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In reply to the discussion: "So God Made a Farmer" [View all]
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
22. Huh?
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 11:23 PM
Feb 2013

Just saying it could've been more reflective of the USA and its diversity, especially among farmers.

You don't think so?

"So God Made a Farmer" [View all] NYC_SKP Feb 2013 OP
God made a farmer, here's an over priced truck to drive to the supermarket. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #1
We keep a 57 and a 66 Chevy long bed and two 69 El Caminos still running... I see your point. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #2
Well it didn't really do that, it claimed all the credit for "god". Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #8
art NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #12
I listened to the message that accompanied the visual narrative. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #15
You apparently missed the point that Jesus drove a Dodge Ram. (nt) NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #36
A Gas Guzzlin Truck at that rsmith6621 Feb 2013 #3
Nice tribute until last second or two Hoyt Feb 2013 #4
Just saw the commercial... greytdemocrat Feb 2013 #5
I have farm roots also and found DURHAM D Feb 2013 #6
i came here ag_dude Feb 2013 #17
Guess you missed what was obviously missing. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #26
you got me ag_dude Feb 2013 #50
I would say that in the context of farming, women aren't a 'group'. They're half of humanity. randome Feb 2013 #63
You got me again. I apologize for being so offensive. ag_dude Feb 2013 #65
Predictable as the sunrise. Union Scribe Feb 2013 #100
It's advertising and it's called a target audience. aptal Feb 2013 #76
What a stupid comment. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #77
Just because you disagree doesn't make my comment stupid. aptal Feb 2013 #82
Totally, man! "Advertising"? "Targeting markets"? It's like he's just makng up words as he goes. Bucky Feb 2013 #95
Chah! Next he'll suggest that guys buy more trucks! lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #104
Wow. Just wow. October Feb 2013 #79
Do you surmise that women farmers were offended? n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #89
Old Thai joke grantcart Feb 2013 #91
A white male farmer that is? oberliner Feb 2013 #7
whu? NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #9
Coulda been more diversity in the ad, no? oberliner Feb 2013 #13
I bet ag_dude Feb 2013 #19
Huh? oberliner Feb 2013 #22
Coulda had Germans and Dutch and Hispanics and Italians and Blacks, etc., I suppose. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #28
Again, I ask as I ask so many times... zappaman Feb 2013 #93
it was reflective of the usa farminator3000 Feb 2013 #39
I didn't think that until I saw the flub on here. ag_dude Feb 2013 #59
Not obsessed and do appreciate the commercial for what it was oberliner Feb 2013 #62
Nobody who is obsessed about such things admits it. ag_dude Feb 2013 #64
OK oberliner Feb 2013 #78
I loved that ad Tumbulu Feb 2013 #114
If I remember the ad correctly.. Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2013 #47
There was one image of an African American farmer and two of women.... Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #57
They tossed in one African American farmer. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #10
and no farm workers. Mosby Feb 2013 #33
how do you know who was a worker and who was a boss? farminator3000 Feb 2013 #42
well, there is the reality of the situation farminator3000 Feb 2013 #37
. Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #80
SO GOD MADE A FARMER jjfuzzy2001 Feb 2013 #11
As we just to say back home... Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #56
Am I allowed to appreciate the hard work of farmers MattBaggins Feb 2013 #66
Here's the clip ProSense Feb 2013 #14
Thanks. Leaving out the God and the Dodge, it's a rare tribute to Farmers... NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #23
Yeah, pretty much all workers are "shit upon" these days. ProSense Feb 2013 #30
yeh. but women were mostly left out Whisp Feb 2013 #92
No idea what all the hub bub is about. Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #49
Family farmers tblue Feb 2013 #16
Conservative a-hole Paul Harvey DURHAM D Feb 2013 #25
Yeah, playing to that crowd. n/t ProSense Feb 2013 #27
So the message must suck if the messenger isn't on your friend list. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #31
The message was "buy our sucky truck because god, and farmers". Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #32
In 1903 my great grandfather died leaving DURHAM D Feb 2013 #34
Women were excluded, true, yet at least 50% of the effort of farms. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #41
there were women in the ad farminator3000 Feb 2013 #43
I saw one little girl standing in a field and DURHAM D Feb 2013 #45
the men were all sitting around, too. farminator3000 Feb 2013 #46
"...come home hungry and Hatchling Feb 2013 #67
Observing that millennia of Farmers managed to work without a Dodge Ram truck... brooklynite Feb 2013 #18
I grew up in a farming community. Very few used Dodges... cynatnite Feb 2013 #20
Rarely saw a Dodge. International Farmall, John Deere, Chevy/GMC, a few Fords... NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #21
He first delivered 'So God made a Farmer' at the 1978 National FFA Convention. Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #24
i was VERY happy it wasn't a monsanto ad! farminator3000 Feb 2013 #29
I watched it with the sound off so I missed the God part tularetom Feb 2013 #35
I loved the ad Tumbulu Feb 2013 #87
If you are married to or partnered with a farmer than DURHAM D Feb 2013 #110
Well, it was my dream to be a farmer Tumbulu Feb 2013 #113
"And the devil killed him with corporate agribusiness." moondust Feb 2013 #38
Loved it ... warts and all. libdem4life Feb 2013 #40
I loved it too, and I loved the Budweisser commercial! nt Tumbulu Feb 2013 #85
Ditto that ... there is a longer version of it which was even better. libdem4life Feb 2013 #86
"In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these." farminator3000 Feb 2013 #44
The ad did nothing for me, and I've worked as a farmer / rancher on the family farm Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #48
Message auto-removed foxman007 Feb 2013 #51
Sorry, put my reply in wrong place HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #52
It bored me into a coma. apnu Feb 2013 #53
Chrysler company ads are the fucking worst! JVS Feb 2013 #54
DU wasn't saying that last year. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #103
That was shit too. JVS Feb 2013 #105
Sorry, Mr Scorsese. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #106
Agree whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #107
But god loved the herder BETTER...god hates vegetable offerings HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #55
My Latin prof discussed this with the class one day. JVS Feb 2013 #58
Don't question the writings of a primitive desert-dwelling people from 2,000 years ago. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #74
I've moved on to the critical matter of celestial love for cowboys vs shepherds. HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #81
Lol... Union Scribe Feb 2013 #97
Oh I'm not bitter. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #112
This FEMALE farmer objects... riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #60
Demographics MattBaggins Feb 2013 #68
I wonder who made a bankrupt farmer or a cattle rustler, or a marijuana grower, or Bandit Feb 2013 #61
I thought it was a cheesy, schmaltzy appeal to nationalism and religion. EOTE Feb 2013 #69
+1 My exact reaction. forestpath Feb 2013 #70
and a sexist one OldEurope Feb 2013 #71
Yep. A very creepy ad, IMO. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #73
Lol. Union Scribe Feb 2013 #98
the spot used coded language Mosby Feb 2013 #90
Did he also make bankers, politicians, burglers, rapists, lawyers and insurance salesmen? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #72
I'll ask her. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #75
+1 Go Vols Feb 2013 #83
Lol. Union Scribe Feb 2013 #99
I loved the ad Tumbulu Feb 2013 #84
Watched the SB with family yesterday. This commercial was the only point they all shut up to listen. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #88
Same here. Only time that everyone was silent. bigwillq Feb 2013 #101
The farmer was old and tired. So God made Monsanto to drive him out of business. Bucky Feb 2013 #94
. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #111
Americans, so emotional, so easy... whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #96
Everyone on my crews today called it the best ad of the game randr Feb 2013 #102
The point of an ad is to sell shit, not to score cultural sensitivity points. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #108
manipulative propaganda HiPointDem Feb 2013 #109
Farm Subsidies Database B Calm Feb 2013 #115
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