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Would you get your significant other a stationary exercise bike for Christmas?

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Please click on the video in this Twitter post

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


And here's the original Peleton ad

https://youtu.be/pShKu2icEYw

Posted - December 4, 2019

Responses


  • 44619
    No...it wouldn't be able to keep up with her.
      December 4, 2019 6:06 PM MST
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  • 5391
    No. We have a pool. 
      December 4, 2019 7:05 PM MST
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  • 10026
    I'm jealous! ;) :)  In a good way. :) :) This post was edited by Merlin at December 5, 2019 7:37 AM MST
      December 5, 2019 2:25 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I think he should try one.   Youtube screws with me all the time.  It was Lance Armstrong falling off his bike.  Chuckle Chuckle.  

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 5, 2019 2:26 AM MST
      December 4, 2019 7:21 PM MST
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  • 44619
    Error message. Armstrong doesn't have a ball to screw with you.
      December 4, 2019 7:30 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Big bouncing, giggling!
      December 5, 2019 2:27 AM MST
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  • 34283
    Only if I knew he wanted one. This post was edited by my2cents at December 5, 2019 9:38 AM MST
      December 5, 2019 4:24 AM MST
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  • 10026
    Practical.  Never clutter your mind or space. :) :)
      December 5, 2019 11:15 AM MST
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  • 6988
    I once brought home an assortment of good exercise equipment I picked up for free in a wealthy neighborhood I was making a delivery in. The lady said " take it all away, it doesn't get used."  Suddenly we had an 'exercise' room with a stair-stepper, a good stationary bike, and some other thing that never got used. She never touched the stuff. 
      December 5, 2019 8:06 AM MST
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  • 1152
    That's how it usually goes with exercise equipment.
      December 5, 2019 9:52 AM MST
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  • 10026
    They are great laundry racks!!
    ;) :)
    They're just incognito as exercise equipment.
      December 5, 2019 11:11 AM MST
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  • 10026
    This was the last question I came to last night.  I sat on it for a while and then decided to go to bed.
    ;) :)
      December 5, 2019 9:41 AM MST
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  • 1152
    In other words, you were concerned you might get the urge to exercise, so you sat down and waited until the danger passed...
      December 5, 2019 9:53 AM MST
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  • 10026
    In other words, I found sitting on it worked better in bed. ;) :)
      December 5, 2019 10:25 AM MST
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  • 7792
    Not if she's already "bone-thin".
      December 5, 2019 9:43 AM MST
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  • 1152
    Well, that was kind of the point people were making in objecting to the Peleton commercial. The actress/model in the spot is clearly quite slender, so a boyfriend/husband getting her an exercise bike is (without some specific context) implicitly insulting.
      December 5, 2019 9:56 AM MST
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  • 44619
    Stationary bikes don't usually increase muscle mass. They are great for cardio.
      December 5, 2019 10:29 AM MST
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  • 1152
    Well, exactly!

    Most people buy exercise equipment with the goal of losing weight. If your wife already looks like a fashion model, what sort of
    message are you sending by purchasing her an exercise bike?

    With a few simple contextual tweaks, e.g the wife wants to take her fitness to the next level and compete in a triathlon, they
    could have made the commercial sensible instead of insulting.
      December 5, 2019 10:33 AM MST
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  • 44619
    It's only an ad, but it did seem to get attention here.
      December 5, 2019 10:37 AM MST
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  • 10026
    Excellent point. :) :)
      December 5, 2019 10:34 AM MST
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  • 10026
    I never looked at it from that prespective.  Maybe they are pushing if you get one, your wife will look like this?  
    You make a great point.  A sad message to send.  
      December 5, 2019 10:30 AM MST
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  • 44619
    (I doubt she has a wife.)
      December 5, 2019 10:39 AM MST
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  • 10026
    Wife or not, it's the exercise that counts. 
      December 5, 2019 10:40 AM MST
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  • 1893
    No that is what we have a gym for.  She does have spiked tires for her Mountain Bike, so do I
      December 6, 2019 4:53 AM MST
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