Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

[jhetley]

Okay, there I am in couch-potato mode in front of a TV football game, and this ad comes on.  I'm used to muting and ignoring ads.  Except this one caught my eye for some reason, subliminal commands flashed on the screen or something. 

An ad for surgical stents.

You know, those springy tube-thingies they insert into your plaque-clogged arteries to open up enough room for blood to pass through.  Like that's consumer discretionary spending...

Ads for prescription meds are bad enough.  Ads for artificial joints, well, you usually have some time to think that one through.  But frigging stents?

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[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Evil*Mart Employee : May I help you? *

Evil*Mart Customer: Yeah, I'd like a stent. Do you have any in my size? Do you have that leopard skin print one that I saw on TV? How about that Dale Jr. signature one?




* This is simulated. Real Evil*Mart employees may not actually say such things.

[quilzas.livejournal.com]

Ads for condoms - great idea.

Ads touting "If you think you have ____, talk to your doctor about ___." - bad idea.

Ads for surgical implants - really not needed.