Next RW boycott targets: Tide and Downy

[jmowreader]

They're running a series of commercials featuring a (gasp!) stay-at-home dad who (OMG!) stays at home to raise his child while (blasphemy!) his WIFE goes out to earn the family's daily bread.

Examples of this deviant anti-Christian behavior:

I think I need me a nice big bottle of Tide and some Downy. You?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. This one is easy

I already use tide.

I need to get more though. Cute commercials though.

Why I use it? It kept grimy EMS uniforms clean, and trust me, a few of those stains were nasty.

[Warpy]

5. So were my nursing uniforms

If you've ever seen esophageal varices rupture, you know what I'm talking about.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Unfortunately I do

[Luminous Animal]

2. Oooh! Tide likes gay people! Now I have to buy Tide!

There is a sucker born every minute.

[jmowreader]

7. They do like gay people, but this guy isn't one

In

he explains that his wife is at work while he "stays at home being awesome." If that's what works for them, great.

[Luminous Animal]

8. Oooh Tide likes men who clean! How revolutionary! I've never heard of such a thing!

Now I have to go buy Tide because fundies don't like men who clean!

He's a dad-mom? Not a just a dad? Indeed. Because a man who does "women's work" must also be a mom.

So, I guess his wife must be a mom-dad because she is working and work is for dads.

What generation is this?

So cool that he can fold dresses! It is indeed a difficult skill that, when a man can learn grasp it, it should be highlighted in a nationwide ad. I am looking forward to seeing more of these new fangled men who can clean toilets, do dishes, wash windows, and vacuum the floor.

That would be so revolutionary!

[Pretzel_Warrior]

10. Amazing you're still allowed on this site

[HangOnKids]

13. Amazing that a 10 year poster with a 100% rating for juries is still allowed here

You here less than a year with a 0% rating making this comment is what I would call amazing.

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Another reason I'm glad I live where I do.

The idea that gay families or SAHDs are something odd or exotic, I think, flew out the window at least a decade ago.

I'm not going to rip on the commercial, but it does strike me as provincial or dated.

[BlueCaliDem]

3. Tide and Downey are all I use for our laundry, and I've been using it for years.

It's nice to know that they shoot progressive ads like this for their wonderful product.

[Warpy]

4. Same here, both products come unscented

and unless I want to buy Dr Bronner's by the gallon (which I have done in the past) it's unscented Tide and Downy in my laundry.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. That I what my wife buys...

That makes me happy.

[Jamaal510]

9. I already use Tide,

but their detergent is pretty expensive. Luckily the Pods come in bulk.

[fizzgig]

12. i saw the first one the other day

i thought it was cute

[blkmusclmachine]

14. Mr. Mom

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Meh. Any stay at home dad worth his salt

buys his detergent from Costco. Kirkland brand is just as good as Tide and probably half the price per oz.

[In_The_Wind]

17. I always use Tide.

[NightWatcher]

18. That's me. I stay at home with our toddler while mom works

Sure she works out of her home office, but technically I'm still a stay at home dad.

[otohara]

19. Tide and Downy Stink to High Heaven

both give me migraines - all that fragrance ends up in our water / air!

Death to all the petro-chemical toxic cleaning products.