anybody seen this new "truth" commercial?

[sqirl1]

so I saw Battle: LA a few weeks ago (great movie btw) and when I was watching the previews, I saw this commercial YouTube - truth® - "Why Do They Make Tobacco Taste Sweet?" figured you guys would have something to say about this. here's what I put:

why do they make Alchohol taste sweet? why do they make foods high in fat and high fructose corn syrup taste sweet? why do they make ANYTHING bad for you taste sweet? why is it not a big deal when they seem market alcoholic beverages to teenagers but such a horrible thing when they do anything remotely similar with tobacco it's a crime against humanity? why do they MAKE kids take horrible drugs like Adderall that are comparable to ....?

 

[nerofiend]

Dont get me started on those commercials. They are no better than the "Above the influence" commercials out there.

Terror tactics is all they are. "Hey, drugs and smoking is only for losers who are following all the hype on TV, instead follow OUR hype and be what WE want you to be"

The truth is only worth what they SELL it for.

 

[sqirl1]

I just found this. LOL YouTube - Extreme Anti-Smoking Ad

 

[GMoney]

Dont get me started on those commercials. They are no better than the "Above the influence" commercials out there.

Terror tactics is all they are. "Hey, drugs and smoking is only for losers who are following all the hype on TV, instead follow OUR hype and be what WE want you to be"

The truth is only worth what they SELL it for.

It is worse than "terror tactics", it is long term brain-washing. I love your point about "followers". I always tell people that they need to most fear the people telling them they "should be an individual, and think for themselves" because they are absolutely trying to manipulate them too, it can just be harder to figure out!

 

[Rosco]

There are large flocks of "sheeple" spreading across the nations of the world. I fear they are unstoppable too.

 

[GMoney]

sqirl1 I just found this. LOL YouTube - Extreme Anti-Smoking Ad

Ha a, That was great!

There are large flocks of "sheeple" spreading across the nations of the world. I fear they are unstoppable too.

I fear you speak the "truth" Rosco!

 

[Vocalek]

Putting an "R" in a circle next to the name doesn't turn a lie into truth. What we have here are "Truth Twisters."

 

[Demarko]

Putting an "R" in a circle next to the name doesn't turn a lie into truth. What we have here are "Truth Twisters."

I remember a commercial that ran over and over again a few years ago, for a digital camera. "There's lots of good digital cameras out there, but only one camera owns the name 'the official camera of the internet'." WTF? The internet has "official" things now? NO! But they did own the name, I'm sure... Worst doublespeak I've ever heard!

 

[Gracchus Grey]

I swear to god those ....ing commercials are one of the reasons i started smoking in the first place. They're just so annoying. Cigarettes suck, sure, but they are bad enough in objective reality without their rampant hyperbole about children and thousands of deaths per second.

 

[xg4bx]

I do my part to combat these ads, when I see teens smoking I tell them how cool and adult they look.


Maybe I'm kidding.....lol I am.

 

[selenamstar]

I think those ads are horifying! I understand that we wanna keep people from smoking but JH Christ! I remember the days I was ridiculed for not following the flock, hrmm what happened? Oh yes I still refuse to mindlessly follow anybody's .........

 

[sqirl1]

this one just caught my attention because of all the controversy surrounding flavors lately, and this may also be an indirect reference to E-cigs since anti-smoking organizations like to pretend they're connected to tobacco companies