Ok hulu, cards on the table. You and I used to be friends... I don't know where I went wrong but apparently you hate me now. Almost daily you and I meet, you show me what I missed on TV the night before (and even some things I could do without) but now I shudder even thinking of watching anything on your site. Why you may ask? Well, every commercial break you repeat the same commercial. This is not normally so much of a problem since I enjoy getting a good laugh at the Geico commercials however, this new Phillips 66 gas for life commercial needs to die. NOW.
There is one big issue with this commercial (link below if you haven't seen it) that I feel is kind of offensive and stupid on Phillips part. The commercial starts with a hospital room, you see a man hooked up to several machines, a small girl holding a bear and a woman near the hospital bed crying. The woman (assuming it's his wife???) turns to the young girl (daughter?) and says "I didn't even get a chance to tell him... he won Phillips 66 gas for life." Suddenly the sickly man jumps up and says "I have a reason to live!" and leaves the room... do we see the issue here?
Does it really take winning gas for life to have a reason to live? As a depressed individual growing up I know sometimes finding things to live for is a little difficult but isn't this stretching things just a tad? One must assume that the woman and child in the room are his wife and child therefor shouldn't that be a pretty dang good reason to live? Who really believes having gas for life is more important than family?!