[gmku]

Boys and their toys. Big lawnmower's just another toy for overgrown boys. Notice how in those commercials it's only men riding those things, and only men shopping for them.

Similarly, only men use gas grills. Women apparently haven't been trained to cook on a grill. Besides they're too busy inside keeping the kitchen spotless.

What the commercials tell us is that American men spend their weekends riding their lawnmowers and fertilizing their yards and cooking outdoors on big gas grills, when they're not munching chips and drinking cheap beer in front of big-screen TVs watching The Big Game with their buddies.

[SONIC GAIL]

Originally Posted by gmku

It's interesting how every company has jumped on the "green" bandwagon.

I am so fuckin sick of the term "GREEN"!
I am an Interior Designer at a dealer that sells commercial office furniture that is considered "Green".
What the fuck ever man...IT IS MADE OF PLASTIC!!!!
PLASTIC IS NOT GREEN!!!!
I was pickin up coke cans off the side of the road when I was 12 and recycling them for money. Now you have to pay them to recycle shit.

If I have to talk to one more environmentaly concerned designer I am gonna puke up a big juicy steak on thier vegetarian ass.

If you could afford shit that was "GREEN" maybe it would have caught on 20 years ago.

[gmku]

OK, I'm not interested in emotional reactions though. I just want observances. What can we learn about the America that advertisers are trying to sell us?

I do agree "green" is overused and inaccurate, however.

[SONIC GAIL]

I get a little carried away

[gmku]

It's OK.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by gmku

Ever notice how restaurant food portions in commercials look so much bigger and better than in real life? Those Red Lobster shrimp are huge on TV, for example.

hell yes. i tried the fucking wendy's "boneless chicken wings" and they are the size of little dog turds-- not sure about the texture (never tried divine's experiment), but it was awful too. not worth the 5 bucks or what have you.

on the other hand the 1/3 lb angus burger at macshits is quite acceptable. been doing a lot of road trips recently which has gotten me reacquainted with fast food.

the arby's pecan chicken salad sammich btw is fucking good fast food if you avoid the shitty "combo".

[gmku]

I have to agree re the angus burger. I tried it a couple weeks back and was pretty impressed. Got the mushroom swiss one.

So what's with the droney Hardees boy voice? Is that supposed to be like young-kid stoner-cool or edgy or something? It drives me nuts.

[artsygrrl]

Somebody run over your big toe? CALL SAM ! You will end up so rich you'll forget all about that big toe.

[SONIC GAIL]

This medicine will make you all better, but the following side affects may occur.............

[infinitemusic]

Originally Posted by gmku

Boys and their toys. Big lawnmower's just another toy for overgrown boys. Notice how in those commercials it's only men riding those things, and only men shopping for them.

Similarly, only men use gas grills. Women apparently haven't been trained to cook on a grill. Besides they're too busy inside keeping the kitchen spotless.

What the commercials tell us is that American men spend their weekends riding their lawnmowers and fertilizing their yards and cooking outdoors on big gas grills, when they're not munching chips and drinking cheap beer in front of big-screen TVs watching The Big Game with their buddies.

On that not,e there was this commercial I saw awhile ago that really infuriated me. It was about this guy who had a dandelion problem in his yard and he got rid of it with an overpriced, toxic substance that will wash into the groundwater and kill countless people, and at the end he said "Now I'm not THAT neighbor anymore".

Basically it implies that if your lawn isn't perfect and spotless, you're a bad neighbor and we all know people like this exist and they are SICK. They have no fucking concept of anything more important than their stupid little green lawn. They're the people who feel the need to wrap themselves in hours of yardwork consantly and make comments about the quality of your lawn compared to theirs. And this commercial validates that psychotic personality type.

EDIT: Non-emotional reaction, this commercial would have you believe that it's OK to be obsessive compulsive about your lawn and that anyone that isn't is sick and wrong. That you should pour toxic chemicals on your grass to get rid of a few harmless weeds.

[gmku]

I had a neighbor who mowed his lawn every other day, April through October, regardless of whether it needed it or not. He also had ChemLawn come weekly. I used to let mine grow a foot high just to piss him off.

But I also suspect he was just out there a lot to get away from his wife, who loved to nag him about all kinds of work she wanted done around the house.

[infinitemusic]

Originally Posted by gmku

I had a neighbor who mowed his lawn every other day, April through October, regardless of whether it needed it or not. He also had ChemLawn come weekly. I used to let mine grow a foot high just to piss him off.

But I also suspect he was just out there a lot to get away from his wife, who loved to nag him about all kinds of work she wanted done around the house.

So he did work around the house to get away from his wife nagging him about work around the house . This is why I don't want to ever get married. But I probably will anyway because I'm stupid.

[gmku]

Yes. Not all marriages are like this though. But probably most in the suburbs are.

[infinitemusic]

And that's why I never wanna live in the Suburbs!

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

somebody says big brothers watching you, somebody else says you know its not true.. who do you believe?

 

[gmku]

Originally Posted by infinitemusic

And that's why I never wanna live in the Suburbs!

But not all marriages in the suburbs are like that. Quit trying to stereotype.

[infinitemusic]

Originally Posted by gmku

But not all marriages in the suburbs are like that. Quit trying to stereotype.

Hey, stereotyping is what I do. How dare you try to change me? You're just like the rest of them!!

(I was joking, obviously)

[automatic bzooty]

That Target is some sort of pop art, op art wonder world, not a store.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by swa(y)

it would have me believe that it is ok for old men with corporate sleaze backgrounds to wake up one day and try and be 16 again.

it would also have you believe that 16 is the only age to be. as if!

and it makes 16 year olds believe they will never age. ha! ha ha ha!!

get ready...