Comments for This Freshly Shaved Deli Meat Is Making Me Uncomfortable

This Freshly Shaved Deli Meat Is Making Me Uncomfortable

2009-12-01T16:01:13Z

Maybe Oscar Mayer was thinking that folding the turkey that way would make shoppers think about turkey breasts. Maybe I have spent too much time in the more colorful parts of the Internet. Either way, I am not sure I could see this in the supermarket without doing a double take. And probably giggling.

(Thanks to Gail!)

Comment from diddy0071 on 2009-12-02

2009-12-03T02:53:21Z

If not, he must be the stupidest person in the history of advertising.

Comment from Negative on 2009-12-02

2009-12-02T21:25:26Z

At least it isn't roast beef.

Comment from Teknojunkie on 2009-12-02

2009-12-02T18:19:07Z

For the first time in a long time, I can actually type LOL and mean it! I actually laughed out loud!!

Comment from baristabrawl on 2009-12-02

2009-12-02T05:37:37Z

What if a woman designed this ad campaign? You are all being very sexist.

Comment from catastrophegirl on 2009-12-01

2009-12-02T03:36:17Z

she's just not used to a) meat or b) critters that have anything other than scales or water permeable skin

Comment from failurate on 2009-12-01

2009-12-02T03:23:45Z

Looks better than a grilled cheese sandwich.

Comment from JulesNoctambule on 2009-12-01

2009-12-02T02:39:38Z

Not so much a vag as a vulva, if you want to get technical.

Comment from IfThenElvis on 2009-12-01

2009-12-02T00:57:16Z

I bet Consumerist posters also giggle over the Arby's logo.

Comment from chuckreis on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T21:53:47Z

I'd hit it.. just sayin'

Comment from baquwards on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T20:41:39Z

the whole point of shaved meat is so you can grab a clump of it and throw it on a sandwich, if you want individual slices, you buy sliced meat. Oscar Meyer shaved packaged meat is not really shaved, just low quality turkey roll sliced thin.

Comment from sybann on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T20:27:21Z

I'm thinking you have something there.

Comment from David in Brasil on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T20:05:55Z

Looks like Brazilian ham to me, but it's usually darker.

Comment from speedwell, avatar of snark on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T19:42:43Z

It doesn't take much time to see the letters S-E-X in the meat in the sandwich depicted at the bottom. The S and X are the most obvious.

Comment from xspook on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T19:17:37Z

I see the "little man in the boat"!

Comment from MostlyHarmless on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T19:17:06Z

Froggy is a girl. And I believe she has seen a fair number up close too.

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_PrepsForTheMeetUp on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T19:16:29Z

Made me think of the summer I spent slicing deli meat.

Comment from darklighter on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:46:57Z

Oh god, I can't unsee it! Damn you, Walters!

Comment from admiral_stabbin on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:46:26Z

One word: Vagatarian

Thanks for coming folks, I'll be here all week!

Comment from diasdiem on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:45:52Z

It's the "shaved" tag that does it.

Comment from Segador on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:42:01Z

Made me think of the Seinfeld episide "The Slicer".

Comment from TigerChan on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:41:07Z

$20 says that the person that drew up this ad new exactly what they were doing and laughed themselves to sleep that night. "It tastes this deli fresh" "fresh shaved meats" come on, that guy had to know what he was doing. Just look at the wording.

Comment from LadySiren on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:39:32Z

Graphic artist with a sense of humor ftw!

Comment from Brazell on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:33:09Z

Meh, it's turkey.

You have to want that to be a vag or some sort of vag reference.

Comment from ElizabethD on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:30:01Z

How many women have you known? Up close and personal? ahem

Comment from ElizabethD on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:27:55Z

Nasty! (I wonder who else got your comment. Perhaps I'm just a dirty ol' lady.)

Comment from ElizabethD on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:26:29Z

Ha ha! I was waiting for this. Next up: Dsmvwlmnt

Comment from AlexandraMaguffin on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T18:10:55Z

Editor: How the heck is this news-worthy? This is 100% content-free filler. Must be a REALLY slow news day. :p

Comment from Bohemian on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:55:34Z

Well it depends on what hormones they are shooting up those turkeys with.

Comment from Chumas on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:40:42Z

you've never dated an east german woman, have you?

Comment from Hank Scorpio on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:38:06Z

*they

(again, edit would be nice!)

Comment from Hank Scorpio on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:37:33Z

*they

(again, edit would be nice!)

Comment from Hank Scorpio on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:36:10Z

Looks like the fixed the URL. (Can we get an "edit" button on these comments?)

Comment from tchann on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:23:20Z

I've heard it both ways, but I worked in a deli for two years in an area where chipped ham has an entire brand associated with it. >.>

Comment from diasdiem on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:08:37Z

The shaved deli meat never looks that arranged when I buy it. I think a bored graphic designer is definitely having some fun here.

Comment from hairyseaword on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:08:23Z

They should stock these in the sausage aisle.

Comment from diasdiem on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:06:31Z

It wouldn't be so bad if the slices were stacked in the package, instead of balled up.

Comment from bitslammer on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T17:02:22Z

I'm not gonna be your friend!

Comment from Hank Scorpio on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:58:35Z

It's not "breasts" I'm thinking of when I see that, especially with the boast about 'em being "shaved".

At any rate, why the hell is the URL for this article about The View recommending Latisse? What up with that? (Oh, what up with that!? What up with that!?)

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_PrepsForTheMeetUp on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:54:47Z

ARE NOT!

Comment from JohnDeere on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:54:12Z

tastes like fish

Comment from ScarletsWalk on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:53:29Z

To be fair to Oscar Mayer, this particular "shaved" cut doesn't fall apart. Shaved is a misnomer.

Comment from DubbaEwwTeeEff on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:53:28Z

You're right. It's probably Brazilian.

Ba-dum-PSSHHHH!

Comment from zentex on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:49:48Z

you're just mad cause you can't pickup on the subliminal advertising and laugh with the rest of us.

/12yr old impression

wait...a 12yr old might just simplify all that and say "YOUR MOTHER!!!". I suck at being 12 so many years later.

Comment from Quake 'n' Shake on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:46:38Z

I'll take the Turkey and Swiss on Rye please? Hold the mayo, but extra cleavage please.

Comment from karmaghost on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:45:02Z

Where I'm from they call what you're describing "chipped," but that could be the same thing as what "shaved" is supposed to be.

Comment from henrygates3 on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:43:37Z

The real problem is the turkey slices are not shaved, especially in the sandwich photo. I'm a huge fan of spanish ham that I get from the meat counter shaved, and this isn't it.

Comment from rpm773 on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:30:50Z

So am I, evidently.

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_PrepsForTheMeetUp on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:30:30Z

Someone never saw my old avatar...

Comment from subtlefrog on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:27:51Z

Breasts that need to be shaved? Yikes!

Comment from TheDoctor on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:20:10Z

I love turkey, dont get me wrong, but I dont think I love it that much . . .

Comment from sir_pantsalot on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:18:01Z

I prefer my turkey shaved very thin it just melts in your mouth. I also prefer what is pictured above to be shaved and it also melts in your mouth.

Comment from dwb on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:16:35Z

Yea! The glorious return of subliminal advertising!

Comment from idip on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:15:26Z

It's been like this forever. Good to see some people never grow up.

A better one is the Masterpiece? BBQ sauce that says, "Take BBQ sauce and apply to your meat".

Comment from Blueskylaw on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:14:49Z

That turkey doesn't looked shaved to me. When you shave the meat you don't usually get whole slices because it's cut so thin and you certainly don't fold the meat but just lay it down because of it's thinness.

Comment from Cogito Ergo Bibo on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:12:54Z

Better shaved than waxed!

Comment from ichi on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:12:49Z

you are twelve.

Comment from laughingisfree on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:12:32Z

hate the shaved deli meats, when you try to grab a piece it just breaks apart leaving you with a tub full of bits

Comment from Notsewfast on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:11:16Z

At least its not roast beef...

Comment from Notsewfast on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:07:41Z

Turkey curtains?

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_PrepsForTheMeetUp on 2009-12-01

2009-12-01T16:03:15Z

Hrmmm, I wonder what the shaved setting on a Hobart is. I'd say almost 2, otherwise you'll shred it.