re: Get used to the Peloton holiday commercial

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I’m willing to be there are more boat owners that don’t fish vs ones that do.

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My husband mountain bikes and got a Peloton Aug 2018 to train for his rides (and because he knows I also love spin classes and would also use the bike on a regular basis). He has mostly done PowerZone training classes on the bike and has seen improvements on his rides on the trail.

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CNN)Peloton, the indoor bike start-up, released a new holiday ad that in another time may not have made a dent in the cultural conversation.

But this is 2019, and once the internet found the ad and pulled at its seams, there was no turning back.

Social media is awash in critics who have seen the ad and are confounded by its aims, accusing Peloton of peddling negative body image, unchecked privilege, and gross marital dynamics.

This much is clear: We're living in a post-Peloton holiday ad world now.

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Critics suggested it smacked of sexism. In a biting clip, comedian Eva Victor skewered the fact that a husband bought his wife an exercise bike seemingly unprompted -- what message does that send to the wife, then?

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but in this ad and others, it seems Peloton bikes are used only by people who are already fit.

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Perhaps it's the idea that a working mother has the time to record her daily fitness regimen for her husband's viewing pleasure -- and is she doing so against her will? Or maybe it's the use of the schmaltzy anthem "She's So High," a relic of an era when depictions of these marital dynamics were widespread?

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Is there really this many ugly, fat, poor people in this country?

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Why are Americans so triggered by this?

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Or maybe it's the use of the schmaltzy anthem "She's So High," a relic of an era when depictions of these marital dynamics were widespread?

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