Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 13991986)

Those commercials are stupid. And so are Border Collies. The asswipe who lives behind me has one that I've been forced to listen to incessantly bark anytime it's outside for the last ****ing 10 years. And it's a loud ****ing bark that I can hear all the way into my basement. And god forbid I'm outside and it sees me, it steps the barking up to another whole goddamn level. It's the only dog I've ever known that I could walk up to and fire a bullet directly into it's brain and not feel one ounce of remorse afterwards.

Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 13991986)

Those commercials are stupid. And so are Border Collies. The asswipe who lives behind me has one that I've been forced to listen to incessantly bark anytime it's outside for the last ****ing 10 years. And it's a loud ****ing bark that I can hear all the way into my basement. And god forbid I'm outside and it sees me, it steps the barking up to another whole goddamn level. It's the only dog I've ever known that I could walk up to and fire a bullet directly into it's brain and not feel one ounce of remorse afterwards.

Originally Posted by cdcox (Post 13992145)

My dad bought a car for my mom in 1976 for her birthday. He had some logic about her being pregnant and couldn't buy her clothes. But she was driving a 1964 vintage at the time, so it was going to happen in the near future anyway. She was a little skeptical about it, but that was her nature on anything.

At a certain stage of life Christmas presents become problematic. We don't need much that we don't already have. If either of us want something below some mutually understood threshold, we buy it. My wife can't wear metal jewelry and is really picky about clothes. A car could be a wow gift. I could pull it off. My wife could probably buy a car that I would love, by spending more than I would typically spend.

Originally Posted by TinyEvel (Post 13992108)

I make TV ads for a living. I've made them for Mitsubishi, Chevy, VW, Hyundai and Volkswagen.

This one pisses me off every time.

I get that in my business are often trying to make things aspirational. But this is total Bs and unrealistic. The house is like a 5 million dollar modern home.

Getting Two of these cars for a holiday gift is BS. and How young are these couple? Thirty? Is he a tech bro? A cliche everyone hates?

I just don't get why they went so high end and the couple is white and privileged AF.

Maybe if they're wearing Dallas Cowboy Jerseys it would be more believable.

**** all this.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 13991749)

* If you are from a non-western culture, you may substitute another gift-giving holiday at your discretion.


I'm watching these commercials, and people are getting up on Christmas morning to discover that their spouse has gifted them with a brand new vehicle. One company even upped that, and the husband bought both a pickup and an SUV for him and his wife.

Am I unreasonable that this would tick me off? A vehicle is really expensive, first of all. It's going to involve either payments or a very large check. But even more than that, I buy a car less than once per decade. It has to be the right car. It has to be a car that I bond with, a car that melds with me both on the road and in my personal brand. I would want a specific set of options that would serve me well over the next decade. I would want - nee, I would require - that I be in on the decision to purchase said car. I wouldn't want a car to just show up with the statement that it's now mine.

Or are these couples talking about it beforehand in the commercials? Do you think that TV commercial husband is saying to the wife that he wants X car with A, B, and C options in an apricot color? If that's the case, then is it really a gift? Is the buying spouse just weaseling out of buying a gift by taking delivery of a vehicle that they're destined to buy anyway?

I find the whole vehicular Christmas gift thing to be highly suspect. Am I alone in this, or do others feel the same way?

Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 13991986)

Those commercials are stupid. And so are Border Collies. The asswipe who lives behind me has one that I've been forced to listen to incessantly bark anytime it's outside for the last ****ing 10 years. And it's a loud ****ing bark that I can hear all the way into my basement. And god forbid I'm outside and it sees me, it steps the barking up to another whole goddamn level. It's the only dog I've ever known that I could walk up to and fire a bullet directly into it's brain and not feel one ounce of remorse afterwards.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 13991778)

I think you should adopt me. :titus: