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Off Topic => Everything Else => Topic started by: fluffymoochicken on June 02, 2010, 08:50:51 am
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This is several days old, but I'm only discovering it today before I head out into town:
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I'd love to see them run an ad like this in the United States. ^^
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So they're promoting gays with high cholesterol?
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LOL. France and Gay.
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So they're promoting gays with high cholesterol?
What are you getting at?
What I saw here clearly was McDonald has devised a type of French Fries that can change ones sexual orientation, now I've finally got a way to eliminate the competition!
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Does "come as you are" include shoeless, shirtless crazy homeless folks? Because that's how they are and Mickey D's had better respect that! I never can set foot in my local McDonalds on account of that...
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Hehe, yeah, that's true. They still turn away people who are not fully dressed. =P
Still, this is a really cute commercial with an incredibly cute guy, so I'm not complaining. <333
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Why are you so horny that you will submit to Mc Donald advertising?
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Why are you so horny that you will submit to Mc Donald advertising?
Lol! I'm not going to submit to their advertising. I still won't eat at McDonald's. Their food is just too unhealthy, plus I don't like them as a whole. =P
Still, this was a cute and noteworthy commercial that the internet has been buzzing about! ^__^
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Its actually a good commercial, I feel the guy that came up with the concept should have held it back and put it to a more worthy course then Mc Donalds.
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I like that this commercial is implying that gays should stay in the closet. I agree. Tired of them not shutting up about being gay. I get it.
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Its actually a good commercial, I feel the guy that came up with the concept should have held it back and put it to a more worthy course then Mc Donalds.
"Cause"? =P
But yes, I agree with what you're saying. ^__^ It's a great commercial for a really bad restaurant.
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Yep thats the word I was going for.
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I do not see why people like this so much, like George said it implies you should stay in the closet.
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The actual commercial should have McDonalds bringing the father and son together and their shared love of Mickey D's (and the years of shared memories) should present a opportunity for the son to come out. Instead he hides it and makes the commercial look like the intro to a Law & Order episode.
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I do not see why people like this so much, like George said it implies you should stay in the closet.
Mostly because the fact that he's gay is meant to be a "surprise twist". The class photo was purposely made blurry and he had his finger over the guy's face at times, so that the viewer was not supposed to know that he was talking to a male classmate. Then when his father says that it was an all boys school, the viewer would then realize that the young man is gay.
Of course, the video title and the thread title gave it all away beforehand, but nonetheless, it's an awkward situation that almost any gay person could relate to.
The actual commercial should have McDonalds bringing the father and son together and their shared love of Mickey D's (and the years of shared memories) should present a opportunity for the son to come out.
Okay, first of all, I don't think you apprieciate how gut-wrenchingly difficult it is to come out to your parents, much less your father alone by yourself. :P
Secondly, who would want to come out at a McDonald's? That's kind of strange, if you ask me. It doesn't seem like a very special or quiet place to do that, but oh well.
Thirdly... who's to say that this fictional character didn't come out of the closet after the commercial ended?
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Thirdly... who's to say that this fictional character didn't come out of the closet after the commercial ended?
Because you don't discuss serious shit like that on a stomach full of McDonalds. The dashboard of the family mini-van would be a mess.
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Fluffy, I do not think you get the point. The fact the boy is keeping a secret is a bad thing. The video is about secrets, it is a scheme to make it seem like the company cares about gays when they do not.
If I made the video it would have been after the boy came out and it being the first time he got along with his father. This would have been much better and made McDonalds seem like a more comfortable place to come to. I made a better commercial in my head in five seconds and this is not my profession, it proves the commercial is not good.
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@barry, I know your joking but lets not get all 'gays are disgusting.' We banned kogen for a reason.
@Uranus, That is exactly why it isnt your professions. The twist is what makes the entire concept a good one. If it was just
'heres a gay guy getting on with his father.'
TBH thats just a bit weird and suggests that there SHOULD be something weird about getting on with your family post 'coming out.'
If you had watched the commercial with out knowing already that the kid is gay when the father says 'shame your school is an all boys one' you go...
"OH!..." and the whole situation changes.
Everyone likes a twist, even though the kid looks gay a mile off.
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The commercial is saying that you can be gay at McD's cuz everyone there has a mouth full of beef.
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^I think Barry was saying that the shock and stress from a situation like that after eating McDonalds would cause them to be sick, rather than anything about homosexuals being disgusting.
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^I think Barry was saying that the shock and stress from a situation like that after eating McDonalds would cause them to be sick, rather than anything about homosexuals being disgusting.
Pretty much this is what I gathered from what Barry was saying too.
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it is a scheme to make it seem like the company cares about gays when they do not.
Duh? Well, thank you anyway for that obvious information. >_>
If I made the video it would have been after the boy came out and it being the first time he got along with his father. This would have been much better and made McDonalds seem like a more comfortable place to come to. I made a better commercial in my head in five seconds and this is not my profession, it proves the commercial is not good.
That sounds good to me, too. ^_^ But as I said, they wrote the commercial to have a surprise twist ending. (How would your idea make the McDonald's executives care more about gay people, anyway? They'd still only care about making money.)
And besides that, I'll say it again: The situation is relatable, especially if you're a gay teenager. Everyone keeps secrets from their parents at that age, and not just things that are sexuality related either. A lot of teenagers don't think that their parents would understand them. It's part of how they grow new independent lives outside of their families.
@barry, I know your joking but lets not get all 'gays are disgusting.' We banned kogen for a reason.
Thanks, Sharky. ^__^
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^I think Barry was saying that the shock and stress from a situation like that after eating McDonalds would cause them to be sick, rather than anything about homosexuals being disgusting.
This.
Also, I'm done talking about these things. Not because I'm a bigot like Kogen, but because first and foremost I come here to talk Sega and clearly these sorts of topics don't lead to positive outcomes.
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Really I'm tired of this 'political' correctness. Rampage Jackson, the UFC fighter, is getting bitched out by the media for saying acting is kinda gay. That it makes you soft due to people pampering you.
What is wrong with that? When was 'gay' anti homophobic? Before Gay was a term for homosexuals, it mean't happy. Over time it turned into a term for homosexuals, why can't that turn into 'stupid'?
/RANT
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Wait why was Kogen banned?
I do not understand why people being gay is a huge issue, my friend Ollie came out late last year, it took him so long because he was so ashamed, in-fact he's 24 and his parents still don't know.
My only problem is the people that use their sexuality as their sole defining characteristic, I don't discuss my sexuality, because it's just that. Mine, it's no one elses business.
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I guess I am just weird because when someone is talking on the phone mentioning love, I never assume genders.
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Wait why was Kogen banned?
He was banned for 2 weeks due to warnings from Sharky. He could not wait so he started getting around the ban and I banned him forever. I don't like when people try to go around a ban. WTF is the point?
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Advertisements vary in the way how they are accepted by the viewers. This is good and it shows that all men should be accepted and respected in the society where we belong. But the only thing that the directors and the producers should think is there are still minors who watch the ad and it may cause them to do what has been watched and shown.
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It's because of stuff like this that France is the shitter.
lol jk
While homesexuality doesn't make sense to me, I respect it.
As such I really liked that commercial. It's simple, subtle and from fluffy's reaction I suppose it has a strong appeal for gay dudes.
It really has nothing to do with McDonalds. It just captures your attention and at the end makes you think about hamburgers.
When I read the title at first I was in full-rage mode. Reason: I first remembered Nirvana's song. That song has nothing to do with sexuality, and I get piss when people disvirtue the original meaning of songs/stories.
But it was a great commercial.
Also, gay-pride extremists are the ones giving "gay" a bad connotation, making it seem like it's the equivalent of calling your mother a cunt.
I've never seen "gay" being used offensively outside of elementary school. It has always a soft humorous connotation.
I don't see any problem of two homosexuals having a conversation and one of them saying "stop being so hetero.."
If I call something "gay" I'm being offensive, but by calling "hetero" I'm not? How gay.