That reminded me of a commercial I saw back in 2004 or 2005 for Hummer. The ad puts a Hummer in the 1979 video game Asteroids, and after the shooty-thing destroys all the asteroids, it is unable to damage the invincible truck.
All the while Humvees have been acting decidedly . . . vincible on the battlefields in recent memory. I guess the commercial was pretty popular, and aside from a little mention I made in my school's literary magazine (hahaha) back then, I don't think it raised any eyebrows. I'm also sorry to say that Hummers themselves don't seem to be raising any eyebrows either, because I consider them a pretty disgusting symbol of American waste and irresponsibility. From a Washington Times piece a few days ago:
Mr. Tsirilakis said he loves the uniqueness of his vehicle - both in novelty ("Jeeps are too common") and versatility ("Suburbans are too big to drive through the woods").
"Being able to drive a vehicle where you can get to work and feel like you're driving a Cadillac on the way to work, and where, on the weekends, you can drive over some rocks, I like that versatility," he said. "We are a rare breed, as they say."
Mr. Tsirilakis said he will keep driving his Hummer to work until gas prices get too steep.
"At that point, it may just become the weekend-warrior truck," he said.
Ken Gander, a Bergenfield, N.J., resident who is president of the Hummer X club chapter, said part of his Hummer's attractiveness is its "made in America" label.
"I buy the truck because it's American," he said. "If a foreign company made the truck, I don't know if I would get one."
I almost forgot how awesome the US was.
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