So it looks like overweight Americans are outraged over the new Peloton ad

ALL this commercial does, is point out the absurdity of social media, "likes" and all that. Thankfully Instagram removed the "like" function, trying to put a halt to a situation they created in the first place.

This has nothing to do with her husband. It has to do with her perception on social media, which is an illness in our society.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

jury is in wrote:

You just combined "lose weight" and "work out more" as if they are the same. That is daft. You are dense.

As I said clearly in my last post, over-explaining in commercials is bad writing. You don't get it.

They're probably the two most common goals of people who buy Pelotons. I never said they were the same, I just lumped them in together because they are why most people buy Pelotons. So who's being daft/dense? Don't over-explain have her say one thing about why she's happy she got a Peloton! Or you can explain nothing and you see what happened.

You are being daft because when I said it is illogical to arrive at the conclusion that the husband bought the wife a Peloton so that she could lose weight, and in your response YOU added in the "work out more" to be intellectually dishonest. That wasn't in what I wrote. The point is there are a myriad of reasons he may have bought the bike, and they didn't explain it to death because that would be bad writing. You struggle with these two very, VERY simple concepts.

jury is in wrote:

It's illogical to conclude that the husband wanted her to lose weight in such an open-ended scenario.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Are you saying it's illogical to conclude someone wants you to lose weight/work out more when they give you fitness equipment/a gym membership?

Intellectual dishonesty. Full stop.

jury is in wrote:

You are being daft because when I said it is illogical to arrive at the conclusion that the husband bought the wife a Peloton so that she could lose weight, and in your response YOU added in the "work out more" to be intellectually dishonest. That wasn't in what I wrote. The point is there are a myriad of reasons he may have bought the bike, and they didn't explain it to death because that would be bad writing. You struggle with these two very, VERY simple concepts.

Nope. You are being dense because you think whether he bought it for her to lose weight/work out more it matters. The way the commercial plays out it very clearly seems he buys it for her to get her to do *something* for him (be it lose weight/work out more/make him think he's the best gift-giver ever). She even painstakingly documents her progress (look honey I did 5 days in a row, look I wokred out at 6am), and then shares with him to impress him like he did the work (no, he just bought the gift).

Having one line to explain why a thin, fit-looking woman wanted the bike yet is anxious about it is not overwriting — no it's a way to make the commercial play out like a normal commercial and not one widely-mocked and torn apart on the internet.

But keep thinking they did a great job, when obviously the commercial was underwhelming lol.

As noted in my first post, you are helplessly dense. Good day.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Positive Contribution wrote:

It’s a 60 second commercial not a Netflix series or an Oscar winning film. Holy hell.

Yes, and it's notably cringeworthy and bad even by the standard of 60-second commercials, which should tell you something.

Show me a commerical that doesn't suck to be honest. Do we need to do a masters thesis analysis of it?

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Raider3817 wrote:

There are people who are afraid to go outside or up stairs, who are you to invalidate someone's fears? Especially when it comes to going to gym, an activity that is known to cause people anxiety. If skinny women can have eating issues why can't they have a fear of the gym which would include a bike/spin class?

This is giving me flashbacks to jury duty.

The point is not that these things don't exist or that they could be argued for. The point is that the commercial is not providing any basis to give it that much credit. That's why the visceral reaction to this commercial is what it is.

You can bend yourself into a pretzel trying to explain why this lady behaves/appears the way she is, but it comes off the way it comes off.

Look, I agree this commercial is weird at best but i thought the argument here was validate or invalidate a couple people in the twitterspere getting bent out of shape.

I can't say that I got that impression she was trying to lose weight when I first saw the commercial pre-outrage. I just thought it was some bored women who didn't have the time to workout, who needed to find time to get her workouts in and was now making time in her day to that, thanks to the fabulous new peleton bike. People who are getting upset over the commercial are the one's bending themselves like pretzels to find something wrong here.

I actually related to that concept of finding ways to get a workout in, especially after my daughter came along and getting runs in was tough. Once I got a treadmill, I was able to get my runs in again when I needed to (while my daughter slept) and felt good in getting some consistency in.

How it comes off is perspective, and I think the side you take says a lot about the individual themselves.

Oh the people getting way bent out of shape — I mean yes that's over the top as well. It's a poorly-done commercial, that is weird and most just amusing in how poorly done and unrelatable it comes off for something that didn't have to be that way.

I've been addressing people here who can't understand why the lady and the commercial come across as weird, and very off-putting.

They can call me dense, daft, thoughtless — who really cares. This commercial made waves for a reason, and if you think it's pretty run-of-the-mill (no pun intended) you're blind to its optics.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

I've been addressing people here who can't understand why the lady and the commercial come across as weird, and very off-putting.

I resemble that remark. I don't get why it's weird. It's fake just like every other commercial, but no worse or better than a million other commercials.

You guys are a couple of real losers.

We're wasting our time in a never-to-be-resolved anonymous argument around a bad Peloton ad. So yes, we are. It beats working at the job, though. But you're the one following along and commenting, so what does that make you.

pelotown wrote:

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

I've been addressing people here who can't understand why the lady and the commercial come across as weird, and very off-putting.

I resemble that remark. I don't get why it's weird. It's fake just like every other commercial, but no worse or better than a million other commercials.

I think you mean resent not resemble. You are incorrect in saying it's no worse than a million other commercials. It's definitely worse, and weirder. The evidence does not lie. You are the one that is approaching the commercial from a weird place. Note that the other Peloton commercials are cheesy, faux-aspirational or ambitious but this one has struck a chord.

Wow, I finally watched the stupid video. It's a cringe-worthy commercial, and I wouldn't be surprised if Peleton was behind all the ridiculous hate. I mean, she is literally ecstatic at the beginning of the commercial to receive the gift, and wants to show her husband how much she appreciates it. I can't see any evidence that the husband wants her to lose weight, or is abusive. FFS, he just dropped $2500 + $50 a month for a stationary bike, and gosh, that sure sounds like abuse.

On another note, my wife asked for a row machine for Christmas. LOL. No thanks! She's getting ice cream and diabetic slippers!

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

pelotown wrote:

I resemble that remark.

I think you mean resent not resemble.

Not sure if serious.

Ok, boomer.

Scenario A:

Optics are to most people who don't get their news from a source that reports out on tweets as news, is that this commercial is dumb and they move on with their lives.

Series of events for these people:

Saw the commercial and moved on with their lives

Scenario B:

Optics for people who think a tweet from a girl named Becca who feels repressed by this add, a little more complicated

Series of events for these people:

-Angry tweet from Becca

-Some other person that also enjoys faux outrage saw said tweet from Becca and begins retweeting her anger to other -fellow faux outrage warriors

-Outrage from Becca and company outraged people who don't understand the outrage from Becca and crew

-Outrage from people who don't understand the outrage from the people who don't understand the outrage from Becca and company b/c they wonder why people even care

-This cycle continues until it ends up here and all of sudden no-one can understand why this is even being debated.

Very similar to the dress is blue/white or gold/black with less teeth

I'm not sure what is worse, though. Being seriously outraged by a very dumb, poorly-done ad or refusing to acknowledge that the ad is uniquely terrible and cringeworthy because you hate the faux-outrage that came because of it. Count on Letsrun to have tons of people from group B, though.

Just drink the water, children.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

I'm not sure what is worse, though. Being seriously outraged by a very dumb, poorly-done ad or refusing to acknowledge that the ad is uniquely terrible and cringeworthy because you hate the faux-outrage that came because of it. Count on Letsrun to have tons of people from group B, though.

How many posts are you going to write about this ad?