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Number6
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Posted: 02 Dec 2016 at 4:13pm |
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The "on my way to the Gates of Hell, Grandma's house" Xfinity commercial, that was played over and over before Thanksgiving, is one of the most appalling ads I've seen, on so many levels. It's SO disrespectful toward the grandparents! Everytime it comes on, I say to my wife, "If I were in the place of those grandparents, I would tell those people they're not welcome in my home and they're never to come here again." I just can't get over an ad that shames the GRANDPARENTS, when their grandchildren equate visiting them with "entering the Gates of Hell," because when they get there, they will not be able to IGNORE their grandparents, and play their video games. How SICK is that? Do they really think the grandparents viewing the ad will rush out and spend the money it will take to ensure that the ONE time a year they are visited by their grandchildren, their grandchildren will ignore them? It reminded me of the Clint Eastwood movie "Gran Torino" and the scene at his home following his wife's funeral - the granddaughter is completely disinterested in the post-funeral events, fools with her cell phone the entire time, and asks Eastwood to his face if she can have his car when he dies. Ugh! Both are very offensive. |
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Cranedy Pouth
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Man, I LOVED going to my grandparents'(biological grandma and stepgrandfather) house as a child! Unfortunately, my grandma died in 1997 when I was 12. My stepgrandfather wanted nothing to do with his stepdaughter or me shortly after she died. Mom said he was not a good person when my grandma was still alive and I thought she was just bitter and jaded as he was nice to me(Her biological dad, my biological grandpa died when she was a teenager so I could see why she came off as resentful).
Him washing his hands of us soon after my grandma's death proves mom was right, especially because he told us he would be there for us if we needed anything only to ignore us! You don't ignore your stepdaughter and stepgrandson just because your wife died! Bastard! Especially after you promised to be there if they needed anything, and. especially when your stepdaughter now has no biological dad or mom! And your stepgrandson is a 12 year old kid who just lost his grandma! |
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Using nuclear weapons on problem people is not the answer, you psychopath!
Also, Keith Richards is a damn cockroach outliving everybody! LOL |
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Tully Blanchard
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The grandpa in the ad seems a little "touched in the head", evident when he recites the line from Home Alone
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Ad nauseous
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Back in the 90s (yeah I know) I used to love going to my grandparents house! They had basic cable but that didn't bother me! I got to see shows like Hunter, In The Heat Of The Night, Freakazoid, Animainiacs, The Pinky And The Brain, Tiny Toons, The A-Team, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and others! Also I did things besides the TV like drawing, playing with my city of blocks and other things. Sadly my grandma suffered from Alzheimer's and died in January of 2003, and grandpa died in May of 2005.
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One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off
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aka ron
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Well said, Number6, and welcome to the forum.
We ARE grandparents in our late 50s. We have smart phones, a PC, a laptop and several Kindles.
We have a wireless router. And yes! They should NOT portray a visit to Grandma's as passing through the gates of hell. Can't kids these days do anything they want on their phone (mobile device) anyway?
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Number6
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Thank you for the welcome! I appreciate it!
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Thor
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Excellent reference! |
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aka ron
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^ I love that movie!
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ThatNerdInPhilly
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You nailed it right on the head!!
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NJtoTX
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And who is the guy? She says she's going to "grandma's." Though apparently he's grandpa (he's in the photo of her as a kid) he's a nonperson until he saves the day by making them instantly cool and modern and technically competent.
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Cat Fud
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These days the old dude is probably Grandma's live-in! Damn disrespectful granddaughter. And at least that Grandma has her own home and money to buy things like cable TV and wifi. My grandmother never drove a car and lived six months of the year at our house in California and the other six months with my aunt and uncle on the east coast. Although I loved having her with us, she would surely have preferred a home of her own. |
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