Ok, I'm sitting her watching the idiot box and I'm really starting to wonder just how stupid

[mrcheerful]

the advertisers think people are. According to the ad, you choose to lose your hair, wtf? No one asked me if I wanted a full head of hair or if I wanted to lose my hair, except when they are trying to sell me a product that gives them an income beyond mine that is. But it dawned on me, there are folks out there that actually buy into this belief that you choose everything and nothing is a predetermined event in ones life.

[Mari333]

1. the mute button the mute button

I cannot bear commercials. and for people like me, over 55, hell, they dont even TRY to sell fcking wrinkle cream anymore...it's all about paying for my goddamned funeral and scooters and aaRp and medication..

I MUTE the mfckers.

[Warpy]

8. Don't forget the old lady pee pants

Just love those commercials, too.

It makes me long for the days when Granny in a commercial meant they were trying to sell Butterball turkeys so you could show the old bat up on Thanksgiving.

[lunatica]

2. step away from the tv

You're beginning to argue with it.

[farmout rightarm]

3. Isn't "predetermined" a redundancy?

Like George Carlin's discussion on "pre-boarding"...

:D

[alstephenson]

4. How about that ad with Brooke Shields?

The one for the PRESCRIPTION drug that makes your eyelashes fuller. Oh, but it might change the color of your eyes. What next???

[mrcheerful]

6. Thank my lucky stars I haven't seen that one yet, usually I am pretty good at

the TV being back ground noise to keep the SO entertained so she isn't asking questions like "do these pants make my butt look big?", but the word choose hit home today for some reason.

[Raine]

9. That one is a real

:puke: what kind of idiot would use that stuff ...hmmmmm on second thought probably someone like Palin. :silly:

[liberal N proud]

5. They call it the Power button for a reason

You have the power to turn it off.

I find myself doing that more and more, that is why I spend so much time on line.

[mike_c]

7. dude, you could go blind watching that shit....

:rofl:

Seriously though-- how stupid do they think you are? As stupid as the average customer their market research turns up, and they probably dumb down the message from there to make sure they reach the lower end of the curve.

But you know what? It works. Television advertising is the most effective behavior control tool ever developed. That's why advertisers are willing to spend major bucks for TV time. In exchange, they get a pipeline directly into your visual cortex, a pipeline that carries money or some other desired outcome in the other direction. Dependably.