Party of One

I just saw a completely deceptive ad for the Toyota Prius.

First it shows people doing things like planting trees and cleaning up parks. Then it says that the guy driving a Prius is “cleaning the air.” That is an absolute lie!

Don’t get me wrong. I think that driving a hybrid is a great step in the right direction, since it obviously doesn’t make the air as “dirty” as a non-hybrid. But last time I looked into it, hybrid technology does not remove emissions from the air in any way, shape, or form. And they didn’t just try to imply that it cleans the air. They flat out said “[some guy's name] is cleaning the air”.

As if (some) people who drive hybrids weren’t pretentious enough, now you’re going to try to make them think they’re actually reversing air pollution?!

“Oh you got a Hybrid? Good for you!” “Thaaannks!”

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