r/baseball • u/_HGCenty Seattle Mariners • 11h ago

Players Only Dodgers' Alex Call blasts controversial Sydney Sweeney ad

https://www.thebiglead.com/dodgers-alex-call-sydney-sweeney-novig-commercial-soft-porn/

Since the last post about this got deleted because it contained a X screenshot, hopefully this one actually stays for comment.

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u/MC_Micro_Penis Los Angeles Dodgers 11h ago

For me the absolute darkest ads are from one of the casinos that advertises on spectrum. It will usually show a couple doing whatever, some kind of resort activity, then they will pass through a door that leads to a beautiful landscape where, incongruously, two slot machines are waiting. Of course, these days slot machines are basically designed with the goal of making us into drooling zombies, mashing on a button for hours on end in a diaper.

I think the tag line is the incredibly new-speak-esque "welcome to freedom".

Every time I see it I feel genuinely sad.

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u/KRandMG 10h ago edited 9h ago

Come on man, those ads are totally realistic.

All the gorgeous 23-year-old women spend their Friday nights dressed to the nines at the local Indian casino an hour away from civilization, where every man is wearing a tailored suit and high-fiving his buddies as he wins for the fourth time in a row.

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u/ILoveCornbread420 Los Angeles Dodgers 9h ago

My favorite part is when the guy magically comes out of a TV to refill a lady’s wine glass, then she immediately walks away.

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u/KRandMG 9h ago edited 9h ago

Or the 40-something guy who’s just out of shape enough to be somewhat relatable to the average suburban dad walking in with his beautiful 30-something blonde wife as they smile and open their mouths to gasp while taking in the majesty of the dimly-lit room that smells like lung darts and old people who don’t have anything in their 401k.

And remember—according to the voiceover, you’re not a sucker when you go to the casino, you’re a “player.”

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u/Charming_Squirrel_13 7h ago

i haven’t seen these ads but this comment chain has me very confused lol 

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u/KRandMG 7h ago edited 7h ago

If you move anywhere within a 2-hour drive of an Indian casino there’s an excellent chance you’ll see one exactly as described, many, many times, during just about every single sporting event you watch.

They’ll also highlight the resort’s golf course where the husband goes to ditch his family after gambling away the kids’ college funds as they sit and wait for him by the pool.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Chicago Cubs 5h ago

The most normal ones I’ve seen is a group of people dancing through different areas of the casino, which is at least normal and not a surrealist nightmare.

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u/MC_Micro_Penis Los Angeles Dodgers 7h ago

Your not even a player, your a "winner."

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u/altoona_sprock Pittsburgh Pirates 10h ago

Just like lottery ticket commercials with cartoon animals. PA has Gus the groundhog. I'm sure everyplace else has something similar. Gus even has a "clever" catchphrase. Keep on scratchin!

Scratch your way to forclosure!

Casinos are fun. But like alcohol, moderation and self control is the key. And neither is promoted in any commercial ever.

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u/SmallLetter Atlanta Braves • Seattle Mariners 9h ago

Addictive activities need to be regulated against advertising at the MINIMUM in such a way that children will never see them. Cigarettes, alcohol, gambling. Anything else is an absolute FAILURE to uphold "the best interests of the child", which is a simple and yet profound concept that most world experts consider to be FOUNDATIONAL to any functionally just and ordered society. Ergo, america is a cesspit that doesn't give 2 shits about it's kids

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u/MrSwedishFish San Francisco Giants 10h ago

Hate those commercials, always been so eerie to me

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u/vektorog Boston Red Sox • Boston Hunters 7h ago

idk the "winner" for me is those AI medicare scams they constantly show on the streaming version of local news stations

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u/AnotherUnfunnyName 6h ago

I also can't stand the current DraftKings rewards club ad read I have to skip over or listen to on most podcasts currently. I mean that kind of betting and the behavior of Draftkings is deplorable anyway, but this just seems so unethical. Getting rewarded for losing? They are kinda doing it anyway to keep milking their wales and addicts, but this is so blatant.