COMMERCIALS. They used to be clever. There were funny commercials, serious commercials, and the occasional memorable one. But, all of this has been lost in translation, and to but one thing:
ED pill commercials.
I can say firmly that I couldn't care less about 36-hour Cialis, or how well Levitra works. I don't shout 'Viva Viagra!' Like some mindless fool every time I see a commercial. It seems that EVERY OTHER COMMERCIAL is for an ED med. Even on kids channels. My sister watches Disney on Saturdays sometimes, and ED commercials pop up during those stupid shows like Zack and Cody and Hannah Montana. Nickelodeon? ED commercials. Cartoon Network? ED commercials. It pisses me off.
First America is polluted with perverts and porno.
Next, after companies realize many people are obsessed with sex, they make pills.
It disgusts me. It makes America seem like we are full of sex wanting whores.
Even on kids channels. My sister watches Disney on Saturdays sometimes, and ED commercials pop up during those stupid shows like Zack and Cody and Hannah Montana. Nickelodeon? ED commercials. Cartoon Network? ED commercials.
On kid's shows? It's not like an 8-year old is gonna want some Viagra. I can imagine it now "Hey mommy, what does Viagra do?".
It pisses me off.
You're not alone. It makes me mad too. One time I was bored so I decided to watch PBS Kids and make fun of it with a friend. We saw a EDD commercial...
i agree because i was whaching dora with my little neis because one tv in house and then a commercial comes on about a new scary movie and when the commercial was over she started crying
I don't shout 'Viva Viagra!' Like some mindless fool every time I see a commercial.
Wouldn't that be hilarious though?
But ya, it is pretty stupid.
What I can't stand is the radio commercials though. 8/10 are telling you to buy a car. I want to go and punch them all in the face. I don't need to be reminded 100 times a day that Mitsubishi is having another once in a life time sale, a day after their last one ended! Or that there's never been a better time to buy a car (since 10 minutes ago, when you first told me!).
ah, but that brutal modernization of Ads keep our attention span hooked! As the world moves into a faster pace, so everything has to be condensed, and condensed some more!
well, commercials have to grab the viewer's attention in a shorter amount of time, so they would have to either condense the stuff, or use lots of bright seizure inducing lights.
I believe nobody has really addressed Alt's specific concern, which is that every second advertisement on TV is about a pharmaceutical agent (probably a sildenafil) for erectile dysfunction.
I know this is somewhat an exaggeration on your part (though probably every second advertisement is actually about some kind of drug to combat benign prostatic hyperplasia...or about the side-effects of COX-2 inhibitors like diclofenac, or...)
But let's face it, I think it's pretty ignorant to go around blasting everybody who wants to talk about Viagra (sildenafil) and ED. I would more harshly criticise those who wish to perpetuate the suppression of this issue which in turn is debilitating to a sense of man's functioning and person. No joke. Not that I want to inflict bad images on you all but sexual activity does go on after puberty, you know.
But even this isn't properly addressing Alt's concerns. The real problem is that pharmaceutical companies are pushing for a public dependence on pills through aggressive campaigning. I might go so far to say that they constitute one of the great economic burdens still remaining in our times.
The title change is funny. ----- It's just getting a little -too- aggressive in my humble opinion. And I'm not blasting people who want to talk about them, I'm blasting the pharmaceutical companies who don't stop cramming the message down our throats. There is a seeable fiscal reason for such aggressive advertising, but a good deal of it isn't even towards the target audience for the products- would a ten-year-old girl have erectile dysfunction? No. Would a four-year-old kid watching PBS Kids has erectile dysfunction? No. I would be fine with such aggressive advertising if they were addressing their target audience with their rapid clusterf**k advertising- but the fact that they almost never actually address the target audience is what annoys me. --------- Also, many commercials have abandoned humor for annoyance. Annoying the hell out of potential consumers -may- work on some people, but the vast majority would say 'Screw this. I'm muting this commercial.' It just seems to me that the majority of commercials don't effectively do what they're meant to do- and they end up being really annoying in their crushing failure.
