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    Posted: 06 Feb 2021 at 3:32am

Those two were made for each other...man of color, woman of...um, no-color(?). Flo obstructed the love connection! Progressive must remove this bigoted, racist commercial!
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Flo needs to be given a dirty sanchez...
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or a RUSTY TROMBONE

but even flow should be spared the steamers-cleveland OR boston

FLOW!!
...YUMMY Broccolini!!....
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Are you serious??
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Lake tittycaca?
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oh good here it goes
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Originally posted by bjoh249 bjoh249 wrote:

Are you serious??

Since it usually diminishes the effect of sarcasm to say "That was sarcasm," I'll just leave it at that. Ermm
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is she cockblocking 

is she saving the preteen from the lusty grip of a perpetrator

is she racist 

whats the message here 

Any body? 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote aka ron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Feb 2021 at 5:46pm
I don't see anything racist about this commercial.  Just the cute girl in bibbed overalls with perky tits? 

She just wants some big black bone!
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If this commercial is bigoted...it's bigotry toward people who want a love-life.

Flo is a word that is a word that's punishable by death toward women!
Thank God for kids who love Obscure Things.

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Originally posted by HART HART wrote:




whats the message here 


HA-- a message--from a FLO AD
...YUMMY Broccolini!!....
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Originally posted by aka ron aka ron wrote:

I don't see anything racist about this commercial.  Just the cute girl in bibbed overalls with perky tits? 

She just wants some big black bone!

I was apparently TOO subtle with my humor when I posted this video. I even added a LOL emoji to the title. I was kidding...you know, all kinds of innocent words and actions these days are misinterpreted as racist, when they're clearly not.

I just thought it was a different, humorous take on the "elephant in the room" (Flo) in the commercial's scene (cock-blocking). The scene portrays Flo as inadvertently, accidentally, not-realizingly(?) getting in the way of the romance between the two kids...and I extended the "joke" to portray Flo as a racist who was deliberately standing in the way of an inter-racial romance. Oh well.
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Have you ever wondered what the net worth of Flo from Progressive is? Well, her real name isn't Flo. It is Stephanie Courtney, and she is a New York native comedian and actress who has a net worth of $6 million dollars
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GOD BLESS AMERICA

6 mil? AYE YI YIIII

like do ppl actually BELIEVE her name ..in real life-is FLO?

seen her on House ( playing a MOM) and more on Madmen first season
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Originally posted by Thuumb Thuumb wrote:

Originally posted by aka ron aka ron wrote:

I don't see anything racist about this commercial.  Just the cute girl in bibbed overalls with perky tits? 

She just wants some big black bone!

I was apparently TOO subtle with my humor when I posted this video. I even added a LOL emoji to the title. I was kidding...you know, all kinds of innocent words and actions these days are misinterpreted as racist, when they're clearly not.

I just thought it was a different, humorous take on the "elephant in the room" (Flo) in the commercial's scene (cock-blocking). The scene portrays Flo as inadvertently, accidentally, not-realizingly(?) getting in the way of the romance between the two kids...and I extended the "joke" to portray Flo as a racist who was deliberately standing in the way of an inter-racial romance. Oh well.

Oh we got it ... and it was very funny i might add
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Originally posted by HART HART wrote:

Have you ever wondered what the net worth of Flo from Progressive is? Well, her real name isn't Flo. It is Stephanie Courtney, and she is a New York native comedian and actress who has a net worth of $6 million


not the best at math.... does she make $60 per commercial she's "stared" in or is it $600🤔
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Originally posted by aka ron aka ron wrote:

I don't see anything racist about this commercial.  Just the cute girl in bibbed overalls with perky tits? 

She just wants some big black bone!

I don't care who loves who and what color they are - i am just SICK of it being forced on me as if it's something new.  Black and white couples in almost every commercial - sometimes they even look very uncomfortable.   Why is the ad agency ( and media in general ) forcing this  -  it also applies to white men and Indian women.   I don't get it.    It was the whole premise of "God Friended Me" for example.  Stop already.   The Willis's upstairs changed America back in the 1970s.  
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Originally posted by bjoh249 bjoh249 wrote:

Are you serious??

And don't call me Shirley.
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Originally posted by HART HART wrote:

Lake tittycaca?

Lake Titicaca, Nicaragua. 

They had a real big T.P. shortage back in the 90's I heard.

Must be having a hell of a time post-Covid.
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These Flo commercials are all systemically racist (it sounds smarter when you put "systemically" in front of it) because they DARE have at least one cis white woman featured... sometimes when the whole cast of "employees" is featured, they have *gasp* MULTIPLE whites onscreen AT ONCE...................................................and none of them are even trans!  Oh sure, they stick the one token black guy in there but the diversity ratio is still way too skewed and makes me want a safe space, a coloring book, some glitter, and a puppy.  
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Quote ...and none of them are even trans!


Some have had suspicions about Jamie (but then there are lots of questions about Jamie...)

Quote some glitter


Stay away from glitter. It makes an effing mess, and you'll never get it completely cleaned up...
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Originally posted by MrTim MrTim wrote:

Stay away from glitter. It makes an effing mess, and you'll never get it completely cleaned up...

It's course.... and it's rough.... and it's irritating.....and it gets everywhere.
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THIS JUST IN FROM ADWEEK

Why is Flo not on Progressive commercials anymore?
According to a statement made by Progressive, which was reiterated on Adweek's website, their goal now is to connect with Millenials by showing the humanity of their company. They want to show that the company behind Flo is made up of ordinary, hard-working, and honest people.
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Originally posted by drjimmy drjimmy wrote:

I don't care who loves who and what color they are - i am just SICK of it being forced on me as if it's something new.  Black and white couples in almost every commercial - sometimes they even look very uncomfortable.   Why is the ad agency ( and media in general ) forcing this  -  it also applies to white men and Indian women.   I don't get it.    It was the whole premise of "God Friended Me" for example.  Stop already.   The Willis's upstairs changed America back in the 1970s.  

Exactly. It's pandering, which is insulting. For fun, sometimes when I'm watching prime time TV, when the rare white male appears onscreen in a commercial, I shout "HEY, how'd he get in there!?" LOL
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All of them are brutal. I am seeing more and more of emotionless sociopath sign kid.




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