http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3200046Oh my.
The ghastly primitive.
Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 02:18 AM
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Why is Burger King making such stupid & violent commercials?
I remember a while back that there was fuss here about the soccer moms plotting to kill the King because of the patty melts..
Tonight I saw 2 different commercials:
One has a driver in a drive thru lane ramming the car ahead of him and pushing it forward so he could get up to the window and get his Steakhouse Burger..
The other has a guy flying into the parking lot and rolling out of the car at the door, tumbling across the pavement and hitting the glass, while his car remains rolling forward, smashing into a parked car..
I don't know who came up with these ideas, but they'd make me want to stay away from BK to avoid a bunch of crazy ****ers....
Now I remember why I quit watching TV for a while... stupid freakin' commercials....
I dunno.
I don't watch television, for an obvious reason.
Anybody who's seen those Burger King commercials, are they as stupid as what the Democrat National Committee's been running on television lately?
EOO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 02:20 AM
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1. Their mascot creeps the shit out of me!
kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 02:49 AM
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9. And does he ever KNOCK ??? ****inghell
Where did he learn his manners? Castle Interruptus? People could be doing anything in what they think is the privacy of their own homes -and suddenly here comes smilin' King Home Invader with his papier mache head and constipating food. No knock, no warrant, no Gee I'm sorry to interrupt nervous patter of excuses for sneaking into your place like a drunk coming home to wrong house. He's going to wind up getting stuffed through a plate glass door doing that some day.
Is it possible to join in a class action suit for a restraining order?
FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 04:10 AM
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13. Well, that's what made him so popular on the internet.
To be honest, I like those; they're just so delightfuly creepy.
It's a reasonably big bonfire; sample comments of the primitives:
KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 02:55 AM
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10. A lot of advertising is just plain sick lately.
Many have wives ridiculing their husbands horribly - HR Block and a breakfast cereal come to mind.
Also - it is any wonder this country is so fat - constant food commercials showing close-ups of greasy junk food. I bet after a few minutes, a percentage of viewers get up from the chair and head into the kitchen for a snack, without realizing the trigger.
Hmmm.
The sparkling husband primitive stars in television commercials?
MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 03:30 AM
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11. They think it appeals to the 13 through 26 year old male demographic?
DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 05:03 AM
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14. It's not half as bad as what the Mars Company did during the Superbowl last year in a Snickers ad...
While what aired on tv was bad enough, the online alternate versions were worse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snickers#Super_Bowl_XLI_co...
I've always said that if the roles were different, if the ad had been done with them obliviously walking into a synagogue and horrified by it, they start doing un-Jewish things, the Mars Company would've had its ass handed to it for months by a broad spectrum of people. But since the ad centered on bashing the icky, ****ing faggots well then that's ok. Hell, have a Snickers bar while you're doing it, it's all just good-mannered fun.
Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 05:51 AM
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20. That was truly offensive.
I'm still surprised they got away with that, but then again, homophobia seems to be considered acceptable among certain groups of people who seem to control most everything.
dicksteele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 05:05 AM
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15. Because they're advertising to one of the most stupid and violent SOCIETIES in recorded history?
Just a guess.
Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 05:47 AM
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18. Not to mention how CREEPY that Burger King guy is.
They should go ahead and put that mask in the next Scary Movie sequel. It's certainly creepy enough.
I dunno.
Harold Dean, or Dean Howard, or whatever the guy's name is, the little doctor chairman of the Democrat National Committee, creeps franksolich out.
Strongly reminescent of Hitler, the little doctor.
noel711 (685 posts) Thu Apr-24-08 07:09 AM
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21. It's because they're selling 'swill...' non-food..
and those appalling ads distract attention from the dreadful product they are shilling...
Fast food as we know it today, is past its prime as an effective marketing phenomena.
The public has been educated as to the quality of the 'food' products, their ghastly production and processing,
and their detrimenal effect on our health.
Sure they have a market niche, but do not contribute to the well being of humankind.
The growing trend in 'fast food'? The rise in 'prepare your own dinners'... places that offer customer all the healthy ingredients of meal preparation... you go in, make your own 'meals' to be cooked at home. Expensive, yes. But more healthy, because the customer has the choice to use low fat, and healthy ingredients.
My dream for fast 'food?' A chain of 'Vege-terias' where customers can find a buffet of fresh veggies to be eaten raw, or cooked to taste, supplemented by high quality plant protein, fresh fruits, smoothies, fair trade coffees and teas..With the option to take ingredients home to prepare for family. But this isn't sexy,
and probably would never appeal to the mass markets.
"Veggies".....whatever.....
And then the Fat Che in the punch bowl pops in, with good news:
proud2Blib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 08:16 AM
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26. Meanwhile, in real life,
Carhop at drive-in abducted
Four people in a car briefly abducted a woman at a Sonic drive-in restaurant Wednesday evening, and an attempted abduction was reported later at another drive-in.
The first incident occurred about 5:30 p.m. at the Sonic at 5440 Merriam Drive, Merriam police Cpl. Troy Duvanel said.
One of the suspects ordered food, and when the teenage carhop came out to deliver the order, the suspects displayed a weapon and pulled her into the backseat of the car, he said.
They took her money and dropped her off about 10 blocks away at County Line and Antioch roads, Duvanel said. She was not injured.
About an hour later, Kansas City, Kan., police responded to a call on an attempted abduction at another Sonic restaurant in Kansas City, Kan.
more . . . http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/5891...
RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-24-08 08:20 AM
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27. I am a vegetarian, but even in my non-vegetarian days, I would never eat Burger King, McDonald's or any fast-food burger. I liked knowing what was in my meat, so I cooked my own hamburgers.
