Parmesan “Say When” - As Easy As - GEICO Insurance
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GEICO makes car insurance easy. As easy as getting a little carried away with the free parmesan. But who can say no to fresh ground parm? Talent: Emilio Rossal as Dad Rania Vega as Mom Nora Wagle as Daughter Ella Wagle as Daughter Joshua Rodriguez as Waiter Garrett Holden Bales as 2nd Waiter Andrew Anthony as AVO Music: La Biondina in Gondoleta

I hate seeing commercials in general. I hate when they try to be funny. I hate that insurance is a business.

But this commercial is such an intersection of obnoxious capitalist bullshit that I actively look away when the commercial starts playing.

Like fuck dude, they show the poor server getting a hand cramp and we're supposed to find that funny?

I'm going to write another comment breaking down specifically why I hate this particular commercial, but I'd love to hear other people's response to the ad.

  • Magician [he/him, they/them]
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    7 months ago

    In short, my issue is with a server being the butt of the joke like this. It just seems more mean spirited than funny. Like who is this for?

    • booty [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      why exactly do you perceive the server as the butt of the joke? i do not think that was the intention. the joke is not "lol look at this stupid server making a mess" the mess is the customer's fault

      • Magician [he/him, they/them]
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        7 months ago

        The server is the one who's not in control of the situation. it's more like the customer is within his rights to inconvenience wait staff. I think when they lock eyes and the customer wants to keep going is supposed to be funny, but I just see a server having to indulge a customer.

        • booty [he/him]
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          7 months ago

          why is it "punching down" to portray a customer being unreasonable to wait staff? it's supposed to be funny because it's a situation where one person is being unreasonable and the other person responds to them in an equally unreasonable and silly way. no one is the butt of this joke, the joke is just "isn't this a silly situation"

    • charlie
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      7 months ago

      I’m completely with you. They broke the number 1 rule of comedy, they punched down. In that exchange the customer has the power and yet the server is the butt of the joke.

      Like who is this for?

      Treat brained Americans that see servers as servants and don’t see anything wrong with this exchange as a “joke.”

    • meeshen@vegantheoryclub.org
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      7 months ago

      It's not well-written and makes no actual sense ("as easy as grating parmesan", but it obviously looks like the server is struggling?) but here the customer is more the butt of the joke imo. He is shown to be unreasonable, while the server is the straight man who has to indulge the customer weirdo. I'm with the person before me, it's a bad commercial but not like egregiously extremely bad like some can get