The Snuggie: Greatest blanket ever, or ingenious deception?

The infamous Snuggie has taken over families living rooms across the United States. The infomercial sensation is a blanket, more like a robe, that has sleeves for arms and drapes down past your ankles to keep whatever is inside warm and “snug”. The original advertisement for the snuggie questions whether or not the viewer becomes irritated by the limits of other sleeveless blankets. Highlighting issues such as mobility, the commercial strays from the main goal of a blanket: to stay warm. The snuggie commercial is guilty of committing the straw-man fallacy as well as begging the question. The snuggie infomercial attacks the ability of being able to move with a blanket on, however the main purpose of a blanket or cover is to keep you warm not so you can eat a snack or talk on the phone. The advertisement opens by questioning whether or not someone is tired of being caught up in their blanket, well if they are not and are quite satisfied with the blanket they currently use then their answer is no and they will turn the commercial off without further interest. The diversion from warmth to being mobile takes away from what the snuggie is actually fabricated from. The thin dynamics of the snuggie reveal, in my opinion, its lack of comfort and warmth. The ideal blanket to me is big, fluffy, wooly, and makes me feel as if I am covered in my own apartment from head to toe. The thin, washable snuggie appears to lose its “fuzz” after a few washes. My verdict on this product: it is a blanket, blankets are meant to keep you warm no to free your arms and look as if you were a monk walking around your house. The snuggie fails to live up to the blankets standard for me; it has its focus in the wrong areas of what it takes to be my blanket. The snuggie fails to impress me with its material, style, and itchy look to it. So if you think the snuggie is better than a big warm fuzzy blanket that covers your entire body then go ahead and waste your fifteen bucks plus shipping and handling, I am going to stick with the blanket I have.

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