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  1. 07-29-2006, 23:57 #1
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    Default SEX TOY Ads in Backpacker Magazine!!!

    I had to post this to see if anyone else noticed it. In the back of the newest issue amongst the ads is an ad for "The Liberator", Bedroom Adventure Gear.

    I guess, if you have the money for ad space they'll take anyone now!!! I could understand stuff pertaining to outdoor activities such as motorbikes, or 4WD pickups, etc....but what the hell does, "Bedroom Adventure Gear" have to do with the outdoors...or backpacking for that matter?
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    OMG! That's so hilarious/sad! I looked it up...and I don't know about you, but I think a .675" sleeping pad would be more comfortable than THAT thing! Hey, they're also putting ads on the barf bags in planes now.....do I hear a vote for putting ads on tree leaves next...or how about the squares of toilet paper so you can read it before you use it.
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    And even funnier (to me) is that as they're adding more and more porn-type ads....they've done away with condom machines in convenience store bathrooms!! lol
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  4. 07-30-2006, 00:11 #4
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    Well, I guess if you like hanging a hammock out in the woods, how much harder could it be to hang a swing?
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    hay sex sells what can ya do
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    Wonder how many ounces it weighs?? Uh, for the ultraliters, that is....
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    Hikers have sex too; don't they......
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    I bet if you used forged aluminum hardware and polypro webbing....probably shave at LEAST....7 or 8 oz....
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    No surprise there.

    I have said for years they should change the name from "Backpacker" to "Will do anything for money!!!!".

    They havn't been in touch with the real world of backpacking for YEARS.

    My guess is, they actually think that "thing" IS for backpacking.

    The only thing to actually help Backpackers, the free e-mail service, ends first thing in the AM August 1st. That's when Backpacker gets deleted from my "favorites". I havn't bought one of their rags for years, never will again.


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    Seeing how they select which gear they are going to test - usually based on who advertise with them, I expect the mag will eventually do a field test of sex aids in this category. I can't wait to see that edition
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    doctari, you hit the nail on the head it's all about money. the editors of the magazine should be ashamed of themselves.when your concern is for nothing but money you lose your perspective. IMHO
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    Has anyone watched MLB on TV lately? We're talking a back of the Mag ad here that you have to turn sideways to read its intent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrc237
    Has anyone watched MLB on TV lately? We're talking a back of the Mag ad here that you have to turn sideways to read its intent.
    Not saying there aren't worse things...how about Cialis...a boner med...sponsoring a major golfing event.

    I just found it funny to be in Backpacker...as I don't believe most people go looking for sex toys in such a publication.

    It's akin to smoking ads in a healthy lifestyle magazine...sorta OUT OF PLACE.
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    I hiked with a gal 10 years ago who carried a battery operated vibration device that she called "Mr. Happy". She didn't need him anymore. She was with Mr. Wolf.
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    What about something for the single men hiking. I propose an ultralight combination blow up mattress/pamela Anderson doll. The more air, the firmer the figure
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    Quote Originally Posted by woodsy
    What about something for the single men hiking. I propose an ultralight combination blow up mattress/pamela Anderson doll. The more air, the firmer the figure

    LMAO!!!

    I'd prefer Angelina Jolie, though
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    For a dollar BP would advertise anything. BP Sux. Don't subscribe, just go to backpacker.com. Buy gear with the subscription money.
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    Anything and everything has a price. I would not be suprised one day to find a pastor incorporating the importance of dildos into his/her sermon one day because some porn company paid him $1,000 to do it. Nothing is sacred anymore it seems...

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    No, no, no. Its simply that the advertiser realizes that the art of knot tying has long been lost-- even among the backpacker community.

    And if their marketing team has been in EMS lately, who can blame them for thinking we all have a fetish for Fastex buckles and straps?
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    how does this apply to backpacking?

    Well, maybe it depends who's back it is on. Or should I say, who's back is on it?!?!

    Instead of location, location, location; it's now position, position, position! lol
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