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This isn't a 'presentation' app, it's not PowerPoint. It's a 'pitch' app. In this context, who gives pitches? That's right, a younger, more casual audience, not 50+ execs.

Besides, contrary to popular belief most people have a sense of humor. It's OK to laugh at sex jokes, it really is. I know there's been a wave of political correctness around here lately, but this is a bit much. It just makes me picture a bunch of boring people with zero personality too afraid to laugh at anything, and thus too afraid to connect with their audience because they just might offend someone's sensibilities.

This is realistic way to make Intercourse go viral (teehee). You need to take advantage of opportunities like this. This was serendipitous, but great marketers sometimes can't even create opportunities like this on purpose.

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> This isn't a 'presentation' app, it's not PowerPoint. It's a 'pitch' app. In this context, who gives pitches? That's right, a younger, more casual audience, not 50+ execs.

A pitch is a very popular term in the financial and investment banking(IB) industry. Granted the people making pitches in finance are relatively young, but the audience is usually older. Pitches are usually paired with pitch books[0].

Now it's true that people have a sense of humor. But in these settings you have to let the person being pitched usually make the first move to open the stage for humor or animated language. The risk of offending the people being pitched is usually too great (even in a non IB setting).

I know quite a few teachers/professors/etc. who like using interactive tools who would love this app. Most have a good sense of humor, unfortunately I doubt they would take risks of suggesting intercourse in their classes either (I'd have to ask 'em to confirm).

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_book