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3catwoman3

(24,054 posts)
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 11:14 PM Jan 2024

"...I'm not quite sure how something that's just a little tiny prick could be so powerful."

Say what? A phrase from a new commercial for some sort of medical weight loss intervention that involves injecting something into your abdominal skin.

Who the hell chose this wording? It sends my mind to the gutter every time I hear it.

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"...I'm not quite sure how something that's just a little tiny prick could be so powerful." (Original Post) 3catwoman3 Jan 2024 OP
I posted this last night dflprincess Jan 2024 #1
I'm quite sure, czarjak Jan 2024 #2
My friend recently started taking that med dflprincess Jan 2024 #3
I've never seen that ad until clicking on your link. 3catwoman3 Jan 2024 #6
A first for me. czarjak Jan 2024 #10
Not even close. dchill Jan 2024 #4
THAT bad? czarjak Jan 2024 #8
The Jardiance commercial seems to be almost as universally... 3catwoman3 Jan 2024 #5
It's not annoying so much as it is peculiar. 3catwoman3 Jan 2024 #9
50/50 czarjak Jan 2024 #11
Trumpfia Blue Owl Jan 2024 #7
Tiny but powerful sounds very inspiring. Frasier Balzov Jan 2024 #12

dflprincess

(28,082 posts)
3. My friend recently started taking that med
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 11:43 PM
Jan 2024

doing wonders for her. But I told her if she starts singing & dancing about it in the streets I will not be seen with her.

Though, it's not as bad as the one where the woman is singing about her IUD. (Haven't seen that one for a while).

https://vimeo.com/425983935

3catwoman3

(24,054 posts)
6. I've never seen that ad until clicking on your link.
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 11:49 PM
Jan 2024

Damned if it isn’t almost the same yellow dress.

3catwoman3

(24,054 posts)
5. The Jardiance commercial seems to be almost as universally...
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 11:43 PM
Jan 2024

…despised as the egregiously dreadful Kars For Kids spot.

3catwoman3

(24,054 posts)
9. It's not annoying so much as it is peculiar.
Tue Jan 23, 2024, 01:00 AM
Jan 2024

It makes me wonder if it was written by a Democratic prankster who is yanking the Republicans chains.

czarjak

(11,298 posts)
11. 50/50
Tue Jan 23, 2024, 01:25 AM
Jan 2024

Peculiarity breeds annoyance in me if it's BS-based. Can't figure out the premise of the whole thing other than a catchy jingle. Song. And. Dance.

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