Friday, March 6, 2009

Snickers Are A Homosexual Catalyst! Beware!



Wow, during my usual drunken (no not really plz don't arrest me) stupor through the trash lined hallways of YouTube, I stumbled upon a cherished piece of my childhood memories. This commercial, which aired during the Super Bowl, was taken off the air soon after, after an outcry from the gay community. However, there is no time to discuss that, I have deadlines to meet and we're here to talk about mans and wimminz, remember?

Of course this is a perfect choice for a blog post, as in the commercial, the men even exclaim, "Quick, lets do something manly!" So, of course, they have to take their chest hair, a very masculine physical trait, and pull it out to cause pain to themselves, as men are expected to be able to handle physical pain. Further contrast is developed by the men being mechanics, an occupation that is very often generalized to be a "man's job." These portrayals are furthered in that the reason these men found themselves in this bannable predicament is that their "masculine" primitive desire to eat drives the second mechanic to try to take some of the bar no matter the consequences. This commercial used traditionally masculine characteristics to sell candy. And I think it worked.

Man, these are getting hard to do (no pun intended cause it would be dumb).

Um, I guess this means spring break nao? YAY!

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