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NFT: Pro Choice group complains about SB Commercials

giantsfan227B : 2/8/2016 8:56 am
I didn't pay a ton of attention to the commercials last night and when I did the majority of them didn't stand out.

One that did was the Doritos commercial where the couple is at the ultra-sound and the husband is eating Doritos and the picture of the baby is reaching for the doritos. The wife gets annoyed, takes the chip, throws it to the floor and the baby then rushes to get out of her to get the chip. I found that pretty funny.

A pro-choice group (NARAL) whoever they are tweeted the following.

#NotBuyingIt – that @Doritos ad using #antichoice tactic of humanizing fetuses & sexist tropes of dads as clueless & moms as uptight. #SB50

I thought the other that was funny was the SB Babies. And yet the same group tweeted.

Super Bowl Babies? Use protection, sports fans. #MediaWeLike
— NARAL ProChoice Ohio (@ProChoiceOH) February 7, 2016

I don't want to turn this into a pro-life/choice debate. It just seems odd to me that those would be the commercials that drive groups to protest. I just thought they were funny.


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People overthink and get outraged by anything these days.  
Ten Ton Hammer : 2/8/2016 8:58 am : link
It was supposed to be a lighthearted commercial, not a soapbox commentary on pro life vs. pro choice.
Wait, 'use protection'?  
jcn56 : 2/8/2016 9:01 am : link
Did they ask for a moment whether those children were unplanned? Where do they find these idiots, or better yet, the bigger idiots that fund them?
The second one is a fair enough point.  
Enoch : 2/8/2016 9:02 am : link
I have to imagine that many of those "super bowl babies" were of the "had a bit too much to drink and it got messy" type, rather than of the "responsible, stable couple decides to try for a baby" type.
RE: The second one is a fair enough point.  
jcn56 : 2/8/2016 9:04 am : link
In comment 12805604 Enoch said:
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I have to imagine that many of those "super bowl babies" were of the "had a bit too much to drink and it got messy" type, rather than of the "responsible, stable couple decides to try for a baby" type.


Many? Because the Super Bowl is the only place where the combination of alcohol and sexual urge would result in an unwanted pregnancy? Boy, those abortion clinics must be dead after March...
Um..  
Sarcastic Sam : 2/8/2016 9:11 am : link
It's a pro choice group in Ohio. I don't think they'll have to worry about super bowl babies anytime soon. #marvinlewis #clevelandreeks
What a senseless thing to complain about  
MetsAreBack : 2/8/2016 9:17 am : link

Although on #2 - I thought it was pretty pathetic of the NFL to spend so much time and money on an idea (kids born 9 months later) that was stolen from the World Cup ads (spike in Brazilian babies nine months later, etc) two summers ago.
sounds like some no name group  
giants#1 : 2/8/2016 9:19 am : link
just trying to make a name for themselves on the backs of the Superbowl ads.

The Doritos ad was the only good ad all night.
BTW, the whole SB Babies thing  
giants#1 : 2/8/2016 9:26 am : link
seems contrived. Gestation is 40 weeks, which by my count puts you into November. Only a small time sample, but other graphs of varying time periods are similar.

I thought it was a great ad  
AP in Halfmoon : 2/8/2016 9:28 am : link
the end
Gestation is calculated by  
Sarcastic Sam : 2/8/2016 9:32 am : link
Last menstrual period. So you (or your partner) would likely get pregnant 2-3 weeks after. So that would be late September or early October.

Now don't you go around humanizing fetuses!
Paging Cam.....  
njm : 2/8/2016 9:37 am : link
and his "Right Not to be Offended" thread.
RE: Gestation is calculated by  
giants#1 : 2/8/2016 9:37 am : link
In comment 12805649 Sarcastic Sam said:
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Last menstrual period. So you (or your partner) would likely get pregnant 2-3 weeks after. So that would be late September or early October.

Now don't you go around humanizing fetuses!


Fair enough, but that would be mid-October then. I don't see a huge spike in October births.
I think they are talking about birth rates in SB winning cities  
Sarcastic Sam : 2/8/2016 9:40 am : link
And I don't know where we would find that data.

Of course it's quite possible the NFL lies to us.

Wish we didn't humanize Roger Goodell..
thoughts on Colgate's water saving ad?  
Csonka : 2/8/2016 9:43 am : link
I mean, I guess I'm missing the point. The water going down my drain while brushing my teeth goes back to the water filtration plant. It's not lost. It's not like I'm irrigating the greenest golf course I've ever seen in the Arizona desert or anything.
RE: thoughts on Colgate's water saving ad?  
Sarcastic Sam : 2/8/2016 9:48 am : link
In comment 12805671 Csonka said:
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I mean, I guess I'm missing the point. The water going down my drain while brushing my teeth goes back to the water filtration plant. It's not lost. It's not like I'm irrigating the greenest golf course I've ever seen in the Arizona desert or anything.


I thought they packaged up wastewater and sold it as Miller Lite. We are Budweiser people, people.
That Dorito's ad was very funny  
buford : 2/8/2016 9:49 am : link
one of the few really funny ones.

And how do you humanize a human?
RE: I think they are talking about birth rates in SB winning cities  
Cam in MO : 2/8/2016 9:51 am : link
In comment 12805666 Sarcastic Sam said:
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And I don't know where we would find that data.

Of course it's quite possible the NFL lies to us.

Wish we didn't humanize Roger Goodell..


Here.

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While the NFL has refused to share where its data actually comes from, in 2013 the British Journal of Medicine released a study indicating a slight spike in birth rates in the Catalan region of Spain after FC Barcelona scored a slew of major victories, indicating that there might be a grain of truth to this claim.

A master's candidate in data analytics from the North Carolina State University, however, has disputed the argument, taking a look at the monthly birth data by country from 1990 to 2014, courtesy of the National Vital Statistics System. Examining 21 Super Bowl winning cities from 1994-2014, Ashutosh Garg found that while there were eight cities that saw more births in the Super Bowl winning year (aka several months after the February game) than the previous year, the change in birth rate was not exactly consistent.

"Since the NFL did not provide the source of their data, they could have found evidence to support their claim," Garg wrote. "However, even if they did find correlations, it is important to remember a fundamental rule of statistics: Correlation does not imply causation."


Well  
AP in Halfmoon : 2/8/2016 9:51 am : link
I would answer that but I'm not taking the bait
RE: Paging Cam.....  
Cam in MO : 2/8/2016 9:52 am : link
In comment 12805660 njm said:
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and his "Right Not to be Offended" thread.


And yep- this is exactly the type of thing I was posting about.

Answer buford that is  
AP in Halfmoon : 2/8/2016 9:53 am : link
I don't really care about the NFL ad. It was cute but I didn't think about where they get the data
F'em if they cant take a joke.  
Giant John : 2/8/2016 9:54 am : link
Morons.
This country  
SoZKillA : 2/8/2016 10:18 am : link
Is full of nothing but whiny cunts.
RE: BTW, the whole SB Babies thing  
PaulBlakeTSU : 2/8/2016 10:30 am : link
In comment 12805642 giants#1 said:
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seems contrived. Gestation is 40 weeks, which by my count puts you into November. Only a small time sample, but other graphs of varying time periods are similar.



This chart does not address the "theory" of a spike of pregnancies in the city of a team that just won a Super Bowl.
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GMAN4LIFE : 2/8/2016 11:21 am : link


RE: This country  
dust_bowl : 2/8/2016 1:17 pm : link
In comment 12805732 SoZKillA said:
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Is full of nothing but whiny cunts.
thats a bit too far.
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