Selling fear?

So much of marketing is predicated on convincing the potential customer that he or she is deficient, i'm surprised that you would be surprised.

Levitra is a drug for throwing footballs more accurately, isn't it? The commercial clearly shows a man happy because he can throw a football pass through a tire swing.

Sure there's fear! Ever get a hot babe into bed and Charlie is not responding? Also, it's impossible to throw a football accurately unless you have a hard schlong.

nickfun is right, aerodynamically.

I think the whole thing is silly. Diverts people from real problems.

I'm glad I have no idea what you people are talking about.

I haven't had TV in nearly five years. I don't miss it one bit.

I wish my schlong would calm down once in awhile....I'd get more done.....squinney too, for sure.....

I know what you are talking about!!! I am so sick of all these ads. I am just trying to have a quiet night of tv watching, and within the span of one hour I'm wondering if I need this new medication for irritable bowel syndrome...libido enhancement....weight loss....whiter teeth....for a better memory...."energy to burn"...stronger hair and nails...HOLY CRAP...I'm now thinking I have every maladay known to mankind. OF COURSE they are selling fear and preying on our insecurities...oh boy, now that we're FREAKING out, here come the commercials for medications for anxiety...depression....ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIT...of course we're depressed and anxious and can't focus, all we do is think about all the ways we don't measure up, and all the DISEASES we probably have and don't even know it so we better get our credit cards out....
WE ARE ALL FINE, BUT IF THEY TELL US THAT THEY WON'T MAKE ANY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But they can't sell us cigs and alcohol on TV anymore!

Re: Selling fear?


Depends on how you look at it I suppose. I personally think that it's some bottom feeder trying to capitalize/profit from preying on the insecurity of others. It's all over the place - the plastic surgery industry, the diet pill industry, the hair replacement industry. They can make us all gorgeous and hooked up with a supermodel in a snap! They're laughing all the way to the bank. Uh, yep.

The tossing of the football through the tire swing represents the penis entering the vagina. Of course, it could also represent his dick falling off once that happens...

Are they really any worse than the ads for feminie hygine products that we've been bombarded with for years? I've known a lot of women and never once have I heard one say "ya know, I'm just not feeling fresh today..."

I just saw the ad for an adult attention disorder drug. Got an email awhile back joking about this. At least, i thought it was a joke.
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I was recently diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests itself:

I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I noticed, that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first but then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the coke a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye-- they need to be watered. I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote.

Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it's on the kitchen table.

So I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.

Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.

Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming! And if I have sent this to you before, ... well, now you know why you're getting it again.
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And now they've developed a drug for this??

OK! Where's Allen Funt? This is really Candid Camera. Right?
No sane person really feels that those "thems" are exploiting innocent victims and "Laffin' all the way to their bank".The guy without the TV is missing some great character acting by the Presidential candidate for 2008. This Dufus grins like a possum eating poop while posting holes-in-ones ( N0! not another visual metaphor!) and a lot of other similar scenarios. His on-screen wife has a joyous countenance. Hmm! Think there's a connection there? WAIT! Where's my wallet?

OK! Where's Allen Funt? This is really Candid Camera. Right?
No sane person really feels that those "thems" are exploiting innocent victims and "Laffin' all the way to their bank".The guy without the TV is missing some great character acting by the Presidential candidate for 2008. This Dufus grins like a possum eating poop while posting holes-in-ones ( N0! not another visual metaphor!) and a lot of other similar scenarios. His on-screen wife has a joyous countenance. Hmm! Think there's a connection there? WAIT! Where's my wallet?

Chuckster -

1. Ever hear of "marketing?" Of course there are people who are paid to push all the public's buttons to encourage them to purchase a particular product. It's not a communist plot, it's someone's job.

2. Switch to decaf.

"Marketing"? When did the definition include exploitation?
Thanks for your "corrections". Switching to Decaf as directed. Am I having fun now?

This thread...is a whole lotta fun. Thanks for the laughs guys.