Am I the only one that is utterly befuddled by the new Citi commercials? The two I've seen make no sense whatsoever and my thinking is that that is the point, to confuse people and make them talk to other people about them (not unlike this post).
The first one has two full figured black women in a supermarket and one assumes the other is pregnant and asks the other when she's due. The other one, not pregnant and irritated by the implication that she's fat asks her what she means. The first one thinks for a moment and then says, "Thank you," and the other one melts and gives her a big hug.
And this makes sense how?
The other commercial is even dumber.
A couple is at dinner and the girl, in pure cliche mode, asks her guy if they are ever going to get married. Geeky, bespecacled guy looks anxious for a few seconds and then says, "Thank you," and the situation defuses.
What in the hell do either of these commercials mean? Its not like its going to get me to get another Citi card, they had shitty service and tried to charge me a higher interest rate than the mob charges (no shit, the mob charges 20%, they were coming at 23% so yeah, Citi can suck my nuts, they'll never see another penny of mine). But is this just confusion marketing or is there something else at work here that I just don't get?
PS I went out and baited some GOPheads tonight, offered them an opportunity to engage in a rational conversation and they went into pit bull mode and tried to lunge for my throat. A pity because I do enjoy conversating about politics, luckily I still have my friends at The Mint where Savage Henry is laying out his arguments for Bush in a clear manner, he even began with reasons he wouldn't vote for Bush. The level of discussion is polite but heated sometimes and I really appreciate the opportunity to learn from them and hope that they learn from me as well. My other pal on the other side of the political chasm, Rambling Rhodes has been engaging here lately and not so much on his own blog. The comments are interesting and the points are well made and I also appreciate hearing his point of view (even if he is wrong, just kidding, Ryan). But places like A Small Victory are just a waste of time to even attempt to comment unless you are agreeing with the concensus because they took their political lessons from the Bill O'Reilly school of shout them into submission because you can't hear their arguments if you're shouting at the top of your lungs. Seriously, the commenters over there are rabid morons with their collective heads jammed in their own rectums and they refuse to accept anything but their already concluded conclusions.
And you know what I think about beliefs that are set in concrete, why bother even speaking with people who refuse to even consider any other point of view?
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