So, that Peloton commercial...

[TeamPooka]

The husband gives his anorexic, and needs to eat a sandwich, wife a piece of exercise equipment that he doesn’t even bother to gift wrap, so she shoots a video of herself using the bike as a gift for him.

Someone at Peloton did not understand O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Maybe her gift to him should be a divorce summons.

[renegade000]

2. Someone was right on that thought...

https://mobile.twitter.com/evaandheriud/status/1201610153549848580

[mr_lebowski]

3. I think the idea is that's it's something he knew she wanted ... just kinda a logical supposition

As opposed to assuming that he got it for her to make a statement about her being out of shape/overweight and needing to get the hell on the bike.

I mean, it seems to me like the former was more the look/vibe they were going for, but I could be wrong ...

[TeamPooka]

5. He couldn't even find a big red bow to put on it?

He couldn’t even find a big red bow to put on it?

[Raine]

6. Yup, he knew that's what she

wanted and he wanted to make her happy by getting it for her. Geesh everything gets put under a microscope and torn to pieces anymore.

[mr_lebowski]

4. I have a much bigger objection to all commercials where men buy a $60K+ vehicle for their wives

As 'surprises' ... it offends me on a whole bunch of levels ... the primary one being it's trying to put the idea in men's heads that 'real men who really want their spouse to love them have a lot of money and they're so manly they can make decisions on big ticket items all on their own, and women are always impressed and delighted by such surprises, along with this admirable trait in those real men!'

I would never in 1000 years thought about 'buying my wife an expensive car as a gift' w/o talking to her about it. But then, my wife left, so ... what do *I* know?

[murielm99]

7. Whether she left or stayed,

you are correct about not buying a car without talking to your wife.

My husband did that to me. It was not an expensive care like a Lexus, but he still should not have done it. I let him know what a shithead he was, too.

[safeinOhio]

8. American dream, rich man with beautiful wife.

Seems to be a nightmare to me. No one goes thru spouses more than the rich and beautiful.

[Dave Starsky]

12. If you want be happy for the rest of your life...

[GeorgeGist]

11. Moreover, it implies...

she couldn't buy it herself.

[tikka]

9. So you pay $2,500 for a stationary bike or

you pay $58 dollars a month. It looks all peachy keen until you realize that it's another $39 a month for the video trainer part. That's about $100 a month. Not for the budget conscious I guess.

[hlthe2b]

10. My issue with Peloton is the damned LOUD drill sargeant that screams in the radio ads

If any of you listen to MSNBC via tune-in radio, it runs constantly.

Damn, who the hell wants someone screaming at them like that at daybreak on the damned exercise bike? Those ads honestly make me homicidal. (fortunately, I'm by nature a pacifist)...

[Roland99]

13. An alternate take is she wants it to train, not lose weight

Valid?