Does anyone else despise this new Hummer ad with the kid on his

[Pirate Smile]

first day of school but he isn't worried and everyone thinks he is cool because of the Hummer his Mom drops him off from?

I've seen it multiple times already and it is the most shallow and superficial thing I have ever seen. It is focused on Kids "keeping up with the Joneses". Instant popularity because of your parent's car.

That is obviously the demographic it is looking for but it is stunningly superficial and materialistic - traits they obviously need to continue to encourage in children.

Ohh, my kid is having trouble making friends. I think I will buy a Hummer so everyone will love him or her.


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[Was_Immer]

1. its just a commercial

Besides hummers suck

[bri_in_austin]

2. YES!

I hate all the Hummer commercials. They make me very mad. Plus I live in Texas, and so many people drive them here. Grrr.

[BlueJazz]

3. Wouldn't it be cool to see the rest of the Ad...except all of the.....

..Kid's friends say "I see your parents are Republican Idiots that don't give a shit about the planet"

[Radical Activist]

4. They are placing the child in the adults place

I guess its hard for some adults to admit that they want a certain car only to boost their fragile ego. Its less direct to send that message through the child, since the commercial is appealing to such immature instincts.

[trotsky]

16. BINGO

Nail on the head, RA.

[DianeG5385]

5. It's NOT just a commercial

It affects our kids who have been raised in a stew of commercialism, I wonder what would happen if we really did have crisis. What if they lost all of their material possessions??? Could they cope?? Could they rise to the challenge??? It's up to us as parents to make sure they are about more than the sum of their video games!!!

[MercutioATC]

6. It's not the greatest statement, but it's a fact.

My 8th grade son loves it when I drop him at school in the Porsche instead of the Honda. It's not any different than when we were kids and I suppose our grandchildren will be the same way.

"Cool" means a lot to kids. I think that's OK. It's as adults that we have a responsibility to look beyond that.

[BiggJawn]

7. Funny....

My daughter LOVED it when I'd pick her up from school in my '72 Kombi...
but it had the "Porsche Engine" in it, the 1700 DP...

[MercutioATC]

11. See? Cool cars make a difference to kids.

The Kombi is definitely a cool car.

[BiggJawn]

13. Oh, yeah, I miss it...

Now, this is a '74, mine was a '72, turn sigs were below the headlights. And mine was painted in Porter "Safety Blue" industrial enamel.

[MercutioATC]

15. A friend of mine at work just did a frame-up restoration on a '74.

Sweet!

[BiggJawn]

25. Where did he get a transaxle?

Mine blew the tranny and I had to send it to the glue factory. Could NOT find a replacement anywhere....

I was out on a date with it once, and we were heading down the interstate and she said "I sure like what this does to my boobs!" I looked over and they were bouncing up and down very nicely...and I was too DENSE to take the HINT!

[BiggJawn]

8. I hated the one with the kid building the wood H-2...

...and then cheating by cutting the course at the coaster car race.

What did THAT prove? "It's not how you play the game, but whether you WIN..."?

[Arkana]

9. Yeah

and if you buy a Bradley fighting vehicle your kid will be the talk of the town. What a sack of steaming cowshit. :eyes:

[LibLover]

10. I'm a "Jeep Chick"

I teach children to mock H2 owners!

[henslee]

12. massively. I also despise Arnie and his hummer.

[FunBobbyMucha]

14. I think the go-cart one is worse

Hey, you drive a Hummer, you don't have to follow the rules, champ!

Brilliant message for the kiddos, and a crystalization of the Freeper mindset. The only thing that ad lacked was the Hummer go-cart flattening one of his rivals' vehicle.

[NanBo]

17. I like this site to express my

hummer feelings :)

http://www.fuh2.com/submissions.php

[Demonaut]

18. I think its accurate, my Mother used to drop me off in our jaguar

back in the 70's and it impressed the kids.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Barforama!

I saw it. Made me ill. I know the Hummer is targeted toward conspicuous consumption folks, but the kid is now basking in the glow of his mom's cool contraption? It's just so dumb as to cause nausea.
The Professor

[KurtNYC]

20. How about the same commercial but she drops him off

at the draft board because mommy's Hummer is thirsty.

[huskerlaw]

21. I despise everything having to do with Hummers...

including muscle-bound republican governors from California.

[miss_kitty]

22. I hate ads with kids in them period

I hate the manipulation the use of kids in advertising engenders-unless it's a kid product, like diapers, toys, whatever kids use these day. Even then...

But Christ-kids to sell cars, furniture, political candidates? Someone should be arrested for pimping

[tjwash]

23. The only good hummer...

This one got towed out of there by a jeep...

[tjwash]

24. 22+ year old Jeep rescues Hummer H2 in parking lot

BWAHAHAHAHAHA. It is stuck on a twelve inch stump, and a jeep comes to the rescue.