# Isn't Jennifer pretty? \[commercial\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529 "2011-08-13T00:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/41 "2011-08-13T15:54:52Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I think it shows a lack of empathy for those who would be disturbed by it. And I don’t have to do a survey to know that many children, and some parents, will see themselves in that commercial and be disturbed by it. Agreed. That ad is absurd. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/42 "2011-08-13T16:58:11Z")
You all do realize that the kids in these commercials are not just taken off the street by the ad companies, right? There are parents who prostitute their children for these ads and worse; nobody forces them to allow their kids to be used in this fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/43 "2011-08-13T17:01:42Z")
I got a kick out of it. I’m not a parent. It’s hard for me to imagine anyone really being upset by it, though. If your parent plays favorites, I don’t see how a commercial reminding you of that fact would make it any worse. It’s not like you don’t already think of it all the time anyway. Heck, it might make me laugh harder thinking about my own situation. Comedy comes from the darkest places. ---
**Author:** ![Snifit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Snifit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snifit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/44 "2011-08-13T17:47:28Z")
I didn’t realize the “Think of CHILDREN!” contingent was so vocal on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/45 "2011-08-13T17:49:16Z")
The only thing disturbing about that commercial are the creepy ass comments on the YouTube link. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/46 "2011-08-13T17:51:53Z")
> [@LilyoftheField](#): > > Really? You think this ad is sociopathic? I think its funny. Perhaps I have sociopathic tendencies? Nah, that can’t be right - my mom always liked me best! 😛 Favoritism has nothing to do with it. It’s only if you’re adopted that you go crazy, remember? ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/47 "2011-08-13T18:15:57Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Favoritism has nothing to do with it. It’s only if you’re adopted that you go crazy, remember? No, no! Being adopted makes you into a serial killer! :eek: I’m just a harmless, garden variety sociopath, laughing at the misfortune of others… ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/48 "2011-08-13T18:33:35Z")
Well, a corporation that finds it acceptable to portray teasing children as part of a paid for campaign to elicit profit from my business has already convinced me not to do business with them. I really don’t care if I get it, or don’t get it, or kids would get it, or not get it. There are a lot of businesses that want my money, and I only just barely want to do business with banks in the first place. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/49 "2011-08-13T19:18:54Z")
That’s the first thought that struck me, Triskadecamus. “I don’t want to do business with this company.” Those that think that’s taking the ad too seriously, fine - we agree to disagree, do business with them if you choose, it’s none of my business. But my money isn’t going to companies that I think act like assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/50 "2011-08-13T19:22:34Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Disturbing. Alright, do you know children who find this ad disturbing? Evidence? Cite? > [@mangeorge](#): > > How could know that? Besides, many kids learn to suffer in silence. Oh, I see… That’s some catch, that catch-22. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/51 "2011-08-13T19:26:11Z")
This thread has turned eerie and creepy. I guess _the Grinch Who Stole Christmas_ must be a real gut-wrenching horror film for some of you, what with all the stealing stuff from children going on. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/52 "2011-08-13T19:40:55Z")
The Grinch story turns out happy in the end. And it’s also much more obviously disconnected from reality than this commercial. Hansel and Gretel is _supposed_ to be horrifying (particularly in the original), but good wins out in the end there too. Those are _narratives_, with struggles. The cruelty of this is that it’s depicted with the sheen of normality. Does anyone defending the commercial here _have_ children? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/53 "2011-08-13T19:53:38Z")
Since this is about a commercial, I’ve moved it over to Cafe Society for you (and edited the title, just a bit, to show what you were talking about). ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/54 "2011-08-13T20:12:06Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > This commercial is cruel; > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-cKpTMGd1g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-cKpTMGd1g) > It’s not funny. > Peace, > mangeorge Yes it is. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/55 "2011-08-13T20:40:30Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > Does anyone defending the commercial here _have_ children? Does anyone attacking the commercial _know_ children who were disturbed by it? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/56 "2011-08-13T21:19:58Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Alright, do you know children who find this ad disturbing? Evidence? Cite? > > Oh, I see… That’s some catch, that catch-22. You’re in the wrong forum for evidence and cites. And, this whole thread is full of catch 22, isn’t it. Why are some of you posters so _sensitive_ about this anyway? Surely if the commercial does no harm, so should criticisn of it. Critics of our criticism would, one would think, simply roll their eyes and go away. Anyway, you should rethink what a catch 22 actually is. And yes, I do know children who would be disturbed by this, both the favored and the “other”. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/57 "2011-08-13T21:27:03Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Does anyone attacking the commercial _know_ children who were disturbed by it? Oops, you forgot to answer spark’s question before countering with your own. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/58 "2011-08-13T21:31:13Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > Does anyone defending the commercial here _have_ children? Proud father of three little girls who are pretty well adjusted (considering they have me as a father), and we all laughed at the commercial and thought it was funny. It didn’t even require an explanation to the kids that it was made up, they knew it was. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/59 "2011-08-13T21:45:42Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Why are some of you posters so _sensitive_ about this anyway? Because “Won’t someone think about the children?” is poor logic in any forum. It’s manufactured outrage over a silly ad that any child who notices it is capable of comprehending. If not, we have parents to explain things. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/60 "2011-08-13T21:48:10Z")
Three kids, I found it funny. My kids were constantly asking who do you like best, who’s smarter, who’s the least stinky - the answer depended on the time of day and how serious the question was. “Or, give it to Kyle. It’s really all he’s got”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529.md?page=4)