KevinM
Senior member
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2019
- Messages
- 559
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 06/2019
- Country
- US
- State
- FL
- City
- Tallahassee
This isn’t so much of a rant (what’s the point of ranting right now anyway) but a head shaking observation of TV commercials that seem so...30 days ago.
Like many of us, the global financial collapse (putting aside for a moment the vastly greater issues of the likely shocking death totals I think are coming and the potential complete breakdown of society in the hardest hit areas) has washed away, like “castles in the sand” (nod to Jimi Hendrix), much of the financial security my wife and I worked so hard to ensure for her after my death. And I’m sure many of us, probably most of us here, are facing similar realities. That, on top of just trying to survive another day.
And yet, the channels are still full of Matthew McConaughey selling high end Lincoln SUV’s, ESPN pushing an all access sports channel (lets all keep up with latest NBA scores everyone!), Caribbean cruises, happy, smiling, partying folks that overcame the heartbreak of psoriasis with the latest drug, the mouth watering “lobster fest” at Red Lobster, and, well, you get the point.
I guess I get it...the companies paid for the ads, why not run them, but again, it’s humorous if it weren’t so damn out of touch. So February, if you will. K
Like many of us, the global financial collapse (putting aside for a moment the vastly greater issues of the likely shocking death totals I think are coming and the potential complete breakdown of society in the hardest hit areas) has washed away, like “castles in the sand” (nod to Jimi Hendrix), much of the financial security my wife and I worked so hard to ensure for her after my death. And I’m sure many of us, probably most of us here, are facing similar realities. That, on top of just trying to survive another day.
And yet, the channels are still full of Matthew McConaughey selling high end Lincoln SUV’s, ESPN pushing an all access sports channel (lets all keep up with latest NBA scores everyone!), Caribbean cruises, happy, smiling, partying folks that overcame the heartbreak of psoriasis with the latest drug, the mouth watering “lobster fest” at Red Lobster, and, well, you get the point.
I guess I get it...the companies paid for the ads, why not run them, but again, it’s humorous if it weren’t so damn out of touch. So February, if you will. K