r/baseball • u/_HGCenty Seattle Mariners • 14h 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/AerieElectrical3546 Boston Red Sox 14h ago

that IS a problem though, there’s no reason for advertisements that run on “family friendly” sporting events to be so sexualized.

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u/Three_Froggy_Problem Chicago Cubs 14h ago

Complaining that a gambling ad is not “family friendly” because there’s a scantily clad woman in it is kind of funny. It’s like if you saw a woman in a bikini stuffing anthrax into a mailbox and your immediate thought was, “That woman needs to put some clothes on! There are children around!”

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u/NoBear2 14h ago

I don’t think you understand the point of an analogy. You literally just changed one aspect of the situation and made it worse. A scantily clad woman advertising gambling is apparently the same as a scantily clad woman attempting murder.

I hate how normalized gambling is too, but these scenarios are wildly different.

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u/K20BB5 Philadelphia Phillies 13h ago

the replies to your comment say a whole lot about how poor literacy has gotten, this is what happens when people have more interaction online than in real life.