The Real talk about that viral Peloton holiday commercial that’s causing outrage

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It’s the holiday commercial that’s gone viral for all the wrong reasons, inspiring backlash and several memes and parodies. Peloton released a holiday commercial showing a husband gifting his wife a $2,000+ exercise bike. Social media has accused the ad of promoting an unhealthy marriage dynamic and peddling negative body images. Comedian Eva

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[urfad]

I'm glad everyone hates that ad.

[sundaymournin]

did it occur to no one that maybe the wife really enjoys cycling and had been talking about getting one?? if i woke up christmas morning to find my husband bought me an Indo-Row rower i'd be fucking stoked. but i like exercise and the rower is my preferred form of cardio so. idk.

[kary1591]

Lol same but with a treadmill. I need one at home!

[sundaymournin]

i swear every time i go to the gym and plan on only doing a cardio day, BOTH rowers are always broken!! it just reinforces my stance that we need a bigger place so i can put a rower in a separate room.

if i were to buy a treadmill, i would splurge on this bad boy:

https://www.woodway.com/products/curve/

[kary1591]

Damn that’s nice! I’d actually been looking into the Peloton one funnily enough.

https://www.onepeloton.com/tread

[beysactingcoach]

I feel like if I dig through the archives there’s probably an SVU episode that has the same storyline

Also I swear I remember looking up this bike when it came on the market awhile back and it was $1400 including the class membership

[yurasama_love]

It's so ridiculous

[windupbarbie]

Hahaha, I was half-jokingly telling my bf that commercial didn't sit right with me. Didn't think it was gonna cause actual outrage (but good, tbh).