I'm humored by many fast-food commercials' main
actors being thin. It's as if they're trying to say, "Eat all this
fast-food and you'll be fit and happy just like these people!"
While we're at it, why not start airing Harvard University commercials where it showcases a bunch of high and drunk students in class? It would go something like this:
Kobayashi: "Dude, where are we?"
Keyser: "At Harvard, man!"
Kobayashi: "We got accepted? I was totally trippin' when I took that ABT test thingy."
Keyser: "You mean the SAC?"
Kobayashi: "For sure!"
Keyser: "I did some weed just before taking the tests."
Kobayashi: "But you don't even smoke..."
Keyser: "I was just around it, you know? I could feel it..."
Kobayashi: "Far out."
"Harvard University - No matter how high you are, we'll be higher. Apply today!"
While we're at it, why not start airing Harvard University commercials where it showcases a bunch of high and drunk students in class? It would go something like this:
Kobayashi: "Dude, where are we?"
Keyser: "At Harvard, man!"
Kobayashi: "We got accepted? I was totally trippin' when I took that ABT test thingy."
Keyser: "You mean the SAC?"
Kobayashi: "For sure!"
Keyser: "I did some weed just before taking the tests."
Kobayashi: "But you don't even smoke..."
Keyser: "I was just around it, you know? I could feel it..."
Kobayashi: "Far out."
"Harvard University - No matter how high you are, we'll be higher. Apply today!"
That's what can be really misleading about those fast food commercials. People see them, think if they eat there alot, they'll still be skinny. Wrongo! If they get fat and have a heart attack, they end up suing the place, saying they blame them because it gave them a heart attack. Now, on my case, I'm in the middle between heavyset and skinny. I don't eat out alot, and when I do, I try and keep portions small. And I wouldn't know what big universities like Harvard are like; I'd be lucky if I can afford to go to Northern Kentucky University near my old house. Everyone has this idea that when you go to university, you'll be partying like Animal House. It's not always like that
ReplyDeleteWell, I was just trying to sarcastically draw the false link that drinking and doing drugs will likely lead one to being accepted at a prestigious university like Harvard to further depict how silly of an illustration these fast-food commercials showcase by seemingly linking massive fast-food consumption with a thin body.
ReplyDeleteBut, yeah, these fast-food commercials definitely give off the wrong impression. Studies have consistently shown that one big factor in the rising level of obesity in this country is a large quantity of fast-food consumption.
One of the big changes I made in my life en route to losing 45 lbs. was to go from eating fast-food regularly to eating it maybe once a month. That, along with a couple other changes, made a huge difference.