[Michael G.]

Commercials have been around for some time, and we all seem to a put
up with them either watching TV or watching a video on your computer.

But lately there's one commercial that it's almost a insult to our intelligence to watch it as much as 18-20 times in any given hour.

It's from St Jude hospital showing this kid crawling through a plastic
tube with his mother talking in the background. @#$%^&*

Have you seen it?

[retiredguy123]

If a commercial insults your intelligence, it probably won't work on you. But, there are many people who don't have enough intelligence to be insulted.

The current commercial that I hate is the one for prescription eye drops that will allow you to go without reading glasses for about 10 hours. They say, "reading glasses had it coming" and they show people destroying reading glasses. Personally, I don't think these expensive eye drops will ever replace reading glasses. They are cheap, convenient, and very effective.

[alwann]

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[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by alwann

The Federal Trade Commission is charged with regulating advertising on the basis or accuracy and honesty, but I don't think it considers whether ads are tasteful. They say a little bit of puffery or exaggeration is okay because consumers know better. Oh, yeah? Not now, with artificial (super) intelligence software creating deep fakes of famous folks pitching all sorts of questionable crap. Is that really Oprah pitching fat gummies and Dr. Oz endorsing cannabidiols, or not? Scary, isn't it?

The FTC may be charged with regulating the accuracy and honesty of ads, but they sure don't do their job very well. For example, how honest is an ad where Dr. Phil, who has a net worth of over $400 million, says that he would not drive a car without having CarShield?

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

If a commercial insults your intelligence, it probably won't work on you. But, there are many people who don't have enough intelligence to be insulted.

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And there must be billions of them.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

For example, how honest is an ad where Dr. Phil, who has a net worth of over $400 million, says that he would not drive a car without having CarShield?

True That.