If only.
  • 9 points tinglep

    Knew what it was from the first second. Still hits hard.

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  • 5 points EmperorChop2

    What is this?

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    9 points Cutthechitchata-hole

    Superbowl commercial

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    2 points Time_Difficulty_3594

    a super bowl commercial from i believe 2000 that showcases a what if scenario of the closest thing God has let us have to a real life superman Christopher Reeve walking again after his horse named buck quite literally did a stoppie and threw him in a way that detached his skull from his spine, leaving him paralyzed from the c2 vertebra down for the remaining 9 years of his life. knowing how much of a magical human being he was and what happened in 2004...this hits the heart hard.

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    3 points funky_grandma

    the horse's name was Buck?! oh man, I didn't know that

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    1 points WORTHLESS1321202019

    False hope... No pun intended 

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  • 2 points ShapePhysical2008

    RIP Luis Torres Jr.

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  • 4 points WORTHLESS1321202019

    😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 Such lying ass ad... 

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    6 points TheHype37

    Well…yeah. There is still massive advancements through medical healing via stem cell research, but when certain parties choose to target not only the health administrations that search for these advancements, as well as the means of getting these stem cells, it has no choice but to become a “lying ass ad”, as you so maturely phrased it.

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    2 points DJEvillincoln

    There's no money in keeping people healthy. 🤷🏾‍♂️

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    2 points sidmis

    😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 Such lying ass ad... -Lex Luthor

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    -5 points Time_Difficulty_3594

    what the fuck are you on about

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  • 3 points syrion22

    I miss American optimism.

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    8 points almostselfrealised

    This isn't optimism, it's peak capitalism. It's the most dystopian shit I've ever seen. Preying on people's hope to shill a product.

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    2 points DJEvillincoln

    The ad agency didn't see it that way. Neither did the director or Chris Reeves.

    Y'all think these ads just come out of the anus of all the bad companies like there's some white dude in a golden chair making these decisions. Nah.

    SOURCE: I work in advertising.

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    1 points jamiecarl09

    Ahh, so YOU'RE the white dude in the golden chair.

    Get him boys!!

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    2 points RoundApart9440

    Optimism through capitalism, you can’t deny people who understand degrees. Financial authoritarianism sounds waaaaay more dystopian.

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  • 1 points richman678

    Would be nice if true.

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  • 1 points bargman

    An investment company?

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  • 1 points Time_Difficulty_3594

    I just thought of something hilarious. So in the year 2000, they were able to do this, make the REAL superman walk again and make it look nearly perfect. But try to hide henry cavill's mustache 16 years later? Nope!

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  • 1 points bleedgreenandyellow

    I wonder if insurance covers that?

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  • 1 points LatinRex

    Corporate greed enters the chat

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  • 1 points PlaymakerJavi

    Was that the Asian lady from the Freaky Friday remake I saw in that ad?

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    [removed]

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  • 0 points harderthenlasttime

    Wow, that hit hard.

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  • 0 points factualopinion2

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    1 points Time_Difficulty_3594

    mkay...and what the hell does Jeffrey Epstein and the 47th President laughing their asses off in 1992 have ANYTHING to do with Christopher Reeve, spinal reconstruction research, or superman?

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