Video: Catering to the Smug Demographic
posted at 3:37 pm on November 8, 2007 by Michelle
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I think we need a new rejoinder to this smug marketing: Shut up and drive!
Hybrid SUV Commercial
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(Via Max Silvestri - hat tips to Snapped Shot and Planet Gore)
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Electric cars are in your future. Denial is a horrible thing to see in you people. Buying middle east oil is a death sentence.
If you think this economy can absorb $6.00 a gallon gas, feeding illegal aliens, protecting Iraqi borders, propping Chinese currency and exports, and spending with credit cards for long through the Clinton administration, you are in la-la land.
So, kick back in your Tahoes and Armadas. Vote for Rudiani. And buy another iPhone. Your day is coming quickly.
saved on November 9, 2007 at 6:35 AM
Many of you must not have had kids 20 years ago when the anti-smoking movement went into the schools. Lots of smokers (moi included) didn’t like the propaganda aspects of it but then a funny thing happened along the way.
Many of the parents began to smoke outside rather than smoke up the house, then we extended the no-smoking area to the trips in the car, and at long last many of us managed to quit the habit as our kids grew up and we thought sticking around to see our grandkids wasn’t such a bad idea.
I haven’t bought an American brand car in almost 25 years. Toyota and Nissan build cars that are (1) reliable and low maintenance & (2) very fuel efficient. The green aspect was not the primary reason but is a byproduct.
Some of the green stuff is silly but it is not all bad. We will buy our last earthly house in about five years and plan to have solar power, heat pumps and the like. The savings are worth it as well as the independence from the several power outages the area has each year.
No one is putting a gun to your head to “go green” so don’t let a commercial ruin your day.
Bradky on November 9, 2007 at 7:06 AM
Some of the green stuff is fine, sure it is. I have thought about solar panels as well. It is what is behind this movement I am concerned about! As for smoking,, sure,, it’s a bad habit. I had a relative die from lung cancer. I suppose if we could have had the government arrest him and imprison him for smoking, they might have extended his life a few years! I suppose, too, if it were illegal to own a gas guzzler and laws were passed mandating bikes, the air might get clearer!
JellyToast on November 9, 2007 at 8:28 AM
so, the point of the commercial is for the little girl to show concern about what kind of car her daddy drives, even though the point of a hybrid is to save Mother Earth?
if that’s the case, then how come the little tree hugger doesn’t seem to mind her dad is driving one person, not carpooling with others?
stupid tree hugging commercial.
madmonkphotog on November 9, 2007 at 9:11 AM
This still does not change the truth. SUV’s have minds of their own and will eventually kill the driver no matter what it is fueled with.
The headlines tell the truth: “SUV DRIVES OFF CLIFF KILLING DRIVER”, “SUV JUMPS CURB AND KILLS 19 INNOCENT PEDESTRIANS?, “SUV VERSES HYBRID, SUV WINS: All occupants of Hybrid DOA”
MSGTAS on November 9, 2007 at 9:16 AM
And, as I pointed out to my kids when we saw the commercial, the car I drive most of the time is not a hybrid but the gas mileage is just as good!
taznar on November 9, 2007 at 9:32 AM
It is unfortunate we’ve become so polarized that the mere mention of a hybrid causes some conservatives to have a knee-jerk reaction in the opposite direction. Commercials like these probably don’t help, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look at the issue rationally.
Dave Shay on November 9, 2007 at 9:35 AM
Arrest your relative? Bikes and no cars?
Kind of going to the other extreme aren’t you?
The point is that saving energy and protecting the environment is desirable. If for nothing else the motive is monetary one can find some things in their lives that they can change/modify. But if it is going to be the complete other extreme you can almost count on bad laws being passed.
Bradky on November 9, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Me…to this child.
“Walk, B!tch.”
tickleddragon on November 9, 2007 at 1:13 PM
Even if there is a message that is good overall, there are other lessons from this commercial that are just as important…like children shouldn’t be ashamed of their parents, that children need to understand and accept the consequences of taking a moral stand, or even that children shouldn’t ‘cheat’ on that moral stand and escape the consequences.
These are larger lessons than the obvious message, if you ask me.
James on November 9, 2007 at 1:57 PM
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