ALCOHOL ADS.
- Thread starter Kandinskyesque
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howardlo
Tele-Afflicted
The part that bothers me the most is seeing those prescription ads listing what seems like 50 serious possible side effects followed by (or preceded by) lawyers advertising a class action suit for that very same prescription drug.
Another thing about many of those prescription drug ads is when they say don’t take it if you are allergic to it. Really? How would you know if you haven’t taken it first, and if you have and find that you are allergic to it then who would continue to take it?
Kandinskyesque
Tele-Afflicted
We still have a few of the old red ones here, usually in rural areas. They tend to be converted into emergency defibrillator stations.
The glass ones were still around back when I was drinking, a bit draughty but that was the least of my problems on wakening up smelling of more than one persons urine.
Willie Johnson
Friend of Leo's
Paging Dr Darwin, Dr Darwin to the exam room...
Timbresmith1
Friend of Leo's
This should not BESPOKE
PCollen
Friend of Leo's
It's the pharmaceutical ads flooding the airwaves that irritate me. Drugs for this and that, with names I can't pronounce and side effects worse than the problems they claim to solve. I used to write down the names of those I saw advertised , and I would get 15 to 20 in a period of couple hours with few repeating. And the next day many of those would not be on the list but many new one's would be. "Ask your doctor about ____________"
johnnylaw
Friend of Leo's
Wait, why don’t we see ads for guitar pedals?
Chicago Matt
Friend of Leo's
The ads don't bother me. They never forced me to drink, something I did to excess as part of being "normal" for my family. I've outlived them all (parents, brother, sister). None lived to within 5 years of where I am now. I miss them all. I'm the only one who stopped, 30 years ago this August. And man, life is beautiful!!!
"If you have taken Prolaxis and you have died, call your doctor right away!"
I normally don’t watch sports and am getting bombarded with them during the local evening news broadcast. The ads I see for hard liquor I’ve noticed more in the later evening hours and on cable channels as opposed to the bigger networks.
You can bet some lawyer went over that phrase in the script and said "perfect!"
memorex
Poster Extraordinaire
The most annoying ad of all:
The active ingredient comes from green lipped mussels. WTF? The ad runs 3 minutes long on some channels. I wonder if this junk can relieve the pain of watching their ads.
The active ingredient comes from green lipped mussels. WTF? The ad runs 3 minutes long on some channels. I wonder if this junk can relieve the pain of watching their ads.
They might be seen as misleading.
bluesfordan
Friend of Leo's
I'm reading this thread and the ads are for alcohol rehab
The most annoying ad of all:
The active ingredient comes from green lipped mussels. WTF? The ad runs 3 minutes long on some channels. I wonder if this junk can relieve the pain of watching their ads.
For me it's all those T-replacement ads. SNL has noticed...
I remember those ads.
I've been known to enjoy the occasional liter on a pleasant evening, along with a half-case of PBR.
Those days are behind me now. Right behind me.
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The first pint was always the best. The first couple of swallies, really.
The anticipation is as important, as the actual imbibing. Watching it being poured and watching it settle, are crucial elements of the build-up.
I usually drink the black stuff, in the pub- because it's consistent. Not that it's wonderful, more that it won't be undrinkable. Nothing worse, than all that expectation, followed by a crappy pint.
The anticipation is as important, as the actual imbibing. Watching it being poured and watching it settle, are crucial elements of the build-up.
I usually drink the black stuff, in the pub- because it's consistent. Not that it's wonderful, more that it won't be undrinkable. Nothing worse, than all that expectation, followed by a crappy pint.
I assume the entire advertising architecture is different, for the younger demographic, who consume most media, via the internet. Artisan spirits, 'craft' beers and suchlike, have to be a harder sell, to folks old enough to recognise marketing spin, when they see it.
