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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 29, 2019 19:34:01 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 29, 2019 19:37:48 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
That and the woman looks like she weighs around 99 pounds both before and after using the bike for a year ! After all that peddling exercise, her legs still look like toothpicks !
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 29, 2019 19:47:14 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
That and the woman looks like she weighs around 99 pounds both before and after using the bike for a year ! After all that peddling exercise, her legs still look like toothpicks ! You never see anyone in an ad for weight loss who actually needs to shed even a pound or two. I suppose she could be going for cardio.
Have to admit, as irritating as Richard Simmons was in the 80' s at least he had people on his show who needed to exercise. Really needed it, some of those women were dreadnoughts. Bet they had a fleet of crash carts off camera
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 29, 2019 20:01:06 GMT
No, the dumbest commercial is the one where there is a woman(presumably the wife) with a baby, a guy in a construction helmet, and another person all talking about how great a guy this guy is then we see the guy crossing the street with an approaching car then they pan to the 3 people singing his praises all crying for some reason or another then back to the guy who avoided being hit by the car which had stopped because it had automatic braking. Toyota I think. But what was the point of the crying?
As for the Pelaton commercial, the wife might have wanted one. And if you wanted something where the people do need to lose weight, The Biggest Loser.
And there aren't many ads that aren't stupid.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 29, 2019 20:09:14 GMT
No, the dumbest commercial is the one where there is a woman(presumably the wife) with a baby, a guy in a construction helmet, and another person all talking about how great a guy this guy is then we see the guy crossing the street with an approaching car then they pan to the 3 people singing his praises all crying for some reason or another then back to the guy who avoided being hit by the car which had stopped because it had automatic braking. Toyota I think. But what was the point of the crying? As for the Pelaton commercial, the wife might have wanted one. And if you wanted something where the people do need to lose weight, The Biggest Loser. And there aren't many ads that aren't stupid. I met a real Madison Avenue ad executive once and asked him why they make dopey ads. He asked me to name one. I brought up an old ad campaign from the early 80's for Goodyear Vector tires. You seen a single tire bopping all over and idiots saying "Hiya Vector". Guess it was supposed to mean you liked and trusted the tire. The Ad guy said "20 years later, you still remember the brand, the company and the message the ad wanted to convey. All it had to do it stay in your mind, good or bad. Sounds like a brilliant ad campaign to me." I guess he was right. The bike looked like a surprise. She might have hinted but, to me, its one step ahead of buying my wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas. And she didn't need it.
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 29, 2019 20:20:18 GMT
No, the dumbest commercial is the one where there is a woman(presumably the wife) with a baby, a guy in a construction helmet, and another person all talking about how great a guy this guy is then we see the guy crossing the street with an approaching car then they pan to the 3 people singing his praises all crying for some reason or another then back to the guy who avoided being hit by the car which had stopped because it had automatic braking. Toyota I think. But what was the point of the crying? As for the Pelaton commercial, the wife might have wanted one. And if you wanted something where the people do need to lose weight, The Biggest Loser. And there aren't many ads that aren't stupid. I met a real Madison Avenue ad executive once and asked him why they make dopey ads. He asked me to name one. I brought up an old ad campaign from the early 80's for Goodyear Vector tires. You seen a single tire bopping all over and idiots saying "Hiya Vector". Guess it was supposed to mean you liked and trusted the tire. The Ad guy said "20 years later, you still remember the brand, the company and the message the ad wanted to convey. All it had to do it stay in your mind, good or bad. Sounds like a brilliant ad campaign to me." I guess he was right. The bike looked like a surprise. She might have hinted but, to me, its one step ahead of buying my wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas. And she didn't need it.
I was an advertising/marketing major in college and I never bought that assertion. Yes you can make a dopey commercial but there are limits. I'm known not to buy a certain product simply because the commercial was over the top stupid. Case in point, I will never, ever patronize a Sonic simply because their commercials are over the top stupid.
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 29, 2019 20:25:16 GMT
As for the bike, maybe the wife wanted to get into better shape. Not everyone exercises to lose weight. Believe me, I work with skinny guys who are all winded if we have to run to a code just like I know some guy who can stand to lose a pound or 5 who are ready to fight when responding to one. Personally, I just joined a gym not only to lose weight but my motivation is that I need more wind. Some thin people might want to tone their bodies. I know a guy who's wife looks a lot like the one in the commercial who joined a Barre class to tone up her body. In the case of the commercial(this is all speculation, of course) but she may have hinted at wanting 6 pack abs or a tighter butt. What better way than a Pelaton bike.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 29, 2019 20:25:21 GMT
The Peloton Bike commercials are creepy as hell.
It's brilliant marketing.
Looks like a cult rides them.
The woman has this expression on here face throughout the commercial as if she's experiencing things like the joy of marriage, having her first child, getting her first big promotion, buying her first home.
There's another one with a Chinese guy around Christmas too - his kid wakes up and comes downstairs and sees his dad on the Peloton - the guy has an expression on his face like he just got done having sex.
They're brilliantly odd, creepy and eerie.
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Post by millar70 on Nov 29, 2019 20:44:53 GMT
Don't get me started on commercials. Many things are blamed for division in this country, such as politics, mainstream media, social media, but for some reason no one ever brings up Madison Avenue.
There are plenty of commercials that totally portray white men as being stupid dolts while the smart children and/or minorities are portrayed as those who have to figure everything out for us. You know, because what have white men ever accomplished in this world?
It's not paraded right in front of you, but if you read between the lines, you can see commercials offering a fantasy world that just doesn't really exist.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 29, 2019 20:49:07 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 29, 2019 23:14:40 GMT
Then there's all of the
TAKE THIS MEDICINE ads
followed by 5 minutes of a list of assorted ways that you might die if you take it and advise that you be sure to tell your doctor what is wrong with you in the first place !
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 30, 2019 11:55:08 GMT
Then there's all of the TAKE THIS MEDICINE ads followed by 5 minutes of a list of assorted ways that you might die if you take it and advise that you be sure to tell your doctor what is wrong with you in the first place !
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 30, 2019 11:56:59 GMT
Don't get me started on commercials. Many things are blamed for division in this country, such as politics, mainstream media, social media, but for some reason no one ever brings up Madison Avenue. There are plenty of commercials that totally portray white men as being stupid dolts while the smart children and/or minorities are portrayed as those who have to figure everything out for us. You know, because what have white men ever accomplished in this world? It's not paraded right in front of you, but if you read between the lines, you can see commercials offering a fantasy world that just doesn't really exist. Or every commercial featuring a male/female couple, the man is always the doddering fool while the woman is the level headed brain of the duo. And this covers all races.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Nov 30, 2019 16:13:00 GMT
This commercial is awful for lots of reasons, one of which is that I never wanna watch anyone's fucking 'vlog.'
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 30, 2019 16:17:41 GMT
Then there's all of the TAKE THIS MEDICINE ads followed by 5 minutes of a list of assorted ways that you might die if you take it and advise that you be sure to tell your doctor what is wrong with you in the first place ! It's all just CYA. Probably covers any scenario short of becoming capable of flying. Like the warning on a Zippo lighter "Extinguish lighter before returning to your pocket." I agree, stuffing a lit lighter in your pants is never a good idea. But some moron would sue "You never told me to put it out, I want a Zillion Dollars".
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Post by weststigersbob on Nov 30, 2019 17:03:47 GMT
Then there's all of the TAKE THIS MEDICINE ads followed by 5 minutes of a list of assorted ways that you might die if you take it and advise that you be sure to tell your doctor what is wrong with you in the first place ! Including the classic : Stop taking “Suckalex” if you are allergic to “Suckalex”. Thanks voice over lady, couldn’t have figured that out for myself. Or the best one yet : Suckalex may induce early death. Fantastic. I’ll take two !
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 30, 2019 17:18:33 GMT
Then there's all of the TAKE THIS MEDICINE ads followed by 5 minutes of a list of assorted ways that you might die if you take it and advise that you be sure to tell your doctor what is wrong with you in the first place ! Including the classic : Stop taking “Suckalex” if you are allergic to “Suckalex”. Thanks voice over lady, couldn’t have figured that out for myself. Or the best one yet : Suckalex may induce early death. Fantastic. I’ll take two ! How about Chantix may make you have suicidal thoughts. Sign me up!
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Post by millar70 on Nov 30, 2019 17:27:03 GMT
Including the classic : Stop taking “Suckalex” if you are allergic to “Suckalex”. Thanks voice over lady, couldn’t have figured that out for myself. Or the best one yet : Suckalex may induce early death. Fantastic. I’ll take two ! How about Chantix may make you have suicidal thoughts. Sign me up! I will never understand how anyone would want to put something into their system that "could cause suicidal thoughts", yet people buy up this shit. "Hey Alexa, I took these pills to fight my irritable bowels and now want to hang myself, what should I do?" |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 30, 2019 17:36:20 GMT
How about Chantix may make you have suicidal thoughts. Sign me up! "Hey Alexa, I took these pills to fight my irritable bowels and now want to hang myself, what should I do?" And Alexa answers "Here's a list of litigation lawyers in your area".
Might be a 1 in 1,000,000,000 shot that you eat a D-Con salad, but that one will cost a company billions. But now they can say "We warned you...". Back in the day, the put my father on Vioxx for his arthritis. And it was a miracle drug. He was 100% better in weeks. In a few more weeks, his cholesterol went through the roof. If a few more weeks, he had triple bypass. I a few more weeks, he dropped dead. Then, of course, we found out that Vioxx was responsible. And yeah, We tried to get in on the class action, but I didn't want an autopsy so we didn't have a cause of death.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 30, 2019 17:40:57 GMT
looks like a hamster wheel for humans.
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