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doublefresh
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posted 01-30-2005 08:22 PM     Profile for doublefresh   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Are people really so stupid that they buy AOL because aol offers free virus protection? Do people really think that if they get a home equity loan and pay off their credit cards that they will be out of debt?

Every day I watch these friggin commercials and think "can anyone be this stupid?" My question was answered when I talked to my friends wife. They just did the home equity thing and bought a new AOL account. She thinks they are now debt free and got a wonderful deal on internet service.

Feel free to add your rants. What other BS do you see on the TV???


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posted 01-31-2005 12:23 AM     Profile for Acid   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I'm tired of seeing commercials about pills for guys who can't use their dick. Who the fuck has that problem?
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posted 01-31-2005 12:32 AM     Profile for Cyborg6   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Are people really so stupid that they buy AOL because aol offers free virus protection?

Yes

Do people really think that if they get a home equity loan and pay off their credit cards that they will be out of debt?

Yes

Are people really only a little smarter than monkies?

Yes


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posted 01-31-2005 03:32 AM     Profile for AcidWarp   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I'm going to echo Lazyboy's sentiment. There are so many commercials for diseases on TV that I'm beginning to think I have one, or that I need one. I want the one that comes with the hot chick and the puppy.

I hate those damn Valtrex commercials. They make Genital Herpes look like the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I also hate those god damned Lamisil ads. Those actors haven't suffered from Athlete's Foot, EVER!

Then there's the tripe spewed forth by Personal Injury lawyers. Fucking ambulance chasers. They're the fucking reason that we're all lawsuit happy. You fell down that cliff after climbing the safety railing? Live with it, dumbass. Don't sue the company that made the railing, or the resort. It's not their fault you're an idiot.

I'm an angry crank, and I'm proud of it

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posted 01-31-2005 04:36 AM     Profile for FS   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
What's that home equity loan thinger?

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Wow, I can't believe I'm agreeing with FS on this one

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posted 01-31-2005 08:10 AM     Profile for doublefresh   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
The home equity loan is nothing more than taking out a loan with your house as the colateral. If you defalt on the loan they take your house. The good thing is that many times they will loan you money at a lower rate than all of your credit cards the bad thing is half the idiots I talk to either pay off their credit cards with the loan and then just ring the cards up to the max again or they think they are suddenly rich and run out and buy a new car or bigger house.

If they were actually just paying off their bills at a lower rate it would not be a bad deal but most idiots just end up getting into more debt.


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posted 01-31-2005 09:20 AM     Profile for Serengeti   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
They still have commercials on TV?

/TiVo


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posted 01-31-2005 09:39 AM     Profile for jondster   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Instead of teaching condom use in high school, they should teach CREDIT use. I have 3 nieces in their early 20's that all have over $30K debt on plastic - and it ain't at under 10% APR either.

I have another friend whose wife is such a moron that everytime she gets a credit card app announcing an initial $5K or $10K credit limit, she signs for it and promptly goes out on a buying binge cuz she thinks it's "free money". Hubby wants to stick his fork in right between her eyes at the end of every month.

Let's consider this, folks. Home Equity Loans are really tits IF the housing market continues to boom, as the value of existing homes continues to rise and generate paper equity. All it will take is a jump in motgage interest rates (and that may happen) and the market boom will stop because money's got too expensive to buy a new house, OR YOUR over-leveraged existing one. If your house's value drops and you start to generate NEGATIVE equity, the bank will call your loan in a heart-beat.

We could see another real estate bust like the 80's, but this time on a personal instead of commercial side.

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posted 01-31-2005 05:09 PM     Profile for Mad Max   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I don't really hate commercials but I agree that people must be really stupid to buy some of this shit. The best ones are the "Paid Programming" where they ram a product down your throat for 30mins.

So which commercials do I "hate".

Subway - just because ONE fat bastard lost a lot of weight by eating subs every day doesn't mean shit. They should realize that if they had more than just ONE fat bastard singing their praised people might actually believe that the power of the sub is not just a fluke. I guess they have more people but Jared, geez, good on ya buddy but you still look like a dick, just a skinny dick now.

Geiko - YOU CAN'T GET GEIKO IN MASSACHUSETTS SO STOP PLAYING THOSE DOUBLE ADS!!!!! I know it's national television but it still sucks. I CANNOT save 15% on my car insurance with a quick telephone call.

McDonalds - I actually think their commercials are better since they took over doing them themselves.

Lite Beer - Some beer commercials are funny who listens to all that crap about "less carbs" and "better taste"? they're all like having sex in a canoe i.e. it's fucking close to water!

Nearly all cleaning products - everyone cleans their house with a single wipe of a paper towel that lasts forever.

Anti-smoking ads funded by Philip Morris - that's just sick.

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posted 01-31-2005 10:22 PM     Profile for RoGuEBiTcH   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
jondster ~ 3 nieces in their early 20s, huh? Single? Kidding, I'm no sugardaddy.

Yea, the AOL ones are a hoot. You want a safe connection? Start with a safe OS. Max, what about the used car lot ads on public access? Does every car salesman in MA have a gross Boston accent or what?

Other than that, I'd love to give the levitra slut a strong, lasting experience right in her ass. What a whore.


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posted 01-31-2005 11:15 PM     Profile for Mad Max   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by RoGuEBiTcH:
jondster ~ 3 nieces in their early 20s, huh? Single? Kidding, I'm no sugardaddy.

Yea, the AOL ones are a hoot. You want a safe connection? Start with a safe OS. Max, what about the used car lot ads on public access? Does every car salesman in MA have a gross Boston accent or what?

Other than that, I'd love to give the levitra slut a strong, lasting experience right in her ass. What a whore.


Don't see them very often but know EXACTLY the guys you're talking about. "Come on down to Lynnfield and test drive your next noo cah!"

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posted 02-01-2005 01:39 AM     Profile for burble   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
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Anti-smoking ads funded by Philip Morris - that's just sick.

i pretty much hate all anti-smoking commercials.

OMG TRUTH! SMOKING ISN'T TEH GOOD!

no fucking shit.

who the fuck doesn't know that smoking is taking a risk? just like driving a kia.


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posted 02-01-2005 08:47 AM     Profile for Cyborg6   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
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Does every car salesman in MA have a gross Boston accent or what?

Yes

LOL @ RB, Ellen and I can relate!

"This Chevy Blazer is going for only $10,900.9999999995"!

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posted 02-01-2005 09:20 AM     Profile for jondster   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Hey Jay, with that kind of credit sense, you shouldn't want any part of them. (Althought 2 are twins and VERY attractive, the third just got knocked-up by a Latin Gang-Banger so she obviously doesn't have her collective shit together).

You mean that dark-eyed, mid forty-ish gal that talks about "quality of response" ? (deos that translate to "the dude gets some MAJOR wood" ???) .... yeah, I'm thinking she could use having the lining knocked out of it.

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posted 02-01-2005 10:14 AM     Profile for RoGuEBiTcH   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Twins??

*drools*

Yea, that's the one. "Hey, all you 45 year old men..get this pill and your wife will look like me and want to fuck you 6 times a day - *and* you'll be able to do no-handed pushups on queue." Suuure.


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posted 02-01-2005 11:57 AM     Profile for AcidWarp   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Phillip Morris is phasing out their Tobacco division. That's why the anti-smoking ads.

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posted 02-01-2005 12:32 PM     Profile for Mad Max   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AcidWarp:
Phillip Morris is phasing out their Tobacco division. That's why the anti-smoking ads.

Perhaps so but it's like McDonalds trying to sound responsible by telling people how bad their product is for you. I can't wait to see those ads.

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posted 02-01-2005 12:36 PM     Profile for burble   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
do what now?

phillip morris owns marlboro, which is like, probably the biggest skank-cigarette manufacturer in the world.

that's like saying busweiser doesn't like drunk driving so they're gonna give up making their piss-water.


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