I suspect that there are many
individuals out there who give their mute buttons a really run for
their money, especially when watching channels like Fox News!
And while I consider their news content to be excellent, the
commercials they run sometimes scare the living hell out of me. Ergo
the mute button to the rescue, and too damn often...
Over a period of time, I've broken the
commercials which I consider objectionable into three broad
categories; overly repetitive ones that weren't all that
interesting the first time, but which are aired as much as twenty
times a day for like forever, faked claims of improved health, and
then there are those f'ing pharmaceutical commercials....
THEY REPEAT FOREVER!
Of the first kind of really
objectionable commercial, the repetitive ones I'd give first place to
Rosland Capitol and that idiot announcer of theirs William DeVaine. They've run
their gold and silver pieces so often, it's become reflex for me to
mute them. And here's a news flash! Few people I know have a lot of
extra cash. Most live check to check, and anyway, you can't eat gold!
Nonetheless, if this was the only precious metal investment
company left in the world, I WOULD NEVER BUY SHIT FROM THEM! [Give
credit for this aversion to their program people who have got to have
complete mush for brains....].
WE'RE JUST FAKING IT! NOT REALLY
MAKING IT!
In this category fails a virtual
plethora of junk ads, all of which claim to make you feel better! In
this area are many over the counter drugs that never address the root
cause of your problem. Sure, I guess you can take two Alieve for like
forever, but you must know that the pain will never improve! Another
ad I see a lot is My Pillow. God please deliver me from idiots like
these. Sure, the pillows are good, but so what? There are tons of
good pillows out there to choose from. Please, everyone, just get a
grip!
YOU CAN SWALLOW THIS CRAP SAFELY,
TRUST ME!
Let me make this short and sweet.
Pharmaceutical firms are below the level of used car salesmen
and politicians! A lot below! It seems their view of the world
involves cramming as much crap down your throat as is humanly
possible; deleterious side effects be damned! (Check out this page
for a list of nine
legal drugs that could actually harm you). These most evil people
do all they can to remove your doctor from the equation, hoping you
go to them asking for one of their Cadillac drugs sold at insane
prices. Seriously? Don't you think your doctor is better informed as
to what drugs to recommend? Often they can get you the same drug in a
generic form at a fraction of the cost!
The bottom line for me has been to
migrate my viewing habits to other channels. Actually any channel
that maintains good sensible advertising is just okey dokey with me.
