Anyone else find the "23andMe" advert creepy? (Vanity)

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[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I have seen this running today on FOX and I think it's creepy. So you get a 'testing kit' and send it off to a lab??? To find out about myself?

[catnipman]

What’s REALLY creepy are the Al Jazeera ads plastered all over piratically every TV show on every cable channel.

[VietVet]

I would be interested, but not at $100 a pop.

I am of English/German/Irish heritage, but somehow ended up with O+ blood type. I’m curious as to whether there might be some American Indian genes in there, from back in the 17th Century, or ... who knows?

[James C. Bennett]

O+ doesn’t necessarily mean you have heritage in addition to the ones you listed.

O+ is a universal blood group found in all races.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Ever been to the "18AndMe" site?

[djf]

I'm gettin a bit burned out on Jan from the Toyota commercials.

But she's still a billion times better than the most washed out hag in advertising history...
Put that cow out to pasture, puhleeeeeze!

[Rodamala]

Sasquatch IS something I haven't seen before!!!

Say goodbye to Sasquatch

[Rodamala]

I read somewhere long ago that of all people, it’s a 50-50 split on if they think Flo is hot or not.

I see your “not” vote and hereby nullify it with my “hot” vote.

Lookin’ good, Flo! (Lookin’ reeeal good.)

[rfp1234]

Looks like Gore and ManBearPigfoot.

[ApplegateRanch]

They need to flush Aunt Flo; there’s something unsanitary about her...maybe it’s the unnaturally red lips.

[catfish1957]

I agree. Also am I the only one who would like to stomp on that faggy sounding gecko?

[ApplegateRanch]

I’d like to feed that thing to the Roadrunner.

[Piranha]

I had the opportunity to have my DNA checked for no charge at Ancestry.com. I was going to do it until I read the agreement, which gave them the right to use the information for any purpose and to change the purposes after the fact.

[Prospero]

Yes, it is "creepy." Like most advertisements, designed to provoke an emotional response and by-pass critical thinking. It's also a product "bound to happen," perhaps even useful, if a bit premature.

Hopefully, such a broad ranging company, in search of a larger audience than academia and medical research, could reduce the cost of DNA-typing, if not the quality.

But, yes... the ad is, as you said, "creepy," catering to the religion of self-idolatry.

[VietVet]

True, but much less prevalent among western Europeans than Central Asians or some American Indians.