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There's a lot more to unpack here then it being a car ad.
"old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in" is a completely foreign concept in modern society.
On the part of the company as well.
If your customer's kids go to college, they'll grow up to earn more money that they can spend on pointless expensive cars in the future.
But we need to chop down that tree for firewood. Not because they're cold, but because they like a nice pile of firewood.
ofc. Could you imagine if they DIDN'T create value for shareholders?? SHUDDER Unthinkable.
Future not matter, only current fiscal quarter matter.
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There's so many depressing layers to that joke. Like a sad, sad capitalist onion laughing at its own rotting core.
Most of the comments here belong to r/orphanCrushingMachine, or the lemmy equivalent.
This is so tone deaf.
On the contrary, this speaks directly to their target audience
Fry: Sorry, I'm not here to buy.
Car Dealer: I understand, and it's wonderful that you don't care whether anyone questions your sexual orientation.
Fry: I care! I care plenty! But I just don't know how to make them stop!
Car Dealer: One word: Thundercougarfalconbird.
What sharp wit those writers had. Futurama will never leave my cadre of favorite TV shows.
That was the most OP writing team ever
Didn't they have multiple doctorates on that team? Like north of double digits despite there only being like 20 writers total?
Three Ph.D.s, seven masters degrees, and cumulatively had more than 50 years at Harvard. I wont hold Harvard against them though.
Boomers and GenX whose parents paid for their college.
Or who could afford college with “a summer job.”
Or those who didn't go to college, and bought a house soon after getting a "professional" job out of high school, and wondering why more lazy kids aren't doing the same
Crazy how college is so expensive in the US that your parents gotta start saving 20 years in advance.
(Im guessing this is the US and also seeing this banner just gave me that thought)
The Micheal Jordan meme has entered the chat.
Alternatively: Die wondering why your kids don't talk to you
To be fair, there's a good chance that there isn't much of a future for kids cuase you know ..... gestures to everything
The most narcissistic generation of parents yet.
Education shouldn't cast a sports car.
Wiggles fingers over math textbook
"I CAST... SPORTS CAR!!!"
Points ruler at the PA system
Tate Mcrae plays over the PA
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Let's face it, the people dumb enough to buy one of these probably aren't raising college material.
A car is cheaper than most colleges.
This ad seems aimed at people who think you can still "work your way through college" without debt.
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Just to cut off the rage bait. This would have to be at least a 4-5 year old sign. They stopped selling the GT350R in 21 I think. So this car is not readily available to buy anymore. And it’s worth even more now. It’s just a silly joke. There’s like maybe a nine hundred GT350R’s in existence. I would rather the Mach1 with the track attack package. But I enjoy my Gen3 Coyote in my 2019 GT. I barely drive it as it is and usually take my eBike everywhere. I only have a eBike because of spinal nerve damage. I can go for hours on it. Where a normal bike wears me out by the first hour.
I went to public university in , and not only was it free but we got a monthly allowance. It wasn’t some subpar education, I managed to get a 6-figure salary working in the US for a Fortune 200 company until I decided to move back earlier this year.
Next thing you gonna tell me highschoolers working part-time during schooldays like they do in US is not much accepted in because they are encouraged to study.
And then you are gonna tell me "I don't want 16 year olds to be making as much money as me" doesn't come up in mimimum wage arguments.
And then you are gonna take it up a step and even tell me religious people including Muslim priests especially support this as having Nobel-candidate Muslim scientists in their community helps a lot.
@Davriellelouna Oh, but it is very important to have this kind of car.
You see, if an idiot is walking down a street and shouting that he is an idiot, how far can people hear him? Maybe a 100 meters if the street is not noisy.
But with a loud exhaust and screeching tires, that message can have much further reach.
I don't align with the fuckcars movement. But what the fuck is this Ad? Who thought it would be "great marketing stratedgy"? Whoever came up with this Ad should be fired!
Someone who looked around and saw a much larger demographic of "fuck you, I got mine"-ers who resent their responsibilities.
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Yay Capitalism!
This picture is almost 10 years old now, definitely from the beforetimes
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