I HATE that commercial...... and everything it represents. Let me explain:
There seems to be a whole trend in advertising that involves men (almost always) doing stupid things in public, especially running around in their underwear or naked, singing, or dancing. Another Hollywood myth is that men are required to make impulsive fools of themselves if they are to 'get the girl' - how many films have you seen that have this in their plot? (The ones I can think of now include Risky Business, Sabrina (both), Pretty In Pink, Four Weddings.)
Why does this piss me off? Because I am generally a dignified person who does not dance or otherwise embarrass myself, who thinks before he acts, and does not feel the need to force his way into another's attention. This lack of 'aggressive sexual behaviour' is probably 'evolution in action', and it's better for the survival of the species that I don't breed.
This is a painful fact, but not painful enough for me to 'shake my stuff' as that commercial seems to imply I should. I mean, would two girls really attach themselves to me if I started dancing? When I tried dancing as a kid, the results were not good. I can live with it, but the agency behind that commercial needs to be nuked out of existence.
Gee, I feel better already!
Great animation, though!
(There seems to be a whole trend in advertising that involves men (almost always) doing stupid things in public, especially running around in their underwear or naked, singing, or dancing. Another Hollywood myth is that men are required to make impulsive fools of themselves if they are to 'get the girl' - how many films have you seen that have this in their plot? (The ones I can think of now include Risky Business, Sabrina (both), Pretty In Pink, Four Weddings.)
Why does this piss me off? Because I am generally a dignified person who does not dance or otherwise embarrass myself, who thinks before he acts, and does not feel the need to force his way into another's attention. This lack of 'aggressive sexual behaviour' is probably 'evolution in action', and it's better for the survival of the species that I don't breed.
This is a painful fact, but not painful enough for me to 'shake my stuff' as that commercial seems to imply I should. I mean, would two girls really attach themselves to me if I started dancing? When I tried dancing as a kid, the results were not good. I can live with it, but the agency behind that commercial needs to be nuked out of existence.
Gee, I feel better already!
Great animation, though!
bnt what, me worry?,
Wed 5 Mar 2003, 13:41,
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