# Taco Bell commercial is kind of weird. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111 "2013-12-11T22:23:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/1 "2013-12-11T22:23:56Z")
[“Hurricane Doug”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4zmG0hhl0Q). It’s just sort of odd. First off, that guy is a little shit and at least 15 years senior of the dudes playing. Second, would you really want to exercise immediately after stuffing your guts with all that? I’d probably have to take a huge dump 10 minutes into the game. Lastly: _“3 time the steak makes you feel like 3 times the man”._ That’s because your going to gain a bunch of weight after eating all that. But insinuating their product will make you more of a man is something stupid the cigarette companies used to infer when they were allowed to advertise on the tube. It’s just kind of weird! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/2 "2013-12-11T22:49:58Z")
Imply. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/3 "2013-12-11T23:03:12Z")
It was funny not to be taken literally. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/4 "2013-12-12T03:42:02Z")
It’s funny BECAUSE of the delusion that’s implicit in taking it literally. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/5 "2013-12-12T03:44:45Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It’s funny BECAUSE of the delusion that’s implicit in taking it literally. Exactly right. Go ahead and close the thread, mods. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/6 "2013-12-12T04:25:32Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It’s funny BECAUSE of the delusion that’s implicit in taking it literally. Exactly. “I just had three times the steak, I’m now three times the man I was before, and now I can totally take those guys.” ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/7 "2013-12-12T05:00:55Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Go ahead and close the thread, mods. And feel free to GFYS! Where do you get off requesting someone elses thread be closed? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/8 "2013-12-12T05:13:14Z")
Welcome to the SDMB: where overused jokes are scrutinized at face value, and the scrutiny thereof is scrutinized for verbiage. I love this place. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/9 "2013-12-12T05:15:02Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > And feel free to GFYS! Where do you get off requesting someone elses thread be closed? :mad: I’m sensing that sarcasm, humor and anything that isn’t presented as 100% literal may be things that aren’t your bag. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/10 "2013-12-12T05:22:21Z")
Having read this thread, I feel like three times the poster I was before. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/11 "2013-12-12T05:35:25Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > Welcome to the SDMB: where overused jokes are scrutinized at face value, and the scrutiny thereof is scrutinized for verbiage. > > I love this place. Thread winner!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-commercial-is-kind-of-weird/676111/12 "2013-12-12T13:12:53Z")
Guys – everyone just chill, okay? Thanks, **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator