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Us-versus-them positioning

Joe Dope says, 'Why bother to clean Up a small spot of spilled gasoline?" poster

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The pattern

This still is filed under Us-versus-them positioning.

Define

The buyer is invited into a side. The product is what we use. The named other is what we refuse.

Mechanism

Identity contrast. Choosing the offer is choosing a group. The out-group does as much work as the claim.

Verdict

The category is crowded

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Why it works

It uses dark humor and a recognizable archetype of the workplace idiot ('Joe Dope') to teach safety. The rhyming verse and sequential art make the lesson entertaining rather than preachy.

Steal this when

You are doing internal safety or compliance training and want to avoid sounding like a boring manual by using dark humor.

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