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JusWondering… Is This Ad Kinda Racist?

Posted on by sgottahurt

Michigan State Lottery has a ad campaign going on entitled, well, here’s the billboard:
That on its own is good and dandy, but the commercials get me JusWondering what I wrote above.  Here’s a screen shot (you can watch the ad by clicking here):

Things that make you go hmm...

What this leads me to believe is that:

  1. African-Americans buy lottery tickets.
  2. Middle Eastern-Americans run convenience stores that sell lottery tickets.
  3. Annoying white kids hailing from families that can afford clear braces are benefiting from this system.
  4. And the only way the African-Americans and Middle Eastern-Americans can benefit is if someone wins?

Am I crazy for noticing/thinking this?  Please comment below…

Awesome Battle… Movie Posters Featuring Dogs With Sunglasses

Posted on by sgottahurt

When I set out to compile this Awesome Battle, I honestly expected to encounter more fodder for the masses.  So in addition to a slide show rolling through the history of movie posters featuring dogs in sunglasses (or any type of eye wear), I decided to seek out the source of this unfortunately underused fad.

To begin, here’s the slide show:

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Now some might be inclined to believe that Carl Reiner’s Summer School poster kicked off the trend, but that was released around the time of Bud Light’s Spuds MacKenzie ad campaign, and Spuds was quite the party animal.  Check out his “wild” antics here:

(SIDENOTE: Here’s his “wild” music mix, including “wild” songs by The Beach Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, and The Human Beinz.)

Spuds MacKenzies Party Faves... Album?

And maybe others might even further think that this Dustin Hoffman classic was the inspiration for it all:

Straw Dogs (1971)

But in reality, you’d have to go all the way back to this Walt Disney classic for the source:

Old Yeller (1957)

(SIDENOTE: Yes, those are Gucci sunglasses on Old Yeller…)

JusWondering… Apparently I Don’t Know Where Babies Come From

Posted on by sgottahurt

The after-effect of a drunken Snuggie Pub Crawl.

The after-effect of a drunken Snuggie Pub Crawl.

 (pic from MomLogic via Switched)

Snuggies have taken pop culture by storm, and in this case, a baby hostage. 

I know thought I’ve written about them before, and I know thought I’ve posted this video before (it’s a shame when you can’t even find shit on your site), but here we go again for the first time(?):

But how does one even go about putting on a Baby Snuggie?  It has to be one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen AND one of the worst ideas on top of that!  Think about it.  Babies make stinkies a lot… and unless you’re a fan of Dutch ovens (no, not that link – this one), do you really want to wear a sweater that captures that scent?  And uh, if you have a baby attached to your hipchest, how are you going to challenge those Muay Thai fighters and save the rec center?

Now I’m not knocking Snuggies on all accounts.  There are pub crawls held for good causes that require participants be cloaked in the backwards robes.  I may even participate in one…  Who’s thinkin’ drink specials?

I’m just wondering what the next comfort craze will be.  Perhaps this?

Is the shield a pillow?

Is the shield a pillow?

(These pajamas are real)