Sick of ads

Published May 15, 2014

by Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, May 14, 2014.

When you watch the evening news, you learn two things about people who watch the evening news. First, we vote, because we drown in political ads before elections. And, second, we have every disease and bad health condition known to medicine, especially the pharmaceutical industry.

 

We’re at risk for diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, arthritis, hemorrhoids, dry eyes, allergies, depression and all the alphabet: COPD, BPH, ED and Low T.

 

Watching one ad after another will make you feel sick – or like turning off the TV. Even worse are the warnings about possible side effects. The scariest is “suicidal thoughts or actions.”

 

And then there’s the ever-present specter of the four-hour erection. Let’s not even go there.

 

So you have a choice when you watch: You can get depressed about the health of the body politic – or about your own health.

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May 15, 2014 at 6:56 pm
Norm Kellly says:

I find myself agreeing with Gary. I'll probably lose sleep tonight because of this!

The only reason I'm glad there are ads on tv is so someone pays for the programs I want to watch. Otherwise, skipping commercials is the way to go. The worst commercial has got to be TimeWarner advertising for TimeWarner while watching a show on TimeWarner.

There have been occasions where the political ad was worth watching. Once. Maybe twice. Never more.

Most of the medical ads don't just make me happy I don't suffer from whatever they are trying to help, but I'm glad as all get out that I don't have to experience any or all of the side effects. But, now that Gary mentions it, that 4 hour erection ...