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True.

But the commercial portays positive masculinity.

Not such a great idea posting that here.

Better reel that ... fish ... in before he gets away.

I never get tired of that video.

Absolutely. No effect whatsoever. I think all we can really do is drive him around more, and not just to the vet. The more he realizes rides are fun, the less stressed he will be about it.

My puppy gets carsick too. He drools anytime he's in the car.

I've been trying to figure out what exactly is triggering the negative response to the commercial. Ostensibly, it doesn't really delve deep into the issues with male identity that tend to drive this hysteria (on the part of men), it just pokes at the most obvious of masculinity stereotypes and counters with the most basic of decency interventions. There shouldn't be anything controversial about disavowing blatant sexism in the media and stepping in against workplace and casual sexual harassment. After thinking on it a bit, I think it's possible that this is just an extension of men struggling with their identity. A friend on FB was discussing an (unfortunately) routine case of body shaming and bullying by middle schoolers at her daughter's school, and it occurred to me that a big issue with both bullying and sexual harassment is this underlying failure by society as a whole to accommodate men as nurturers. It's a misconception that men need to become feminine to nurture; there's more than enough historical evidence to indicate that men can act as passive facilitators through any number of means, not the least of which is simply listening and asking questions. The issue is that we as a society have lost the desire to do this. Sometimes its couched in the debate over politics; sometimes its couched on the debate over identity and an obligation for men to hear things. Neither is truly the case: listening is at its most important precisely when the person speaking doesn't know what to say or doesn't feel like she (or he) deserves a say and it doesn't involve offering any commentary or opinion. That might be the true issue here. Men have always been expected to have an opinion on something for their act of listening to be acknowledged. It's part of a greater metric of measuring success by the accomplishments one accrues. We often reward good grades and sporting successes, for children of all genders, either through verbal approval or through raising the child's stature amongst his, her or their peers. But, we don't reward anyone for sacrificing of themselves to enable others. This commercial only hints at this in the most basic of terms by showing men who step in to stop obvious bad behavior.

More boots and cats.....

Stop trying to kill the controller, mang.

Love it.

Happy Birthday!

Wut?

That makes me irrationally uncomfortable too. Probably, because I had an undercooked hot pocket once.

That's ... kind of heavy.

Because heroes need love too....?

Dude's movements were all over the place. Regardless, I hope the dude woke up the next morning.

It looks less like he was "thinking" and more like he was punch drunk. That second KO damaged that dude's brain.

Congrats, bro.

Failed the skin color test.

So, in other words.... cereal is not acceptable any time of the day.

So, how great is all this snow?