aibu to find new kfc advert offensive

[geezerhere]

Or am i being over sensitive? Guy pursues a lady over time on a bus. Finally 'gets' her. It is an advert for new burger called 'pulled chicken'.

I haven't seen it but it is my small but considered opinion that there are many many more offensive things to be getting het up about. Do you eat there much? Are you target demographic? I ask because to me everything about KFC is vile so I don't have anything to do with them, their shops, their products or their advertising.

A pulled chicken burger is the offensive bit! Yuk

It is a vomit inducing advert but I'd be more worried about KFC's terrible animal rights record tbh. Although I have eaten there recently... So I can't really talk!

can't see the problem. Many relationships only happen because one pursues the other until they give in and realise they do like the pursuer!

Unless by 'get' you mean he gets her by force?! But I can't imagine that being allowed on tv.

ahhh women not so much as independent human beings but more as a non-sentient prize to be won.

Nice.

But yeah feminism is soooo last century.....

He didn't pursue her though... he was trying to pluck (geddit?) up the courage to talk to her!

Why do you have to assume the bloke is being predatory?

The burger looks vile though.

The advert doesn't sound offensive, but KFC's bad animal rights records and lack of hygiene standards put me off them.

The joke seems to be that he pulls a "bird" in an advert for a pulled chicken burger, a play on words. I can see how that is offensive because it essentially compares a woman to a piece of meat! I am also more concerned about KFCs animal rights issues though.

Er.... i honestly think you're looking too deeply into this ad for meaning (there is very very little meaning in an ad for a burger!) It's hardly John Lewis. I think the 'pulled chicken' has nothing to do with the love story bit of the ad. I cant remember it clearly but I think / guess the tag line is something like "it takes time to get it right" something about TIME.
If the ad is from America I don't even think they use 'pulled' in the same way we do.