Can we please stop calling ourselves brave or courageous for making ads? It’s so corny. It’s an ad. It’s not being a rockstar, it’s not heroism…please.

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You’re brave for speaking up

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I have to say, dropping a meta joke on another meta joke is pretty risky. It might not have gone your way. That was brave. Nice work.

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I’d be willing to call a brand courageous for throwing money at a righteous cause that actually led to tangible change. But they virtually never do.

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I find some art directors have a god complex, but these days they can be laid off at any time.

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Not sure if we're all in the same conversation... I haven't heard that yet 😐

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You’ve never heard anybody in an agency praise people or work for bravery? You haven’t lived.

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I’ve only ever used “brave” to describe the clients who don’t play it safe.

It’s easy for agencies to come up with slightly wild or risky ideas. But there’s some courage displayed by clients who will pick one.

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This is the only right answer to this.

Clients are very very few and far between that are willing to put their careers on the line AND defend a “risky” idea or campaign with conviction all the way up the C-Suite/legal/regulatory/pre-test gauntlet to actually getting it made.

THAT is the only bravery.

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Are we not dying for the sins of others?

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I’m in danger of being drawn in by the actual football game.

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