A rant! - maybe I should blog it instead & spare you all?!

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I sooo wish dh would let me toss the tv out of the house again.
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Before it was those stupid ED commercials and the tv was tossed when a 8 yr old son came in to ask me what erectile dysfunction was.
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Hmmm…

"Mom, are there ever any days when you don’t feel “fresh”?..
“To give temporary relief from the discomfort of Feminine itching…”
“now in Vinegar & Water or “Mountain Fresh” scents …”
“Now you can choose between cardboard or a plastic applicator…”
“Maximum Protection for those high-flow days…”
“Now, with wings!..”
“Tapered for your comfort…”
“Comfortable & safe for use on your “bikini” areas…”
“For your most intimate lubrication needs…”
“Provides maximum support, lifts & separates…”
“We guarantee you’ll appear to gain at least 1 full cup size…”

Then the famous “Diet Coke break” commercial… when the office women clamored at the window to gawk at the buffed-out construction dude… (Imagine the furor if it was a “built” gal… and a dozen guys clamored to the windows…)

After suffering through decades of “Feminine Discomfort” advertisements… I don’t mind a few male-biased ones. 😛
 
I’m with ya. I’m so sick of the Gardisil commericals and ads. At least I can rip out the ads. My little brother used to watch nogin, now he watches the weather channel. Not much to object to.
 
Before it was those stupid ED commercials and the tv was tossed when a 8 yr old son came in to ask me what erectile dysfunction was.
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Some things never change. The advertisers don’t even have to be blatant about these things in order to pique a child’s curiosity, as a story from my youth will show. I was about 8 when I first noticed the magazine ads for “Modess” (one of the two brands of sanitary pads available at the time). They were very discreet back then, in the mid-1960’s. I specifically recall an ad which showed a pretty young woman out in a field, walking her horse, with her silken hair blowing in the wind. All it said was, “Modess…because.” To my young mind, if it had to do with horses, it had to be good. So I embarrassed my mother umpteen times in public (i.e., at the grocery store when we passed the paper products, in the waiting room at the doctor’s when she saw that same ad in a magazine, etc.), by asking, “Mom, what’s Modess?” She would turn all red and say in a hushed voice, “I’ll tell you later.” And then I would forget…out of sight, out of mind, you know…until the next time I saw the display in the store or the ad in the magazine. Imagine my shock when she finally told me what Modess was for, and it had nothing to do with horses :eek: ! But I got over it, and so will this generation of kids with their questions about ED, herpes, and all the rest. It’s probably a bigger deal to us than it is to them.
 
I don’t have regular TV but I did see a blurb on an internet news piece about the new controvercial Clearasil ads.
It had a mom showing her daughter’s boyfriend some baby pictures and the mom comments on a picture of her daughter as a naked baby in the bathtub. The daughter then says in a real sultry voice “Well, you should see me now.”
youtube.com/watch?v=RDi-VHTRmc0
Here’s a youtube link.
There’s another one with a teacher doing a sexy dance on a desk but I couldn’t find a link to that one.
I was appalled. I gaurantee you there will never be a Clearasil product in my house.
 
"May cause confidence?"
these commercials are just stupid!
hello!
i’m buying these things for them?
i don’t need products that advertise they may cause hussiness, thank you very much.
that is not a commercial for confidence
**my mother would’ve smacked me for speaking like that even if the boy wasn’t around!:eek: **
 
Jay2 said:
…Then the famous “Diet Coke break” commercial… when the office women clamored at the window to gawk at the buffed-out construction dude… (Imagine the furor if it was a “built” gal… and a dozen guys clamored to the windows…)

After suffering through decades of “Feminine Discomfort” advertisements… I don’t mind a few male-biased ones. 😛
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Don’t kid yourself into thinking women don’t look. We do. At least this one does anyway. But guys rubberneck. I just move my eyes.

Kathy
 
Linnyo said:
In the uk we have a place where complaints can be made to if tv is inappropriate for the time of day. We have what is known as the watershed and anything that isn’t suitable can be complained about if it is on before 9pm. I presume you do not have any such body that monitors what is allowed on tv?
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…nope!!! For being the the most “advanced”, “civilized” or whatever country in the world, we lack in common sense. Seriously, for all the this country has, common sense is NOT one of them!!!:cool:

Oh yeah, out the blue the other day dd6 asked me “mom what is birth control?”:eek: :eek: :eek: …some darn bc commercial was on (they are everywhere on the tv) with a catchy song (cant remember, but all the kiddos in the house were singing it!) I told her to turn the tv off and we have been doing non tv stuff since…
 
actually, i would be dead set against any such “watershed” in the US of A.
i’m not for censorship.
they can play whatever and advertise whatever
such is freedom
however!
I do think I should have an equal right to NOT view it
with shows, I can read the tv guide and know in advance
there is no such option with commercials
yeah you can flip the switch once you see where they are going, but often the act is wasted by then.
that’s where my ire is on this
i don’t like it and should have the freedom to choose not to view/hear it without having to toss the entire tv
that and they are just plain stupid commercials
 
Yeah, these days the sexual, free love, secular, liberal left has stripped this country of morals and standards all for the name of free speach. However, wouldnt it be nice to see this country return to some semblance of morality and decency?? IMO, when the founding fathers wrote “free speach” I am quite sure they did not do it to protect billionare pharmacy companies making comercials that are a step or two away from soft porn…:confused: Just my :twocents: …no tomatoes please!!
 
I wouldn’t be so flippant about the content of TV commercials and their effect on us as a people. Does anyone here actually deny there’s been a coarsening and ‘porn-i-fication’ of the culture?

We have TV to blame in one sense, but we also are at fault for not rising up in LOUD indignation against programmers and sponsors alike, who are pushing an ever-increasingly filthy agenda down our throats.

The answer isn’t to run and hide. Never give ground to the enemy; fight to take it back.
 
Rob_s_Wife said:
you might find my blog amusing today…
a friend sent me a YouTube video that I thought was just coffee-spewing-on-screen hilarious.
**so of course, I had to blog it.😃 **
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That’s hilarious! Thanks for sharing!

“And if you’re Catholic, there’s even more!” :yup: I wonder if that will get some Protestants thinking about what they’re missing in their Bibles!
 
wifenmommy said:
Yeah, these days the sexual, free love, secular, liberal left has stripped this country of morals and standards all for the name of free speach. However, wouldnt it be nice to see this country return to some semblance of morality and decency?? IMO, when the founding fathers wrote “free speach” I am quite sure they did not do it to protect billionare pharmacy companies
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Actually, I’m pretty darned confident they (being wealthy landowners) would have been rather fond of those companies and you can bet they wanted to protect their money.
However, the results, thankfully, is that EVERYONE is entitled to the same freedom. Even if they are tacky and stupid.
And don’t kid yourself. They had porn back then too.
I’m not for any of that stuff, but in a free country, people are entitled to write, create, and say what as they want.
Besides that, I think the biggest way to make a point is with money. Take away their money. I have that option with the shows. Simply don’t watch them.
There is no such option at this time for the commercials though, unless you toss the entire tv.
 
I can almost deal with the wierd ED and herpes ads (I don’t have kids yet, so no little eyes and ears to protect here). The ad that had me floored was the Ford “bolder” ad that had mom, dad and kids out for the day. At the end of the day mom and kids drop off dad at his place. The dad thanks the mom for being together that day!!! I was so steamed!! The ad played it like the woman was doing something noble by spending the day with her ex and the kids. Um. No. How about not getting divorced in the first place? Maybe that’s “average” today but it sure shouldn’t be held up as normal.
 
Complain to Ford.

It’s nice to vent here but this forum doesn’t have the power to shape what advertisers put on the air, and they are badly out of touch with the real America.
 
complaining doesn’t do much more than give them free publicity, imho.
what’s the saying?
even bad publicity is good?
 
You write to them and tell them you’re not going to buy their products or watch their shows unless they straighten up.

How’s that giving them free publicity?
 
Rob_s_Wife said:
There is no such option at this time for the commercials though, unless you toss the entire tv.
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Actually, there is. Get a Digital Video Recorder (DVR also known as TiVo). Then, record shows that you want to watch. Then when you want to watch them, you select the program off your menu of pre-recorded items and watch it. When the commercial break hits you fast forward. OR if you want to watch something current, say a football game. Turn to that channel, then pause the viewing. Come back in half an hour and hit play. You will now be 1/2 hour behind and able to fast forward commercials.

We have not watched commercials in 2 years. The kids know to fast forward over them.

Seriously, look into this. It will change your TV life.
 
I definitely love our DVR. We use it so much, that it’s strange if we watch a show “live” and can’t fast forward the commercials. I didn’t really realize how much time is wasted with commercials!
 
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