A dad-positive commercial for (of all things) life insurance. Dads of /MR, get your Kleenex ready.

2012-04-22T07:50:35+00:00

J.. Just the dads of /MR? Because I'm not one, and I still need a Kleenex.

Jesus_marley · 2012-04-22T11:59:36+00:00

Dear onions. fuck you.

Hamakua · 2012-04-22T09:40:11+00:00

I really, REALLY like this seatbelt commercial.

MuFoxxa · 2012-04-22T15:45:51+00:00

Right up until the last 10 seconds I was fine.... then waterworks.

DavidByron · 2012-04-22T21:21:34+00:00

Life insurance was always the one area of advertising solidly aimed at men.

botgimp · 2012-04-22T20:20:52+00:00

single father checking in here. Thanks for ruining me for a good part of the afternoon.

2012-04-22T21:28:24+00:00

Lyk dis if u cry evry tym

2012-04-22T16:33:03+00:00

Damn, it was hard battling the manly tears. Now I'm angry, brb, gonna break something to go back to normal.

Lecks · 2012-04-22T13:37:46+00:00

Never before have I wanted to say this but...I cry every time.

HyphyHonkey · 2012-04-22T12:35:34+00:00

WHAT

THE HELL

I don't cry and then all the sudden my eyes are watering

what is this I don't

FreddyDeus · 2012-04-22T23:48:53+00:00

Well, you don't sell life insurance to a man by implying that he's a terrible father.

2012-04-23T06:56:59+00:00

If this was a movie, I would watch the fuck out of it.

Also, there's a ninja chopping onions nearby.

Senor_Porfirio · 2012-04-22T18:48:03+00:00

This is how it would go down in America:

Adman 1, closeted defender of fatherhood: How about this... a girl feels distant from her father, ostensibly because he's deaf and dumb, and she... [Pitches the plot of the ad you just saw]

Adman 2: I like it, except one thing. We know women control the purse-strings in America. Let's make it about a mom instead.

Pointy-haired Boss: Good point, nice catch [proceeds to give more credit to Adman 2]. It'll be a mother and her daughter then.

Adman 1: [Mouth agape, stewing with anger, powerless to convince the boss past that stupid cliche.]

Father or not, the best way to avoid supporting misandric advertising is by not consuming big-brand household items where possible. There's almost always an alternative that's better, cheaper, more natural, and less wasteful - you just haven't heard of it yet because they don't have a humongous ad budget.

TerriChris · 2012-04-22T17:44:32+00:00

Clearly this message would not fly well in America... it's dad friendly.

Feminists, I expect, would complain that the message is about pedophilia to keep the dad-honoring commercial off the air.

primaloath · 2012-04-22T09:41:04+00:00

Wait, dad-positive? The girl hates him for, of all things, BEING BORN DEAF-MUTE. What if he had hated her for being born less physically fit, courageous and determined than a typical man? And he wants to give up his house and blood for that ungrateful brat?

We need to explain to people in less-than-friendly language that this does not apply.

Title	A dad-positive commercial for (of all things) life insurance. Dads of /MR, get your Kleenex ready.
Author	Wordshark
Upvotes	55
Comments	24
Date	April 22, 2012 7:46 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/smevf/a_dadpositive_commercial_for_of_all_things_life/
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