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undeterred

(34,658 posts) Thu Jan 3, 2013, 07:56 PM Jan 2013

Is it tacky to run ads about erectile dysfunction medication during the evening news?

Followed up by ads about laxatives...

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Is it tacky to run ads about erectile dysfunction medication during the evening news? (Original Post) undeterred Jan 2013 OP

Yep. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #1

Fuck no! Shit yes! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #2

Bwahahaha! valerief Jan 2013 #5

4 days into the new year.... Yavin4 Jan 2013 #16

Priceless answer!! Thanks for the laugh!!! I needed that!! DearHeart Jan 2013 #18

Thank Gods I didn't get around to refilling my coffee cup. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2013 #19

Wait...there was a bit of news with my ads! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2013 #3

Love it when my kid asks what that means Lokey Jan 2013 #4

You are going to use what the Dr. prescribes. Downwinder Jan 2013 #7

Used to be that ads for prescription meds weren't permitted siligut Jan 2013 #8

yes d_r Jan 2013 #6

I knew a guy that mixed up Viagra and a laxative... mikeargo Jan 2013 #9

I remember watching the 2007 Democratic National Convention.... Sophiegirl Jan 2013 #10

Tacky is following a scene in "Mad Men" where Don fails to "perform" with a Viagra ad. Jokerman Jan 2013 #11

I've always thought it was funny how many of those ads run during football games... WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #12

or ANYTIME! elleng Jan 2013 #13

No. It's high art. KamaAina Jan 2013 #14

maybe they just *ahem* pulled a boner? RedCloud Jan 2013 #15

They give Viagra to the old guys doc03 Jan 2013 #17

They've been running ads for tampons for years. Both are natural occurring things DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #20

It's just another form of "hard news" JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #21

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. Yep.

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 07:57 PM

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ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

2. Fuck no! Shit yes!

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 07:58 PM

Jan 2013

valerief

(53,235 posts)

5. Bwahahaha!

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:13 PM

Jan 2013

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)

16. 4 days into the new year....

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 05:42 PM

Jan 2013

and you may have made the funniest post of the year.

DearHeart

(692 posts)

18. Priceless answer!! Thanks for the laugh!!! I needed that!!

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 10:29 PM

Jan 2013

Still Blue in PDX

(1,999 posts)

19. Thank Gods I didn't get around to refilling my coffee cup.

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:17 PM

Jan 2013

My computer screen and keyboard would probably have gotten a shower on that one!

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)

3. Wait...there was a bit of news with my ads!

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:00 PM

Jan 2013

We've stopped watching. Waste of time.

Lokey

(108 posts)

4. Love it when my kid asks what that means

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:10 PM

Jan 2013

My answer is...I dunno ask grandma (always defer to grandma) Why do they even advertise for that stuff? I don't think they need tv ads for any meds.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

7. You are going to use what the Dr. prescribes.

Reply to Lokey (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:16 PM

Jan 2013

siligut

(12,272 posts)

8. Used to be that ads for prescription meds weren't permitted

Reply to Lokey (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:50 PM

Jan 2013

Not sure of the actual date, but I think it was in the late 80s that it changed.

d_r

(6,907 posts)

6. yes

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:14 PM

Jan 2013

mikeargo

(675 posts)

9. I knew a guy that mixed up Viagra and a laxative...

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 10:38 PM

Jan 2013

Now he doesn't know if he's coming or going

Sophiegirl

(2,338 posts)

10. I remember watching the 2007 Democratic National Convention....

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 12:08 PM

Jan 2013

...and the very FIRST ad was for ED. I was at my local hangout (a sports bar no less) and they had it on one of the televisions. I have no idea how long I laughed, but I had tears flowing and my sides were hurting. I got some pretty odd looks from my friends and strangers until I could breath again and explain.

Just wish it had been during the 'repub's convention instead. I would have passed out from hyperventilation.

Jokerman

(3,518 posts)

11. Tacky is following a scene in "Mad Men" where Don fails to "perform" with a Viagra ad.

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 04:03 PM

Jan 2013

That one cracked me up.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

12. I've always thought it was funny how many of those ads run during football games...

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 04:20 PM

Jan 2013

Right wingers LOST THEIR FUCKING MINDS over a glimpse of one of Janet Jackson's boobs, which many people probably missed due to blinking at the wrong time.

Then there was the Superbowl halftime commercial where the two guys accidentally kiss while eating a Snickers bar. The network was flooded with complaints from right wingers screaming THANKS FOR TURNING MY SON GAY!!!!

no one seems to mind all the Viagra and Cialis commercials though... But every time I see one I imagine a little voice asking "Daddy? What's a four hour erection?"