"Peloton Girl" Returns in a Gin Commercial

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 12/07/2019 at 22:42 • Filed to: None

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I wonder if she got to keep the bike. 

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 12/07/2019 at 23:21

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I was impressed how quickly they got an ad written, filmed, edited, and posted.

The whole entire discussion is stupid and overblown, but at least somebody is having fun with it.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 12/07/2019 at 23:22

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Agreed. I thought the ad was a little cringy, but I certainly didn’t get outraged by it. The Internet sucks.

Except for Oppo. Oppo doesn’t suck. Mostly.

The Ghost of Oppo > ttyymmnn 12/08/2019 at 00:40

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There needs to be term for these ‘outrage incidences’ where it is more perpetuated by websites that profit off clicks than actual people voicing there displeasure with something. I never saw anyone on social media actually posting their opinion about the ad, it was all people posting about the ‘outrage’ over the ad. Sure a couple of people complained, and then how many blogs got tens of millions of clicks all reposting the same angry tweets ?   This wasn’t even one of those time where someone created a petition and it got 500k+ signatures like Game of Thrones.

Chuckles > The Ghost of Oppo 12/08/2019 at 00:51

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Everything that I saw on twitter was basically people saying it was a weird ad, and joking about it. So I don't know where "everyone is outraged about the ad" keeps coming from.

dumpsterfire! > ttyymmnn 12/08/2019 at 08:54

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the internet learned me something about this- the gin is Aviation brand and Ryan Reynolds is the  owner. 

The Ghost of Oppo > Chuckles 12/08/2019 at 08:58

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Exactly. Websites who profit from controversy  

ttyymmnn > dumpsterfire! 12/08/2019 at 09:04

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Yeah, I didn’t know that he made gin either. But I’m not a gin drinker, either.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > ttyymmnn 12/08/2019 at 11:16

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Aviation gin is actually pretty damn great. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often 12/09/2019 at 09:39

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Very smart marketing to take advantage of the cultural moment.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 12/09/2019 at 09:44

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I heard an interesting point made, that your perception of the initial ad lines up very closely with your personal relationship with exercise/fitness. People who love working out “get it” (this is the target market), while people who hate working out gave us the reaction that the media highlighted.

Honestly, what I disliked the most about it was the whole “documenting my personal journey” for Facebook/Instagram/whatever that everyone seems to have to do now... Are we all really that needy and desperate for affirmation?

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/09/2019 at 09:48

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Apparently we are. Having spent the last 4 days at some of NYC’s biggest holiday tourist destinations, I’ve seen throngs of people taking selfies and staging Instagram “candid” shots. It’s impossible to move at times because people simply stop in the middle of the sidewalk to stroke their egos.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 12/09/2019 at 09:52

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Ugh... seems like 95% of kids these days want to grow up to be “influencers”.

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/09/2019 at 09:56

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It beats working. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 12/09/2019 at 10:00

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I don’t know. I’m guessing a lot of these folks that look like they’re having lots of fun in exotic locales all the time are actually pretty miserable.

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/09/2019 at 10:19

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Or more interested in themselves than the location. I go to see, not to be seen.