# Commercials may have finally hit rock bottom **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198 "2022-10-13T17:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/121 "2022-10-18T14:01:11Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > It’s just the updated version of “Do you ever have one of those times when you feel…not so fresh?” “Do _you_ offend?” > **[Selling Shame: 40 Outrageous Vintage Ads Any Woman Would Find Offensive](https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/selling-shame-40-outrageous-vintage-ads-any-woman-would-find-offensive/)** > > "You’re stuck at the party with a ripped stocking, and it’ll probably end your marriage."In these vintage ads, a woman may be emitting a foul odor fro... ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/122 "2022-10-18T15:04:54Z")
Women seem to be a rich market for peddling shame-correcting products. I suspect it is at least partly a cultural thing – in a non-patriarchal society, feminine shame would be a more challenging sell. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/123 "2022-10-18T15:27:46Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > You’re not fully clean unless youre zestfully clean!🎶 My nephew loved singing that jingle when he was about 4 or 5. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/124 "2022-10-18T16:42:18Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Women seem to be a rich market for peddling shame-correcting products. I suspect it is at least partly a cultural thing – in a non-patriarchal society, feminine shame would be a more challenging sell. And now I’m leaving this here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/85HT4Om6JT4/hqdefault.jpg "Women Sort Yourself Out - That Mitchell and Webb Look") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85HT4Om6JT4) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/125 "2022-10-18T16:46:27Z")
Boom! Tough actin’ Tinactin! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/126 "2022-10-18T18:19:38Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > > [@k9bfriender](#): > > > > > > There are actually [people whose job](https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/coverstories/this-job-stinks-from-one-who-knows/article_66ce8eb0-7066-51be-8081-be9bcc24c8be.html) it is to smell people’s armpits and clothing and rate it. > > > > So who is smelling butts and rating the effectiveness of products such as this? > > Bunch of brown-noses I’m kinda late to the thread, but I can’t let this pass without acknowledging the excellence of this pun. Raucous applause, sir. And @MandaJo - very well-said. I’ve never really understood those guys who are utterly revolted by all things menstrual, but will happily discuss and compare the volume, length, and odor of their farts. I mean yes, period blood is gross; but no more than feces, sweat, snot, pus, semen, or any of the other byproducts of our bodies. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/127 "2022-10-18T18:44:10Z")
I agree that drug commercials should go. I’ve noticed something about them, though that I find sort of interesting. The people in these commercials live such active, interesting, and unusual (to) me, lives. I’m pretty healthy for my age and weight, and my life is sort of boring. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/128 "2022-10-18T19:05:02Z")
Then you need to start taking drugs to make it more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/129 "2022-10-18T19:06:03Z")
This is probably true. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/130 "2022-10-18T19:07:16Z")
Watching some of those, I find myself almost wishing I had one of those diseases (instead of my current health problems) so I could just take the medicine and start having that sort of life. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/131 "2022-10-18T19:09:41Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I find myself almost wishing I had one of those diseases (instead of my current health problems) so I could just take the medicine and start having that sort of life. I’m reminded of a standup comedy routine, from years ago, where the comedian (a guy, I think) said that, when he was growing up, he wanted to use Kotex (not knowing what Kotex were), because the TV ads showed how much fun you could have when using it: you could go swimming, you could ride a horse, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/132 "2022-10-18T19:17:27Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > The people in these commercials live such active, interesting, and unusual (to) me, lives. What I notice is the…generic-ness of them. If you omit anything in the commercial that specifically mentions the product, the visuals could be used for any drug. Happy people doing happy things, and whatever they got, whether it’s COPD, shingles, HIV, psoriasis, chronic depression, the commercial would work. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/133 "2022-10-18T20:14:02Z")
I really like the ones that say one of the side effects may be death. Death. . .is a side effect. And how did they determine that? By having people die after taking it. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/134 "2022-10-18T20:18:44Z")
We haven’t seen them market medicine for intestinal worms yet. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/135 "2022-10-18T20:43:43Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > And @MandaJo - very well-said. I’ve never really understood those guys who are utterly revolted by all things menstrual, but will happily discuss and compare the volume, length, and odor of their farts. I mean yes, period blood is gross; but no more than feces, sweat, snot, pus, semen, or any of the other byproducts of our bodies. Well said in turn. Bravo! But you skipped a few … 😉 > **[Nothing to Offer](https://xkcd.com/1148/)** > > cerebrospinal fluid, pericardial fluid, sputum, aqueous humor, perilymph, chyme, hydatid fluid, interstitial fluid, rheum, and gin. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/136 "2022-10-18T21:10:20Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I find myself almost wishing I had one of those diseases I watch (too many) Youtube videos, and get a number of 5 or 15 second ads that say “ask you doctor about ”. No mention as to what it might be for. I’m going to start writing them down for when I get my physical in December: Doctor, should I take drug1? No, you don’t have eczema. Should I take drug2? Only if you have crippling period pain. Should I take drug3? Etc. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/137 "2022-10-18T21:11:02Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > We haven’t seen them market medicine for intestinal worms yet Still trying to figure out how to make pills small enough for their mouths. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/138 "2022-10-18T22:05:12Z")
They should start advertising for a placebo. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/139 "2022-10-18T22:24:01Z")
Placebos are getting stronger, so they can charge more money now. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/140 "2022-10-18T22:41:18Z")
Not for people, anyway. I’ve definitely seen it for use in dogs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198.md?page=8)