I never asked that question.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
yeah, they’ll go “ha-ha, that’s awesome. don’t we know someone like that at school? let’s beat him up tomorrow.”
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
No, you didn’t.
:rolleyes:
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! 