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[–] 67 points 1 month ago (18 children)

Still find it weird you guys have adverts on tv for medication.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    There's basically two side effect profiles:

    1. 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?

    2. It only has one side effect that only happens 0.00001% of the time: instant horrifyingly painful death.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    It's fucking wild that seeing a car commercial is refreshing in that it's just an actual product.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

    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?

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Well yes but I meant if you are a pharma company and want the NHS to cinsider your new med

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    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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  • [–] 40 points 1 month ago (13 children)

    I thought I was losing my mind when I heard Run The Jewels in a fucking SUV commercial (sans lyrics though).

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  • [–] 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    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."

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  • [–] 26 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Imagine Dragons - Radioactive playing in an ad for an X-ray clinic

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago*

    "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."

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago

    When your favorite club song happens to be by Partiboi69

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Technotronic got their name by combining the word “techno” meaning a sort of dance music, and “tronic” meaning “tronic”.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Look at it this way.. the band's getting royalties.

    Good ones.

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  • Diamonds and Guns by the Transplants became the "woohoo" shampoo song and went downhill from there 😭

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    I'm waiting for Firestarter to be used to sell me a cremation in 12 easy installments.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    The darude vs blade Remix was a banger

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Hearing a song in a car commercial is what does it for me.

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    That's a face palm moment 🤦‍♂️ (for the artist, not for you).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Wait till you see one of those silent auctions for a shadowbox of a record from your favourite band at the grocery store

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I’ve heard Riot Rhythm by Sleigh Bells on fucking Fox News

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