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Ok, for those that know me, either in person or through the board, know that I am in no way PC and I have a thick skin. That being said, I guess we all have our butons. As an individual who is below average height, I am f**king fed up with the dehumanization of short people. We are routinely portrayed as less than attractive, less physically dominant and sometimes less smarter than average or above average men. We are often even made out to be creepy by females at times.
I've been used to it for a while, and will even joke about my height, with my friends. However, what pushed the last of my buttons is a commercial on TV, of all things. If you have seen the commercial for freescore.com, you know what I am talking about.
It has a man sitting at a car dealership, about to purchase a car. The dealer is checking his 3 credit scores. The two good credit scores are both "tall, dark and handsome" and physicall fit, with well groomed hair. The third credit score is bad. He is portrayed by a short, overweight, and bald male. This individual's face is covered with a hockey mask, likely to save his dignity, although the company would not tell you this. So the customer goes home and is checking his credit score and the three credit scores are with him. Naturally, the bad credit score begins breaking things in the apartment, accidentally due to his clumsiness. The customer gets his credit score fixed. and with the three lined up, the third good credit score, a tall , dark, handsome, and physically fit male, walks up behind the short male, err credit score, and shoves him to the ground and flashes his perfect guy smile.
I also noticed this on a fast food commercial. It has a close up of a shorter man ordering some big hamburger. He looks behind him and there is a big burly male behind him that nods approval in a condesending way as if to say, "There you go little buddy. You may not be a man, but you can eat like one."
I know that most of you will probably not see my POV on this, and some of you may even tell me to "get over it." But we all have one thing that pizzes us off in this manner, and this is mine.
Rant over. Time to watch the OT Kings/Sharks game and get more of that freakin funny Discover commercial.
I've been used to it for a while, and will even joke about my height, with my friends. However, what pushed the last of my buttons is a commercial on TV, of all things. If you have seen the commercial for freescore.com, you know what I am talking about.
It has a man sitting at a car dealership, about to purchase a car. The dealer is checking his 3 credit scores. The two good credit scores are both "tall, dark and handsome" and physicall fit, with well groomed hair. The third credit score is bad. He is portrayed by a short, overweight, and bald male. This individual's face is covered with a hockey mask, likely to save his dignity, although the company would not tell you this. So the customer goes home and is checking his credit score and the three credit scores are with him. Naturally, the bad credit score begins breaking things in the apartment, accidentally due to his clumsiness. The customer gets his credit score fixed. and with the three lined up, the third good credit score, a tall , dark, handsome, and physically fit male, walks up behind the short male, err credit score, and shoves him to the ground and flashes his perfect guy smile.
I also noticed this on a fast food commercial. It has a close up of a shorter man ordering some big hamburger. He looks behind him and there is a big burly male behind him that nods approval in a condesending way as if to say, "There you go little buddy. You may not be a man, but you can eat like one."
I know that most of you will probably not see my POV on this, and some of you may even tell me to "get over it." But we all have one thing that pizzes us off in this manner, and this is mine.
Rant over. Time to watch the OT Kings/Sharks game and get more of that freakin funny Discover commercial.
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