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    Well at least we know this wasn’t made by a lesbian since Scissoring isn’t real uuuugh

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        So it’s kinda an interesting story. We’re a historically outdoorsy group. Subaru has long specialized in rugged vehicles that work in adverse conditions like dirt roads. In the 90s the company wanted to boost revenue by doing targeted ads so they did some research on who was buying their cars, and they found three standout groups (I only vaguely recall the first two): campers, medical workers, and lesbians. They were more than happy to openly advertise to the first two, your car will work off road when you go camping, and when you need to get to the hospital in a disaster your car will get you there type stuff. But they also put not so subtle nods to lesbians in their advertisements (stuff like a XENALVR license plate), making them one of the very first mainstream companies to adverse directly to the queer community. This led to some brand loyalty for a time and a stereotype of outdoorsy lesbians all have Subarus. It’s definitely fallen off over the years as a stereotype though

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          There was also the hiring of spokes people like Martina Navratilova. I don’t remember if she was 100% out at the time, but if not you had to be pretty dense not to realize.

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    I don’t get the “horse denier” sticker. Otherwise yeah.

    Also scissoring is more about mutual fun, not like actually cumming imo…

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    Oh look another account a few hours old spamming a bunch of comics, usually with controversial inaccuracies or divisiveness.

    There’s been a huge influx of these accounts lately. Add this one to the pile.

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    Business idea: Scissorerscossorlift. It’s a regular scissor lift, but marketed towards lesbians. Maybe it comes with a bundled CD of Scissor Sisters, just for that extra pandering to a market I know nothing about.

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      Marketing campaign in the 90s. The marketing campaign was launched because market research discovered that there was already a sizable customer base of lesbians though.

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      Subarus are a very practical vehicle for people who like city living but also go out to festivals or go on hiking trips, they’re pretty reliable, they’re fairly popular on the pretty gay west coast so they can be found used pretty commonly and they’re one of the few common vehicles in the US that are comfortably sized for women to drive (Volvo is also popular for similar reasons, and it has a silly name)