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The Horror: This annoying group of moms is furious that JC Penney is running an ad with a lesbian couple.
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Here are California dogs in cars, unfortunately set to that OC song.
JC PENNEY
I wonder if rebranding homophobia as a culture war helps them sleep at night.
You know, there’s a little link at the bottom of the mom’s website where you can submit “offensive” material. Maybe someone (Dan) can start a little wild goose chasing.
GOOD MORNING ALEX. ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE OC SONG? WTF.
GOOD MORNING, STEVE!!! HOW ARE YOU?!?!?
I AM FURIOUS THAT GAY PEOPLE SHOP AT JC PENNYS. THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER AND ONLY SHOP AT MACYS OR SOMETHING. HAVE SOME GODDAMNED CLASS FOR ONCE, GAY PEOPLE.
STEVE, ALEX, WHATEVER… YOU’RE ALL INTER-CHANGEABLE COGS IN THE MACHINERY OF NEWSMAKING.
ALSO, WHAT JONESER SAID. YOU TAKE BACK WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU THINK IT IS YOU’RE SAYING ABOUT PHANTOM PLANET.
PHANTOM PLANET IS BULLSHIT.
PHANTOM PLANET IS SUPER BULLSHIT BUT IT’S TOTALLY WORTH BLASTING THAT SONG WHILE DRIVING DOWN I-5 TO CALIFORNIA AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE.
@CB,OREGOMETRY: HOW CAN YOU HATE A BAND THAT ONLY EVER RELEASED ONE SONG AND THEN THAT ONE AND ONLY SONG THEY EVER RELEASED WAS USED FOR THE THEME SONG FOR ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS THAT LASTED FOR ONE AND ONLY ONE SEASON? REFUTE MY LOGIC, COME AT ME BRO!!!
@Graham – Do you have EVIDENCE for any of that?!
I SAW PHANTOM PLANET ONCE AND THEY JUST PLAYED THAT ONE SONG OVER AND OVER. EIGHT TIMES IN TOTAL. AND PEOPLE WERE DANCING AND QUOTING THE OC THE ENTIRE TIME.
Was Jason Swartzman there?
@REYMONT: IF YOU DID SOME BASIC RESEARCH ON YOUR OWN, YOU’D FIND ALL THE EVIDENCE YOU NEED. YOU DON’T NEED ME TO SPOONFEED IT TO YOU.
THIS COMMENT THREAD IS A DISASTER. YOU ARE ALL DRUNK. EVEN YOU, GRAHAM. THE OC WAS ON FOR 4 SEASONS.
@JONESER: NO, YOU’RE THE DRANK DISUSHER.
@GRAHAM: IF YOU DID SOME BASIC RESEARCH, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT PHANTOM PLANET RELEASED A SPLIT 7″ WITH THE MARS VOLTA MADE UP ENTIRELY OF BIRD SOUNDS AND JASON SCHWARTZMAN WANKING IT INTO A MICROPHONE.
Actually, sometimes I wish you guys WERE my parents.
fuck, they even didn’t gave me time to comment. At what time you commenteers wake up, at like 8 am or something?
THE ONLY PHANTOM I KNOW OF IS THIS ONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS BLASPHEMY:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md0i8B_aPqk
Guys, it’s not about the song. IT’S ABOUT THE DOGS, LOOK AT THE DOGS!
@ALEX: YOU DON’T GET TO DICTATE WHAT THE EMERGENT BEHAVIOURS OF A POPULATION WILL BE. AS THE CURATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT THINGS WILL NOT GO AS YOU HAD HOPED OR PLANNED.