# 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:** 8
**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, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/141 "2022-10-18T22:44:44Z")
After the insurrection, I saw something about how amniotic fluid was just about the only bodily discharge the maintenance crew didn’t have to clean up. Okay, the only discharge that’s meant to go outside the body, I guess. During the 2014 Ebola outbreak, someone on another board asked about where ELSE the virus might hide, and suggested, “Earwax? Nose boogers?” and I replied that the Western victims were indeed subjected to nasal and ear swabs, and the women would probably have had their vaginal discharges tested as well. (I heard last night that there’s a new outbreak in Uganda, which has seen the disease before, and this strain doesn’t appear to be covered by the approved vaccine.) ---
**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, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/142 "2022-10-18T22:45:59Z")
That’s basically what Oscillococcinum is. > **[Oscillococcinum: Homeopathic Medicine for Flu Symptoms](https://www.oscillo.com/)** > > Oscillo is a flu medicine that reduces the duration and severity of flu symptoms. It is non-drowsy and does not interact with other medicine. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/143 "2022-10-18T22:49:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Still trying to figure out how to make pills small enough for their mouths. They should talk to Bill Gates microchip people. If they fit in burgers and vaccines, a tapeworm should be simple. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/144 "2022-10-18T22:56:50Z")
Great - every time I look at this bloody thread title now I get that bloody UFO earworm. ---
**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, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/145 "2022-10-18T23:08:37Z")
Walking around hand-in-hand with your bladder (or other recalcitrant organ) means having a special friend. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/146 "2022-10-19T04:32:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I really like the ones that say one of the side effects may be death. Yeah. Eczema might not be that bad after all. And the Anti-Depressant that has the side effect of your Junk rotting off. You think your depressed _NOW?_ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/147 "2022-10-19T22:11:08Z")
Are you referring to Fournier’s gangrene, aka “a life-threatening infection in the skin of the perineum”? I do not recommend Google-imaging it; if you do, be grateful we don’t have Smell-O-Vision. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/148 "2022-10-19T22:40:08Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > …be grateful we don’t have Smell-O-Vision. Or even worse - [Odormama.](https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6605-a-whiff-of-polyester-inside-the-odorama-process) ---
**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 19, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/149 "2022-10-19T23:57:41Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > 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. Because if they say what it’s specifically for, they have to include that long list of possible side effects. ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/150 "2022-10-20T00:14:08Z")
From my personal point of view, the thread title does seem a little inaccurate. I mean, maybe I need to get in better shape. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/151 "2022-10-22T21:23:30Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > That commercial was pretty bad, but I still think the [Kars4Kids](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kars4Kids) ad was worse. There’s a reason _The Good Place_ featured that as the demon’s official song. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iDjX4-LKqCA/maxresdefault.jpg "The Good Place (Episode Highlight)- Marc Evan Jackson sings 1 877 Kars for Kids") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDjX4-LKqCA) ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/152 "2022-10-24T11:35:15Z")
I was just up in Minnesota for my 45th class reunion, and heard 2 KarsForKids commercials on the radio. Only one of them used the jingle, and only for a little while. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/153 "2022-10-30T14:44:24Z")
Well, that didn’t take long…Lume is now showing a commercial depicting a doctor sniffing the armpits, feet, and backside of a patient. No, I’m not linking to it. I wouldn’t do that to y’all. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/154 "2022-10-30T14:53:17Z")
I’m sure there was a team of crack scientists working on the product. Not sure what this does that daily showing with soap wouldn’t do. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/155 "2022-10-30T15:54:07Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’m sure there was a team of crack scientists … Go to your room. ISTR that a few years ago some waxing/tanning salons were expanding their services to include anal waxing & bleaching. Struck me as a supply looking for a demand. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/156 "2022-10-30T19:41:09Z")
I finally saw the one someone mentioned earlier about being constipated is like pushing a pineapple out your ass. Didn’t want to, but there ya go. ---
**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 30, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/157 "2022-10-30T21:36:10Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > ISTR that a few years ago some waxing/tanning salons were expanding their services to include anal waxing & bleaching. Struck me as a supply looking for a demand. Bleaching, yeah, that sounds pointless, perhaps even unhealthy, but the waxing, less stuff for … the Enterprise is on a mission to Uranus to wipe out Klingons. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/158 "2022-10-30T23:40:29Z")
I’m easy going on that sort of commercial as a rule. I find some of the Lume ones kinda’ funny. However, Venus has one that shows a woman shaving her crotch (with undies on thank dog) I think bristly pits show up too. I just don’t wanna’ see that. ---
**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 30, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/159 "2022-10-30T23:50:52Z")
She’s shaving her underwear? That’s just weird. I must say my modest proposal upthread would have greatly improved your commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/160 "2022-10-31T12:58:02Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Well, that didn’t take long…Lume is now showing a commercial depicting a doctor sniffing the armpits, feet, and backside of a patient. I laughed because I knew you guys were going to hate it. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198.md?page=9)