There’s no adverts…

[StreetCowboy]

There’s no adverts for clean living - aye, sure, there’s some moralistic adverts - the Scottish ‘90s anti-drinking adverts were pretty good - “don’t screw up through drink” as a bloke’s head unwound.  But most of the adverts are for manufactured goods - things we don’t need, and make us fat and lazy.  99% of the bicycles that you see in adverts are for car-centric urban sprawl developments.  There are no adverts for vegetables, but plenty for pizza. There are no adverts for running, but plenty for health supplements, and, where allowed, pharmaceuticals.

 

So in short, if it is advertised, it is bad for you.

[blaze master]

This thread brought to you by big pharma. Keeping america healthy one pill at a time. 

[StreetCowboy]

35 minutes ago, blaze master said:

This thread brought to you by big pharma. Keeping america healthy one pill at a time. 

Exactly. Their ads should have a footnote “If this advertisement is of interest to you, contact hypochondriacs anonymous, instead of poisoning yourself and becoming a junkie”

[HappyExpat57]

IDK, there's been some bra ads that have helped women hold things together and make ME a little happy when they show. Win/win.

 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/fyd2/honeylove-break-up-with-bad-bras

[jvs]

 

[Lacessit]

Some ads are entertaining.....

 

 

[BangkokReady]

6 hours ago, StreetCowboy said:

There are no adverts for vegetables, but plenty for pizza. There are no adverts for running, but plenty for health supplements, and, where allowed, pharmaceuticals.

 

So in short, if it is advertised, it is bad for you.

 

Health supplements are typically good for you.  There are adverts for shops that sell vegetables, as there are for places that sell pizza.  You will also see adverts for running equipment.

 

I think you fundamentally misunderstand what an advert is.  Of course there isn't going to be an advert for "running", but there isn't actually an advert for pizza, there's an advert for Dominoes Pizza.

 

Adverts are designed to sell products.  People advertise a wide range of products, some good, some bad.  But most adverts aren't for ideas, because you cannot sell them.