up in tribute, this just screams weak.