http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/07/restore-the-balance-you-impotent-self-indulgent-little-stain-of-a-person/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/07/restore-the-balance-you-impotent-self-indulgent-little-stain-of-a-person/#comment-995 Rebekah Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:50:17 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/07/restore-the-balance-you-impotent-self-indulgent-little-stain-of-a-person/#comment-995 I can finally reply to this post- I googled this commercial because the first time I saw it was with the original ending, and was appalled. The other sites that addressed it were the hick-types guffawing at the "vegan tree huggers" who would be offended by this type of commercial. But the guy buying tofu at the beginning and eating a carrot at the end is not regarding a message about being specifically vegan, as some are saying. But it is about someone having a healthy lifestyle without being "effeminate" or less of a man. What really gets me though, is that the people making the commercial (or at least the people they're making it for) would actually believe that this healthy-lifestyle guy would feel/react that way, because THEY would. And yes, this is most likely the exact reason people do buy these kind of vehicles. Sad. I can finally reply to this post- I googled this commercial because the first time I saw it was with the original ending, and was appalled. The other sites that addressed it were the hick-types guffawing at the “vegan tree huggers” who would be offended by this type of commercial.
But the guy buying tofu at the beginning and eating a carrot at the end is not regarding a message about being specifically vegan, as some are saying. But it is about someone having a healthy lifestyle without being “effeminate” or less of a man. What really gets me though, is that the people making the commercial (or at least the people they’re making it for) would actually believe that this healthy-lifestyle guy would feel/react that way, because THEY would. And yes, this is most likely the exact reason people do buy these kind of vehicles. Sad.

]]> http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/07/restore-the-balance-you-impotent-self-indulgent-little-stain-of-a-person/#comment-958 Chuck Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:17:22 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/07/restore-the-balance-you-impotent-self-indulgent-little-stain-of-a-person/#comment-958 What's remarkable is that even with the whole gestalt of Hummer laid bare like that, the ad still manages some subtext. What's the deal with the dude chomping down on that carrot at the end? What’s remarkable is that even with the whole gestalt of Hummer laid bare like that, the ad still manages some subtext. What’s the deal with the dude chomping down on that carrot at the end?

]]> http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/07/restore-the-balance-you-impotent-self-indulgent-little-stain-of-a-person/#comment-957 Seppolopolis Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:03:17 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2006/07/restore-the-balance-you-impotent-self-indulgent-little-stain-of-a-person/#comment-957 Ahahahahahahhaha. Best post ever. I saw one of those Hummer ads on TV the other day (with the woman and the cutting in line), and thought, is this a joke? Like, maybe it was a Toyota Prius ad, or something, but then it ended, and I was completely bamboozled. I didn't really understand *why* until now - but you're totally right, it's because that's *exactly* why I *think* people buy cars like that. Ahahahahahahhaha. Best post ever. I saw one of those Hummer ads on TV the other day (with the woman and the cutting in line), and thought, is this a joke? Like, maybe it was a Toyota Prius ad, or something, but then it ended, and I was completely bamboozled. I didn’t really understand *why* until now - but you’re totally right, it’s because that’s *exactly* why I *think* people buy cars like that.

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