Fucking PUH-LEEZE! If I have to see another plaque psoriasis ad during my dinner time viewing of Love After Lockup, I’m gonna blow chunks
we just had a no kings protests.
srsly wtf bernie
Tackling the real issues I see.
Anything to get out of having to explain why he never once used the word genocide.
Rathttps://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/05/25/sanders-israel-gaza-genocide/
“What we should be focusing on is ending the destruction and changing policy,” he said. “Let’s be clear, 52,000 people have been killed, mostly women and children. Over 100,000 have been wounded with the entire infrastructure destroyed. That is horrible. That is barbaric. That is the concern we have but some people want to argue about a word which the United Nations is now working to define.”
Seems like a good choice, not letting people waste time.
it’s unbelievable that the us has straight up drug ads to consumers
At least we’re not the only one! Iirc new Zealand does/did as well
world most overpriced drugs, and ads.
in most of the world that would be a ridiculously sci fi dystopia that no one would think is possible
“Ask your doctor if Phuckettal is right for you today!”
No. The doctor should be telling me what I need; not me telling them what I want. It’s not a fucking candy store. Not only do I hate the ads, I hate not knowing with certainty if I am being prescribed something because I need it or if the pharma company that makes the drug simply pays the doctor to prescribe it. 😬
Great start.
Advertising in general should be illegal.
But but how will companies convince you their shity quality products is what everyone is buying??
Even if this doesn’t pass, get rid of the fucking jardiance musical commercials.
My man.
It fucking sucks that he is kneecapped by every other politician and is rendered mostly to just a voice.
LMFAO. Yeah that will totally pass. The billionaire class totally wants to nerf their biggest source of revenue.
It probably won’t pass, but we should still be fighting back.
Sounds complicated. What if we just banned all ads?
That would take away a major advantage rich people have over us, so you’d better believe the useful idiots among us will not support it.
There was a time when ads for both pharmaceuticals and lawyers were both illegal. Considering how many of each I see every day, it makes me wonder how they filled their ad schedules in the olden days.
I have barely watched non-streaming TV for probably a decade or more, but I believe that in Canada it is much more difficult to advertise pharmaceuticals or law services. I think they can do it, but there are a lot of restrictions.
Certainly when I’m
subjectedexposed to American TV, the number of pharmaceutical commercials is staggering.Laundry detergent and other household cleaners targeting stay-at-home wives.
It’s why daytime dramas are called Soap Operas.
Prescription drug ads are a global oddity to begin with. Last I heard, only the U.S. and New Zealand allow them.
How else will I know what drugs to tell me doctor I have to take for diseases I don’t have?
Viewers think those ads are aimed at them, but many of them are for such specific versions of a disease, that the viewership must be extremely tiny. They wouldn’t spend that kind of money to reach such a miniscule audience.
The ads are really aimed at the doctors themselves. A doctor with a specific specialty may have several patients that the drug might help. That’s whose attention they are trying to get.
If this is passed(lol), then it will put a lot of actors who specialize in pretending to garden out of work.
Good!
Everyone involved in advertising can get real jobs instead of being paid to psychologically manipulate us with fake smiles!
Not to mention the people who come up with all that cheesy music and lyrics that try to rhyme with the nonsensical words the industry uses for drug names.
There goes the Golf channel
