Matt Damon is trending on Twitter for the most bizarre advertisement for cryptocurrency and no one likes it.
Somehow, in 2022, advertisers are still pushing the masculine tropes fragile men keep falling for.
This advertisement plays on the idea investing in cryptocurrency is equal to climbing mountains, flying one of the first ever airplanes, finding love in a club and going into outer space.
Damon says in the commercial:
"As they peer over the edge , they calm their minds and steel their nerves with four simple words that have been whispered by the intrepid since the time of the Romans."
"Fortune favors the brave."
All this while intense music plays in the background.
Damon was probably the worst spokesperson for Crypto to choose.
If you don't remember, Damon spoke to the fact that he just recently stopped using the homophobic f-slur because his daughter called him out on it.
Twitter definitely didn't forget.
Matt Damon talking about let\u2019s go into the future like didn\u2019t you just stop saying the F word last year https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1477854072908697604\u00a0\u2026— Shelagh Dolan (@Shelagh Dolan) 1641183107
because Matt Damon doesn't actually say anything real in that crypto ad, you can make the url at the end whatever you want and it still makes the exact same amount of sensepic.twitter.com/pMHnvjz7eQ— Hard Drive (@Hard Drive) 1641240672
Love the suggestion that space exploration is old hat compared to proving you spent $400k on a picture of a primate in a bolo tie.— Mike Bachmann \ud83d\udd59 (@Mike Bachmann \ud83d\udd59) 1641241191
bravely risking my family's life savings and children's futures— Mystletoe \u2744 (@Mystletoe \u2744) 1641241914
Hello, I am Matt Damon. You might know me from that time I played an astronaut. And that other time I did it again, but that was an evil astronaut. Anyway, as a synonym to the future, I'd like to talk to you about my brand new invention, holographic museums— I collect crying cats (@I collect crying cats) 1641242345
At Spider-Man and before the previews we got Matt Damon in an ad for Crypto and my nephew yelled \u201cwhatever, Mark Wahlberg\u201d and honestly I cannot imagine a better roast.— A.R. (Antifa Roomba) Moxon (@A.R. (Antifa Roomba) Moxon) 1640902463
There isn\u2019t enough yuck in the world to describe Matt Damon advertising a Ponzi scheme.pic.twitter.com/np28O8mlHB— Carole Cadwalladr (@Carole Cadwalladr) 1641210692
[matt damon strolls past a spanish galleon] are you going to put your life savings into the pretend computer dog money that you can\u2019t spend or are you a pussy— Ulysses S. Cocksman (@Ulysses S. Cocksman) 1641158914
saddest thing about Matt Damon's macho-baiting crypto pitch where the viewer must ACT NOW or he's a weak pussy is that this is a top 3 classic pitch all financial schemes have used to goad men into forking over their paltry savings. Nothing has changed in 150 years— Adam H. Johnson (@Adam H. Johnson) 1641224041
My favorite 2021 theater experience was a double feature of Cronenberg\u2019s THE FLY and TITANE. \n\nA close second was when they showed that Matt Damon commercial before HOUSE OF GUCCI and when it was revealed to be about cryptocurrency the entire theater bust out laughing.pic.twitter.com/NolDfkzPty— \ud835\udd46\ud835\udd53\ud835\udd5a-\ud835\udd4e\ud835\udd52\ud835\udd5f \ud835\udd41\ud835\udd52\ud835\udd53\ud835\udd63\ud835\udd60\ud835\udd5f\ud835\udd5a\ud835\udd56 (@\ud835\udd46\ud835\udd53\ud835\udd5a-\ud835\udd4e\ud835\udd52\ud835\udd5f \ud835\udd41\ud835\udd52\ud835\udd53\ud835\udd63\ud835\udd60\ud835\udd5f\ud835\udd5a\ud835\udd56) 1640890500
am i supposed to believe that Matt Damon only accepted a crypto payment for his appearance in thishttps://twitter.com/bigblackjacobin/status/1477854955457466368\u00a0\u2026— Sana Saeed (@Sana Saeed) 1641232716
Matt Damon seems like much less of a dick than Ben Affleck but this crypto commercial narrows the gap significantly.— Moti Rieber \ud83d\udd25 (@Moti Rieber \ud83d\udd25) 1640488023
What a way to start off the new year.