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Somewhat tangential, but the most absurd ad I've ever seen was when Dodge ran an ad during the Superbowl quoting from this speech.

hprotagonist 7y ago
I know. they have balls, if no sense.
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  That's their style. I'm surprised they don't have a Hellcat Journey "just because". It works fairly well for them. Jeep SUVs sell well. Chrysler and Dodge sedans, SUVs and van like vehicles pretty much have half the market for people with bad credit (with Nissan having the other half).
  - linksnapzz 7y ago
    The Journey Hellcat Edition (Would that be the 'Don't stop believin'' option package?) was probably discussed, then deprecated only on account of not having a transverse automatic rated for arbitrarily silly nM's of torque.
SilasX 7y ago
Sorry for being even more tangential, but an Israeli friend joked about this that "You shouldn't mix your Rams with MLK." (i.e. Dodge Ram and Martin Luther King vs the kosher dietary restriction of not mixing meat with milk)
zweep 7y ago
I heard a President’s day ad for a Jeep CHEROKEE that had a song with the US Presidents in order. I don’t know if they got to Jackson shudder
- perl4ever 7y ago
  Whenever people make a comment about references like that, or with sports teams, it makes me think: - If it was common to make references like that in Germany to Jewish institutions, groups, or tribes, ambiguously "honoring" them, would that be a bad thing? Would it be gloating over victimizing them, or commemorating their bravery? - Given that (my impression is) they don't, what does the cultural difference really signify? Are Germans entitled to feel superior for it? Like, I can imagine a world where there were sports teams called the "Maccabees" or the "Ghetto Fighters". I think that German cars do make reference to groups in ways that surely someone could find offensive, like the VW Touareg. Is this better/worse/as bad as using "Cherokee" as a name?
  - zweep 7y ago
    I don’t think you have the context. President Andrew Jackson violated a Supreme Court ruling to basically commit a genocide and expulsion of the Cherokee from land that was theirs by treaty.
    - perl4ever 7y ago
      Yes, the association of Jackson is obvious. Why do you think that genocide was not the context of my comment?
      - zweep 7y ago
        Well would you use a song about the “Chancellors of Germany” to advertise the Maccabees’ next game?
        perl4ever 7y ago
        You probably would/could have ads for Mercedes or VW, and their history could lead to awkwardness, particularly if old photos of their cars were used.

hprotagonist 7y ago

I know. they have balls, if no sense.

dsfyu404ed 7y ago
That's their style. I'm surprised they don't have a Hellcat Journey "just because". It works fairly well for them. Jeep SUVs sell well. Chrysler and Dodge sedans, SUVs and van like vehicles pretty much have half the market for people with bad credit (with Nissan having the other half).
- linksnapzz 7y ago
  The Journey Hellcat Edition (Would that be the 'Don't stop believin'' option package?) was probably discussed, then deprecated only on account of not having a transverse automatic rated for arbitrarily silly nM's of torque.

SilasX 7y ago

Sorry for being even more tangential, but an Israeli friend joked about this that "You shouldn't mix your Rams with MLK." (i.e. Dodge Ram and Martin Luther King vs the kosher dietary restriction of not mixing meat with milk)

zweep 7y ago

I heard a President’s day ad for a Jeep CHEROKEE that had a song with the US Presidents in order. I don’t know if they got to Jackson shudder

perl4ever 7y ago
Whenever people make a comment about references like that, or with sports teams, it makes me think: - If it was common to make references like that in Germany to Jewish institutions, groups, or tribes, ambiguously "honoring" them, would that be a bad thing? Would it be gloating over victimizing them, or commemorating their bravery? - Given that (my impression is) they don't, what does the cultural difference really signify? Are Germans entitled to feel superior for it? Like, I can imagine a world where there were sports teams called the "Maccabees" or the "Ghetto Fighters". I think that German cars do make reference to groups in ways that surely someone could find offensive, like the VW Touareg. Is this better/worse/as bad as using "Cherokee" as a name?
- zweep 7y ago
  I don’t think you have the context. President Andrew Jackson violated a Supreme Court ruling to basically commit a genocide and expulsion of the Cherokee from land that was theirs by treaty.
  - perl4ever 7y ago
    Yes, the association of Jackson is obvious. Why do you think that genocide was not the context of my comment?
    - zweep 7y ago
      Well would you use a song about the “Chancellors of Germany” to advertise the Maccabees’ next game?
      - perl4ever 7y ago
        You probably would/could have ads for Mercedes or VW, and their history could lead to awkwardness, particularly if old photos of their cars were used.