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I hate the Gemini 'Dear Sydney' ad more every passing moment

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Re: I hate the Gemini 'Dear Sydney' ad more every passing moment

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> when most people can see right through it as the worst kind of marketing No. Most people definitely cannot. Most people can't see through the weird diversity nuclear option on all large company marketing these days. "White, male, straight, most common denominator in many countries and YOU have the NERVE to think that we should market to you!?" It'd be hilarious if it weren't so weird to think that people are active…

I think the reality is that the vast majority of media, period, is about and targeted to white people. If you were to take up ALL the media, you'd realize minorities are still very under represented. Also it makes people feel good when they're represented. White men won't admit that, because for them they're always represented. And when they're not its a problem, so clearly even they understand the power of represent…

This would be fine if the representation was accurate. It's not.

>White men won't admit that, because for them they're always represented.

No they aren't... what? People represented to the market before they represented for "moral dilemmas".

>And, lastly, if you LOOK you can see white people are still in almost every ad.

No, they aren't. That's the point of my comment. It's almost a meme that every company refuses to put a white straight male in advertised media.

>The world is truly made for us and our success.

You sound like you've taken a sip of the Koolaid. This entire comment is bizarre and wrong. I'm going to assume you also think cultural appropriation is an actual thing too?

Re: I hate the Gemini 'Dear Sydney' ad more every passing moment

#82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the reality is that the vast majority of media, period, is about and targeted to white people. If you were to take up ALL the media, you'd realize minorities are still very under represented. Also it makes people feel good when they're represented. White men won't admit that, because for them they're always represented. And when they're not its a problem, so clearly even they understand the power of represent…

This would be fine if the representation was accurate. It's not. >White men won't admit that, because for them they're always represented. No they aren't... what? People represented to the market before they represented for "moral dilemmas". >And, lastly, if you LOOK you can see white people are still in almost every ad. No, they aren't. That's the point of my comment. It's almost a meme that every company refuses to…

I'm sorry, you're just wrong. White men are represented. In almost every TV show, EVEN the ones who promote diversity. I mean take a look at Disney's new star wars shows. All incredibly diverse and guess what - each one has white men in it.

Again, same with the ads. Ads typically have multiple people in them. Usually at least one is white, typically more or most are white. But as I've iterated, white people are greedy. Anything less than 100% may as well be 0% to the eyes of a lot of white people. That's been the theme since the inception of the US.

Re: I hate the Gemini 'Dear Sydney' ad more every passing moment

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This would be fine if the representation was accurate. It's not. >White men won't admit that, because for them they're always represented. No they aren't... what? People represented to the market before they represented for "moral dilemmas". >And, lastly, if you LOOK you can see white people are still in almost every ad. No, they aren't. That's the point of my comment. It's almost a meme that every company refuses to…

I'm sorry, you're just wrong. White men are represented. In almost every TV show, EVEN the ones who promote diversity. I mean take a look at Disney's new star wars shows. All incredibly diverse and guess what - each one has white men in it. Again, same with the ads. Ads typically have multiple people in them. Usually at least one is white, typically more or most are white. But as I've iterated, white people are greed…

Ah I see you're just a racist. That makes sense. I guess numbers will continue to delude you.

Re: I hate the Gemini 'Dear Sydney' ad more every passing moment

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I'm sorry, you're just wrong. White men are represented. In almost every TV show, EVEN the ones who promote diversity. I mean take a look at Disney's new star wars shows. All incredibly diverse and guess what - each one has white men in it. Again, same with the ads. Ads typically have multiple people in them. Usually at least one is white, typically more or most are white. But as I've iterated, white people are greed…

Ah I see you're just a racist. That makes sense. I guess numbers will continue to delude you.

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