curated: Taco Bell’s bro-tastic “friend zone” ad

Tue, Apr 18, 2017

Taco Bell: down with male sexual entitlement. I guess they’re also cool with women spending their fast-food money elsewhere.

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LaSargenta

Tue, Apr 18, 2017 11:38pm

I hated this ad. Saw it recently. Maybe in the movie theater?

Jurgan

Thu, Apr 20, 2017 3:07am

What a douchebag.

Dent

Thu, Apr 20, 2017 2:24pm

I mean, if you want to date someone why on Earth would you take them taco bell? What strange world do the residents of these commercials live in?

Bluejay

reply to Dent

Thu, Apr 20, 2017 2:52pm

What strange world do the residents of these commercials live in?

The world that all such residents live in — one in which the advertised product is the most important and amazing thing in the universe. So Taco Bell is the hub of all romance, and Pepsi instantly dissolves police brutality.

Danielm80

reply to Bluejay

Thu, Apr 20, 2017 3:26pm

I loved the commercial about five years ago–I think it was advertising a car–where all the senior citizens and aging adults lived lives of wild adventure while the young people did nothing but surf the internet. I’m not even sure the ad was aiming for comic irony. They just wanted to echo the romantic fantasies of their target audience (and their stereotypes about millenials).