What happens if you take Transylvanian farmers who have never eaten a burger and ask them to compare Whopper versus Big Mac in the world’s purest taste test? Will they prefer the Whopper? These are the Whopper Virgins.

A new ad campaign by Burger King, Whopper Virgins, simulates an anthropological experiment by visiting poor, underdeveloped countries to recruit indigenous people for a “challenge.” They present people who have never had a burger with a platter. On the platter are two burgers, one by Burger King and the other by McDonald’s. The footage features people from Romania, the Hmong tribe of Thailand and the Inuit of Greenland all trying a burger for the first time with a large emphasis on their reaction. The biggest message it sends out is that your existing customers, the ones who actually buy the product already, are so intoxicated on it that they can’t tell the difference between yours and the other competing burger.

The documentary was released worldwide on December 6 and directed by former skateboarding champion Stacy Peralta. It has had mixed reviews as it’s been labeled mainly offensive.

“It’s outrageous,” said Sharon Akabas of the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University. “What’s next? Are we going to start taking guns out to some of these remote places and ask them which one they like better? The ad’s not even acknowledging that there’s even hunger in any of these places.”

“That’s a stupid commercial, because when you’re hungry, anything tastes good,” said Irvin Gatone, 42, of the Bronx.

Jacqueline Renee, 35, of Manhattan, said it’s a good idea. “Not everyone is as fortunate as us to be able to pull up and get a burger,” she said.

The money spent on this idiotic campaign would have been better spent on feeding and taking care of these people instead of exploiting them in this absurd marketing research scam.

Related posts:

1. A Lot of Learnin’
2. The Last Few Days

You make your own noodles.

You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil.

You are standing next to the two largest suitcases at the airport.

You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone’s house.

You can fit 10 people into a Dacia.

You have rugs covering every inch of your house.

You have or had rugs on your walls.

Your mom tells you you’re too skinny even though your 30 pounds overweight.

You ever heard of ’stomach stew’.

Your mom recycles plastic cups and paper plates, and sandwich bags by washing them.

You don’t know how to use a dishwasher.

You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.

You use grocery bags to hold garbage.

Your dad ever butchered a pig or lamb.

You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.

Your parents call you farm animals when you get them mad.

Your dad ever told you to smack yourself over the mouth for being disrespectful.

Your mom washes your clothing at 40.

You don’t use measuring cups when cooking.

You feel like you’ve gotten a good deal if you didn’t pay tax.

You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m.

If you don’t live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you’ve eaten, even if it’s midnight.

When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you’re talking to a distant cousin.

Your parents don’t realize phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.

You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them away from getting dirty.

It’s “normal” if your wedding has 600 people.

You don’t know half the people at your wedding because your parents invited them.

You’ve seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train.

You have mastered the art of bargaining in grocery shopping.

You walk out of the grocery store with no less then two packed shopping carts weekly.

You’re proud to be Romanian!!!

Related posts:

1. Mind Your Garbage

とにかく…

昨晩グーグルビデオで遊んで、ルーマニアの音楽を見つけた。下にルーマニア語から日本語までコーラスの翻訳だ。

Activ – Visez

Tu esti viaţă mea
Şi as vrea sa stii
Te port cu mine în gând
Orice ar fi
Vezi în ochii mei
Tot ce-ţi doreşti
Ai vrea să-mi spui
Că mă iubeşti

アクティブ – 思い知らせて

君はわが心だ
と思っていることを君に知ってほしいんだ。
私のことを考えているで
君は何でもできる。
私の目の中に
したいことは何でもすることが読み取れる。
君は私に
心の悩みを話してほしい。

俺の翻訳はあまり正確な訳じゃないと思う。

他のビデオ、Doar cu Tine（君だけと）、Superstar、Zile cu Tine（君と過ごした日々）。

No related posts.