It’s no secret that in my personal life I tend to gravitate to darker things.  I have been a huge fan and ocasional participant of the gothic subculture over the years and covered stories about the innovative ways twitter is being used by the Bats Day in the Fun Park event.  So tonight when I stumbled across a gothic gardening site I was intrigued by the various floral varieties that are available in black.  But what was more amusing was the subliminal messages being fed via online advertising on a clearly gothic themed page.

The page begins with the following:

“A Gothic Garden is dark and mysterious; overflowing with black flowers and shadowy vines, spooky plants, and powerful creatures lurking behind every stone pillar.”

But the ad that accompanied it was far less foreboding…

Needless to say The Walt Disney Company is either doing a terrible job at targetting their online ads, or they are trying to get the gothic community to liven up a bit.

The irony in this post is that it’s about two things I typically could care less about…Mixx.com and Ninja’s.  I’m not a huge fan of Mixx and rarely use it and I think ninja’s are overrated.  However, I thought it was worthy enough to share with the masses regardless.  Today, as some of you may know is Day of the Ninja.  It’s the ninja equivalent to Talk Like A Pirate Day.  I discovered this morning when mixxing a story about reasons to use twitter that Mixx.com has decided to show homage to the day by incorporating a ninja theme into their logo.  So if you head over to Mixx at all today you’ll be greeted by this little guy:

I know there are a number of sites who will show you failed advertising efforts where the ads that display are just too ironic or insensitive to not be laughed at.  But this one was more the ad itself that failed and not so much the placement of the ad.

While doing some lyrics reading today on Lyricsfreak.com I found this ad at the bottom of the page:

According to the advertisement this woman lost “12 lbs in 2 weeks” and they have before and after shots to prove it, but what’s even more amusing is that it appears as though she also lost 12 shades of pigment in her skin!  Seriously if you’re going to advertise something and lie to us about it, at least try and make the lie beleivable!  And if this isn’t a lie you may want to at least include some kind of disclaimer that tells you this product lightens your skin as well.