Still find it weird you guys have adverts on tv for medication.
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I went to a hotel and watched cable recently and it's, no joke, 85%+ drug commercials. Just endless ads with disgusting side effects read over happy images.
There's basically two side effect profiles:
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It makes you fat, sleepy, confused, constipated / diarrhea / both, and your genitals stop working, but possibly in a different way than your usual everyday hell so maybe it'll be a little better?
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It only has one side effect that only happens 0.00001% of the time: instant horrifyingly painful death.
Either way, sales are going to top 6.8 billion trillion dollars next year, among infants alone
Even living in the US (but being on Lemmy and therefore knowing computers and hating advertising) getting stuck watching cable TV at a relative's house can be a real "boring dystopia" experience.
It can be genuinely disturbing when you realize the majority of the ads you've seen were for ONLY medication and gambling.
It's fucking wild that seeing a car commercial is refreshing in that it's just an actual product.
Apparently car commercials aren't even really meant to sell cars. Their main purpose is to make people feel good about the car they just bought (and are making enormous monthly payments on) so that they buy the same make of car next time.
We really need to find our way back to win on sunday sell on monday.
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Who do you even advertise to in the UK if you want to sell your new med? 🤔 Is there like a specific person sitting in the NHS whose job it is to scout for new drugs?
You just rock up and say, "I need something for this" and they give it to you. Otherwise a doctor prescribes it. And it's cheap.
Companies will advertise approved drugs to medical boards to be distributed down to doctors. So medical professionals decide what the best options are. There's no taking drugs just because it was on TV.
Considering Americans lag behind the developed world in life expectancy and general health, I think it's safe to say the drug industry is only there to make money and it certainly causes harm, ironically.
Well yes but I meant if you are a pharma company and want the NHS to cinsider your new med
You have a lobbying meeting with people from various NHS trusts, and advertise directly to them one-to-one, then things go into further tests/trials and may be chosen as one of the solutions/options to a particular ailment.
You can then pay some sort of additional bribe/special offer directly to doctors to be the preferred option for that particular ailment.
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Americans lag behind the developed world in life expectancy and general health
Hey now, we do spend twice as much per capita on health care as the rest of the developed world.
There are radio ads too. Every single one is either "buy a car", "You have low-T and need to come get shots to be a Real Man™", or "Buy these boner pills for your sad limp dick"
You mean prescription medication? I saw in Europe they still have tons of advertisements for OTC medication and a lot of them are snake oil.
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I thought I was losing my mind when I heard Run The Jewels in a fucking SUV commercial (sans lyrics though).
That's because it was DJ Shadow (who did the music) selling out, not Run The Jewels.
LOL. Which song?
Nobody Speak
Ok. Love Nobody Speak. What fucking SUV commercial!?
Cadillac or Lincoln I think
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I saw Tony Hawk in an ad for arthritis medication a while back. I turned to my dad and said "I cannot overstate how cool this guy used to be."
"I cannot understate how cool this guy used to be."
I can: Tony Hawk was just a little cool. There, understated, 🎵 doing everything I can 🎵.
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive playing in an ad for an X-ray clinic
Q: What even is an "imagine dragon"?
A: Imagine dragon deez nuts across your face.
"Hearing a beloved song used in a late stage capitalism commercial for prescription drugs may cause moderate to severe emotional damage. If ear bleeding continues, call your doctor."
Technotronic got their name by combining the word “techno” meaning a sort of dance music, and “tronic” meaning “tronic”.
The original 12-inch release of “Pump Up The Jam” came with a free horse.
tronic” meaning “tronic”
No, "tronic" means somebody addicted to '80s animated movies.
I like it when those commercials says to tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. Pretty sure the ones who have it don't know it lol.
You never know. I knew a dude who kept a tick on him to see how big it got. Folks fuck animals. Wouldn't surprise me if someone has parasite and kept it for some looney toons reason.
"Im going to see how drunk I can get this tick"
People used to give themselves tapeworms to get/stay skinny
Look at it this way.. the band's getting royalties.
Good ones.
Diamonds and Guns by the Transplants became the "woohoo" shampoo song and went downhill from there 😭
I'm waiting for Firestarter to be used to sell me a cremation in 12 easy installments.
The darude vs blade Remix was a banger
Hearing a song in a car commercial is what does it for me.
or hearing soulless corporate covers of songs i love - it makes me want to fucking die
What song is this?
Oh, you know it:
Doodle doodle do.
Do, doodle doodle do.
Doodle doodle do do.
Do-do, doodle doodle do do!
Whoosh
DoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledo DoodledoodledoDoodledoodledoDoodledoodledo...
Gawd, you even sound like a grandma
That's a face palm moment 🤦♂️ (for the artist, not for you).
I’ve heard Riot Rhythm by Sleigh Bells on fucking Fox News
Wait till you see one of those silent auctions for a shadowbox of a record from your favourite band at the grocery store
You've got to lick it before you stick it might work well for diabetic testing strips
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