# You're a disgrace to the man race! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455 "2008-08-27T19:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/1 "2008-08-27T19:05:36Z")
[Get some nuts!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUxi_Eo6fU) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/2 "2008-08-27T19:09:47Z")
[QUOTE=astro] [Get some nuts!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUxi_Eo6fU) [/QUOTE] [Some persons think this ad is homophobic](http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=mr.+t++snickers+commercial+homophobia). I’m not one of them; Mrs. Rhymer disagrees. I’d like to know what you poncy gits think. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/3 "2008-08-27T19:25:31Z")
It features Mr T. on a technical. What’s not to like? [QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] [Some persons think this ad is homophobic](http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=mr.+t++snickers+commercial+homophobia). I’m not one of them; Mrs. Rhymer disagrees. I’d like to know what you poncy gits think. [/QUOTE] I think they need to stop “defending” homosexuals by lumping them in with metrosexuals. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/4 "2008-08-27T19:25:32Z")
It’s Mr. T, so hahaha whatever, but enough with this ‘Be a _real_ man!’ tripe. Even in jest. And from a guy with more jewelry than the Queen sitting for a portrait. ---
**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 27, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/5 "2008-08-27T22:48:21Z")
Homophobic… nah. Funny, yes. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/6 "2008-08-27T23:00:53Z")
Ha-ha, you don’t conform to my idea of what a man should be, so it’s funny to physically and verbally assault you. I can’t see why the Human Rights Campaign would object. (That was sarcasm.) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/7 "2008-08-27T23:31:12Z")
The violence is too over the top and silly to be really offensive, IMO. The man isn’t being shot with bullets, he’s being pelted with candy bars - by Mr. T, an over the top macho stereotype. I think both Mr. T and the speedwalker are part of the joke - that a candy bar is the key to being manly. Could it be construed as offensive? Well, a little, maybe, but a lot of humor has a dark or offensive edge, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. No one’s suggesting you actually whip Snicker’s bars at meterosexuals. Plus, you know this commersial was just created because, one Friday afternoon, some ad exec. came up with the tagline “get some nuts” and everyone else agreed so they could go home early. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/8 "2008-08-27T23:48:48Z")
I’m glad to see Mr. T working, even if he’s using his silly character from the A-Team. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/9 "2008-08-28T00:15:10Z")
In future ads in this campaign, they can switch to “get some chocolate” and show Klansmen pursuing frightened negroes! It’ll be funny and it’s TOTALLY not racist! AND Mr. T can still be in it! Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/10 "2008-08-28T00:18:20Z")
I’d like to see a female version of this commercial. Yeah! Mr. T, chasing down a woman with a briefcase. "Working?! I pity you fool! You’re a disgrace to the woman race! It’s time to get back to the kitchen, like a _real_ woman! Take that! Yeah, that’s right, run bitch! That’s gonna be trouble, with a capital Mr. T! Snickers! Eat my nuts! GRRRRRMMMMMMHMMMM!" _What_? What’s wrong with that? 😉 ---
**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 28, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/11 "2008-08-28T00:44:38Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] _What_? What’s wrong with that? 😉 [/QUOTE] Wouldn’t work. Chicks aren’t funny. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/12 "2008-08-28T00:51:50Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Wouldn’t work. Chicks aren’t funny. [/QUOTE] Aw, snap, you’re right. She’d just giggle and writhe. 😃 [Link to what the hell I’m referring to](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=358377&highlight=giggle+writhe) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/13 "2008-08-28T15:14:48Z")
Both the speedwalker and Mr. T are over the top silly caricatures. Surely the commercial shows a man bursting through a ranch house in a ridiculous video game vehicle with some kind of automatic candy bar delivery gun to be ridiculous also. Not offensive. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/14 "2008-08-28T15:19:42Z")
All speedwalkers are gay? I did not know that… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/15 "2008-08-28T15:43:49Z")
[QUOTE=askeptic] All speedwalkers are gay? I did not know that… [/QUOTE] It’s not GAYS who are a disgrace to the man race. It’s metrosexuals, of which speedwalkers are a subspecies. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/16 "2008-08-28T21:21:34Z")
I think it’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/17 "2008-08-28T21:28:22Z")
They’re riffing on a skit that featured none other than Bill Nye (prior to being the Science Guy) on an old Seattle-based comedy series called Almost Live. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/18 "2008-08-28T23:00:27Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] They’re riffing on a skit that featured none other than Bill Nye (prior to being the Science Guy) on an old Seattle-based comedy series called Almost Live. [/QUOTE] Nah. Speed Walker was a superhero, and nearly as mighty as Chuck Norris. He’d have taken that chocolate-bar-cannon and made Mr. T eat the ammunition. ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/19 "2008-08-28T23:28:19Z")
I’m not seeing Metro. Gork maybe but the two are unrelated. Anyway its funny. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455/20 "2008-08-28T23:40:35Z")
[QUOTE=BMax] I’m glad to see Mr. T working, even if he’s using his silly character from the A-Team. [/QUOTE] Did he ever have another character? Oh, I guess there was some movie he was in once… Anyway, I am sensitive to this portrayal of a man who is perceived as less than masculine, so yes, I find it stupid. I am not offended, exactly, but I would rather see the speed-walker say “Oh no you didn’t!” and climb over that gun and stuff a candy bar down T’s throat and gag him to death. No, I’m not offended. eta: besides, I’m allergic to (that kind of) nuts, so buzz off! Roddy queer as a $3 bill [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-disgrace-to-the-man-race/461455.md?page=2)