Is there really any outrage with the sydney sweeney genes commercial or is it manufactured outrage?

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Moonbeam

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My guess is whoever came up with that add got a big bonus and a promotion. It's getting played everywhere, getting talked about, getting a hundred times the exposure it normally would. It's either absolutely inspired or a really happy accident.
Since you have said pretty much what I would have said minus an of my cynical analysis that advertisers have this viral triggering effect deeply in mind and intentionally design ads about anything that can key up the phenomenon of disgust hidden within both sides of the culture divide and the viral storm that will mechanically follow and which does lead me to downgrade 'happy accident' as a possible cause, and while earlier having the feeling this was so obvious there was no need to add anything to this thread, now want just want to mention that the subject of eugenics provoked by the ad is a fascinating topic to me and one which like Jordan Peterson, would be pointless to discuss with ideologically rigid minds.

Years and years ago I had a picture thought cartoon bloom in my mind. Two Australopithecus are having a heated argument over the virtues of the horrors that would ensue were they to allow any alterations to or manipulations of their genetic code.

Beware of the Übermensch!
 

Moonbeam

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Republicans are very concerned about babies before they are babies and very interested in women before they are women. Premature enthusiasm seems to be a real problem for Republicans.
I don't think they are really concerned about those babies as they are brainwashed to believe that by ignoring the issue they will go to hell. They are only interested you complying with any rule they were programmed to believe isn't in their selfish interest in themselves and themselves only.

Fuck the mothers and the babies. I have to make sure those babies are born or I won't be among those who are saved.

Poor fools. They don't realize that mental state is hell.
 

VRAMdemon

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It’s nice that MAGAs took time out from blaming plane crashes on black people to lecture people on TikTok on how they should have liked a jeans ad.
 
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