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/BalzacTheGreat Los Angeles Dodgers 11h ago edited 8h ago

All the sports betting ads, ED ads, pharma ads, the Hegseth fascist military ads, the unhinged political ads, it’s all fucking enough already. 

EDIT: I'm glad we can all agree on something, flairs notwithstanding.

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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/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