tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post4306398512329729395..comments2024-03-16T05:34:13.675-07:00Comments on The Commercial Curmudgeon: Just Another Day With Stupid Men and Stupid Women in Suburbia....John F Jamelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-78009319999877236452016-05-21T17:41:58.554-07:002016-05-21T17:41:58.554-07:00I didn't notice the lack of disclaimer. Frankl...I didn't notice the lack of disclaimer. Frankly, I hope that a LOT of adult jackasses try this stunt for the benefit of Youtube. I am every bit that mean enough. But kids? Kids do plenty of stupid, dangerous things without encouragement. I really hope they skip attempting this stunt.John F Jamelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-12498993271670875032016-05-21T17:34:28.672-07:002016-05-21T17:34:28.672-07:00Oh wow...this one is just a stunner (literally).
...Oh wow...this one is just a stunner (literally).<br /><br />So, the deal is this guy didn't end up killing himself by body-slamming from a height directly into concrete because he crashed onto a table that "broke" his fall? Yeah, because a flimsy snack table is going to provide such a great cushion against the impact of hitting a slab of cement. You betcha.<br /><br />And yeah--the wives and their blase "our husbands are about to do something incredibly stupid AGAIN, better look up the nearest urgent care" attitude. No, I don't care if my husband breaks his neck or paralyzes himself for life or breaks every bone in his body, or even ends up dead. Oh, and yeah, if he survives the inevitable crash landing, we can just take him to the urgent care, because it's not as if moving him ourselves rather than calling 911 and letting professionals handle it would be extremely dangerous or anything. Heck, he can probably limp the whole mile there on foot!<br /><br />And I know the "It's fine, he did track in middle school" line is supposed to be hilarious, but all it makes me think is: Did it occur to no one that this idiot was not "vaulting" with a fiberglass pole, but with a flimsy hollow aluminum pool strainer handle, and that the utter dissimilarity of these two items might mean what he was doing was ridiculously unsafe? Then again, it might have saved him from himself by folding in half under his weight in mid-vault and plopping him into the pool before he could make it to the concrete on the other side. Too bad he didn't get that lucky.<br /><br />There's also something surprisingly absent in this ad: any sort of disclaimer along the lines of "Professional stunt idiots. Do not attempt." Because you just KNOW that somewhere, some kid is going to watch this ad, and conclude that this guy only crashed because he was an adult, and of course as an adult he was too heavy, whereas a kid could do this stunt with ease. "Hey, guys, let's get together and try it at my pool while my parents are away!" "Yeah, kewl, dude!" I only hope United Healthcare and their ad agency have lawyered up in preparation for the inevitable lawsuit filed by the grieving parents.<br />Morning Kvetchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12212725744949084479noreply@blogger.com