8 yrs old but I just saw this ad on tv

  • Homestar440 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    So, the obvious observation is that all this pretense around being "manly" is probably not a small part of the depression and anxiety this guy's advertising therapy for.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    if you're 8, I don't know if you should be watching TV unsupervised

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    on a more serious note: I can see the toxic side of this, but I can also see it being a way to reach people for whom therapy is too stigmatized that would never be treated otherwise

    • Pol_Pan [he/him,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I do see the benefit there. Im just seeing it as more as a product of the culture of toxic masculinity, I don’t think the ad itself is terrible just kinda ironic