The fact you guys can’t at least see how someone might be offended is laughable.
Overly Sensitive People
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I can see why someone would be offended. The point is it's a f**king corn pop. It's not teaching anyone to be racist and it fits the title of the thread overly sensitive people. The fact that you can't at least have some reading comprehension is laughable.
ETA: And this is coming from someone who is married to a woman that is half Mexican and has a Mexican father in law that is... wait for it... working part time as a janitor.
I’d say it’s a stretch to call this overly sensitive. It’s a continued stereotype. It’s not worth of outrage but I have no issue if a group isn’t fond of it.
Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason otherwise they would be called something else entirely.
I can see how brown janitors everywhere are offended that people think it's racist to depict them doing their job.
You seem to live up to the ignorant redneck quite well.
Let me guess
- didn't go to UNC
- drinks only domestic beer and brown liquor
- medium well steaks
- has never vtraveled outside the US.
Good lord, you continue to display a child-like mental capacity.
The fact you can only come back with insults and never actually debate any of my points speaks volumes.
You ****ing moron
You didn't make a point. You made a weak attempt at humor. Make an actual point and I'll address it accordingly.
At what point are people being more sensitive reacting to other people's offense taking than the actual person being offended? Seems to me the outrage machine is running on overdrive on both sides. Of course that's what happens when half the damn internet is overrun with polarizing bots accounts.
It's what happens when you run out of real problems. In reality, things are about as good as they've ever been in the USA. We've run out of legit gripes.
The media and politicians would believe you having we live in the end of days, yet:
- crime is at an all-time low
- technology and medicine is moving at a rapid pace
- stock market is soaring
- US economy is in much better shape than the EU or anything in Asia
- US is primed to become an energy leader/producer
People these days are perpetually offended. Sorry, but so many people get "offended" at mostly innocent and relatively stupid things that it makes real, targeted and sometimes obvious slants about someone's ethnicity, background or beliefs seem insignificant.
I also don't see where the company can and should be targeted for this. They hired a marketing firm to come up with the "look" and likely no one in the marketing group or the company paid attention to the "details". So some minimum wage wannabe artist sitting in some cube somewhere probably added a slightly darker shade to one character either because he was too tired to know up from down or mad at the world or (most likely), wanted to see if anyone would notice. He did it after the contract was signed and everyone was set to move ahead. It goes to production and sure enough, someone "notices" one day and instantly becomes "offended". Like the morons who say little white girls can't dress up as Moana because that is "insensitive" to Polynesians. The little white girls don't give three shiites about anyone's insensitivity, they just want to dress up like a princess they saw in a movie, but some perpetually offended moron says it isn't PC, so now they are guilted into dressing like a cardboard box. Oh, and if you know anything about Polynesians, they likely don't give a crap if a bunch of little white girls dress up like some fairy tale princess in a hula skirt either.
In the immortal words of Sgt. Hulka: "Lighten up, Francis!".
I also don't see where the company can and should be targeted for this. They hired a marketing firm to come up with the "look" and likely no one in the marketing group or the company paid attention to the "details". So some minimum wage wannabe artist sitting in some cube somewhere probably added a slightly darker shade to one character either because he was too tired to know up from down or mad at the world or (most likely), wanted to see if anyone would notice. He did it after the contract was signed and everyone was set to move ahead. It goes to production and sure enough, someone "notices" one day and instantly becomes "offended". Like the morons who say little white girls can't dress up as Moana because that is "insensitive" to Polynesians. The little white girls don't give three shiites about anyone's insensitivity, they just want to dress up like a princess they saw in a movie, but some perpetually offended moron says it isn't PC, so now they are guilted into dressing like a cardboard box. Oh, and if you know anything about Polynesians, they likely don't give a crap if a bunch of little white girls dress up like some fairy tale princess in a hula skirt either.
In the immortal words of Sgt. Hulka: "Lighten up, Francis!".
I've never met a redneck that ate a medium well steak. Most of them are upset if it's not still mooing. And spare me with the "didn't go to UNC" crap.
I'm not being sensitive and/or offended about it. The point of the thread, at least to me, was to make fun of people getting upset over dumb things. I find it humorous more than anything else.
Or maybe they just made a mistake and want to correct it?
I can barely think of anyone redneck that eats meat less than MW.
This is further proof to me that you have, at best, exaggerated where you grew up.
A good friend of mine was an animator for Disney. They employed hundreds of artists, most of whom worked on a single item for each movie. Many years ago he was in charge of smoke and water. Yes, all he did was draw smoke and water for certain scenes. He said they would sneak "Easter Eggs" into movies all the time just to see if people would notice. All kinds of crap can be found in Disney movies that neither Disney or anyone else would have signed off on. But, they let it go because, frankly, most of it wasn't a big deal to anyone.
I seriously doubt anyone at either company would have given a slightly darker corn pop on a box covered with them a second thought 10 years ago. The only "mistake" they are correcting is because of overly sensitive snowflakes who constantly look for something to be offended about.
I seriously doubt anyone at either company would have given a slightly darker corn pop on a box covered with them a second thought 10 years ago. The only "mistake" they are correcting is because of overly sensitive snowflakes who constantly look for something to be offended about.
Bruh, I grew up in Ayden before moving to Winterville. I lived briefly in Goldsboro and New Bern before moving to Wilmington. I spent 9 years working in the restaurant industry. Rednecks by and large ordered their meat well-done.
Times are changing old man. Hispanics have huge buying power in this country. It’s best not to marginalize a huge portion of your consumer base.
I find it funny you whine about snowflakes, yet are guilty of the same behavior. You bemoan no one should care. Why can’t you employ the same logic? Why do you care if someone is offended or a company alters their ad campaign?
I think a bigger problem in this thread is @ticket2ride04 doesn't know what a redneck is. Folks who order their steaks well-done is a specific subset.... it's a North Carolina thing. You don't see that in other Southern states. My mom's family was like that (she's more of a city girl) and she was like that until my dad (from one of the most redneck cities in the state) told her "to hell with that s***, if you're going to be with me, you're eating your steak medium rare."
Getting back on target.....
No child is going to look at the box and discern "OMG, they are racists.... TOWARDS BROWN CORN POPS!" It's ridiculous. I actually understand (but do not agree) with folks of all colors who are offended by Civil War general statues. I can at least see where they're coming from. But this?! LOL. Grow up Peter Pan.
Getting back on target.....
Oh I can see how someone might be offended. But I also think the person who gets offended by that is either an overly sensitive pushover OR wants to feel powerful by getting falsely indignant and standing up on a pedestal just because they can (as is the case with this comic book dude).
No child is going to look at the box and discern "OMG, they are racists.... TOWARDS BROWN CORN POPS!" It's ridiculous. I actually understand (but do not agree) with folks of all colors who are offended by Civil War general statues. I can at least see where they're coming from. But this?! LOL. Grow up Peter Pan.
And while we're talking about commercials and advertisements, anyone ever notice this trend that 100% of companies do with TV commercials:
- Black friend and white friend
- White friend makes a mistake or doesn't use the commercial's product
- Black friend is shown in better light because they do.
It's the same way in every commercial. Companies are so terrified to be labeled "racist" that they do this in every commercial. Now, it doesn't offend me one bit because I, you know, live in the real world and don't have time to worry about such snowflake things as a commercial being racist. And because, IDGAF either way.
But I do think the double-standard is hilarious. Nine hundred thousand TV ads make the black guy look smart and the white guy look dumb, nobody says anything. One friggin cereal box has a slightly browner humanoid cereal piece scrubbing the floor, and somebody flips their delicate lid over it.
- Black friend and white friend
- White friend makes a mistake or doesn't use the commercial's product
- Black friend is shown in better light because they do.
It's the same way in every commercial. Companies are so terrified to be labeled "racist" that they do this in every commercial. Now, it doesn't offend me one bit because I, you know, live in the real world and don't have time to worry about such snowflake things as a commercial being racist. And because, IDGAF either way.
But I do think the double-standard is hilarious. Nine hundred thousand TV ads make the black guy look smart and the white guy look dumb, nobody says anything. One friggin cereal box has a slightly browner humanoid cereal piece scrubbing the floor, and somebody flips their delicate lid over it.
Also, @ticket2ride04 go fukk yourself calling people on this board "child-like." Take that BS to Radar. We're all grown adults with jobs, careers, degrees, etc.
If you think someone is wrong, by all means say so and poast counter-facts or opinions. But no one wants to read that name-calling and belittling shit from you.
Thanks.
If you think someone is wrong, by all means say so and poast counter-facts or opinions. But no one wants to read that name-calling and belittling shit from you.
Thanks.
I’m not saying well-done meet is exclusive to red necks. @tarheel0910 stated that red necks largely ordered their meet on the rare side. In my experience, (9 years in the restaurant industry) red necks overwhelmingly ordered their meat well-done. Of course there are other sub sets of people who do so. The commonality is those groups usually tend to be under educated and of a lower socioeconomic background.
To your other point, I’d be willing to bet we are closer on the whiners than either of us realize. Message boards tend to make divides in argument look like the Grand Canyon instead of a small ditch.
In the case at hand, a man simply tweeted out the image of the brown kernel and tagged Kellogg’s. They jumped on it immediately and the original tweeter promptly thanked them. There was no marching. No mass news story. A customer didn’t like something about the product and the manufacturer obliged them.
But it was in poor taste to have the only menial job held by a person of color. Not a huge gaffe, but not a good look.
This is they hyperbole you fall into that makes you sound like #fakenews and hard to take serious at times.
- 100% of commercials?
- white guy always being painted as dumb?
One person tweeted about the box and Kellogg’s jumped on it. There are 1000’s of guys like you moaning about how the white man is being held down on a daily basis. It happens all over Rivals, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
If someone posts like an idiot, I will respond in kind. Post with intelligence and I will do the same.
I’ll be sure to drop by the tailgate so you can tell me to ‘go fvck myself’ to my face. I wonder if you’d have the balls...?
Nope, it doesn't occur in 100% of commercials. I implied this but I guess I need to write it out: in a commercial where they use the effect of contrasting actions of two characters (generally centered around one using the product being advertised and the other failing to, or using an off-brand), if they have a mixed cast, they will always put the black character as the one in the right and the white character as the one who messes up. Always.
Find me three TV commercials where the dynamic I described is reversed. And not some off-the-wall one from a local Louisiana used car rental lot. A legit one that runs on American cable.
If you're acting like as big of an asshole as you act every time you poast on this board, then yeah I'll say it to your face.
I'm as easy-going as they come, but I don't tolerate people "talking down" to folks because they think they're smarter. It's uncalled for and it makes you look bad.
You know, this is probably the real problem. I grew up in the country on a farm and went to school in a one stop light town. I have no problem picking out an actual redneck. Working at a restaurant doesn't give you a lot of experience in determining who is a redneck. Hell, most real rednecks will laugh at the idea of going to a restaurant to order a steak. They always think that's something they can do better themselves.
LOL at the idea you can consistently judge a person's education and socioeconomic background based on how they eat their steak. I'm officially demoting @gunslingerdick to second place in the arrogance rankings and promoting you to first.
I see what you are saying. There is some truth to this. The ‘dumb white guy’ commercial exists. There is also the ‘effeminate guy’ spin too. My take is commercials are largely geared to make us laugh. There’s never been a stereotype that white males are dumb, so it’s safe water for commercials to tread in.
I would say that for every ‘DWG’ commercial, there are 10 more that show white men in positions of power or respect. Thank CEO, financial advisor, doctor, business owner.
Newsflash, you come across as intolerant and high strung on this board. I tend to meet the tenor of those I post with. And you can be quite dismissive and intolerant on myriad topics. In a short time I’ve found you abrasive and unable to consider thoughts that run opposite of yours. Food, politics, sports, etc you are just dialed in and unrelenting.
And if you did call me that to my face, I would physically retrain you and force you to eat a food outside of your comfort zone.
There's also nothing necessarily wrong with someone being a redneck. I would consider my family and especially my extended family "lovable rednecks."
Sure, some rednecks are trashy deadbeats who draw unemployment because they "injured" their back, and other stuff like that. But just because one is a redneck, doesn't necessarily automatically make them trashy or dumb or gross or worthless. JMO.
Growing up in Princeton doesn’t make you any better able to judge rednecks than me. You went to Southern Wayne, I went to DH Conley. You might know some rednecks who like medium rare. I’ve served 10s of 1000s of people over the years. Two specific groups tend to eat their meat well-done.
Very few wealthy people eat well-done meats. There are outliers, for sure. Disagree all you want.
Okay tough guy. I don't get in fights at tailgates because I'm not 15 years old. But I'm not gonna run away.
You're talking about opinions. You and I have every right to those.
I'm talking about you being a gigantic asshole to everyone on here you disagree with. That's something I do not do.
Lol, you missing the tone of my post about feeding you sums up your frustration in the 2nd.
@UNC71-00 probably gets what I’m doing.
Apparently it does and for the record I grew up outside of Princeton.
Why the hell would you think I grew up in Princeton, but went to Southern Wayne? Especially since I specifically mentioned I went to Princeton.
Which means absolutely nothing. You can't tell who a redneck is just by how they order a steak. My guess is you're one of those people that think anyone who lives in the country or likes country music is a redneck.
- Total brain fart on the HS. Apologies. Multi-tasking here.
- you’re right. I can’t tell a redneck by how they order their steak. But I can easily spot a redneck. And my observation after waiting in 1000s of them is that they largely prefer their steaks medium well to well done. I find it funny you have no evidence to argue otherwise and are so incensed by this.
My family is on a medium sized tobacco farm in Fremont. I worked in eastern in NC as both a waiter/bartender and a banker. I know rednecks.
Umm, sorry snowflake, I am not offended, nor do I care about anyone's buying power causing a cereal company to wet it's panties and I certainly didn't whine about anything. I merely gave my opinion about how silly you and others are who get "offended" over a damn corn pop character on a cereal box. I gave my opinion about how it further illustrates just how absurd things have gotten in this country. I didn't quote you or even mention you in my post, just stated my opinion. It's called a conversation and you chose to chime in with your opinion just like we all did. Problem is YOU started throwing out disparaging comments towards other posters when they posted opposing views, not me, then you look down your nose at them and accuse them of whining, while you were the one whining. Don't start whining about what others post if you choose to engage people with different opinionsin conversations like this.
Oh, and while you are calling out people for "offending" hispanics (still not sure how a slightly darker corn pop can be identified as "hispanic", but you were quick to assume it was hispanic, so perhaps YOU are the one racially profiling), why not look back at your own posts to see some of your own hypocrisy. Like where you look down your nose at someone else by ASSUMING the poster was "redneck" (highly offensive to white Southerners, but I guess that is OK, right?) and then illustrate your moral superiority by listing disparaging "traits" you show to illustrate his/her being a "redneck".
Well, here's a news flash for you, I didn't go to UNC for either undergraduate or grad school, but my degree has served me just fine over the years. I drink domestic beer most of the time, but I don't care if others who claim to have a better palate than me prefer something else. To each his own is my motto. I admit I don't care for brown liquor or any liquor, but that stems more from consuming too much in my younger days and losing a taste for it. I prefer my steak medium rare, but don't get bent out of shape if someone at a chain restaurant can't cook it right (I usually don't order a steak at a chain restaurant, but rather wait to order them at higher end steak houses, where they DO know how to cook it right). I also have never traveled outside the US. Mainly because I went to work right out of college (paid for that myself), got married and had kids not long after that. I prefer to spend my time and money on my family rather than myself and none of us really has an interest to go traveling the world right now. Doesn't mean I can't if I wanted to, just means I don't want to. If you do, knock yourself out.
If all of that makes me a redneck according to your criteria, then I am fine with that. I prefer that to being labeled a self righteous, condescending prick, who looks down his nose at other people any day.
I can try to find some kind of informal poll on this, but since you have no evidence either, what's the point?
Humor for a minute, you’re in banking, right? For how long and in what capacity?
The Overly Sensitive People thread has turned into a bunch of OOTBers being overly sensitive LOLOL
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