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21-AUG-2024 | Oatly’s “Made for humans” Ad

Oatly’s “Made for humans” Ad

It’s like milk but made for humans.

So what is this oat drink anyway? Milk? No, it’s not milk. Milk comes from a cow. It was designed for baby cows. Oats grow. You plant them in the soil of the earth and allow the sun to shine on them and they grow. Tall and strong and full of purpose.

A couple of decades ago, we looked into the nutritional characteristics of oats and thought: what if we forgot the cow altogether and turned these oats into a drink that was designed for humans? So we did. And here it is. Please do enjoy!

  • Clusters of short sentences. It’s like trying to eat just a single M&M.

  • I like the double “and”. It feels innocent or playful or earnest. “You plant them in the soil of the earth and allow the sun to shine on them and they grow.” “Tall and strong and full of purpose.”

  • Omission of quotation marks — subtle. “what if we forgot…”

  • Grade 1 on the Hemingway App.

You glance at your watch.

It’s 6:28. You’ve been at it since 3.
Crap. Your hot date is at 7. Running late. Sink shower it is.
Nowhere close to done editing…

“…at least all the ideas are laid out, so there’s that. Did I miss anything? I don’t think so? Ok, but how do I make it flow? I need to get the final draft to Stacey for design asap, team cutoff is at noon Thursday…”

You’ve spent dinner completely distracted. Your date just took off. You go home exhausted, plod to your desk, and crack open the laptop.

Or… it could go like this:

5:41 — you’re out of the shower and lip-syncing.
6:17 — dressed to the nines and zenned out.
7:03 — the sunset glints off your aviators as you smile hello.
8:36 — it actually feels like you’re hitting it off. Not just hot, funny to boot.
Next morning, 10:27 — polished draft ready in your inbox.
10:31 — Stacey messages back, “thanks, looks good!”

The difference?

You had Copygloss handle it yesterday afternoon.

For help with editing, email Dan:
[email protected].