The Snickers Super Bowl Commercial

[higher4hockey]

I'm sure most of you know what I'm talking about here, and for those of you that don't snickers had a commercial on during the super bowl where two guys accidentaly kissed each other. apparently some of the gay community is up in arms about this and i saw on the news today that the commercial is going to be taken off the air. according to the news the gays are all bent out of shape over this commercial because it casts a homophobic view on gays.

i think this is ridiculous. what do you guys think?
especially hello3pat what do you think about that commercial getting yanked?

[darkside]

"quick, do something manly!" ...rips out chest hair.:D

this is my 420th post by the way.:S5:

[konqrr]

Ya, todays society is bullshit. No one can take a joke anymore.

[TheFatKid]

I think it was great, America is offended too easily.

[deftdrummer]

Aside from them complaining about it aren't you guys a little offended by it? Obviously there is a surplus of homophobes on this site so I will keep my opinion modest, but don't you guys find this a little intrusive to say the least? I myself was having a good time watching the football game and was not expecting to see a spectacle of homosexuality AT ALL on the t.v. no matter if it was for a candy bar or a butt condom. It is pretty humorous I think how the media portrays like straight guys act gay all the time, trying to blur the reality of sexuality in the U.S. Shouldn't straight guys be just as pissed about the offensiveness this commercial exudes? It is just screaming "hey straight guys, you know you act gay all the time in your spare time when you're working on your car, so go on! and grab a snickers! - shrug it off!

[higher4hockey]

drummer~ NO

the only thing that offends me on tv is the ESPN guys talking smack on hockey.

[ganjah]

When I saw it I thought it was pretty funny, you'd think gay people would be able to take a joke.

[Skink]

I think we need to stop obsessing on lifestyle and focus more on life...

[Gatekeeper777]

Thanks, I am a bit dumber for wathing that. I found nothing offensive about it.
then again i am strait.
Now if it were 2 gay guys that did it and one man pulled away BEFORE they kissed and the other man said QuICK SO SOMETHING GAY. Then the one bent the other over the hood of the car..........that i would find offensive.

[hello3pat]

Obviously I am not serious with that comment, but it needs to be said sometimes. You don't see Italian's marching down times square everytime a movie depicting Italian-Americans as no good, thug ass, mobsters. Seriously, almost EVERY movie involving Italians is stereotyped into a Mafia theme. People think every Italian family is or has ties to the Mafia.

I could really care less though. I am 100% Italian and could not give more of a fuck if they wore Green, Red, and White shirts with guinea-wop-goombah plastered across the front. This country needs to lighten the fuck up and thicken up their skin a little bit. Especially the fags, dykes, femi-nazi's, evangelical christians, right wing nut jobs, mulignone's, and cracker ass mother fuckers who still think this is a white man's world. People just need to shut the fuck up and take the carrot out of their ass. Everybody gets made fun of, picked on, steretyped. Unless your being persecuted or your rights are being obstructed than get off your soap box and smackourself in the nuts. THAT'S what pain is. Being offended by a fucking candy bar commercial is not, keep it to yourself and don't make me have to listen to your banter, cause I'm bout to snap on these ACLU douche bags and give them something to cry about...Rant over, continue...
I agree with you, hell in my poinion they should stop the gay pride parades all together as it just seems to be a reason to show off their fetishes in public. And, another thing thing that pisses me off is every now and then a group decides to start up a Straight Pride Parade and the group that tries to start it is accused of being "homophobic, and insulting to the gay community"

[JaggedEdge]

on second thought I'm gonna bite my tounge on this one. :S1:

[Gatekeeper777]

Actually i know 2 gay guys, they dont bother me one bit.

I puff on the BONG.

They puff on the DONG!

To each his own.

[vincevaper]

hello3pat is right in that the ad can be interpreted as making fun of homophobia. This news story goes beyond what aired however and involves alternate ad endings that were posted on their website. One in particular involved the two men bashing each other ala 3 Stooges and could only be interpreted as violently homophobic.

[Nochowderforyou]

THAT commerical, offensive? If gay folks find that offensive, maybe they should consider the mockery of reality shows that feature gay people, sitcoms as well, that makes fun of them all of the time. That commerical is nothing in my eyes.

I think people just have too much time on their hands. People seem to complain about the littlest things that don't matter. People make fun of people, get over it.

[hello3pat]

hello3pat is right in that the ad can be interpreted as making fun of homophobia. This news story goes beyond what aired however and involves alternate ad endings that were posted on their website. One in particular involved the two men bashing each other ala 3 Stooges and could only be interpreted as violently homophobic.

can't find the alternate endings, but as you desribe them honestly was stupid to make those, common sense tells you it would be a bad idea

[JaggedEdge]

Screw it, I'm gonna say it. That commercial is no worse for their cause than all these festivals they have where they dress up like the village people and act like a bunch of sexual deviants. I'm sorry no one should walk down the street in assless chaps. When "part" of the community stops with that, they can start complaining about how a commercial promotes homophobia.

[Nochowderforyou]

Well as a part of the cannabis community, I am offended by propaganda anit-cannabis commericals, and i demand you take them off the air!

[slipknotpsycho]

somneone wanna either explain the commercial or post a link?

[Gatekeeper777]

YouTube - Snickers Super Bowl Ad - Vote! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHkoZ7ngAM0)

[slipknotpsycho]

meh, yal are right, america is too easily offended... no, actually i'd say they're just looking for something to be offended about... i could understand how someone could percieve that as 'homophobe'... but it's a commercial.. it's not like the snickers commercial creators sat around a huge table going "hmm... now how could we show the world we're against gays" ..... o.0

[Rollafatblunt420]

:S2: holy shit. that was funny as hell. first time i saw it as well. and i am not done laughing yet............................................... .................................................. .....................................alright i am good now. my drug class teacher is gay and he doesn't take offense to anything. which is how all gay ppl should besides if someone like ran up and hit them in the face and called them a faggot or something i would take offense to that.

[Garden Knowm]

skink.. i like you AV... it makes me feel GOOD inside..

YouTube - Bangkok Insurance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xQgGEF175o&mode=related&search=)

[Dave Byrd]

There was nothing wrong with that commercial if you ask me. NoChowder's right. there are lots worse portrayals on sitcoms and other shows if gays want to get riled about negative perceptions on those. That ad was just funny.

[Skink]

OK I just viewed it for the first time and I was expecting something different... some people need to get a life if they can't find only humor in that...

[Dmo18]

im not a homophobe or anything but i have to say this....
fuck gay people who CHOOSE to get offended by shit like this, i have had people make fun of me for all kinds of shit, though never my sexuality(straight), it just seems like they do shit liike this just because they can. Now if there was a commercial that was blatently(sp?) making fun of gay people that would be different.....so fuck sensitive people

[slipknotpsycho]

Dmo, while i somewhat agree with you... us (straight people) aren't persecuted on anywhat near the same level they are.... which is what results in this... instead of taking things as a joke, they've been programmed by our society, to think everyone's out to get them...

i think they create problems for themselves by taking offense to everything (tho far from even most of them do...) but at the same time, they've been persecuted by everyone under the sun... i know if every corner i turned, i had someone fucking with me, and making more shit for me to handle, eventually enough would be enough and i'd probably be finding some of the same (minimal) things, offensive....

[Gatekeeper777]

im not a homophobe or anything but i have to say this....
fuck gay people who CHOOSE to get offended by shit like this,


Right! Gay people who get offended by this comercial definately has issues with their sexuality.
I cant see their logic!
Accidently kissing a friend then reestablishing your manhood.....OFFENCIVE
One man sucking another mans cock.....PERFECTLY NORMAL...
hmmmmmmmmmmm maybe its just me.

[benagain]

I thought it was very funny myself. I don't understand, is it not ok for someone to not be gay nowadays?

[JaggedEdge]

Dmo, while i somewhat agree with you... us (straight people) aren't persecuted on anywhat near the same level they are.... which is what results in this... instead of taking things as a joke, they've been programmed by our society, to think everyone's out to get them...

i think they create problems for themselves by taking offense to everything (tho far from even most of them do...) but at the same time, they've been persecuted by everyone under the sun... i know if every corner i turned, i had someone fucking with me, and making more shit for me to handle, eventually enough would be enough and i'd probably be finding some of the same (minimal) things, offensive....

The same thing goes for all equality movements though. It is the same deal with racial equality and trying to ease racial tension.

Two hours ago I was watching Bill O'riley and he was talking about how the black community got offended because a sen. of some state said a black man in government was "articulate" and "clean."

I heard the audio on the news and agree that it was an offensive comment by his tone and the fact he said clean.

But than Bush said was talking about the guy and said he is a very intelligent and articualte man but isn't ready to run for president and they got offended by that. I don't understand how saying someone is articulate is an insult. At least not in the context it was used. From watching the clip it didn't appear to have the same intent as what the other guy said.

Everyone in America gets offended at the slightest comment and it is beginning to piss me off. If someone say's you are articulate, take it as a compliment no matter what your race. Especially if it is coming from a man who isn't very articulate at all.

This is the quote I think is offensive.

Biden starts White House run with controversy ... "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a ...

That is highly offensive, but the president stating he is articulate isn't. The people on O'Riley's show were saying the president should have known better. What the hell are we allowed to say anymore?

[potsmokingnome]

I'm sure most of you know what I'm talking about here, and for those of you that don't snickers had a commercial on during the super bowl where two guys accidentaly kissed each other. apparently some of the gay community is up in arms about this and i saw on the news today that the commercial is going to be taken off the air. according to the news the gays are all bent out of shape over this commercial because it casts a homophobic view on gays.

i think this is ridiculous. what do you guys think?
especially hello3pat what do you think about that commercial getting yanked?

that was the funniest comercilal I have ever watched!

and I'm far from being homophobic, gay, straight, your still human, so who cares!

[vincevaper]

JaggedEdge... the word you're looking for is "patronizing." Thank you for playing. Your post was very articulate.

Recognizing hateful speech or advertising for what it is, is not being overly sensitive. It's a matter of social awareness... and social awareness does not exclude humor. Though I get the impression (as I have before) that many on this site wouldn't know the difference between stand-up routines from Lenny Bruce or Andrew Dice Clay.

The alternate ad ending contest thing has been removed from the site. If those could be pointed to somewhere maybe on youtube, I think the uproar would become more understandable.

[JaggedEdge]

I agree with you to an extent, the quote I posted was highly offensive and should never have been spoken, but bush dishing out a compliment and getting criticized is a bit over the top. It is the same thing with the ad. There is a difference between being socially aware and simply getting pissed off over something because you can.

The commercial and what Bush said are examples of people simply over reacting to cause a seen as opposed to the quote I posted. All this suceeds in doing is splitting the nation more. If I were to see one of those girls bitching about racism somewhere else I likely won't even pay attention to them because they have already proved they cause a fuss over virtually nothing.

Look around, America is becoming to sensitive. I'm not sure if other coutries are like this, but America certainly has a bunch of winers.

JaggedEdge... the word you're looking for is "patronizing."

Bush did not appear to be patronizing anyone.

[Samwhore]

I loved it, but Glaad got mad and its their right to do something if they got offended, but I do think they took it a little too far

[Garden Knowm]

looks like those guys are chomping on POOP..

[benagain]

JaggedEdge... the word you're looking for is "patronizing." Thank you for playing. Your post was very articulate.

Recognizing hateful speech or advertising for what it is, is not being overly sensitive. It's a matter of social awareness... and social awareness does not exclude humor. Though I get the impression (as I have before) that many on this site wouldn't know the difference between stand-up routines from Lenny Bruce or Andrew Dice Clay.

The alternate ad ending contest thing has been removed from the site. If those could be pointed to somewhere maybe on youtube, I think the uproar would become more understandable.

So you actually found it offensive? If so, are you gay (not bashing, just trying to understand). I just don't get how anyone could get offended by it. So the guys in the commercial aren't gay. Are they not allowed to be? Is it because they had to act 'manly' after kissing? I don't get it. Please explain.

[vincevaper]

So you actually found it offensive?

No. I did not find that specific ad offensive in itself. If you scroll up you'll find my agreement with another poster that it can in fact easily be interpreted as anti-homophobic, anti-macho, anti-stupid.

However, in context with the online contest which encouraged viewers to select a different ending to be aired during the Daytona 500 (endings which were much more clearly offensive), I do think the campaign as a whole was reprehensible. This is a significant part of the story that most news carriers seem to have omitted.

Here are descriptions of two alternates:
1) Men kiss, then, horrified, poison themselves by drinking motor oil and windshield cleaner.
2) Men kiss, one guy sucker-punches the other using a huge wrench, then second guy slams the other's head under the hood of a car.