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marquis on Dec 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry

Wherever the ads for sanitary items use blue ink.

Dove on Dec 20, 2011 [–]

Would you mind explaining what you're referring to? I've never encountered such a taboo, nor can I recall ads prominently featuring blue.

marquis on Dec 20, 2011 | [–]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRf35wCmzWw&t=34s

Watch the full ad for a spoof of every tampon commercial ever. They are absurd (basically the ad industry is in denial).

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