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I've got this leather couch that needs wearing in.

Diftwoood, as another surviver of an abusive relationship, it sounds like you have learn how important calm discussion is in a relationship.

Jonwin and I always try to calm ourselves down, when we have conflict and then talk things out so both are satisfied.

I'm sure that commercial would be hilarious.

Nah, Pepsi should just go back to using celebrities to sell their stuff.

Maybe not, but we'd learn a lot from it. Because that's what commercials are for. Not entertainment or to sell us stuff, they're for life lessons

Some of you butt-hurt ******* have a really poor sense of humor.

Notice how basically no one here finds the Pepsi Max commercial offensive? Whipping up controversy to gain attention is old trick #14. Wouldn't be surprised if they manufactured it to sell more Pepsi Max.

Man, I sure could use a Pepsi Max. (old tricks #3 and #9: repetition and recognition)

And that's kinda the whole point. Commercials have to tell their story in 30 seconds. They use over-the-top caricatures and exaggerated action to do so. There's nothing unusual about that. So on the issue of spousal abuse, IMO you just have to accept that it's intentionally exaggerated and move on.

While I think it's a stretch (and lets be honest, a lot of cries of racism are), I can see why some might view it at racist though. There are several racially aligned stereotypes portrayed in the commercial. The overbearing "strong" black woman. Blonde white girl attracted to black man. Anger from strong black woman over fear of black man leaving her for white blonde. Black woman "resolving" situation with violence. Black people "fleeing" scene of crime they just committed.

Any one of those could certainly get some people's panties tied up I suppose. The question (for those who care) is whether the racism lies in those viewing it who take offense, or in those who wrote it knowing that some would find it offensive. Personally, I think it lies with those who take offense. If we change the race of those in the commercial and those same people wouldn't find it racist, then the racism lies with them, right? Or do we continue to make special exceptions for racism based on the race of those involved? Or do we just ignore it and go out and get a beer?

Or "black man attracted to asian girl".

Or tentacle monster attracted to asian girl.

While I'm sure you're right, I'm just saying that I wouldn't be surprised. It would be far from the first time a corporation (especially Pepsi) tried to an unorthodox marketing tactic, particularly manufactured news/hype.

The US has really pussied out in the last few years for something as dumb as a commercial to cause any kind of controversy.

You're just as wrong as showing bias for other than merit as the people you mentioned. You're not helping anything, but causing a cycle.



I assure you that has not happened. Only when society starts to level out (not perfectly), the initial "powerful" side complains that the other side is getting too powerful, when in actuality, they never reached the original position of the "powerful" side.

In other words, White men complain when society doesn't tip in their favor, but when you look at the big picture, society still favors white men over any other group of people.



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