Raise your hand if you're offended...
(and your mouth is gaping open from the latest round of advertising)
I am a huge advocate of personal responsibility and educated consumers. What I am not a fan of is hokey advertising that treats 75% of the general population like monkeys in an exhibit at the zoo.
Right now my wtf face is turned to the marketers for e.p.t..
Scene: woman running in the park. Bends over to tie shoe.
Voice over: I cant seem to focus, maybe I'm pregnant.
Yeah, stop right there. WTF? W. T. F.? Maybe I'm pregnant? What kind of loss of focus solution is that? Hell, I am without focus on a daily basis but I am damn sure that it isnt because I am prego. This is the kind of advertising that takes us (the viewing audience) as a bunch of buffoons. How in the world does having a lack of focus equal pregnancy? And it encourages stupidity about being smart and practicing safe sex or at least being aware enough of some kind of contraceptive measure if you dont want to be with child after getting it on.
Hooray for getting the word out on drug store pregnancy tests. Boo for being morons about it and cramming the lamest line in the world as a lead-in for your commercial. Seriously. People have bad days and lose their focus. Not everyone is pregnant.
After all this bitching I still dont have a suave way of approaching the "I'm late for my period and holy shit, I might be pregnant" angle. All I know, there has to be a better option than this.
I am a huge advocate of personal responsibility and educated consumers. What I am not a fan of is hokey advertising that treats 75% of the general population like monkeys in an exhibit at the zoo.
Right now my wtf face is turned to the marketers for e.p.t..
Scene: woman running in the park. Bends over to tie shoe.
Voice over: I cant seem to focus, maybe I'm pregnant.
Yeah, stop right there. WTF? W. T. F.? Maybe I'm pregnant? What kind of loss of focus solution is that? Hell, I am without focus on a daily basis but I am damn sure that it isnt because I am prego. This is the kind of advertising that takes us (the viewing audience) as a bunch of buffoons. How in the world does having a lack of focus equal pregnancy? And it encourages stupidity about being smart and practicing safe sex or at least being aware enough of some kind of contraceptive measure if you dont want to be with child after getting it on.
Hooray for getting the word out on drug store pregnancy tests. Boo for being morons about it and cramming the lamest line in the world as a lead-in for your commercial. Seriously. People have bad days and lose their focus. Not everyone is pregnant.
After all this bitching I still dont have a suave way of approaching the "I'm late for my period and holy shit, I might be pregnant" angle. All I know, there has to be a better option than this.
Midnite Raven said it at 12:28 PM
2 Comments:
I fixed the link. Go figure that these conservative computers would want to fuxor up a link like ept, lol.
What would REALLY be stupid is if a GUY couldn't seem to focus because he might be pregnant.
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