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By MAMAMIA ROGUE
If this sad, dramatic tale of ball-smashing woe isn’t enough to encourage men to put on a condom, then nothing ever will be.
Described as “A fable of men who wished they could turn back time,” this commercial about the perils of procreation is fast becoming number one on the list of Durex’s awesome tongue-in-cheek ads about safe sex.
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryLwyk7vTNg
via Jezebel
Top Comments
The cynic in me suspects that the advice "Protect yourself" refers not only to the once-off threat of being harmed in the genitals, but to beware the havoc that kids in general wreak on their dads. 'Cause kids behaving badly sure is a good advertisement for safe sex....
I thought the double meaning was deliberate and self-evident?
So did I - until I read the comments below (and on YouTube - although I can never read too many there as those comments sections are virtual cesspools).
People are only mentioning the harm to the nether regions.
I generally only comment when I am adding something to the conversation that hasn't been mentioned - and this hadn't.
When my boys first started dating, I told them to always use a condom, even if she says she's on the pill, and never use a condom out of packet the girl may have at home. Always keep them where only they know they are. Too many women partake in the "oops" method of getting pregnant. After having a nephew trapped into pregnancy by his girlfriend poking a hole in one of her condoms with her earring, I suggested to my boys that if they didn't want to be a father, they get the snip until they were ready to be one, as it can be reversed. Thankfully the eldest took that advice.
To me, getting the snip is terrible advice! Anything could happen. It is surgery, not an ear piercing! There are risks in having the surgery and reversal is not guaranteed to be successful. He may end up childless or worse.
It's not always reversible, especially after a certain amount of time has passed. What a ridiculous suggestion.
Teach your boys to be responsible - with safe sex and their choice of women - and they should be fine.
I seriously doubt that many girls this tactic. I told both my sons and daughters that if it's not on, it's not on. I also suggested they be picky about who they have sex with - would they consider having a child with this person because no form of contraception is 100%.
"He may end up childless or worse"
CHILDLESS or worse?? Oh noes!! A man without a child! The sky is falling, the sky is falling!! Goodness, you make childlessness read like the coming of the Apocolypse. We live in enlightened times where people have freedom to choose what is best for them and their lifestyle therefore I do not understand why childlessness continues to portrayed as a negative. Maybe her son doesn't want children at all, if ever. Have you considered that? People who think about whether parenthood is for them prior to having kids should be applauded.
In the case of my married since 18 & voluntarily childless son and my equally childfree wonderful daughter-in-law who have been happily married 31 years, their lives are exciting, busy, and fulfilled without children. They work as part of a team doing wonderful research around the globe in the field of water purification and sanitation.
I certainly wouldn't consider their childlessness by design to something be whispered about in hushed tones as if it's some disease or disability, which is how the last line of your comment reads. Childlessness doesn't even come close to things like cancer, terminal illness, poverty, or systematic abuse and to use childlessness in the context of something to be pitied or to insinuate that childlessnes is always a "negative" is offensive.