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Addressing the backlash: American Eagle is clarifying that their Sydney Sweeney ad was only intended to make people masturbate (clickhole.com)

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American Eagle is in full-on crisis mode after their “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” campaign was met by swift public backlash as critics accused the ad of invoking eugenics. Today, the clothing company finally put out a statement explaining the campaign’s original aim: American Eagle is clarifying that their Sydney Sweeney ad was only intended to make people masturbate. [...]

Context: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/why-sydney-sweeney-s-good-jeans-campaign-is-being-compared-to-nazism-20250729-p5mikz.html

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Still can't hear yourself, right now...can you?

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I accept that you cannot make a valid refutation or good faith argument (have been unable to do so 3x now) and have lost this debate.