• pyre@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    a couple of points:

    • i think calling it a “hint” or dog whistle etc is severe overstatement of the subtlety in which the message is delivered. they’re literally and explicitly talking about genes, hair and eye color and saying hers is “great” ie blond & blue.

    • i don’t know why no one points to the actual bad part which is them saying genes determine personality, which is straight up eugenicist bullshit

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      1 day ago

      I thought here genes are great cause she’s hot and has big breasts. I mean her eye color is not the first thing that pops I to my head.

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      23 hours ago

      I’m not here to tell you to buy American Eagle jeans, and I definitely won’t say that they’re the most comfortable jeans I’ve ever worn or that they make your butt look amazing.

      Why would I need to do that?

      But if you said that you want to buy the jeans, I’m not going to stop you.

      Just so we’re clear, this is not me telling you to buy American Eagle jeans.

      Sydney Sweeney has great jeans— you see what I did there, right?

      Where is the implication that genes are related to personality though?

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        23 hours ago

        in the actual Sweeney jeans ad everyone’s talking about

        Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color.