To be annoyed by the latest Quorn mince ad?

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It shows a family with three children enjoying a Quorn spag Bol happy in the knowledge that it’s good for their climate footprint.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=WVzciQdpFM4

Or is it meant to be tongue in cheek?

Well, it certainly reduces my DH's footprints as he can't leave the bathroom after eating quorn! 😂

Eatuing meat is bad for the planet. This is common knowledge.

Is your issue the fact that they have 3 children rather than fewer than 2?

At the end of the day the children can't be erased so doing what you can to reduce their carbon footprint is a good thing.

And the issue is?

What do you object to?

Are you saying if you have three children you may as well not bother with any other measures? Just go mad on flights and single use plastic?

You didn't say why you are annoyed but I voted YBU because the advert said that reducing meat intake will reduce your carbon footprint which it will.

Yes, I’m sure a better ad for Quorn would show a tasty meal being prepared for Mum as she returns from the abortion clinic...

FFS.

The issue I think is that society still considers only children to be some sort of abhorrence so I guess advertisers don't want to portray that sort of family

......anyway.

You didn't say what you were annoyed about.

What do you object to exactly? Oh because they have 3 kids. Well MN is not the place to have any constructive conversation about how many kids people should have.

@OmgThereAreNoPlanesAboveMeNow me neither. Just doesn’t agree with me at all.

It’s an American ad, so I assume the irony is lost on them.

Now now OP, you know they were all accidental pregnancies and now their father has left them and their mother gave up work while unmarried so now has to feed them Quorn because she can't afford meat as they had to leave the family home because her name wasn't on the deeds and now lived in rented accommodation with an evil landlord.

I don't really get what there is to object to?

Quorn adverts always depict smug cunts - it's the market they are trying to appeal to, after all!

Riiiiiiight.

I don’t claim to live like an environmental saint. I just think there’s an irony in the ad.

How is it an American ad?

It’s an odd aspect of the benefit of the product to choose to market - I can’t imagine a meat eater watching that and suddenly thinking ‘blimey they’re spot on, I’ll start eating that now as it will reduce my carbon footprint!’. So it’s a shit advert. However I have zero fucks left right now to be annoyed about it!

I think many people are worried about the carbon footprint of their diet

Lots of ads are - they are dubbed over for UK audience. There’s a US version on YouTube too.

I just think there’s an irony in the ad.

What's the irony?

What’s the irony?

No idea why you think this is tongue in cheek?