Nike’s new ad campaign for its Hyperdunk shoes features a series of pictures of basketball players getting dunked on in what’s considered the worst way possible: the dunker dangling off the rim, his balls dangling in the face of the man being dunk-ee. Gawker lays down the facts:

1. These ads do indeed depict what is widely considered to be the most humiliating possible thing that can happen to someone on a basketball court.

2. That humiliation arises from the balls-in-face aspect of the dunk, meaning it is fundamentally a homophobic sentiment. At least subconsciously.

3. Nike’s ad placement shows they’re appealing to a very specific basketball player/ fan demographic. It’s doubtful they’d use this same ad campaign for the general public, without some tweaks.

Do you indies agree? Is the ad world homophobic or is this just being taken overboard?

Gawker has reported that some sneaky someone went onto the Project Runway’s Wikipedia page and added results for the next four challenges, including who gets eliminated. Real of not, it’s pretty interesting. Take a look at the screenshot of the “Designer Elimination Chart. ”

Update: Most of the chart has been removed from the Wiki page, but Gawker still has the screenshot!

 Socialite Arden Wohl was already considerably odd. The New York based socialite is infamously tied with her public fondness for pot. She is recognizable by her signature hippie headbands. She never removes them! On Saturday, she confirmed her eccentric persona by writing “Ralphy Lip Shits”, at the Ralph Lauren’s Hampton store, with red lipstick. Wohl was consequently arrested, for graffiti and defacing property, in East Hampton N.Y. Wohl hates being categorized as a socialite, but her entitled actions would suggest otherwise. As if the hippie socialite’s antics were not enough, she felt the urge to steal little american flags, from the store. How patriotic! Wohl can now add petit larceny, to her wild child resume. 

The ghettoness is daunting. This pict is from Craigslist. It features a self described “Mr.Right” flashing what appears to be $240 bucks. This is the best way to look ghetto and have women (with the exception of strippers and hookers) ignore you.  The money shot is a tried and true ghetto thing to do, so if you’re attempting it, and you’re not trying to be ironic, realize that you suck and no one takes you seriously.

We pulled this image from Gawker which also features this loserific dudes voicemail, as he threatens to sue the online giant for making fun of him. Last time I check, Craigslist was public domain buddy. If you’re looking for privacy, you might want to hawk up a couple of bucks and get your sorry ass on Match.com, or PrisonMatch.com, which I’m assuming is the exact same thing except their are more people in jail on it who like soft Rican ass.

P.S. Thanks for making so many of us look bad with these photos. Mucho apreciado.

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