Sunday, May 13, 2018

Commericals Creating A Nation Of Wimps

The Liberty Mutual commercial starts out with a mom saying that Liberty Mutual stood by them when her son got a flat tire. Then they quickly cut to two other young boys who are trying to figure out what a lug wrench is.

Give me a frigging break. Really? Did the Liberty Mutual kid call his mommy when he got a flat tire? What a tosser. Get off your phone, get out the car and change your tire wussy boy.

I fear that today's young men have fallen prey to the ad agency commercial culture of bottled water, cell phones, and fashion fads. We have raised a nation of kids who are afraid to get a little grease under their finger nails.

When I was growing up as a teenager we changed our motor oil, changed our brakes and rotated our tires. We even drank from the garden water hose and mowed our neighbors lawns. Our choice of high fashion tennis shoes were Keds, Converse and PF Flyers.

And yes; we knew how to change a flat tire. IN YOUR FACE LIBERTY MUTUAL.