Next up comes this recent print ad by Nikon advertising their new Coolpix3100 camera.

What do you mean you didn't get it? It says it right on the ad! The Coolpix3100 has more megapixels than the old Coolpix2100, silly! Jeebus!

Extra Added Bonus: Jerame originally found this ad through a post on popular tech site Gizmodo. In the post, the author, Jack Loftus, says:

What gives? I mean nothing against France, and I understand tech is a male-dominated industry, but come on. There has to be a better way to advertise megapixels, right?

And I know, there's always the possibility that I'm being too sensitive (Juno made me weep, after all). These ads are simply the way of the world, especially in Europe where people are more used to it, and I'm certainly not taking issue with the fact that an ad agency knows it has gold on it hands when it comes to using the female form to sell a gadget. Attractive girl fish-out-of-water stories are nothing new either.

Nay, my issue is not with any of that, which is all completely expected, as sad as that sounds. It's just that this ad... felt so lazy and Maxim magazine in the grand scheme of things. Could we all try a little harder, you think?

Then again, maybe I'm just being a naive, clueless optimist. A kid digging a moat at the beach foolishly thinking he can hold back the tide. I invite any female gadget-loving geeks or IT folk out there in the ether to speak up, and let me know how far off, or spot on, I am.

And when I click the link to go to the post to read the comments from these female gadget lovers and IT professionals? The post is gone. Not there. Not even found if you search for it - gone completely as if it never existed. Which leads me to wonder if Nikon advertises on Gizmodo... I e-mailed the author, but didn't get a response. Feel free to leave your comments here instead.

Super Mega Low Fat Bonus:Just in case you're thinking "Those damn silly French people!" here's a blast from our past too. Remember, back in the day if you wanted your husband to fuck you, you needed to be Slender; it's not like he was going to poke some fat cow, right? In fact, I'll bet he's secretly wanking off to that Coolpix3100 right now - she's slender and now comes with bigger boobs!

Some days all you can do is shake your head in disgust or you'll go insane.

(Hat tip to Feministing for the Slender video)