Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago#16,441
I just saw this above the influence commercial. It showed a kid jumping off roofs to get to school while people were drinking beers on the ground. What the fuck seriously it's ok to jump building to building risking life and limb but drinking a beer will kill you. Ha Hokay
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 15 hours later[^][v]#282,676
The point is to get your attention first, and to showcase a level of physical fitness and skill which are not possible to attain when using recreational drugs. I say recretional to deliberately exclude performance enhancing pharmacuetals.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 21 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,678
> The point is to get your attention first, and to showcase a level of physical fitness and skill which are not possible to attain when using recreational drugs. I say recretional to deliberately exclude performance enhancing pharmaceuticals.
I disagree. That level of physical fitness is acvhievable even if you are using drugs or alcohol.
Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 7 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,680
@previous (C)
OP also makes a good point that the stunts he is doing are way more dangerous than drinking alcohol.
Anonymous B replied with this 15 years ago, 10 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,683
@previous (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
Yeah but see in commercials getting your attention is the highest priority objective. The message itself is subordinate to this consideration.
Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,685
@previous (B)
But that's like saying "It doesn't matter if what we say about drugs and alcohol is true, as long as what we say keeps kids from doing drugs and alcohol."
They using a guy doing very dangerous stunts as a role model to keep kids from doing something much less dangerous. They need to have a warning saying "Professional stunt man, do not attempt" and then they're like "but don't do drugs or alcohol either." So what's the message?
If I had a teenager, I'd rather have him/her safely drinking at home than out with friends attempting these stunts because they think they're cool.
Anonymous B replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,687
> But that's like saying "It doesn't matter if what we say about drugs and alcohol is true, as long as what we say keeps kids from doing drugs and alcohol."
Yes, this is exactly how the people who made this commercial think. This is how professional advertising firms address the problem of creating an financially rewarding ad. Effectiveness matters more than methodology.
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Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,688
@previous (B)
But it's unethical and irresponsible. At the very least it's ironic. That's the point I'm making.
Anonymous B replied with this 15 years ago, 32 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,691
@previous (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
But it's not unethical if you have an "ends justifies the means" outlook on teenage drug use, which many peple do.