This is Why Americans Piss Me Off Now

[Minimalist]

Give them a happy puppy or a happy kitty...don't ever give them information that's a downer because the uptight motherfuckers can't handle it.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/natio...-death-ad/

Nationwide Insurance faces backlash over depressing Super Bowl child death ad

A major US insurance company found itself on the defensive Monday after its sobering Super Bowl ad about children who die in preventable accidents triggered a social media backlash.

Nationwide said it wanted to raise awareness about accidental childhood deaths, which experts say occur about once every hour in the United States.

“I couldn’t grow up because I died from an accident,” says a young boy in the ad, after regretting he will never be able to ride a bike, get married or travel the world.

Haunting images follow — of an overflowing bathtub, cleaning solvents under a kitchen sink, and a large flat-screen television set that fell onto the floor.

Assholes.

Look for Nationwide's next ad to say "WE SAVE PUPPIES."

[vorlon13]

Nationwide failed in the ad to show an unlocked firearm laying on a kitchen counter too.

They missed an opprotunity to make the NRA go crazy too.


As for dead kids, depends on the kid . . .

[Silver]

I honestly do not see a problem with the commercial.

Are we to walk on eggshells concerning children's deaths in the homes for fear of upsetting parents that may have lost children due to precisely the incidents described in the commercial?

Fuck that. Grow a backbone, America.

[Minimalist]

You're right about the guns. I can imagine the gun nuts shrieking like fucking lunatics if they had. A recent study showed that 2 kids a week die in unintentional shootings.

The NRA hates to hear that shit.

[Anomalocaris]

Fuck that. Grow a backbone, America.

Land of the think they are free, and home of the pretend to be brave.

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Fuck that. Grow a backbone, America.

Land of the think they are free, and home of the pretend to be brave.

[Lek]

A major US insurance company found itself on the defensive Monday after its sobering Super Bowl ad about children who die in preventable accidents triggered a social media backlash.

Nationwide said it wanted to raise awareness about accidental childhood deaths, which experts say occur about once every hour in the United States.

“I couldn’t grow up because I died from an accident,” says a young boy in the ad, after regretting he will never be able to ride a bike, get married or travel the world.

Haunting images follow — of an overflowing bathtub, cleaning solvents under a kitchen sink, and a large flat-screen television set that fell onto the floor.

Assholes.

Look for Nationwide's next ad to say "WE SAVE PUPPIES."

Nationwide and all the other companies need to hold their ground. For every one of that kind of twitter there are 1,000 people with common sense.

[Minimalist]

As always I hate it when I agree with you, Lek, but you make a good point. The whiners are the ones who whine. The ones who "get it" don't bother flocking to Twitter to say "I agree."

We reward the whiners with attention they do not deserve.

[thesummerqueen]

Most people show up to watch the SB for the funny commercials. I heard most of the commercials were serious and people were bitching about it.

Everyone hates a downer when they expect to laugh.

That's why I stay mildly depressed and don't watch TV. Less disappointment.

[Gawdzilla]

So, all Americans are lame wussies?

[polar bear]

I would not go so far as to say I am a wimp, pussy or easily offended. I did not take to twitter to complain and I haven't voiced my dislike anywhere except here.

I watch sport to escape from reality. I read the newspaper to keep informed of current events. I am quite aware of the problem of children dying accidentally. And yes I agree guns do more damage than needs to be. Why do I need to be told about children dying accidentally during a sporting event. While they are at it let's talk about how many people killed themselves from mental illness (there is a fun one) or maybe we could have a PSA about military members returning back from war and not being able to assimilate to their families so they become homeless.

I can "handle" everything mentioned above but do we really need to address it during a god damn sporting event?