Woke and shaved - Gillette ad and the people who hate it.

[Iron_chet]

I couldn't figure out all the boycott calls for Gilette on Twitter and then finally saw the ad.

Can't say I find it particularly condemning of men but I do tend to support anything that upsets James Woods.

Gillette's 'the best a man can get' ad in #MeToo era draws kudos and boycott threats | CBC News

 

[Azrael]

Professional he-man thinker and terrible poet Jordan Peterson has a thought.

 

[Alma]

I couldn't figure out all the boycott calls for Gilette on Twitter and then finally saw the ad.

Can't say I find it particularly condemning of men but I do tend to support anything that upsets James Woods.

Gillette's 'the best a man can get' ad in #MeToo era draws kudos and boycott threats | CBC News

The ad is not offensive, unless you're offended by virtue signaling. Which, you know, some people are.

 

[Azrael]

The ad is not offensive, unless you're offended by virtue signaling. Which, you know, some people are.

I guess I'm not sure to whom that signal is being sent in this particular case.

Gillette's also donating money to Boys and Girls Clubs as part of the campaign.

The Best Men Can Be | Gillette®

 

[Alma]

I guess I'm not sure to whom that signal is being sent in this particular case.

Gillette's also donating money to Boys and Girls Clubs as part of the campaign.

The Best Men Can Be | Gillette®

It's a razor company opining on how men behave in this world. Some people do not want to be told this by a razor company.

I'm fine with it.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Meanwhile, the interim president at MSU just said that Nassar's victims are "enjoying" the spotlight.

People whining about a razor ad can get bent.

 

[DanOregon]

Isn't virtue signalling just another word for advertising? We have no problem with ads that tell us we need to drink a certain beer or whatever in order to be better men. Now there is an ad that simply says be a better man, and people have a problem with that. Weird.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

So is this just the other end of the spectrum from the dudebro beer ads from the '90s?

 

[tapintoamerica]

Might this cause friction between Bob Kraft and his boy in the White House?

 

[HanSenSE]

Having vented their rage over Nike and Kaepernick, they've found something else to get mad about.

 

[John B. Foster]

Owning the Libs:

 

[Starman]

The ad is not offensive, unless you're offended by virtue signaling. Which, you know, some people are.

Amazingly, many of the same people aren't bothered a bit by asshole signaling.

 

[CD Boogie]

Virtue signaling? Only heard this term for the first time today. Is this just a longer, hipper term for sanctimonious?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Isn't virtue signalling just another word for advertising?

Yes, it is.

 

[Della9250]

 

[TigerVols]

Virtue signaling? Only heard this term for the first time today. Is this just a longer, hipper term for sanctimonious?

I thought the exact same thing! I stared at it for a while, trying to figure out what the **** it means. I failed.

Anyway, I thought the ad's execution was terrible. Parts of it looked like stock footage, parts of it looked like a SNL skit, parts of it looked pretty high-end...but overall the video was just a jumbled mess.

 

[Starman]

Virtue signaling? Only heard this term for the first time today. Is this just a longer, hipper term for sanctimonious?

If "don't be a prick" is "sanctimonious," then yes.

 

[typefitter]

Owning the Libs:

That seems like a great way to clog a toilet.

 

[heyabbott]

If you’re a male and you’re triggered by that commercial, you’re not a man.

 

[Webster]

The ad was fine. The razor blades could be cheaper.