Burger King "Whopper Virgins": Offensive or Harmless?

if they use poor villagers for their tests, they just might get paid for their participation.

Perhaps they are tasteless, but I don't find them harmful.

genius marketing move.

Well if olive oil can be virgin without offense why not a whopper virgin. Didn't realize the word was a "bad" one. People are so silly.

OMG it is BURGER KING! Hahaha. It is amazing how much people can care about commercials on television about a fast food place.

Except when the virgins are off camera:

I wish there were more than two answer choices here. I don't want to say that it's entirely harmless fun, but neither do I want to say that everything is ruined now because of a commercial.

The oddest thing about the whole 'Whopper Virgin' thing is, what does that mean about me since I've eaten a whopper? Does Burger King perceive the eating of a Whopper to be, on some level, a sexual act in which Burger King engages in coitus with the Whopper-eater? Are we being sexed by the Burger King when we eat there?

Think of your children eating a Whopper for the first time. Burger King is deflowering them. Ditto for these individuals overseas. All of them are getting sexed. They are getting Whopper Sex. MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!!


BURGER KING: "Are you ready to lose your whopper virginity, little lady?"

LITTLE LADY: "Can't you tell I'm already staring at your, um, whopper deflowering agent?"

Someone needs to SUE Burger King.

Offensive on many levels

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If you find these commercials offensive, then im offended by the "VIRGIN" Mary...

hahahahahaha man i think its funni that there is people that havent eaten a whopper...i mean how can that be offensive....pssssht...watever:)

They're just stupid. Somewhat offensive, in that they are not believable.

I find it offensive "Whopper Virgins" I feel that by calling a group of people and their culture "virgins" are calling them inexperienced , naive and "uncivilized". Mocking their culture and heritage. Just because they are not familiar with American society, does not make them uncivilized.

haha that is silly. they didnt say anything like that nor did they imply such notions in the commercials of being uncivilized. Id suggest you dont travel outside your home town, you would be a virgin to another town and might be mistaken as "inexperienced"

this is about as offensive as as the word "poop"

no its not offensive people just ned to quit whining , and complaing about every little thing. and for those of you who say this was a waste of money, are bastards, because millions of things get advertise for billions of dollars in htis country, so if it's such a big PROBLEM don't eat or shop anywhere that gets advertised.GOt it? as for me in my opinion i thought the commercial was pretty interesting and thoughtfull and creative. i loved it

AGREED!!!!!! :-D

I think the offensive part is that this ad campain cost millions and millions of dollars which could have been given to an organization to try to end world hunger! so yes i think that it is a waste of money when there are so many people out there that are starving and poor!

I hope you dont watch sports...or the superbowl...a 30 second spot costs 1 mill or more....and im willing to bet you dont buy extra food to give away when you shop.

Brilliant- Good on them...
"No humans were injured in the making of this commercial..."

people are so sensitive

People need to get a life, maybe be offended for people in their own country who have nothing to eat and no resources. The 'virgins' appear to have been dressed in some of their best clothes and then what, forced to try burgers against their will by gun-weilding Westerners? " I like seal meat better"- classic

so lets not start any litigation.

What would make them offensive exactly? Giving a person some free food and a little acknowledgement that they most likely agreed to? Call me weird but that isn't to offensive.

I have only seen em here and that doesnt seem to offensive... There are beer commericals more offensive... and they play them on Sundays... come on all you church goers... what about that... ok totally different subject..sorry

I really wish that people had thicker skin. Way too many things in the public eye are "offensive" to someone. I think that it is getting ridiculous. If you are one of those people who finds offense with every little thing - GET A LIFE!

They are funny. Also, those are actors. Puhleeze. Even if they were real subjects, the people are not being abused or ridiculed. In fact, they are being praised for their purity of palate. Have a sense of humor!

They are offensive because:
1. They adulterate the use of the word "virgin".
2. They think that the viewing audience is so stupid that they will believe to carefully selected comments by people who have never before tasted a hamburger (would they show someone spitting it out?).
3. They provide no objective information about the nutritional properties of their "food".

Get over it

I think people overreact

ok so the idea itself is not so bad (having someone whos never tried burgers before to try them) but I think they've taken it a bit too far with the way they're portraying these people and calling them virgins.... just a little too weird for me.

its and add...and your avitar has aguy in a tutu...i find that offensive...haha

yeah i guess ive changed my mind about it, not a big deal. and im sorry about the avatar? its from a movie, supposed to be funny...

not offensive but should they really trust the opinion of people who no not of the burger ways 0.0

Perhaps, any exposure is better than some exposure, but aside from
that, this commercial has absolutely nothing for Hmong people to feel
proud about. The producers of the commercial went around the world
looking for the most archaic civilizations in existence, and found the
Hmong living in Chang Mai. This series of commercials by BK are not
intended to highlight the cultural uniqueness of these so called
"whopper virgins." Instead, these commercials paint these cultures as
primitive and out of touch from the modern world. While there is
something to be said about, and perhaps even be proud of, a culture's
ability to remain autonomous despite the encroaching world, that is
not the aim of these commercials.

i think the commercial is simply for the purpose of them proving the goodness of their burgers.
gets too complicating when people start over analyzing the commercial. not like we look down on them or make fun of them because they are "out of touch from the modern world."
just enjoy the simple humour of the commercial.

All Commercials are offensive. Someday we will see the end of them as we have seen the end of Tobaco adds.

No matter who does what - someone will always find something to complain about. Until their is a lawsuit, leave it be.

Hey, who wouldn't want to eat a virgin? And are they really whopper's
before giving birth?