Comments on: Castrol Think with your Dipstick

By: Doug K.

Doug K. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:17:28 +0000

I am a victim and survivor of severe child abuse. I remember the radio antenna in the hand of my Mother slicing through the air and making that distictive sound before it landed on various parts of my body. I am 55 years old now and even after all of these years when I see this commercial I “cringe” and many bad memories return to haunt me one more time. The violence displayed in this commercial has no place on national television to be viewed by children. What is the Castrol company thinking? It’s shameful…

By: John DiBiase

John DiBiase — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:17:42 +0000

This commercial sends a wrong message to children that hitting another human being is O.K.. Any physical punishment of another human being is an act of violence and when it occurs against children is an act of abuse.
John DiBiase C.E.D. http://www.stophitting.com
http://parentsagainstspankingassociation.blogspot.com

By: Carole Alexander

Carole Alexander — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:32:20 +0000

Hope they are happy with just a few fans, I as a woman found it degrading and disgusting, and if you think only men are in charge of the family cars, in homes with men, you are very wrong, not to mention all the single women. Very poor marketing research. Nobody wants to hear about your dipstick.

By: Juliana

Juliana — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:51:58 +0000

Wow, dudes. Found this site when trying to ID the actor w/the deadly dipstick & beard. (heh, heh, “dipstick.”) This ad cracks me up, but I’m one of those who likes 3 Stooges movies & “football to the groin” gags. A quick scan of the comments took my breath away. We must live in some wealthy and safe world when so many of us can spend our time creating/watching/analyzing/praising the creativity-or-bewailing the evils of 30 seconds or so seconds of advertising.

By: Mobes

Mobes — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:33:38 +0000

I find it curious how hateful these comments become, not toward the product (which is a good one) or the commercial (which is not) but toward the other people leaving comments.

And the most hateful ones are also the ones by people who can’t spell or string a decent sentence together. What does that tell us.

The ad industry is what it is. Morals and discretion tend to slip when profit is the goal. The old saw is the “sex sells.” I guess that’s true of violence as well.

There’s probably an actuarial table that tells them whether a controversial commercial will win more customers than it loses. That’s the line they won’t cross

By: Bob Puchala

Bob Puchala — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:56:12 +0000

I absolutely LOVE this commercial, will buy nothing but Castrol. Would love to see more of these commercials, and would love to whack everyone of you who hates it with a dipstick. Think with your dipsticks, conservatives.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:09:58 +0000

Ditto to the teacher, and their comment. I grew up a somewhat abused nerd, whimpy geek, who was quite often the target of bullies. Fortunately, I grew out of it, but have since (as a teacher myself-26 years) seen many kids emulate commercials such as this. It is without question, bad taste that the Catrol company would attempt to sell there product using such a poor example of social behavior. Congratulations to Castrol for achieving such a low.

By: Sal

Sal — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:04:39 +0000

I perceive that all or most of the negative comments are from Christian Folk. Well I am a Christian and I think a good one too and I think the Commercial is funny. It’s meant to be whimsical! Lighten up! If you want to be mad about something just take a good look at Politics here and around the globe. New World Order? Refocus people!

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:08:31 +0000

This is a great comercial. I laught everytime is comes on. Anyone who can complain about this comercial when we have an out of control government is an idiot.

By: Julie Thurman

Julie Thurman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:01:51 +0000

As a teacher, I STRONGLY OBJECT to this piece of trash you pass off as a commercial. Some of my students, and others in my school have started using sticks, yard sticks, and worse, going around smacking their classmates, siblings, and other children, while saying: “Think with your dipstick!” There is still enough violence on TV without having commercials encourage mindless, useless abuse. REMOVE THIS COMMERCIAL FROM THE AIRWAVES IMMEDIATELY!