# Dairy association is using the same type of scare tactics anti-drug groups use?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 18, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067 "2004-01-18T05:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/21 "2004-01-18T19:33:55Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > Maybe you are being idealistic, maybe you are not, but you certainly are being a humorless dipshit. The commericial was _funny_, and was intended to be funny, not educational. I bet you are one of those ‘Cow milk is bad for any human to consume, blah blah blah’ types. And I bet your ‘poetry’ fucking sucks. Whatever the case regarding the humor of this commercial, I have to say that coming out of the gate with both guns blazing like this and acting like an asshole is pretty fucking uncalled for. Not that it is surprising, coming from you. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/22 "2004-01-18T21:22:59Z")
> [@Dead Badger](#): > > - For those unaware of Mr. Kipling, it’s a cake brand whose catchphrase down the years has been “exceedingly good cakes”. The ad in question showed a parish nativity play in which an adult woman is noisily giving (apparently genuine) birth on stage, to the horror of the audience. Cut to the vicar and a woman, who asks: “Has Mr. Kipling ever directed a play before?”, to which the vicar replies: “No, but he does make _exceedingly_ good cakes…” (takes a bite of mince pie) Okay now am I the only one who really wants to see this commercial? Oh and the Milk one sounds kinda funny too. I really like oddball commercials… I even have one really funny Ikea one where this kid finds his mothers dildo and is playing spaceship with it… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/23 "2004-01-18T21:28:21Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > Maybe you are being idealistic, maybe you are not, but you certainly are being a humorless dipshit. The commericial was _funny_, and was intended to be funny, not educational. I bet you are one of those ‘Cow milk is bad for any human to consume, blah blah blah’ types. And I bet your ‘poetry’ fucking sucks. Hey **Brutus** : I know **Binarydrone** beat me to this, but I just wanna’ ask: Over-react much? There are a number of prescription drugs available these days that will help with your condition. Check with your Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/24 "2004-01-18T21:34:13Z")
> [@Poetgrrl](#): > > I see a lot of pit threads about anti-drug commercials, and people will happily bash them (like the commercial where the guys who smoked pot ran over the little girl, or the girl who got high and wound up getting pregnant) frankly I find this commercial no different in the way it sends its message (drink milk or your arms will fall off) Honey, my SEVEN year old will tell you your arms can’t “fall” off. Methinks you need to get away from the TV a little more. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/25 "2004-01-18T22:14:17Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > Whatever the case regarding the humor of this commercial, I have to say that coming out of the gate with both guns blazing like this and acting like an asshole is pretty fucking uncalled for. Not that it is surprising, coming from you. :wally I disagree. Stupidity as virulent as that displayed in the OP needs to be beat down as viciously as possible, before it can mutate and spread to others. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/26 "2004-01-18T22:45:16Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I disagree. Stupidity as virulent as that displayed in the OP needs to be beat down as viciously as possible, before it can mutate and spread to others. Riiight, and we all know that Brutus can always be counted on as the champion for this. I will say that I have not seen this particular commercial, but based on how it is described I can see how it could be seen as objectionable. More to the point, the extreme negative reaction to the OP simply seems random and lame. All things being equal, I can understand how one could disagree with the OP but it seems rather extreme to label it as ”virulent stupidity". ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/27 "2004-01-19T00:13:55Z")
**Binarydome** , you really need to see the commercial to understand how stupid the OP was. It’s on par with complaining that Little Friskies commercials are false advertising because cats don’t actually talk. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/28 "2004-01-19T01:41:43Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > Whatever the case regarding the humor of this commercial, I have to say that coming out of the gate with both guns blazing like this and acting like an asshole is pretty fucking uncalled for. Not that it is surprising, coming from you. :wally Silence your crazy jibba-jabba! When so preposterous an OP is posted (and since recanted, huzzah!), a _Blitzkrieg_-like response is in order. Hold nothing back, so that the Truth may prevail. Ya! ---
**Author:** ![Poetgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Poetgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poetgrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/29 "2004-01-19T05:32:36Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I disagree. Stupidity as virulent as that displayed in the OP needs to be beat down as viciously as possible, before it can mutate and spread to others. It bothered me because I was in a bad mood. I vented about it here. I calmed down, and admitted that yes, the commercial was funny. How is this stupidity? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067/30 "2004-01-19T07:18:49Z")
> [@Poetgrrl](#): > > It bothered me because I was in a bad mood. I vented about it here. I calmed down, and admitted that yes, the commercial was funny. How is this stupidity? Bah, it’s a visceral reaction to your user name. It screams pretentious adolescent. Just the -grrl suffix gives that impression… add Poet and it breaks the pompousometer! Use the I word, idealistic, and prepare for carnage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-association-is-using-the-same-type-of-scare-tactics-anti-drug-groups-use/225067.md?page=1)