• hansolo@lemmy.today
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      19 days ago

      Oh, you know it:

      Doodle doodle do.

      Do, doodle doodle do.

      Doodle doodle do do.

      Do-do, doodle doodle do do!

      Whoosh

      DoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledo DoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledo…

  • Gork@sopuli.xyz
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    20 days ago

    I like it when those commercials says to tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. Pretty sure the ones who have it don’t know it lol.

  • hypeerror@sh.itjust.works
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    20 days ago

    Technotronic got their name by combining the word “techno” meaning a sort of dance music, and “tronic” meaning “tronic”.

    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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      20 days ago

      Who do you even advertise to in the UK if you want to sell your new med? 🤔 Is there like a specific person sitting in the NHS whose job it is to scout for new drugs?

      • saltesc@lemmy.world
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        20 days ago

        You just rock up and say, “I need something for this” and they give it to you. Otherwise a doctor prescribes it. And it’s cheap.

        Companies will advertise approved drugs to medical boards to be distributed down to doctors. So medical professionals decide what the best options are. There’s no taking drugs just because it was on TV.

        Considering Americans lag behind the developed world in life expectancy and general health, I think it’s safe to say the drug industry is only there to make money and it certainly causes harm, ironically.

        • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          20 days ago

          Americans lag behind the developed world in life expectancy and general health

          Hey now, we do spend twice as much per capita on health care as the rest of the developed world.

          • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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            20 days ago

            You have a lobbying meeting with people from various NHS trusts, and advertise directly to them one-to-one, then things go into further tests/trials and may be chosen as one of the solutions/options to a particular ailment.

            You can then pay some sort of additional bribe/special offer directly to doctors to be the preferred option for that particular ailment.

    • Malyca@lemmy.zip
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      20 days ago

      I went to a hotel and watched cable recently and it’s, no joke, 85%+ drug commercials. Just endless ads with disgusting side effects read over happy images.

      • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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        20 days ago

        There’s basically two side effect profiles:

        1. It makes you fat, sleepy, confused, constipated / diarrhea / both, and your genitals stop working, but possibly in a different way than your usual everyday hell so maybe it’ll be a little better?

        2. It only has one side effect that only happens 0.00001% of the time: instant horrifyingly painful death.

    • Zink@programming.dev
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      20 days ago

      Even living in the US (but being on Lemmy and therefore knowing computers and hating advertising) getting stuck watching cable TV at a relative’s house can be a real “boring dystopia” experience.

      It can be genuinely disturbing when you realize the majority of the ads you’ve seen were for ONLY medication and gambling.

      • frank@sopuli.xyz
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        20 days ago

        It’s fucking wild that seeing a car commercial is refreshing in that it’s just an actual product.

        • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          20 days ago

          Apparently car commercials aren’t even really meant to sell cars. Their main purpose is to make people feel good about the car they just bought (and are making enormous monthly payments on) so that they buy the same make of car next time.

    • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      There are radio ads too. Every single one is either “buy a car”, “You have low-T and need to come get shots to be a Real Man™”, or “Buy these boner pills for your sad limp dick”

    • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      19 days ago

      You mean prescription medication? I saw in Europe they still have tons of advertisements for OTC medication and a lot of them are snake oil.

      • Technoworcester@feddit.uk
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        19 days ago

        Prescription yes. OTC is more lax but (from what I have seen though of course could be wrong) still more tightly controlled than in the USA.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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    19 days ago

    I’m waiting for Firestarter to be used to sell me a cremation in 12 easy installments.

  • Jomega@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    I saw Tony Hawk in an ad for arthritis medication a while back. I turned to my dad and said “I cannot understate how cool this guy used to be.”

    • Shrubbery@piefed.socialEnglish
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      20 days ago

      “I cannot understate how cool this guy used to be.”

      I can: Tony Hawk was just a little cool. There, understated, 🎵 doing everything I can 🎵.

  • Boozilla@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    20 days ago

    “Hearing a beloved song used in a late stage capitalism commercial for prescription drugs may cause moderate to severe emotional damage. If ear bleeding continues, call your doctor.”