Thread: "The Shit Just Doesn't Make Sense!"

Why the heck do television networks think we want to watch commercials about genital herpes?

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

Why the heck do television networks think we want to watch commercials about genital herpes?

Lmfao. Seriously. I mean, when people have something like genital herpes, they are going to seek the information on their own. No need to ruin everyone else's dinnertime tube-watching with commercials about genital herpes, erectile dysfunction and whatnot. Lol.

Yeah. Another commercial thing. They always try to create false needs. Here was this one RLS kick, with the same comercial for at least a week. RLS is rarer than schizophrenia...

Also, I think commercials may play a role in the "increase" of clinical depression within the last decade.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Why is it that every commercial fed to the masses that has to do with marijuana (a relatively harmless drug) is written with the purpose of making all weed smokers look like idiotic, lethargic, useless and dangerous members of society...and then you see every single alcoholic drink commercial glorifying drinking, when alcohol is easily a much more dangerous substance?

Ugh...makes me sick.

That is exactly what I was going to bring up. There is no bigger social WTF than what you are talking about. I have never gotten past the shock of learning about that blatantly hypocritical social phenomenon.

In second place is the proposed Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. Just how absurd can popular proposals get?

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

That is exactly what I was going to bring up. There is no bigger social WTF than what you are talking about. I have never gotten past the shock of learning about that blatantly hypocritical social phenomenon.

In second place is the proposed Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. Just how absurd can popular proposals get?

I'm scared that we are going to find that out!

Why is it, when someone asks you a question at your place of work (usually if it's retail or sales), do they immediatley think you're either bullshitting them or trying to fuck them over? Is society on a whole that un-trustworthy?

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

That is exactly what I was going to bring up. There is no bigger social WTF than what you are talking about. I have never gotten past the shock of learning about that blatantly hypocritical social phenomenon.

Great minds think alike.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

In second place is the proposed Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. Just how absurd can popular proposals get?

Agreed, once again.

Originally Posted by AmazeO XD

Why is it, when someone asks you a question at your place of work (usually if it's retail or sales), do they immediatley think you're either bullshitting them or trying to fuck them over? Is society on a whole that un-trustworthy?

Well, I can't blame the consumers on this one. As someone that works in sales, I can only honestly state that a majority of the salesmen you will ever meet in your lifetime are trying to fuck you over. Salesmen thrive on the concept of "gray area." It is basically an arbitrary concept that means "I can lie to you up until the point where I, personally, feel like I'm telling you a bald-faced lie (a lie which many don't mind crossing). My objective is actually to confuse you to the point of compliance."

All I can say is that salesmen should expect this kind of reaction, as many to most salesmen are scumbags that will tell you what you what you want to hear, because they are in a line of business where (in many cases) every dollar in their pocket is based upon getting you to buy something, whether you actually want it or not.

But yeah...being one of the salesmen (in this case, telemarketers) that isn't down with blatantly lying for a living to make a buck, that paranoid stigma of the consumer makes my job that much harder.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Ok...we all experience things that just don't seem logical. It could be because we are missing the point, or because the answer we suspect to be most logical is either ignored by (or shrouded from) popular awareness. No matter what, there is always some shit that just doesn't make sense.

So let us know what really makes you stop, scratch your head, and go "WTF??" Who knows...maybe someone else reading your post knows the answers which you seek. Maybe not. Either way; should be good times.

Just to start off: (And mostly for an example. I already realize the answer to this one, but it just hit me last night while I was watching t.v. and it's still just something that makes me go "that's so obviously ass-backwards is not even funny...")

Why is it that every commercial fed to the masses that has to do with marijuana (a relatively harmless drug) is written with the purpose of making all weed smokers look like idiotic, lethargic, useless and dangerous members of society...and then you see every single alcoholic drink commercial glorifying drinking, when alcohol is easily a much more dangerous substance?

Ugh...makes me sick.

Anyway...GO!

I completely agree and all it really does is end up hurting people like me who try and go for something as simple as a walk around my own neighborhood. Cars stop, people look and the whole time I'm feeling this mountain of pressure while I'm just trying to enjoy the view and be friendly.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

But yeah...being one of the salesmen (in this case, telemarketers) that isn't down with blatantly lying for a living to make a buck, that paranoid stigma of the consumer makes my job that much harder.

You're . . . a telemarketer?

Damn, what if you were one of those poor guys that called my house...


I'm going to have to start being nice to telemarketers now; it might be you! Shit, my one joy in life:

Quantum Physics.

Fuck.

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

You're . . . a telemarketer?

Damn, what if you were one of those poor guys that called my house...


I'm going to have to start being nice to telemarketers now; it might be you! Shit, my one joy in life:

Heh. I'd hate to be the one to rob you of your favorite past time, MoSman.

The American custom of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. That shit just doesn't make sense!! I mean, first off, we can't exactly just go out and buy the stuff; we have to get a script from our doctor. And the idea of us telling a doctor what medication we need is absurd.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Lmfao. Seriously. I mean, when people have something like genital herpes, they are going to seek the information on their own. No need to ruin everyone else's dinnertime tube-watching with commercials about genital herpes, erectile dysfunction and whatnot. Lol.

HAHA yeah.. I'm seeing this guy with ED right now, and a fucking Viagra commercial comes on while we're watching TV.

Sucked.

SO.

Hard.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

HAHA yeah.. I'm seeing this guy with ED right now, and a fucking Viagra commercial comes on while we're watching TV.

Sucked.

SO.

Hard.

That post made me burst out laughing so hard I almost choked, Ophie. Especially the last two lines...

If any of you have played it...

In Castle Risk, when you lie down more than one reinforcement card in one turn, do you get two sets of reinforcements, or do the cards laid down simply stack?

Ex. 2 reinforcement cards are already on the board.

1st card=1 army.
2nd card=2 armies plus the value of the preceding cards. So basically 2 armies plus one. 3 Armies

My sister lays down 2 reinforcement cards. Does she get simply 4+3+2+1 OR does she get (3+2+1) + (4+3+2+1) for both of the reinforcement cards?

When I brought this up, my three other family members who I was playing Castle Risk with swore up and down she only received 4+3+2+1 armies, but seeing as one of them was drunk, one of them was 8 years old and the last one would bend the rules of board games to win, I wasn't happy with their line of reasoning.

Luckily, in the end it didn't matter as I stabbed my brother and sister in the backs after they stabbed my father in the back, so it was all good.

Don't know if anyone will know what I'm talking about, but meh.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

HAHA yeah.. I'm seeing this guy with ED right now, and a fucking Viagra commercial comes on while we're watching TV.

Sucked.

SO.

Hard.

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

That post made me burst out laughing so hard I almost choked, Ophie. Especially the last two lines...

Lmfao. No shit. I haven't genuinely laughed at a post like that in a long time.

That must have been so awkward. LOL.

...Progressive insurance commercials...

does anyone find them funny? I think they're annoying

yeah, but I actually did see a good car insurance one just today that made me laugh.

Originally Posted by Kael Seoras

...Progressive insurance commercials...

does anyone find them funny? I think they're annoying

I actually don't mind those. I think the main chick they have doing them has got a whole funny/cute/ditzy thing going for her, which usually makes me smile.

But, in keeping with the same point: GEICO commercials. I mean seriously. WTF? You mean to tell me that someone is paid to write that shit? They went from completely over-killing the cavemen, to a stack of money with eyes... I can't believe that such a huge corporation would even air half of the crap they put on their commercials.

Yea, Geico seems to have a problem with not knowing when they've over done something. The Caveman was funny for awhile, but it got old, fast. And just when you think they've finished, there's yet another Caveman commercial.

And yea, I don't know what's up with the money with eyes.

Nah, Gieco wasn't good for me. It was a new online company and the guy is looking out the window at his car as it gets totaled in a chain affect and two guys almost fall off a window cleaning thing over the side of a building.

Originally Posted by dylanshmai

It was a new online company and the guy is looking out the window at his car as it gets totaled in a chain affect and two guys almost fall off a window cleaning thing over the side of a building.

Those commercials are pretty funny If a little cheesy.

People's interests in celebrities confuse the fuck out of me. People are always complaining how hard their lives are, and how full of drama it is. Why would anyone EVER want to read about people we dont know personally. Why get caught up in their shit and care about it? I have far better things to do

Here is what makes no sense to me: Why do people say what? after you told them something, and 2 seconds later they answer the question after saying, what?

its like, why say what if you heard what I just said?!?!?!