# 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:** 4
**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, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/61 "2011-08-13T21:52:47Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > 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. I never asked that question. ---
**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, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/62 "2011-08-13T21:59:36Z")
Well, speaking for myself, I’m not _outraged_. But the _basis_ for the joke is hurting kids’ feelings. It’s a little different than the earlier ones that were just about kids’ sense of fairness. There is a perhaps small but totally unnecessary meanness of spirit here. I’m pretty sure that _my_ kids are secure enough that they wouldn’t be hurt by it, but I hope they wouldn’t find it funny, either. ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/63 "2011-08-13T22:00:44Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > 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”. It’s that statement that got my goat. Especially after they made fun of his hair, which was likely “mommy hair” in the first place. Had I said anything like that about one of my daughters, the other would have been on my case instantly. And we picked on each other ruthlessly. That remark, in that situation, would have crossed a boundry. ---
**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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/64 "2011-08-13T22:05:09Z")
I think they liked the hair. It’s all he’s got. They’re saying the kid is stupid and talent-less, which no good parent would dream of saying, so you better buy the product and not be like these parents. ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/65 "2011-08-13T22:40:17Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I never asked that question. Sorry, but that’s the entirety of your OP. ---
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/66 "2011-08-13T23:00:50Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Sorry, but that’s the entirety of your OP. No need to be sorry. I’m sure you mean well. But my op is two strong statements and a link. It’s not a whiney question invented to to belittle those statements. ---
**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, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/67 "2011-08-13T23:32:23Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Oops, you forgot to answer spark’s question before countering with your own. I have no children. I know some children, though. I feel I’m capable of thinking about the poor children, as necessary. And though you are of course perfectly free to worry about this commercial, I think your worries regarding this commercial are ill-founded. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/68 "2011-08-14T00:06:21Z")
I thought it was funny and am unashamed to admit that if the girl was the less-favoured child I probably wouldn’t like it. ---
**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 14, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/69 "2011-08-14T01:09:45Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > It’s not a whiney question invented to to belittle those statements. Some statements deserve to be belittled. Do you think the Smothers Brothers were damaging the children of America when they released “Mom Always Liked You Best”? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/70 "2011-08-14T02:33:16Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Some statements deserve to be belittled. Do you think the Smothers Brothers were damaging the children of America when they released “Mom Always Liked You Best”? You still haven’t come up with a valid comparison, but I tire of this. Carry on with it if you wish. ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/71 "2011-08-14T03:08:26Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > You still haven’t come up with a valid comparison, but I tire of this. Carry on with it if you wish. That’s because you haven’t come up with a valid line of reasoning why this type of commercial would have any impact on children who are exposed to far worse every day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/72 "2011-08-14T03:53:37Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > The only thing disturbing about that commercial are the creepy ass comments on the YouTube link. Jesus, yes. I’ve never seen so many people unable to distinguish between fiction and reality. I feel sorry for that young actress - she probably gets a lot of creepy fan mail. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/73 "2011-08-15T00:39:47Z")
In what way creepy? In that some agree with my op? I didn’t see anything really creepy about the replies. Feeling empathy for the characters (I _don’t_ mean the actors) isn’t creepy is it? This is an honest question, not an arguement. ---
**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 15, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/74 "2011-08-15T01:55:28Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > In what way creepy? In that some agree with my op? I didn’t see anything really creepy about the replies. Feeling empathy for the characters (I _don’t_ mean the actors) isn’t creepy is it? I get an extremely strong pedo vibe from many of those comments. So no - I (hopefully) don’t see any agreement between those comments and your OP. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/75 "2011-08-15T03:27:33Z")
Yeah… A. Kids are smarter than that. B. The commercial in the OP is not cruel, rather it depicts cruelty. Appreciation of the humor does not require identification with the parents–any more than I have to identify with Beavis and Butthead to find their antics to be humorous. C. The Ally Bank commercials are mostly likely heavily edited. The kids’ reactions are not reactions to what you think they are reactions to. Many of the “reactions” appear to me to be bored waiting. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/76 "2011-08-16T01:46:21Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > I think, on average, kids might even find it funnier than adults… yeah, they’ll go “ha-ha, that’s awesome. don’t we know someone like that at school? let’s beat him up tomorrow.” ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/77 "2011-08-17T11:24:57Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I’m 66, and I’ve known and been around a lot of children. Believe me, there are plenty who will be disturbed by that, and the seeming okayness of it. > It sucks. i read that plenty of people are disturbed that you have been around a lot of children, that its not ok. but i’m not sure thats what you meant. also, i have no idea why you would find the commercial anything other than silly/stupid ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/78 "2011-08-17T12:52:59Z")
> [@clarkstar](#): > > i read that plenty of people are disturbed that you have been around a lot of children, that its not ok. but i’m not sure thats what you meant. No, you didn’t. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/79 "2011-08-17T17:41:40Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > You think that (AT&T) is funny? Do you have children? I think it’s funny. I also have children. Well, one child anyway. And she’s my least favorite child that I own so I can definitely relate to the humor in the situation. I hope that when she has a sibling, we can perform this exact scenario and emotionally scar at least one of the children for life. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, mangeorge. You’ve done a great thing for me today. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/80 "2011-08-17T18:31:25Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I think it’s funny. I also have children. > > Well, one child anyway. And she’s my least favorite child that I own so I can definitely relate to the humor in the situation. I hope that when she has a sibling, we can perform this exact scenario and emotionally scar at least one of the children for life. > > Thanks for bringing this to my attention, mangeorge. You’ve done a great thing for me today. Well **Enderw24** , I’ve been lurking about your posts for, what, about ten years now just waiting for a chance to please you. Now that I’ve actually done so I feel strangely unfulfilled. ☹ Oh well. There’s a Kansas City in Missouri? I’ll be damned! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529.md?page=5)