Everything on YouTube that's not related to Obama gets positive comments, no matter how terrible it is.

I was referring to this commercial. Unless this commercial was prophesizing the healthcare debate! It's in Revelation, people!

Well, shirts are a good, internet access is a service. That's the main problem with their analogy; it's impossible to transfer ownership rights for a service, unless of course you're talking about a slave labour setup. And actually, that might not be such a bad idea! I'd be fine with my ISP being treated as my own personal indentured servant, but obviously that's never going to happen.

That said, the underlying message is good. My biggest problem with this commercial isn't the message itself, but the fact that CLEAR does not actually believe what it is saying. The internet should not have any limitations at all; no data caps and no usage policies. Information is, after all, the world's first and only true post-scarcity commodity, and as we can no doubt all agree, any restrictions placed upon non-scarce resources are inherently unnatural and wrong! But fat chance finding an ISP, let alone a mobile network ISP, who shares this point of view.

You're absolutely right about the whistling/uke trend. I never noticed it until you pointed it out, but now I realize that twenty years from now, when they're parodying the crude television of this era, the wretched whistling or ukelele at the end of every damn commercial will be a fat target.

I think it's a generational thing; they're trying to appeal to us young, wired hipsters, and they think being quirky and unimposing is the way to do it. And what's quirkier and less imposing than whistling while strumming a ukelele?

I usually notice that stuff in tech commercials, like iPads, TVs, hybrid cars, and smartphones. Financial institutions, like banks and insurance companies, seem to like it, too. I'm sure there's some techno-Illuminati symbolism going on here.

don't forget the jazzy brushed drums

In my household, we just call it "that plinky plinky music from the Apple commercials."

It's not really young people. it's people looking to be comfortable, so it's more like people looking to buy a house, just a had a kid.

I liked whistling and ukeleles before they were cool.

So, like, 1920 or so?

Yes, perhaps my white-man rage over the insignificant is the real exhibit here moreso than the actual video. I'll take it!

Yeah, I barely even remember this dumb commercial, which is really no more stupid than most commercials. But clearly it is causing Prickly Pete much consternation, so this is a great submission.