The World is Angry at your Abundance of Washing Machines!!!

Ive had this conversation with my wife before, but thought i would share with all you wonderful peoples. Currently on television there is a commercial for Kijiji Canada that I like to make fun of. If you don't know what Kijiji is, it is another Craigslist; if you don't know what Craigslist is, it is like a local eBay; if you don't know what eBay is, you are probably Amish and aren't reading this anyways.

This commercial features a Canadian man, holding a box of washing detergent at a bus stop, in the cold of winter. A deep voiced man narrates throughout explaining that the man is a local hero, he used Kijiji to buy himself a used washer and dryer, and in doing so, helped out a neighbor and saved himself $300

Sure, I can get behind this, you can not only use Kijiji to buy used items, they also have both washers and dryers on there from time to time. Plus, people don't sell for retail, so he probably did save $300, rather than buying brand new (I'd even venture to say he saved more, if you take into account taxes and extended warranty). I'll even go with the local hero part, maybe he helped a local youth center by buying their extra appliances to keep it open, who knows?

But that's where the truth in advertising ends, and the craziness begins. The narrator then claims that, by buying these appliances, this local hero has, and I quote... "Ensured a brand new appliance wasn't manufactured, and the planet thanks him for that"...

...WHAT!?!?!?!

Do they not know how capitalism or the world of mass production works? No entity in the entire world is so on the pulse of buying and selling that they would know when some joe blow in the middle of nowhere bought a used appliance off the Internet. The cost and physical ability of something like that would be staggering.

It's just a small little thing that I find both stupid and funny all at the same time. Stupid cause I think they are serious, and funny cause I love the thought of every time something used is purchased off of the Internet, a man in an office gets a giant email alert with flashing lights and a loud horn.

Then awoken suddenly from a nap this man jumps from his chair and runs through the halls yelling at the top of his lungs "STOP!! SHUT IT DOWN!!!. He then bursts through a door at he end of a long hallway, nearly killing himself from slipping on the freshly mopped linoleum, and hits a red button that halts all production. Phew that was close, one extra almost got made.

Regardless of how much I find this funny/stupid, but see for yourself and make your own judgement. Here is the commercial...