If you are watching the Olympics, I am sure that you have seen this Visa commercial. The word that comes to my mind is "nightmare" and while I don't have the visceral reactions that these two people do, they both use the same word.
Does Anyone Get This Visa Olympic Commercial?
"What does this have to do with the Olympics? What does this have to do with a credit card? And OH MY GOD WHY WOULD ANYONE THINK A MILLION SKIERS ON A RUN IS FUN???? This looks like a nightmare scenario, not something we’d all enjoy."
Olympic Commercial Is Nightmare Fuel For Skiers & Snowboarders
"Are we supposed to enjoy the thought of the slopes being so crowded that you can’t even make a turn without close-lining a little girl learning how to pizza?! I mean, what the hell was VISA thinking?"
What's absurd about this commercial, aside from the ridiculously packed ski slope? Let's see: the reckless skiers zooming past the slow ones; the mixture of inappropriate sliding vehicles, from kayak to inner tube to bobled; the dog on skis; the daredevils doing acrobatic tricks in the midst of the mob; and, at one point, staring in the face of a madman.
I was thinking, yeah, this is what it will look like a couple of hundred years from now with population growth and way too much money in circulation. "Gotta have everything, gotta do everything, gotta spend lotsa money . . . using my VISA card, of course."
I don't even ski, and yet this ad is like a nightmare to me. If I saw this situation for real, I'd stay in the ski lodge and have a hot toddy. Even so, I'd be worried about the maniac crashing through the window.
