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01-16-2017 11:57 AM
I know they are affecting me in a negative way. I tend to be a worrier, by nature, and the constant barrage of pharmaceutical commercials makes it worse.
Whatever happened to "Choosy mothers choose Jif" and "Good to the Last Drop"? I wish they'd focus more on other things besides health.
01-16-2017 11:59 AM
I don't let commercials affect me.
I choose to not let them bother me.
01-16-2017 12:02 PM - edited 01-16-2017 12:42 PM
@house_cat, that would be a yes and a no for us. Hate hate hate the violent movies and games being advertised. How many times to do they have to show us the same car commercials over and over. And all the pharmaceutical commercials are ridiculous, they make it sound like you can just waltz into your Doctor's office and get that certain drug.
We turn the station and there it is again. Our biggest complaint are the violent movies and games for kids'.
01-16-2017 12:02 PM
I have a DVR and fast forward through the commercials. Sometimes I forget because I'm doing something else while I watch TV and if I don't even notice they're on, I'm guessing they don't really bother me.
The ads that DO bother me are ads like the Carl's Jr/Hardees ads that are super sexist, not the pharmaceutical ads.
01-16-2017 12:02 PM
@house_cat wrote:I know they are affecting me in a negative way. I tend to be a worrier, by nature, and the constant barrage of pharmaceutical commercials makes it worse.
Whatever happened to "Choosy mothers choose Jif" and "Good to the Last Drop"? I wish they'd focus more on other things besides health.
If you're a "worrier by nature", then DON'T watch them. Either mute, or, better yet, fast forward through them.
I always record my favorite shows and watch them later ... fast forwarding through all commercials. IMO, It's more efficient to watch a one hour show in 43 minutes. Try it.
01-16-2017 12:03 PM
I honestly never even pay attention to them.
If I'm watching something that I've DVR'd, I fast forward through them.
Honestly, I think all pharmaceutical ads and those lawyer ads should be banned from all advertising.
01-16-2017 12:04 PM
@house_cat Don't let anyone, including marketing executives who do not even have a medical degree, tell you you are not okay and need to take a drug. How would they know?
01-16-2017 12:04 PM
The big pharmaceuticals companies have lots of $$$$ to spend on prime-time advertising, and the demographic that watches television has gotten older, so they're a perfect target audience for these commercials. I agree-- the prescription drug commercials have gotten out of control. I find them totally unwatchable.
01-16-2017 12:05 PM - edited 01-16-2017 12:07 PM
I mostly ignore TV ads, so I would say they don't bother me in general. The news (local and national) is what has a negative effect to me, so I choose not to watch it.
01-16-2017 12:06 PM - edited 01-16-2017 12:09 PM
No....if you chose not to allow it to have a negative effect. Not a nano second of a thought is given to negative t.v. ads.
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