Misleading or Stupid Advertisements. page 2

[DinoHunter]

Any and all the pet food commercials.
Poor Hubby has to listen to me yelling at them every time they come on.

Then again, saying "we use more floor scraps, chemicals & DDD* animals parts than our competitor" probably wouldn't sell well.

*Dead, Diseased & dying

[Kochin]

Adding to the all-bran one: the traditional forms of bran are oats and barley. This one is wheat. This year wheat crops have not been very good. They're selling you the extra roughage and waste now the grain itself isn't available. And claiming it's good.

Yay consumerism, bad science and big business!

[Lewis]

Well, there you go. First impressions can deceive. I look at the thread and it's not what I think.

Approaching the board, the last word "advertisements" gets cut off, so all I see is:

Misleading or stupid ...

and, having just checked my RSS reader, I assume we're talking about the egregious Stephan Gueyenet":

Hyperlipid: Insulin: Are you hungry? Part 2


But no.

Advertising? Generally, it's both. These people would sell the shirt of their mother's back, but that doesn't mean they understand their approach is wrong. They've almost certainly never thought about what's true or not true. Not what they care about, not where they're looking.

[cruncan]

Use this to scrub away your natural pheromones and attract more of the opposite sex.. pshhh

[joelwlcx]

Anti-marijuana commercials

[SarahW]

Use this to scrub away your natural pheromones and attract more of the opposite sex.. pshhh

Is that Axe? The one where the guy actually got magnetic always made me laugh.

My European husband keeps on trying to buy Axe because it's the only thing in the aisle he recognizes. I always give him a wide berth after he uses it. I would hate to get too close and get stuck to it! Whew!

[kenn]

Anything from PETA or Brady Campaign

[LauraSB]

My European husband keeps on trying to buy Axe because it's the only thing in the aisle he recognizes. I always give him a wide berth after he uses it. I would hate to get too close and get stuck to it! Whew!

LOL, it's a favorite of American middle school boys (11-14yo). I am lucky that DH subscribes to my philosophy of men's fragrance - you shouldn't be able to smell him until you've invaded his personal space.

[JoanieL]

Some instant food type commercial (can't remember the brand) with the stupid "lettuce stylist." The expression BYOL (bring your own lettuce) makes me want to yank her hair out.

For this convenient salad, you:

1. put your lettuce on a plate
2. defrost god only knows what is in that salad dressing in a glass of hot water
3. put the chicken and veggies in the microwave
4. assemble

Isn't salad already a bit of an easy food to prepare?

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The very long commercial telling me to own my ADHD. First off, I tend more to OCD.....

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Anything that yells at me - the automakers seem to be screaming more as the fiscal year comes to a close. For people who buy cars every few years, well they already know the best time of the year to buy a car. For the rest of us - do they think we're sitting on the sofa watching the tube, putting together tomorrow's to-do list, and all of a sudden we hear them screaming about great deals and think, "Hmmm, maybe I should go buy a car tomorrow."

[Rusty]

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The very long commercial telling me to own my ADHD. First off, I tend more to OCD.....

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I tell everyone that I am CDO, because my OCD is about keeping everything proper order, LOL!