No. Collective Soul is shit. *

Posted by VIV on October 24, 2025, 12:52:30, in reply to "missing a "rep" in the beginning of the second word?*"

Previous Message Previous Message "the sum value of my outfit will always be higher than yours."

Lol well played*

Posted by Taz on October 24, 2025, 12:09:08, in reply to "missing a "rep" in the beginning of the second word?*"

Previous Message Previous Message Sometimes you just need to yeet a bobcat * Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*

agreed, that part is a miss*

Posted by Sounder on October 24, 2025, 14:05:26, in reply to "I understand it's the point of the ad, but the clothing choice for him still seemed off to me"

Previous Message that's what I imagine an embarrassing dad from the 90s or early 2000s would look like, since they would have grown up with those kinds of shorts in the 70s and early 80s. but a millennial dad? they would have grown up with super baggy shorts. that would have been more era appropriate while still yielding the cringe response from the daughter

That was my first thought; his outfit doesn’t track to his generation*

Posted by timmer on October 24, 2025, 12:48:51, in reply to "I understand it's the point of the ad, but the clothing choice for him still seemed off to me"

Previous Message that's what I imagine an embarrassing dad from the 90s or early 2000s would look like, since they would have grown up with those kinds of shorts in the 70s and early 80s. but a millennial dad? they would have grown up with super baggy shorts. that would have been more era appropriate while still yielding the cringe response from the daughter (for rent)

I'm full on Gen X born early 70's, college grad mid 90's, and those shorts...

Posted by EffinIllini on October 24, 2025, 12:06:23, in reply to "I understand it's the point of the ad, but the clothing choice for him still seemed off to me"

are something my Dad wore when I was a kid. Edit: and I'm also such a loser that if on a treadmill I'd likely listen to a podcast. Previous Message that's what I imagine an embarrassing dad from the 90s or early 2000s would look like, since they would have grown up with those kinds of shorts in the 70s and early 80s. but a millennial dad? they would have grown up with super baggy shorts. that would have been more era appropriate while still yielding the cringe response from the daughter

Agree, the guy depicted would be listening to Van Halen or something.

Posted by Warrin'_Illini on October 24, 2025, 10:23:42, in reply to "I understand it's the point of the ad, but the clothing choice for him still seemed off to me"

We (Collective Soul & myself) are old but the music and imagery don't match. Previous Message that's what I imagine an embarrassing dad from the 90s or early 2000s would look like, since they would have grown up with those kinds of shorts in the 70s and early 80s. but a millennial dad? they would have grown up with super baggy shorts. that would have been more era appropriate while still yielding the cringe response from the daughter If you read this, you are gay. LMAO

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Posted by Sammich on October 24, 2025, 10:23:26, in reply to "I understand it's the point of the ad, but the clothing choice for him still seemed off to me"

strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime

sitcomjack: biggest delta in the main couple?

Posted by Nobster on October 24, 2025, 6:55:12, in reply to "Other commercial observation: I’ll know we’ve finally reached gender and racial equality "

according to jim Previous Message When the “bumbling idiot” role in commercials (and sitcoms, for that matter) is played by someone that isn’t a white guy.