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Honey Maid did it and now Tylenol is doing it.

Why are these businesses making a statement about lifestyles? 

Does it matter in any way what so ever? 

So tired of everyone and everything needing to prove their political correctness. 



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Huh??? What'chu talkin 'bout Lily?

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Honey Maid did the "we're all wholesome " thing

Now Tylenol is doing the "no matter who you love" thing.

Shouldn't they just leave the PC statements to others and just make their products?

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lilyofcourse wrote:

Honey Maid did the "we're all wholesome " thing

Now Tylenol is doing the "no matter who you love" thing.

Shouldn't they just leave the PC statements to others and just make their products?

A business can do whatever they want to, Lily.

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Maybe they are trying to market their product to certain people who may appreciate or identify with their message. What's wrong with that? You know Lily, they might not be talking to you. Just like the people who market peanut butter aren't talking to me.

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They have commercials out where gay men are giving their kids whatever the product is. Or a interracial couple eating Cheerios. There's a bunch of them like that. The Cheerio's one shows a soldier married to a Muslim woman.

Sabra Hummus just came out with one with two gay men in the kitchen talking about how hummus is a daily part of their lifestyle. That commercial is so wrong on so many levels.

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I have no problem with any way they want to advertise their product.

But that isn't what they are doing.

They are making a political statement.

The Tylenol one doesn't even mention the product until it says "and we at Tylenol support that" or something like it.

I'm telling you that Tylenol tablet doesn't care who's gullet it's sliding down.


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lilyofcourse wrote:

I have no problem with any way they want to advertise their product.

But that isn't what they are doing.

They are making a political statement.

The Tylenol one doesn't even mention the product until it says "and we at Tylenol support that" or something like it.

I'm telling you that Tylenol tablet doesn't care who's gullet it's sliding down.

 I know what you mean, and I agree.  The wholesomeness crap showing a stereotypical "unwholesome" family.  I'll admit, it gave me pause.  And as a result, I went with the generic.



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I fast forward through commercials so I miss most of them. Subaru has good commercials I think.

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Some of them go way too far. Let me use the Sabra Hummus one for example. Opening shot. Two obviously gay men dressed to the T standing very close in an intimate way in the kitchen. I think one is wearing a pink dress shirt. Their hair is styled so not a hair is out of place. It's hard to explain but it just exudes gayness. Then they say, "We're a Sabra Hummus house." Like I said, it's hard to explain but it comes off so cliche and just not what I perceive true gay people to be like. And yes, I do know some.

Then it shows a father and daughter eating lunch. They've been working out. She's talking about how she wants to get her father healthier. He says he doesn't want to eat bark. She tells him she fed him hummus on tofu. HUMMUS ON TOFU? REALLY? You're trying to market hummus, which a lot of people either haven't heard about or already have a bad idea about and you tell them to put it on TOFU? WTF?

Then they show a girl and her boyfriend. The girl is a little petite thing and the guy is a weight lifter. And I don't mean a little one either. I mean one of those ones who lifts until their arms and bodies are abnormally weird shaped. He says how much he loves hummus. I told DH I hope hummus never causes him to want to do that because it's just not attractive to me.

My point is that by pushing the envelope they sometimes push it way too far and it backfires.

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I make my own hummus.

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I've made hummus too!

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I LOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEEE Hummus!!!!!!!!

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I tried humas.

That's all I have to say about that.

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Ohfour wrote:

I LOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEEE Hummus!!!!!!!!

 ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!  But their new commercial sucks.



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I LOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEEE Hummus!!!!!!!!

 ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!  But their new commercial sucks.

I know this...cause you ATE mine!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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Hummus tastes like wet dirt.

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Ohfour wrote:
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Ohfour wrote:

I LOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEEE Hummus!!!!!!!!

 ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!  But their new commercial sucks.

I know this...cause you ATE mine!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

 LOL And it was good!  Hummus is yummy!  But let me ask you a question?  Would you ruin good hummus by putting it on tofu?



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Eh, you gotta drizzle good olive oil on it and sprinkle a bit of paprika. Plus I go to the good markets and buy fresh made. Not the stuff from a store. Big difference. and Syrian bread that is still warm. yum.

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Lexxy wrote:

Hummus tastes like wet dirt.

Worse than wet dirt!wink

I'd eat dirt, before I'd eat hummus!biggrin 



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TrudyML wrote:

Eh, you gotta drizzle good olive oil on it and sprinkle a bit of paprika. Plus I go to the good markets and buy fresh made. Not the stuff from a store. Big difference. and Syrian bread that is still warm. yum.

 Syrian bread that is warm is da bomb.  I love Naan.



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TrudyML wrote:

Eh, you gotta drizzle good olive oil on it and sprinkle a bit of paprika. Plus I go to the good markets and buy fresh made. Not the stuff from a store. Big difference. and Syrian bread that is still warm. yum.

 Syrian bread that is warm is da bomb.  I love Naan.

naaaaannnn............ 



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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Ohfour wrote:

I LOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEEE Hummus!!!!!!!!

 ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!  But their new commercial sucks.

I know this...cause you ATE mine!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

 LOL And it was good!  Hummus is yummy!  But let me ask you a question?  Would you ruin good hummus by putting it on tofu?

I would eat hummus on a turd.  I don't care how it gets in my mouth!  



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Tofu, bleck.

Although I could eat hummus straight from the package. So good. I like the red pepper one. High in protein, low in cholesterol. Perfect food.

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If I were to buy hummus, TJ's has a pretty good Chipolte pepper one.

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Fort Worth Mom wrote:
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Hummus tastes like wet dirt.

Worse than wet dirt!wink

I'd eat dirt, before I'd eat hummus!biggrin 

 You are the only other person I know who hates beans as much as I do!



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Lexxy wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Lexxy wrote:

Hummus tastes like wet dirt.

Worse than wet dirt!wink

I'd eat dirt, before I'd eat hummus!biggrin 

 You are the only other person I know who hates beans as much as I do!

And peas, too!

Yuck! I'd rather starve!

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Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Lexxy wrote:

Hummus tastes like wet dirt.

Worse than wet dirt!wink

I'd eat dirt, before I'd eat hummus!biggrin 

Dude!!!!!!

Yes to the nth degree.

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Fort Worth Mom wrote:
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Fort Worth Mom wrote:
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Hummus tastes like wet dirt.

Worse than wet dirt!wink

I'd eat dirt, before I'd eat hummus!biggrin 

 You are the only other person I know who hates beans as much as I do!

And peas, too!

Yuck! I'd rather starve!

wink 

 OMG - then you will feel my pain.  I was eating a Stouffers frozen entrée for lunch today.  Escalloped chicken & noodles.  It has peas in it but not a lot so I just pick out everything green before I eat it.  I missed a half a pea that was stuck to a noodle & put it in my mouth.  I could taste it immediately.  It was horrible.  I had to swish my mouth with water in the bathroom.  Then I sifted & stirred & examined every bite before putting it in my mouth.  I hate peas!



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flan327 wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
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Hummus tastes like wet dirt.

Worse than wet dirt!wink

I'd eat dirt, before I'd eat hummus!biggrin 

Dude!!!!!!

Yes to the nth degree.

flan 

 Oh good another on team Hate Hummus!! biggrin



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I'm sitting in my office eating hummus and celery....nom nom nom...

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Ohfour wrote:
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I LOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEEE Hummus!!!!!!!!

 ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!  But their new commercial sucks.

I know this...cause you ATE mine!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

 And you ate mine! biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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I just ate a few chocolate covered raisins. Much better than hummus!

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Ohfour wrote:

I LOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEEE Hummus!!!!!!!!

 ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!  But their new commercial sucks.

I know this...cause you ATE mine!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

 And you ate mine! biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

No, I ate your horseradish cheesebiggrinbiggrinbiggrin...OMG...soooooooo good!!!!!! And I ate all your chips.



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I just had a horseradish flavored pickle. It was to DIE for.

And I am Team Hummus all the way. I ❤️ it.

Wrap a turd in naan and I would probably eat it without question.

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Warm naan with anything... heaven.

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My thread has turned into a hippie hummus thread.

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I'm sorry, but less than 3 percent of the population does not represent all of society - stop using it as the poster child for normal.

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I am familiar with the Honey Maid, Cheerios and Sabra hummus commercials, and I do not see anything that is upsetting or wrong to me.  Yes, they show people of various ethnicities and lifestyles having fun and enjoying a snack or cereal together.  That is all I see.  I didn't even notice at first the ethnicities or orientation of the people in the commercials.  To me, it is just advertising.  I don't mind the message they are advertising either. 

Where I live is very diverse culturally and ethnically.  The local TV commercials include so many people of mixed race that to me, it is just a commercial.  I don't notice the color of one's skin, or if a couple is same sex, etc.  They are just local people doing commercials.  When I watch national TV commercials, the same thing applies.  I guess I am just blind to the ethnic and physical differences between people, not because I do not scrutinize commercials, but because I am used to seeing so many different types of people in commercials that I do not give it a second thought.  I usually concentrate on what they are saying about the product, and compare it to my own experience with that product.  I buy products that work for me and that I can trust, not because they are wholesome or have love associated with them.

I do recall when the Cheerios commercials came out, people were shocked that they showed the child to be biracial.  To me, it is the norm.  People got really worked up about it and I just shook my head.  Where I live, I am fine.  If I moved somewhere else, people might see me as broken.  They are commercials.  Some of them are great, some touch the heart, some may be just plain bad, and others are just noise.  

 



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This is a.commercial about the product



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This is not a commercial about the product.



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I love the Cheerios commercial. There is not one thing wrong with that. I want to eat that little girl up!!!!



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The Cheerios commercial doesn't bother me in any way. It's cute.

The Tylenol commercial is nothing but agenda.

Just promote the product.

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I edited my post because your second one came through before I could post...

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You see the difference though, right?

It's not even about the product, the tylenol commercial, it's just PC crap.

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Well, sexy girls with big boobs have been selling things forever too.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Well, sexy girls with big boobs have been selling things forever too.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Well, sexy girls with big boobs have been selling things forever too.

 What does that have to do with this?

Ok. Ever watch a commercial and have no idea what they are selling?

That's what this is.

 



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That the selling techniques you are talking about are nothing new. They present things that have NOTHING to do with the product whatsoever.

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