Okay, um…I am not sure if anyone here has ever seen the commercial for a new website called ‘onlinebootycall’ [which will now be referred to as OBC] because it usually only airs on television from 3am until 6am.
When I first saw the commercial I wondered if it was fake. I thought for sure at any given moment I would hear the phrase ‘Live From Saturday Night’ kick in and laughter would ensue.
However and much to my surprise, this was in fact a REAL commercial. It was a genuine advertisement for an ‘online dating service’ that caters exclusively to one-night-stands.
And by ‘online dating service’ that caters exclusively to one-night-stands, I mean one-way ticket to, “Hello Doctor, what is ‘this’ and why is it burning?”
You see, in the commercial they compare two very different kinds of dates happening simultaneously. They show a stereotypical ‘e-Harmony’ date complete with the wholesome looking girl asking a noticeably uninterested man what are his ‘core values’. The ‘e-Harmony’ date is seated right next to an ‘OBC’ date where two strangers get totally super touchy feely all over each other and make out in public.
Click HERE if you’d like to watch it for yourself.
[Warning: You may want to step into a full body reinforced condom before viewing. You’re welcome.]
I almost hate to admit this, but this single girl, got annoyed by the way the commercial portrayed the ‘e-Harmony’ date out to be such a bad thing. Not that I have ever been on an ‘e-harmony date’ personally. Maybe ‘e-harmony’ dates really are that bad. But, OBC acts as if wanting to get to know someone, or being in search of a real relationship is wrong or something to mock.
We all know dating is a total nightmare as I am sure everyone here can attest to that. But, by the end of the commercial I actually feel bad for the ‘e-Harmony’ girl because I have been that very girl.
I am just looking for a real relationship, with a decent man, who can Take Me As I Am. Unfortunately for me, I’ve been doing that with little to no success. And it’s ever so frustrating out here in the single world.
Seriously people. I am out of ideas. I am out of ideas on how to meet new people. And when I say ‘new people’ I mean: single, available, smart, funny, stable, gainfully employed men, which remotely meet my not-so-high standards. Short of wearing a sandwich board with painted on letters “Ready. Willing. And Able” and ringing a cow bell, asking aloud if there are, “Any Takers?” I haven’t a clue how to attract the type of man I am looking for.
But I digress.
Now, I want you to know that I wasn’t going to blog about this commercial because I didn’t want to promote that kind of dating service website. They seem to be the sort of ‘company’ that would welcome any kind of free advertising even if it were chock filled with negative connotations.
But then I calmed down and got to thinking.
I think OBC may actually be providing a wonderful service. Just imagine if all the shady single guys who are only in search of a one-night stand and/or solely interested in a booty call had already been weeded out and pooled together in one place? What if one website, housed all the fear of commitment game players who will say anything, like promising a lifetime supply of unicorns and rainbows, just to get into a chicks pants?
That could really help a girl like me avoid finding myself in otherwise sticky dating situations.
Those kind of men can now cancel their accounts on all of the websites for people who truly are looking to share their life and build a future, and head on over to herpesville, where they belong.
Thus creating a safer, more-friendly, dating environment for the rest of us!
So, Thank you OBC for creating the perfect place for people who are not interested in relationships but rather enjoy the veritable breeding ground for STD’s.
Thanks Meleah! I’m going to put a link up on my friends links section to your blog right now!
I can understand the kind of man who would use OBC…any male under the age of 57 (my current age) who is breathing would be my guess (at age 57 medications and other bodily failures take care of the horn-dog problem). But I can’t help but wonder about the female who would be attracted to such a service. And I would also wonder if her medical testing is current with all results negative. I guess it takes all kinds to make up a world.
MOMO:
It really would make the dating pool a lot better if we removed all of these people and confined them into one space.
🙂
Marty:
YAY!
Lee:
I am forever amazed with what people WILL do!
Here I’ve been thinking the OBC commercials were some kind of gag…like Saturday Night Live…
Imagine my horror when I found out they are for real!!
I have DishNetwork…the satellite system thingie…and, I kid you not, those disgusting commercials don’t only air at night…you can see them all day long.
And, here’s what is REALLY disgusting…
You can see them on kid’s networks, like Toon or Boomerang.
*shakes head sadly, muttering to herself…*
Deborah:
Woman I thought these were FAKE too! I lost my lid when I found out this was REAL. I mean, Eeeww! And to broadcast these in the middle of the night is one thing, but IN THE DAY and ON KIDS NETWORKS? Um…YIKES.
I agree; OBC is scary. I think of the Robin Williams line about casual sex: “Can we just boil ourselves first?”
Re: the guy who is intimidated by smart, funny women: his loss. I love smart women, so don’t hide your light under a basket, M! Not everyone recognizes quality immediately, so keep on keepin’ on!
Oh yes, I just saw this commercial yesterday, at 2 O'clock in the afternoon, on TBS at the gym of the CATHOLIC HOSPITAL where I work! I too thought it must be a joke, since surely there are some laws of decency that prohibit the blatant advertising of endlessly accessible one-night stands while children watch, but apparently NO! I'm a YOUNG 35-year-old LIBERAL who was completely horrified that our world has come to this, and there it is on TBS in the middle of the day! 25 % of new HIV cases in our country occur in the under-25 population, of all races, genders, and sexual orientation. More than 1/4 of children over the age of 12 have an STD on one sort or another! Did you know that? And approximately half of all girls in the US (only half here, because we actually enforce sexual predation laws) are sexually assaulted before they turn 18. Never mind just the religious or moral objections to this OBC business, never mind the fact that it obliterates every self-preserving and self-esteem-building value we break our necks to instill in our children, put aside the worthless meaninglessness of casual sex with strangers from the internet, IT'S DANGEROUS AND PEOPLE WILL GET SICK AND DIE OR BE ASSAULTED AND POSSIBLY DIE! If there is really no legal objection we can site to shut down predatory businesses like this (and I can't believe there isn't), then we the people need to do something as a thinking, concerned group! What' going to be next ?!? http://www.tapthat@*!!.com????
Yeah, I know. Its fucking CRAZY. I hate that commercial and that website.
Oh yes, I just saw this commercial yesterday, at 2 O'clock in the afternoon, on TBS at the gym of the CATHOLIC HOSPITAL where I work! I too thought it must be a joke, since surely there are some laws of decency that prohibit the blatant advertising of endlessly accessible one-night stands while children watch, but apparently NO! I'm a YOUNG 35-year-old LIBERAL who was completely horrified that our world has come to this, and there it is on TBS in the middle of the day! 25 % of new HIV cases in our country occur in the under-25 population, of all races, genders, and sexual orientation. More than 1/4 of children over the age of 12 have an STD on one sort or another! Did you know that? And approximately half of all girls in the US (only half here, because we actually enforce sexual predation laws) are sexually assaulted before they turn 18. Never mind just the religious or moral objections to this OBC business, never mind the fact that it obliterates every self-preserving and self-esteem-building value we break our necks to instill in our children, put aside the worthless meaninglessness of casual sex with strangers from the internet, IT'S DANGEROUS AND PEOPLE WILL GET SICK AND DIE OR BE ASSAULTED AND POSSIBLY DIE! If there is really no legal objection we can site to shut down predatory businesses like this (and I can't believe there isn't), then we the people need to do something as a thinking, concerned group! What' going to be next ?!? http://www.tapthat@*!!.com????
Yeah, I know. Its fucking CRAZY. I hate that commercial and that website.
Unbelievable commercial! But if we over promote OBC, aren’t you afraid there will be nobody under sixty left on e-harmony? Just askin …
HA!
And…. NO!