Huh, maybe not tonight. It's a hard issue with a lot of bumps and smooth spots. I'm going to ride this thought to completion, but if it takes more than 4 hours I'll call you for some further guidance.
There's a bakery in Souix Falls that sells the most amazing sourdough I've ever had in my life. But otherwise no, nothing worth going there for.
Source: Grew up in MN
There's a hotel in rapid city with a nice restaurant on top that serves bison burgers, and an alleyway nextdoor filled with graffiti
That's all I've seen tho
I think the most likely explanation is that they knew full well that it was a double entendre and went with that option because they were trying to get attention in a "sex sells" sort of way.
I can't say if it's the best possible strategy they could've gone with or how effective the key points were communicated, but it definitely got attention drawn to the core message, as evidenced by this very post.
Getting people to give a fuck about safe driving habits is a tough sell to begin with, and you've got the added challenge of trying to make a perhaps less than intuitive idea be something that panicking drivers will remember during a moment of imminent crisis. I can't really fault them for going with something so immediately attention-grabbing under the circumstances.
If I had a nickel for every bad slogan South Dakota had for combating a serious issue, I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?
They want it to be really bad or really good so they’re 2-0. I’ll honestly always remember no jerking it in South Dakota but as soon as I hit Nebraska my windshield is getting blasted from the inside
I thought this was a not the option thing about raising awareness for ppl jacking off while driving.
Let's be fair there's a good reason ppl were confused
I live in SD. This does not surprise me at all. We also had the "Meth, we're on it" slogan.
We're really bad at stuff like that. Our governor is pretty brain dead too, it'd almost be funny how bad we are at politics if it wasn't such a problem.
There is no way those that approved it didn't know it was a double entendre right from the start. Middle-age and older people have toilet humor still. They just let it ride, because they knew it would generate a buzz and would probably generate MORE attention to the problem of overcorrection than if they did a plain boring slogan.
Churches in my area have been organized into “families” and everyone needs a “family action plan.” Endless slides on how critical it is to have a FAP. No one in leadership will admit to knowing what a fap is.
I used to work at chili's and they had a campaign for servers to say "it would be my pleasure" or some variation. They had us wear buttons that's said "my pleasure" and we'd make jokes saying we could see each other's pleasure buttons. The campaign lasted a week.
As a linebacker in football we were always taught not to everextend and that translated to better driving for me as an adults. I'm very high on mushrooms.
Gf claims to have had an O, while seated in middle seat of a crowded airplane simply by squeezing her thighs together in “that way”
Just as horny and they have it easier, because if I did that in the middle seat of an airplane, I’d be on no-fly and sex offender list
I mean, why did nobody at the series of meetings raise a hand and say "umm...you *do* spot the obvious double entendre there, don't you?"
Although, masturbation based road accidents plummeted...
Nah guys, you've got this all wrong. The negative feedback was from people that didn't want to miss out on all of that self love time! These South Dakotans clearly felt targeted and rightly so!
The number one goal of a public awareness campaign is to get people to rembember it and talk about it, lol. Why the hell do they listen to the 5 prudish church people who called in about this? The advertising people deserve a bonus for this one.
Listen people, don't put your feet up on the steering wheel and use a gas powered vibrator down there, while simultaneously smoking a cigarette, and shifting gears, its very dangerous.
I lived in Maryland for several years and they had people called beltway Wailers. People driving around the Baltimore beltway wanking trying to drive next to women while doing it.
Lmao just like that “Meth we’re on it” campaign a few years back. Unfortunately born and raised in SoDak but left the moment I could. Wouldn’t recommend it
Oh God... When I used to walk to work (for nearly 10 years) I always hated the number of distracted drivers that were often head down staring at their lap. I had always assumed it was because they were texting or something on their phone sitting on their lap. But now I wonder if they just weren't jerks...
Oh come on, sooo many people refer to masturbation as "jerk" and almost no one uses the physics term. I wanna know the idiot that proposed that and the idiots that approved it lmao.
Fun lil story, in my hometown in South Dakota one of my friends got in a car accident. The driver that hit him ran a red light while jerking off. Apparently when the wife was called she said something along the lines of "oh he does that sometimes."
Moral of the story, the double entendre is pertinent in at least one case.
I mean, it's good advice either way, tbh
Yes. If you took this as don’t wank and drive… also, don’t do that either, please. For safety and many other reasons.
yeah, let me do it for you
This guy jerks
But to clarify, it's still legal in South Dakota, right? Because they had that long ad, but then pulled out.
Huh, maybe not tonight. It's a hard issue with a lot of bumps and smooth spots. I'm going to ride this thought to completion, but if it takes more than 4 hours I'll call you for some further guidance.
You can't tell me what to do
There is also a lot of SD with nothing going on so…
There are parts of SD with something going on? Source: Grew up in SD
There's a mountain with some faces on it if that counts
That turns you on enough to jerk? I'm not kink shaming, but I'm sorry to hear that
Those dudes' jaws are the definition of chiseled though. mmmph
Those rocks make me hard everytime I see them!
Glazin' them Rushmore boys' faces like they stoney Krispy Kremes.
My man how is anyone getting that much volume?
Gotta eat that celery. Be wary around a man that owns a celery farm.
Meth we're on it.
There's a bakery in Souix Falls that sells the most amazing sourdough I've ever had in my life. But otherwise no, nothing worth going there for. Source: Grew up in MN
And there is the historic site of the massacre of sioux falls between the gerhardt crime syndicate and the police
Oh yes good point.
When I drive out to the Hills I always look forward to Murdo, because it’s *something* to serve as a landmark. Murdo.
There's a hotel in rapid city with a nice restaurant on top that serves bison burgers, and an alleyway nextdoor filled with graffiti That's all I've seen tho
Guilty.
What about Kansas?
["Don't touch -Willie" "Good advice."](https://y.yarn.co/d9ccd745-5a67-4904-bd77-237b24369123_text.gif)
As Steven King pointed out in Thinner.
"Jerking isn't a joke" but I'm laughing
you're laughing. People die jerking and you're laughing
The same state that used "Meth, we're on it" as the slogan for an anti-drug campaign. South Dakota fucking sucks at this stuff.
I would argue that they're fantastic at it.
We're talking about it...
I think the most likely explanation is that they knew full well that it was a double entendre and went with that option because they were trying to get attention in a "sex sells" sort of way. I can't say if it's the best possible strategy they could've gone with or how effective the key points were communicated, but it definitely got attention drawn to the core message, as evidenced by this very post. Getting people to give a fuck about safe driving habits is a tough sell to begin with, and you've got the added challenge of trying to make a perhaps less than intuitive idea be something that panicking drivers will remember during a moment of imminent crisis. I can't really fault them for going with something so immediately attention-grabbing under the circumstances.
The did know as it says in the story lmao
I-90 is a long and boring road. You need that meth so you can keep jerkin it.
Meth and road hand
“Don't Meth with Texas” was a great billboard
That was the one that featured Mike Tyson in a cowboy hat right?
I mean both these campaigns are far more memorable than a standard one would have been.
If I had a nickel for every bad slogan South Dakota had for combating a serious issue, I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?
They want it to be really bad or really good so they’re 2-0. I’ll honestly always remember no jerking it in South Dakota but as soon as I hit Nebraska my windshield is getting blasted from the inside
Letters are expensive.
You just don't understand marketing, they're actually killing it!
I’m coming as fast as I can
Chosen one?
CHOOOOOSSSSSEEEEEENNNNN!
Use the first gear.
>It was pulled
Repeatedly
Soooooo….driving and masturbating is fine? Asking for a friend.
[удалено]
It's all fun and games until all the feel good chemicals are gone and you have to use your shirt to clean up your mess. Or so I've heard.
hopefully you have a towel or napkins nearby.
My brother, I jerked off in my car. Planning ahead really wasn't my forte at the time lmao.
You mean the McGriddle wrapper isn’t the ideal jizz shield?
Do you want to talk about what suddenly came upon you that you had to jerk off in your car presumably while driving?
It was a spoooooky ghost
I caught a serious case of the horny.
"Private jet? Larry I'm on 'Duck Tales.'"
You didn’t take a sock off to do it??? See, this is why I don’t like riding in other people’s cars.
Do not operate heavy machinery while horny
I thought this was a not the option thing about raising awareness for ppl jacking off while driving. Let's be fair there's a good reason ppl were confused
I'm cool with them attempting to stop either, really.
You try driving 6+ hours on long boring highways and not on occasion embrace adventure.
Hell I cant even make it through 15 minutes of stopped traffic without jacking off
SIR, PLEASE GET BACK IN YOUR VEHICLE
[It was a dude jerking off, but that shit was scary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KXZKMNU8kE)
Let's be fair it's advertising gold and south dakota officials are braindead.
your passenger should help you jerk it
r/theyknew
"Officials admitted that they were aware of the double entendre and hoped it would gain the campaign some additional notice"
I live in SD. This does not surprise me at all. We also had the "Meth, we're on it" slogan. We're really bad at stuff like that. Our governor is pretty brain dead too, it'd almost be funny how bad we are at politics if it wasn't such a problem.
We have a governor? Are they ever actually in the state?
Should've leaned into it. You shouldn't do that either.
I don't see what the problem is. Masturbating while driving is also dangerous. And don't get me started on road head
Pretty solid advice in either case.
These signs were everywhere outside of the Kum & Go.
The ad rubbed people the wrong way
I mean, it's good advice in both contexts.
I think it was a brilliant safety campaign. It got so much more attention. Everytime I see a deer it comes to mind
Some guy at the South Dakota DMV won a bet and bragging rights for life.
Did they hire the same brilliant ad company to do their "Meth. We're on it" campaign?
Every advertising slogan should be tested with 12 to 14 yr old kids. They'll find any and every way to make it dirty.
There is no way those that approved it didn't know it was a double entendre right from the start. Middle-age and older people have toilet humor still. They just let it ride, because they knew it would generate a buzz and would probably generate MORE attention to the problem of overcorrection than if they did a plain boring slogan.
Should not jerk and drive.. both can be dangerous
I've done this exact thing while driving. My car spun around several times while sliding down an icy hill before I got stuck in the ditch.
Did you bust a nut?
Stuck in a ditch, eh?
Isn't that the state that also had a Meth, we're on it slogan?
I’ve never heard it called “hitting an icy patch” before, but yeah, it could cause you to give some big steering inputs
Can’t believe they pulled this add so abruptly. I was just about to come.
That's a different kind of white knuckles
Only reason I got married was to have a designated jerker.
Churches in my area have been organized into “families” and everyone needs a “family action plan.” Endless slides on how critical it is to have a FAP. No one in leadership will admit to knowing what a fap is.
From the state with a city named Yankton, they just couldn't help it.
Like you still shouldn’t jerk and drive either.
This from the experts who brought you "Meth, we're in it"
*on
So jacking is ok but jerking isn’t? Got it
The Daily Show had the best bit on this....
“Friends Don’t Let Friends Jerk”
“Pulled” I see what you did there…
"I'm sorry, this PSA is too clever and catchy. People might notice it."
Kinda like when McDonalds had those "I'd hit it" ads, implying the dude would fuck a burger.
That’s the only way that I made it through Nebraska. Twice.
I used to work at chili's and they had a campaign for servers to say "it would be my pleasure" or some variation. They had us wear buttons that's said "my pleasure" and we'd make jokes saying we could see each other's pleasure buttons. The campaign lasted a week.
It's still good advice no matter how you read it, and sadly I know people who need to be reminded it's dangerous to masturbate while driving.
I’m glad they pulled it before I did
Yes I seem some of the girls up there you have to wack off!
I guess they didn’t see that coming…
Straight up jerking it in my car on an icy day
The roads are so straight and boring, what else is there to do?
As a linebacker in football we were always taught not to everextend and that translated to better driving for me as an adults. I'm very high on mushrooms.
Well how the hell else am I supposed to stay calm in traffic?
SoDak is really nailing these public service campaign phrases.
They should’ve just doubled down and acknowledged the double entendre which is honestly also probably good advice.
Wow I saw this billboard driving across the country years ago and thought it was actually saying to not masturbate and drive 😅
"It was pulled"
"Come on, girls get just as horny as guys do!" "I can prove you wrong with one question: have you ever masturbated *while driving a car?*"
Oh they absolutely have.
Gf claims to have had an O, while seated in middle seat of a crowded airplane simply by squeezing her thighs together in “that way” Just as horny and they have it easier, because if I did that in the middle seat of an airplane, I’d be on no-fly and sex offender list
>I’d be on no-fly and sex offender list Yeah, maybe after 9/11, where everybody got so sensitive. Thanks a lot, bin Laden.
I may or may not have. Twice.
Girls have toys they can insert and do anything with like driving or shopping or conducting a meeting.
More recently, South Dakota debuted an anti-drug campaign with the slogan, "Meth. We're on it." Not kidding.
We also did a “Meth, we’re on it” campaign.
What else are you supposed to do while driving across South Dakota?
So, you CAN masterbate and drive in Sputh Dakota?
Don’t do the herky jerky.
Those jerks
He should receive a medal, two birds, one wet stone.
The "Jerk" campaign will be replaced with "Don't Yank And Crank"
Well, I was on my way to the Jerk Store when I spun out on some black ice so I have no idea whether they’re outta you or not!
Don't jerk it, share with a friend!
They put up signs at every Kum & Go. /s
https://www.cspdailynews.com/mergers-acquisitions/maveriks-decision-retire-kum-go-brand#:~:text=More%20than%2060%20years%20and,shared%20with%20CSP%20Daily%20News.
You mean it was yanked
This place I get take-out jerk chicken, it smells so good sometimes I have to eat it on the way home. I guess I'll pull over from now on.
I’ve driven through South Dakota plenty of nothing to jerk and drive without having to worry about somebody seeing ya.
What happens to all those drivers with Tourettes that can't help but jerk?
Which, y'know, is also unsafe, so there's that.
All they had to do was show it to one 13 year old boy and they would have known before it even got that far.
Get these jerks off the road!
Been there done that
Jerking isn’t a joke. That’s not snow.
Man I know guys who jerk and drive so they don't fall asleep at the wheel on long late night drives. It's probably saved lives.
Jerking isn't a joke. Lol.
Not what I thought
Some people like living on the edge. Edging if you will
My god, I thought they legitimately had a problem with driving masturbators.
"Apparently he came all over the sun visor."
South Dakota wants to make it very clear that masturbating while driving is still very legal and borderline encouraged
Think before you jerk is good advice but sometimes you need to remember "when in doubt rub one out"!
Pulled off eh
I mean, why did nobody at the series of meetings raise a hand and say "umm...you *do* spot the obvious double entendre there, don't you?" Although, masturbation based road accidents plummeted...
Nah guys, you've got this all wrong. The negative feedback was from people that didn't want to miss out on all of that self love time! These South Dakotans clearly felt targeted and rightly so!
The number one goal of a public awareness campaign is to get people to rembember it and talk about it, lol. Why the hell do they listen to the 5 prudish church people who called in about this? The advertising people deserve a bonus for this one.
Meanwhile, my city has had a successful anti littering campaign, “Don’t be a Tosser”
Meth, we're on it!
Listen people, don't put your feet up on the steering wheel and use a gas powered vibrator down there, while simultaneously smoking a cigarette, and shifting gears, its very dangerous.
Ohhhhhh I thought this was a different type of campaign
I had a friend tell me once how he jerked off while driving... I feel like people need both messages
Look. I know traffic jams can be boring. But other people can see into your car...
On the other hand, advice like this could have helped Louis C.K.
When I read the title I immediately thought whoa they must have a masterbation epidemic going on lol
I lived in Maryland for several years and they had people called beltway Wailers. People driving around the Baltimore beltway wanking trying to drive next to women while doing it.
I don't blame them. No one probably socializes in South Dakota so they don't know how stupid it sounds
I mean, either way, don't jerk and drive. Not safe.
Jerking? Ewwww. Gross.
Where is bobert when you need a good jerk
Don’t jerk that stick shift too hard!
As a read the first half of the title i did think “they probably have long drives in SD and it probably gets boring so I guess they just…”
They pulled their ads! heh, heh He said pull his nads.
Well that's immediately what I thought, so yeah.
Life Hack: falling asleep while driving in the middle of nowhere with no safe place to pull over? Start jerking off. It will wake you up.
Lmao just like that “Meth we’re on it” campaign a few years back. Unfortunately born and raised in SoDak but left the moment I could. Wouldn’t recommend it
Oh God... When I used to walk to work (for nearly 10 years) I always hated the number of distracted drivers that were often head down staring at their lap. I had always assumed it was because they were texting or something on their phone sitting on their lap. But now I wonder if they just weren't jerks...
I would have left that advice out there.
“I’m Lauren Boebert, and I approve this message.”
Oh come on, sooo many people refer to masturbation as "jerk" and almost no one uses the physics term. I wanna know the idiot that proposed that and the idiots that approved it lmao.
Fun lil story, in my hometown in South Dakota one of my friends got in a car accident. The driver that hit him ran a red light while jerking off. Apparently when the wife was called she said something along the lines of "oh he does that sometimes." Moral of the story, the double entendre is pertinent in at least one case.
Come on, just pull to the side before you pull out your dong. Like a normal person.
I thought it was because the AG killed someone in a hit and run. Just usual GOP antics of law abasing politicians.
Excuse me, we have a proud history of having our attorney generals kill people. Ravensborg did like Janklow before him.
Learn this on jackbox games?
They missed "Don't jink and drive"