This Danish ad will challenge you to step outside your defining box

[demmiblue]

Source: Mashable

Sometimes it's difficult to find the things that we, as human beings, have in common.

We live in times when the "Us vs Them" narrative has become mainstream. We get caught up in minutiae and risk losing sight of what binds us, rather than divides us.

This Danish television station ad, entitled "All that we share," challenges this narrative with a simple but effective formula.

In the video, groups of Danes get onto a stage, stepping into delineated areas on the floor that define them by opposition — "The high earners" vs. "Those just getting by;" lifelong Danes vs. immigrants; "Those who trust" vs. "Those we try to avoid."

At some point, something happens that will push these people to step outside their defining boxes. And it's so heartwarming we want to cry.

http://mashable.com/2017/01/31/danish-ad-all-that-we-share-box/?utm_cid=hp-h-3#7MdOKSZT6Oqu

[annabanana]

1. Saw this on facebook.. It's really really nice. . .n/t

[eleny]

2. .

i'm in such a bleary mood today. things like this video have me...
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[3catwoman3]

3. Thank you, Denmark.

Very moving.

[tblue37]

4. When that one young man stood alone & was applauded--what category was that?

(I am deaf, and that part had no captions.)

[herding cats]

6. "We who are bisexual."

That was what they said then.

[demmiblue]

7. "We who are bisexual."

And the clapping afterward: "And we who acknowledge the courage of others."

[Jim Lane]

8. As a side note, I wish video makers weren't addicted to background music.

I'm not deaf, but hard of hearing. Even with my hearing aids on, I missed that line and several others. It would be MUCH easier for me to get the audio if they wouldn't overlay music.

Or, of course, they could subtitle everything, and accommodate you and me.

[tblue37]

9. I am not completely deaf, either. Profoundly deaf in one ear and moderate to profound deafness

in the other (depending on the sound frequency). I especially have trouble understanding speech.

Oh, and I HATE background music. It is loud in my hearing aids.

[leftstreet]

5. Even though this thread wasn't about pastries....

Thanks for posting that!

[marked50]

10. Requires Empathy to understand

[peggysue2]

11. Great spot!

Made me smile, always a good thing. Particularly these days.

Thank you, Denmark.