Watching TV as I'm wont to do, I came across a commercial for Lifemates Canada - an online dating/matchmaking service.
The commercial seems innocuous enough, showing a woman complaining to the camera of the seemingly standard dilemma of stridently but fruitlessly trying to find a "perfect" partner.
Have a look:
Nice commercial, but what seems wrong here?
Check out the woman.
Now check out the man.
See anything out of place?
I cannot get over the fact that she would choose him.
She is quite a looker. She seems just nice. She seems fun.
Now check him out. He seems nice enough. He's also very average looking. He dresses like he shops at Moores. His job would probably be signing up World Vision donors on Yonge Street outside of a Starbucks.
I thought something was amiss about this unseemly seemingly random pairing.
Now most dating service ads use actual real couples who were joined up via their respective services. The people actual look like they would be with each other - there never seems to be any proverbial dating up or dating down within ranks (see eHarmony).
Could this be an actual, viable pairing?
Could she see something in him that was enough to make her see past his milquetoast exterior?
Nope.
Turns out they are actors.
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Couldn't Lifemates Canada find one good personable and telegenic couple to represent them in an ad? Seems not.
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