Thanks, Internet: Gays, Bloggers Join Together To Rid World Of Annoying Commercials

I, like all good Americans, had a grand old time watching the Super Bowl on Sunday. And, like all good Americans, I sat on the egde of my seat during every commercial break, waiting to see what ad would come next: Hilarious ad about creatures that do not normally have the capability to crave beer, let alone a specific brand, craving beer; or incomprehensible series of events followed by insurance company logo.

Unfortunately, the ads this year weren’t very good. Actually, most of them weren’t really bad; they were just forgettable. One not-so-forgettable ad was the Snickers ad where two guys accidentally kiss while eating a Snickers. Upon seeing this ad, I immediately though: “Boy, I sure thought that ad was annoying. You know, I’d like to never, ever see it again.” I couldn’t really fathom how this would happen, of course; Super Bowl ads from major candy companies would probably be on the air a million billion times again.

But never did I guess that someone would come to my rescue. Daniel Rubin — in a post cleverly headlined “Snickers” — writes Snickers has removed the ad and its alternate endings from the Internet after an uproar from bloggers and gay and lesbian groups. Apparently, instead of just ripping off their hair to confirm their manliness as they did in the Super Bowl ad, the alternate endings featured them beating on each other with wrenches or something.

And, apparently, this encouraged violence against lesbians and gays. Rather than admit it was all part of a secret advertising plot — “Snickers: The candy bar to keep you energized so you can commit hate crimes!” — the company apologized and pulled the ads from the Internet. Now they’ll probably never be seen again!

In conclusion: I could never, ever fathom a scenario in which I could form an actual opinion on whether the Snickers ads were offensive to gays. But, fortunately, I have people on the Internet to do it for me, and now there are fewer annoying ads on television. It’s a win-win!

In other news, I heard those Head-On ads have lead to, like, several instances of Polish jokes. Can somebody get those of my TV, too?

Snickers [Blinq]