Oh my god... I am sitting here watching a little tube and saw the newest M&M commercial where to the two M&Ms are freezing to death until some store attendant opens the freezer door and they step out. The big yellow guy's "m" is tiny and he says, "What happened to my "m?" The other M&M says, "Shrinkage."
Not that I care at all, but those characters are designed to appeal to children, hence the animation and all, and they are talking about shrinkage. Seemed really strange to me that an M&M commercial would make a joke about penises. I'm pretty easy going, so I don't know if this should bother me.
Dude. Watch, now as an adult, all those cartoons you watched as a kid, all those kid shows. There's always stuff hidden in there for the parents. Kids don't get it. Don't even notice it. Like this:
Dude. Watch, now as an adult, all those cartoons you watched as a kid, all those kid shows. There's always stuff hidden in there for the parents. Kids don't get it. Don't even notice it. Like this:
Reminds me of the time my college buddies and I were watching videos of the old Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons. In one story, Boris challenges Wassamatta U to a football challenge and dresses up his team as a bunch of schoolgirls. Bullwinkle says, "Rocky! That team's a bunch of girls! What kind of game will we be able to play with girls?"
To which Rocky replies, "Boy, I guess this is a kids' cartoon."
We all fell out our chairs laughing so hard. I'm sure I must have seen this episode as a kid, but that line went WAY over my head.
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I'm not so uptight that I don't find the humor in it... Just surprised that such a mainstream company did such a risque theme.
Well, really. Look at your kids. Would they actually GET it? It's innuendo, not blatant "my penis shrunk." It even makes sense in a perfectly childlike way - they're talking about an M, there's only your own dirty mind to think of something else. Kids don't have that frame of reference, esp girls.
What mainstream company only used Y7-rated themes to sell products? Esp a product that isn't just marketed to kids?
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