rofgile (33.91)

Using cultural genocide to sell ... coupons?

February 07, 2011 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: SCR , EW , GPN

A company finds magical way to simultaneously insult the Tibetans, Chinese, and pro-Tibetan social causes with a single commercial. Way to go, Groupon!

It all begins with a serious segment depicting Tibet and the plight of the Tibetans. Unfortunately, it sucker punches you by pivoting to a restaurant scene where now the Tibetans have become wage slaves serving their food to Americans, having lost their homeland.  And the celebrity personality jokes that while the Tibetan plight is terrible, hey, at least we can save some bucks on their food using Groupon.

I've placed the video below, if you care to see this slow motion train wreck.

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 This is the single worst commercial idea I have ever seen.  Hint - don't use jokes about cultural genocide to sell coupons.  What a crap culture we've developed where selling coupons this way would be thought to be funny.  Welcome to made America's consumer conciousness.

 -Rof