Is it me, or does it seem like pharmaceutical companies are taking over television? In a half-hour of television, I just had to watch commercials for a drug that treats genital herpes, three drugs for allergies, two drugs for erectile dysfunction, two for "male enhancement", and one for baldness.
If I see one more effin' pharma commercial I'm going to crap a DICTIONARY!
One of the allergy commercials was actually a NASCAR driver driving his car with the drug logo all over it. NASCAR, people. Friggin' NASCAR.
I never thought I'd have a conversation about "male enhancement," let alone have to watch commercials about it. On television.
The pharmaceutical companies are taking over the freakin' country! I'm not a universal health care guy, but I'm pretty sure that if these companies spent the money they're using on advertising to subsidize medications for the poor and reinvest in research on medications that actually help sick people, we wouldn't have such a health care crisis! And for the love of cake, how many medications do we need that treat erectile dysfunction when millions of children are dying of preventable disease all over the country? Is that the epitome of a selfish and petty society or what? Because of worship of money, we are spending and the pharma companies are making billions of dollars on our sex lives while people around the world are having to forfeit their entire lives due to the unfortunate location of their birth. At some point we have to look in a mirror and recognize that we value erections over children's lives. I'm sorry, but that's how I see it. And it disturbs me.
Is it even possible to watch a half-hour of television without a commercial about male genitalia?
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Penis.
Posted on 4/22/2008
I mean "puppies". That's what I meant. Starts with a P.
Posted on 4/22/2008
Sounds like you need to stop watching Spike TV, Speed TV, and ESPN.
If you watch Lifetime, Oxygen, and WE you can hear commercials about allergies, weight loss, menses, and menopause instead.
Posted on 4/22/2008
yeah, it's em from the trib...still blog-stalking...
just thought I'd give you a neat little tidbit about that whole male enhancement thing. Read an article saying the enhancement drug given to the cheesing guy in your picture were actually first developed as a heart drug. something about the side effects made it more marketable as a penis drug...or something. just thought it was disturbing and yet funny enough to share
Posted on 4/22/2008
"If you experience an erection lasting longer than four hours, you should consult a physician."
That part always makes me laugh, and I usually say something horribly crass, like, "Yeah, a female physician with a lot of time on her hands!" Which typically garners a well-deserved slap from my wife.
But you're right.
Penis pills are evil.
Posted on 4/22/2008
I like how they use "erectile dysfunction" the first time the call it E.D. after that. I'm waiting for them to progress to to a couple of guys in a locker room shouting to each other "how Ed doing today?" Kinda like women talking about when Aunt Flow is dropping by for a visit.
(Cach, you provide a forum for some of the worst comments I've ever made. Thank you.)
Posted on 4/23/2008
fibermyalgia - "so tender to the touch"
Posted on 4/23/2008
Euph, I consider it a ministry of sorts...
Posted on 4/23/2008
At least you don't have to sit there and listen to that "Viva Viagra" commercial while your 16 year-old son and his girlfriend are in the room with you watching a movie. Awkward? Only extremely.
Posted on 4/23/2008
Just wait until little Pharma takes over.
Posted on 4/24/2008
New post. This old. Want new.
Posted on 4/25/2008