Community Chat

[Sweetbay magnolia]

I remember back in the 1980s Tampax started advertising on the radio.

I saw a guy headed down a logging road in his Jeep, 4 wheeling it, blasting some tunes, and this came on.  A little cringe-worthy but plenty funny (to me).

[GenXmuse]

It definitely gets your attention which is the point. I think the more options and awareness of birth control the better. 

[violann]

The one that’s actually infuriated me lately is the one that depicts parents threatening the children with punishment for not eating their vegetables, then loading up the vegetables with grated cheese so that the kids will eat them ALL the elements of good parenting- threats, bribery, using eating or not eating as a weapon……

[beckyb1012]

I have not seen this one yet but I have seen the pooping commercial.  I must admit it kind of shocked me.  Not so much the subject but being able to tell some (or at least one) is sitting on a toilet.  Cannot believe I am saying this but after viewing that commercial I do not think Viagra ect... for men is quite so bad.  At least those are just kind of running around in a park and being free with the wind blowing in the older couple's hair.

[LyndaGee]

Saw the one for the deodorant for: "Private parts."

[beckyb1012]

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@LyndaGee wrote:

Saw the one for the deodorant for: "Private parts."

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Oh no I have not seen that.  It does not sound like the FDS product I grew up watching advertised in the '70's.   My Mom caught me once in the early days of my using deodorant and I was using her FDS instead of my own product.  I thought the FDS was so pretty.  She had to explain to me it was more than a "deodorant" and was not intended to be sprayed under someone's arm.  I think I was about 11 at the time.  

[Spurt]

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@Desertdi wrote:

The PURPOSE of commercials is to get your attention.   It seems to have succeeded    (!!)

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@Desertdi 

Agree perhaps the companies do it for "shock value" so people will remember their ad...BUT it does have the opposite effect because some people HATE the commercials so much they avoid the brand like the plague!!! 

[Spurt]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Malcontent    I agree, there are some things that don't need advertisement.  How about a little old fashioned discretion?  It's all too much.  I send emails to obnoxious advertisers and avoid their products. 

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@Kachina624 

Well said! 

[Spurt]

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@Pook wrote:

Keeping reality hush, hush is ridiculous!!  They need to be public.  We all poop and pass gas, etc.  Men and  women do  not know things about even their own bodies let alone the other sexes!  It's surprising how many women do not know much about their female body parts and men often do not have a clue - even ones married for years and years!!  Why such secrecy?  

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They can look anything and everything up on the internet in the privacy of their own home!

[occasionalrain]

It's a matter of privacy and proper etiquette. If you wouldn't choose to introduce it as a topic of conversation at a social gathering, then having it broadcast into your home uninvited is unacceptable.