Commercials Showing Us as a Nation of Wimps

The Liberty Mutual commercial starts with a mom saying that Liberty Mutual stood by them when her son got a flat tire.

The camera then quickly cuts to two young boys who are trying to understand what a lug wrench is.

Really? Did the Liberty Mutual kid call his mommy when he got a flat tire?

Is it really possible for two young boys who haven’t a clue what a lug wrench is?

Three words come to mind: wimps, wimps, wimps. Makes me want to scream; ‘Hey wussy boy, get off your mobile phone, get out of the car and change your tire’.

Our generation of young men has fallen prey to the ad agency commercial culture of bottled water, cell phones, and fashion fads. We have raised a nation of kids who are afraid to get a little grease under their fingernails.

When I was a teenager, we changed our motor oil, brakes, and tires, mowed the lawn, and even drank from the garden water hose.

Our choice of high-fashion tennis shoes was KEDs, Converse All-Stars, or Goodrich PF Flyers.

And yes, we knew how to change a flat tire.

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