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.

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.

I get a little carried away

It's OK.

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".

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.

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

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

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.

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 :D. This is why I don't want to ever get married. But I probably will anyway because I'm stupid.

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

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.

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)

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

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!!

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