To others, she bore a striking resemblance to the possessed character who delivers the titular line in the horror movie “Get Out.”An Internet that rarely agrees on anything was seemingly united on this one thing: The Peloton ad was downright dystopian. ADAD“My husband got me a Peloton for Christmas, nothing weird about that!” comedian Eva Victor exclaimed in a widely shared parody video. But it’s been panned in the past for its ads — most notably due to a penchant for showing its bikes in opulent settings, as highlighted last year in a lengthy Twitter thread. And then there’s the company’s reaction to its previous brush with online mockery, the Twitter thread of bikes in fancy locations. “That thread demonstrated that Peloton has officially become part of the cultural conversation,” a company spokesperson told CNBC earlier this year.

Source: Washington Post December 03, 2019 22:38 UTC