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What parent lets their teenage daughter leave the house with a shirt that says, "slut" "easy" or "Porn star" across the front?
Why are we subjected to so many genital herpes, erectile dysfunction, penis enhancement and premature ejaculation commericals these days? Did all standards for advertising get left by the wayside? I'm just waiting for the school nurse to call me when my kids go in complaining of "E D"
What the hell is a reverse mortgage? Is that when after 30 years of getting screwed by a bank they decide to try a new orifice?
Why don't those liquor advertisements show what real professional drinkers and bar flies are like?
Why does everyone have such a hard on for Michael Vick when Peta was recently caught taking 40,000 dogs that they promised to put up for adoption, killing them and leaving them in restaurant dumpsters even though they had donations earmarked for caring for and finding homes for these animals.
If they don't want kids drinking household cleaning products, why are they flavored with lemon lime and orange?
Why is it considered hilarious when a man gets his testicles kicked, punched, hit with a baseball, stepped on by a horse etc..? I don't know of any other body part that gets laughs when similarly treated.
Why do we pay to go to a zoo when we can see the exact same behavior at Walmart for free?
posted by Bill Rowland @ August 22, 2007
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29 Comments:
"What parent lets their teenage daughter leave the house with a shirt that says, "slut" "easy" or "Porn star" across the front?
The kind that wants their kid to be popular at any cost! Sad, isn't it?
I also hate the suggestive looking girls clothes that come in toddler sizes!
Man, I have an opinion on every question! Sorry for the rant...
1. Parents are assholes more often than not. Some of you are exceptions rather than the rule.
2. When I was a kid, they didn't even advertise Kotex on television. Now they sell rubbers and old men talking about stiffies lasting more than four hours!
3. Reverse mortgages are a new way to steal homes from elderly retirees and their beneficiaries.
4. I'd love to see some of the bums we have sleeping on our sidewalk at work in those ads...
5. People get sickened by Vick because of what he gave up, not for what he did. Nobody really gives a crap about the dogs, they just can't believe he gave up hundreds of millions of dollars in endorsement contracts. That's the only outrage I ever hear anyone talking about!
6. Lead paint is sweet. My idiot brother told me that when he was stripping it off of his old barn last summer. He tasted it and said it was pretty good.
7. The intense pain, the faces we make...the ultimate slapstick moment is when a man's manhood is violently violated. And women seem to get the biggest "kick" out of it.
8. Most public places qualify as zoos these days... Walmart is just the National Geographic version.
Why is it that the USA is one of only two nations on the planet that allow pharma commercials? Bonus points if you know the other nation that does.
Skanky clothes for young girls really piss me off. The whole sexualization of kids nowadays is very disturbing. My daughter won't be wearing that crap.
What Peta did was OK, because you see, their INTENTIONS were good. Intentions matter way more than results to the left.
I don't man, but that guy looks like he's enjoying that kick.
FTGF!
Why are women in comic books never flat chested? Attended for the first time the World Comic Con in San Diego and noticed that all the female characters had bodies that are impossible by nature, huge chests, tiny waist and skinny thighs! Guess these women are drawn by Dr. 90201. The genius of Neil Gaiman's Sandman female character of Death is the fact that she is a slim, flat chested, cute teenage girl. He has a huge young, teenage female fan following. That character is a person a young teenage girl can relate to and dress up as. It's all about touching our fantasies.
The pic did not make me laugh, it made me wanna hold my crotch (and not in a good way!).
That last comment about WalMart is so true. It's getting to the point where I'd rather pay double at a real store than get a discount at a place where I have to deal with all the insanity.
"Why do we pay to go to a zoo when we can see the exact same behavior at Walmart for free?
Amen...I completely agree with this one mister..lol.
What parent lets their teenage daughter leave the house with a shirt that says, "slut" "easy" or "Porn star" across the front?
That's an easy one. Sluts and porn stars of course.
Tshsmom: Yep I remember a british clothing company in the news that sold thongs in those sizes...yuck
JP: I believe you are right on the money. Especially about vick,
Stucco: I would think cananda because they are always peddling their crap over here but not sure. I hate to say this, but I think I liked TV better before it was de-regulated.
Kevin: +1 on the skanky clothes and I'm not even sure if peta's intentions take anything but politics and cold hard cash into account.
Daniel: I think he's delerious from pain :)
Yoga gal: because horny young nerds who have never even talked to a girl draw every comic book directly from their "fantasies" not that there is anything wrong with that..I guess it sells comics.
scarlet: It's escpecially bad in the big cities.
canadian: I'm half expecting to get poop flung at me while shopping.
Dan: Doh! You make it look so easy :)
LOLOLOL@ Walmart!
Hammer, I know you probably get tired of me coming from the Religious side of the fence- But In your wisdom I see God having every one of those questions down in His little-- (well He's Omniscient so he don't need the little black book-) but let's just say it's true about His sacrificing His son for all the wrong we ever ever did-
How must He hurt and cry at night over what we have "allowed" ourselves to become in the name of "God"- Liberalism-Have it your way! Go Ahead- YOU deserve it' Play now pay later- Delayed gratification becoming an oxymoron- The ACLU fighting for rights that are wrongs- (Not in ALL cases)- where have the basic Morals and Common snsnsibilities, decency, self respect, accountability etc gone in our society??"
I've heard it said and I've said it- "If God doesn't punish the United States (unless we truly REPENT-) He owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology!"
Please don't blame Hammer guys- these are my opinions and they are very broad brush stokes about what I believe! But Hammer has a way of asking the PERTINENT- Straight to the POINT questions that we all need to ask - not just in a tongue and cheek way- but in the very serious way and one that Hammer has the ability to get us thinking outside the octagon. He can get us to think on, about, around and through!
Bravo mi amigo--well done again and I apologize for preaching on your blog!!! (Not really) LOL
John
Walmart is a monkey house, and you know what monkeys throw and get in a fight with in a monkey house. Must be why all walmart bathrooms smell like shit.
I would slap the shit out of my daughter if she tried to wear something like that.
Why do parents get their teenage and pre-teen daughters sweat pants with stuff written on the ass of those pants? All it does is focus everyone's attention on their ass.
I've been an early riser since birth, so I remember when stations first came on in the morning they had this 30 second Good Broadcasting Emblem commercial promising how what they broadcast that day would conform to basic polite behavior. When did that go away?
A reverse mortgage is a work-around for the loan community to charge rapacious interest rates indirectly. Here's the deal: we give you half the value of your house, in return for this lump sum from which you pay a monthly stipend at an acceptable rate. But if you did the math, you'd see how much it really cost you. This is for people without the sense to sell the house for full market value (assuming they're in no hurry to sell tomorrow at any price), then bank and invest the sale proceeds and pay yourself a monthly budget for the rent on the small flat you'll spend your last year or two.
We are a dog loving nation, and anyone intentionally hurting our buddies the dogs get us riled up. If Vick ran a cock fighting exhibition, I doubt many people care about stupid roosters, but in a country where you can barely count on anyone anymore, the loyal dog, who will lick your hand even if you hit it with it, is now the physical representation of innocent loyalty.
Wal-Mart is nothing. Go to a Little League baseball game, anywhere, anytime. Not for the game, for the parents in the stands. Guaranteed to beat the zoo for the cost of a lukewarm hot dog and a sno-cone. People who coach or umpire Little League are vying for sainthood via dry martyrdom, even the atheists, it seems. Why else would someone submit themselves to that abuse? I'd rather opt for self-flagellation.
cheesy: I bet you're going to watch more closely at wally world now ;)
john: "basic Morals and Common snsnsibilities, decency, self respect, accountability etc gone in our society??"
I often look over my shoulder half expect fire and brimstone to start raining down
Burfica: Walmart gets a bum rap, it's not their fault they attract a challenged demographic :)
mts: Thanks for the explanation of the reverse mortgage, they make it sound so innocent I knew there had to be a pitfall. I agree on the dog issue, it just seems one travesty is ignored for another. The little leauge is a mess. When my son was in ymca, every parent and player had to hold hands and make a daily pledge to exhibit good sportsmanship. It worked.
Good questions Hammer. I also think the clothing for girls (and really young girls too) is WAY too 'grown up' - or even, dare I say it.....slutty!
And the adds for ED and PE and all those other things - is nothing secret anymore!!?? Before we knew about ED, was there even such a thing?
We don't really have many adds for alcohol these days. We have a lot portraying people watching themselves drinking and doing stupid things - but it's only the ones without a problem that GET the adds anyway.....and we have lots of adds anti drink-driving - they're pretty hard-hitting, but those who do it will do it anyway.....
All these things pay heed to greed...making more money is what it's all about and the shock factor..."they" assume the audience they play to are all idiots. What does that say about our society??
Peace
Words of Wisdom from Hammer. The answers are all the same. Its like asking why people drive on Parkways and Park in Driveways. All Rhetorical and unanswerable. Thereby preventing any one person from taking over the world.
Flyinfox_SATX
kb: Looks like there are similar issues despite the distance. I sure wish these personal medical problems would go back to the closet.
Odat: Most media assumes we are idiots. That's what pisses me off the most.
flyinfox: damn, I've never thought about it that way...
Interesting questions. I'll add some-why are we seeing programs on Court TV about police vs. perp car chases that end badly, Ultimate Fighting or whatever it's called on ESPN, and other horrible shit that makes me cringe just at the commercials? No wonder people today are so violent-they see it on TV and think it's OK.
Hammer- It's New Zealand. Crazy...
Why do we pay to go to a zoo when we can see the exact same behavior at Walmart for free
I'm choking from laughing so hard...
...and you don't just see the behavior at Wally World. You'll see about half of the actual animals, too!
Janet: the shows are bad too. Espn is about worthless to me and I have 15 of em on the box.
stucco: That IS surprising.
katherine: hehe now I have to tell some walmart stories :)
jami: and the smells that go with them!
My younger daughter went through some real strong goth tendencies when in her middle teens. We fought her tooth an nail over clothing and makeup, but we ususally won because she didn't have a job and we bought her clothes. We had to let her find clothes that she liked and then refuse to buy them in black or she would have only worn black.
Something like pornstar or easy would have never made it out our door. She might have hidden one in her purse to wear later, but we searched both her and her sister's rooms from time to time to look for drugs and such and would have thrown out anything like those shirts had we found them. We wouldn't even allow CDs with parental advisory stickers in the house, and that caused some yelling fits, but they learned real quick when we found those things hidden and confronted them and then broke them.
As far as we know, no drugs or anything, and at 18 and 21 they are both pretty stable and decent. Phew!
Maybe we were big jerks as parents by today's standards, but I don't care.
Yea, I start teaching at the high school again Monday, and I can't wait to see all the honeys with their asses hanging out. Love it, but no touching. And why's it so funny to see some kid smash his face in a cement path after trying to slide down a raling in a skateboard? I always feel phisical pain when I see that.
That's gunna leave a mark.
I've seen more interesting behavior at Wal-Mart, to be honest! You know the other good place to see some real classy and entertaining behavior? AMUSEMENT PARKS. That's where you find the real nitty-gritty, the creme de la creme of America, BABY!
when Peta was recently caught taking 40,000 dogs that they promised to put up for adoption, killing them and leaving them in restaurant dumpsters even though they had donations earmarked for caring for and finding homes for these animals.
I would like a link to the online source of this information.
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