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Lazy Fun - Critique Commercials/Print advertising (no company names though)

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November 14, 2024
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I have fun when I'm just bored and critique commercials. Some just have really BAD acting or odd stereotyping and some just have a weird message.

The latest one that drives me nuts is the one for the personal medical alert system. I also laugh when I notice that it's always a woman cleaning the toilet and on her knees while cleaning it with a long handled brush. At least they're good for a laugh!

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SummerOnTheWay1

📎 An interesting topic @GAKKIEZ !!! 👍 At the moment I do not do commercials. Have not had a TV for years = no time to sit in front of it. Same with other media.

[*** GAKKIEZ wrote: I have fun when I'm just bored and critique commercials. Some just have really BAD acting or odd stereotyping and some just have a weird message.

The latest one that drives me nuts is the one for the personal medical alert system. I also laugh when I notice that it's always a woman cleaning the toilet and on her knees while cleaning it with a long handled brush. At least they're good for a laugh! ***]

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So happy that you're staying busy @SummerOnTheWay1! You're amazing!

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Don't you just hate the medication advertising? Commercials OR Print Ads? It seems that they have all these interesting treatments with happy, active people but then they start listing Possible side effects and drug/food interactions. One I saw in print had an additional half page of side effects and interactions!

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 Lol @GAKKIEZ , that is WHY I am doing my Hot Flashes without HORMONES. But I did run into a lady at Kroger a few months ago who had to. She DIDNOT want to, but poor thing was dealing with 24 hours/7 days SWEAT pouring off her. Now, then I would. Me, I just dress in LAYERS so I can "strip" when my PERSONAL HEATER comes on./lol 😂🤣

[*** GAKKIEZ wrote: Don't you just hate the medication advertising? Commercials OR Print Ads? It seems that they have all these interesting treatments with happy, active people but then they start listing Possible side effects and drug/food interactions. One I saw in print had an additional half page of side effects and interactions! ***]

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@SummerOnTheWay1, I can't do the hormones (cancer survivor) but I use the hot flashes to my advantage. They usually hit about 2 AM, so that's when I take my shower (I'm up anyway).

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SO TIRED of all the Medicare Advantage advertising! It's no wonder many new to Medicare are confused. They make you feel like it's something you HAVE TO HAVE.

They do like to entice you with all the FREEBIES (gym memberships, groceries, etc.) like everyone will automatically get them. Some of the Medicare and Medicaid eligible ones are particularly offensive

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SummerOnTheWay1

📎 I was one @GAKKIEZ !!!

Turned 62 LAST YEAR and had seen all the FREE grocery ads I guess for 2 years before I was 62.

Do any of the Medicare Plans give FREE groceries???

[*** GAKKIEZ wrote: SO TIRED of all the Medicare Advantage advertising! It's no wonder many new to Medicare are confused. They make you feel like it's something you HAVE TO HAVE.

They do like to entice you with all the FREEBIES (gym memberships, groceries, etc.) like everyone will automatically get them. Some of the Medicare and Medicaid eligible ones are particularly offensive ***]

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@SummerOnTheWay1 I think they're all for just the Medicare Advantage plans. And, there seems to be additional benefits available IF you qualify the one that covers Medicare AND Medicaid eligible.

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Holiday ads are aplenty this year!!! They're everywhere with promises of great savings and how good they make you feel spending what funds you may/may not have.

A few ads to remind us to support a charity of choice.

SummerOnTheWay1

📎@GAKKIEZ , these days in my humble opinion - way too many SCAMS with charities.

One has to be CAREFUL!!!

[*** GAKKIEZ wrote: Holiday ads are aplenty this year!!! They're everywhere with promises of great savings and how good they make you feel spending what funds you may/may not have.

A few ads to remind us to support a charity of choice. ***]

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@SummerOnTheWay1 I agree! I'm very careful about donations. I'd much rather give directly to even an individual Girl Scout troop than to give it to the Organization or to the umbrella charity organization (United Way, etc.). I'm even careful of donations to AARP and how they choose to use it. I'm all for spell it out! I've made donations to my late mother's church for a specific use (she always wanted them to have a holiday meal together so she would provide the funds for the meat). Donation with a purpose.

SummerOnTheWay1

📎@GAKKIEZ , what about the INSURANCE ads?

[1] NEGATIVE. The one with Flo got boring.

[2] POSITIVE. Now I am partial to the A man as I have A for my car. Lol, he is a HOT MESS!!! 🤣😂 Wish I could meet him. And they seem to CHANGE what he does OFTEN.

[3] To be honest, I cannot recall the others.

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@SummerOnTheWay1 Now you make me think I need to pay more attention to those ads! I can't say that I've tuned in to them in the past. Maybe it's all the hoopla over saturation of the Medicare Advantage program and individual Medicare Advantage ads. (I tune all of those out since they are not a good fit for me. As part of my retirement benefits, I have to stay within the plans offered by them or I lose all entitlement to insurance coverage through them forever.)

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NEW CRITIQUE -

Do you see more holiday advertising for turkey or ham or ... something else?

Which do you prefer?

For me, it's time for comfort food! Beans and cornbread or maybe a pan of lasagna!

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 I NEED to lose weight @GAKKIEZ and FOOD anything "triggers" my NEED to eat stuff I am not suppose to = pre-diabetes per this year's 2024 Lab Work. Hope things will be BACK TO NORMAL next time in 2025. 👍👍👍

Walking & Low Carb Meditetream Diet. My Medicare Doctor had suggested this.

I am West Indian so NONE of what you listed interest me. Lol, give me some Curry Goat.

[*** GAKKIEZ wrote:
NEW CRITIQUE -

Do you see more holiday advertising for turkey or ham or ... something else?

Which do you prefer?

For me, it's time for comfort food! Beans and cornbread or maybe a pan of lasagna! ***]

SummerOnTheWay1

📎@GAKKIEZ , I didnot grow up around Thanksgiving, so never got into it. My dad was born in New York USA, but worked for an American company overseas where I was born.

[*** GAKKIEZ wrote: I know that weight issue very well. Happy you're on top of it! so, you'd like to see Curry Goat on the Thanksgiving menu?

Beans and cornbread remind me of happier (though poorer times) family times. Together and thankful for a hot meal. My dad was the same way and always had to have butter beans on the Christmas table (his father was the son of a Civil War veteran).
Lasagna - became a family tradition when I lived in Germany (and a long way away from extended family). ***]

SummerOnTheWay1

📎@GAKKIEZ , it is so sad that Toy Companies feel a need to flood the media with "enticing" antics.

Lol, then next year AFTER the New Year there are parents TRYING to pay BILLS.

The same with Car Manufacturers.

And yes, some folks BUY INTO the Christmas Madness = buy now, figure out how to pay NEXT YEAR.

St.pid in my opinion.

But I can't get MAD, they (Toy & Car Manufacturers) have to EAT...

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@SummerOnTheWay1 There is a lot of toy advertising over the holiday period. Not all the toys are aimed at kids. I see the same thing with video gaming systems, new cars, diamond jewelry. A few years ago it was the purchase of a flat screen tv. Now it's get a bigger flat screen.

I'm not sure if that was a similar focus when I grew up but my parents were of a generation that knew the hardships of the Depression and WWII.

SummerOnTheWay1

📎@GAKKIEZ , now I do LIKE the ads about upcoming movies, but it seems some of them NEVER end./lol 🤣😂

And come on TOO OFTEN.

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@SummerOnTheWay1 I'm not a fan of the current movies. I rarely even watch a movie made after 1960. So, I just ignore advertising or promotion on tv.

I enjoy old tv shows (love to watch the credits or I search for early appearance of later stars). It's amazing how many of the really old vaudeville stars had very lengthy careers.

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Don't you just love the ads/commercials that talk about how healthy a product is? They always talk in generalities but no specifics! It could be presented as 'Healthy' , 'Natural' , 'Low or No Fat' but may be "un-Healthy" in another sense.

SummerOnTheWay1

📎@GAKKIEZ What about the ones about MEDICATION with a VERY LONG list of "side effects" 😱😱😱

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@SummerOnTheWay1 Those are hilarious! I've seen print ads that the 'side effects' or drug interactions is longer than the actual advertisement.

Have you noticed the ones that actually say "Do not take if allergic to the medication."? Duh! 😲

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It seems there are a lot of products advertised for incontinence (pads, briefs, catheters(!)) and they're always focused on the stereotype elderly or super athletic elderly. I thought incontinence wasn't specifically age related. (I guess the next thing we'll see is incontinence products targeted at 'the pregnant' or 'long distance driver'?)

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Anyone else offended by advertisements (print/video) for incontinence products? Do they seem to stereotype seniors?