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Dudebro
03-20-2010, 02:57 AM
Watch this 40 second commercial and tell me how it made you feel.

YouTube - Spasmodic Torticollis / Cervical Dystonia Public Service Announcement featuring Dixie Carter


My gf and I have seen this several times on TV and we both laughed at the lady with the messed up neck. We aren't mean people, it just seems kind of ridiculous. I'm not sure if it's the poor quality or the odd timing of the "patient photo" but something isn't right. At first I thought it was a fake commercial.
I finally looked it up tonight and it is a serious condition but it's somewhat rare. That just brings up more questions, why a commercial? Why all the sudden when this was made in like 2003? Why did they use a picture that looks like someone just tilting their head? The mind boggles!

Btw I'm not insensitive, other people have noticed this as well. I got this from a random website when I did a search.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/unyobroyo/lol-27969-1262889537-46.jpg I don't think I have to say it but I will, :lol:

Tails
03-20-2010, 03:09 AM
What channels are you watching?

Dudebro
03-20-2010, 03:10 AM
I think that was on Adult Swim or SciFi channel. Either way it wasn't something like Lifetime if that's what you're really asking. :teeth:

Tails
03-20-2010, 03:11 AM
I saw a condom commercial on AS tonight I was like "WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF".

Dudebro
03-20-2010, 03:16 AM
Do you remember the other topic I made like this? I still see commercials for that same penis pump on basic cable, all the time. Granted I'm up late but it's on a lot more than anyone would expect. It must be a good selling product. Sometimes it's on the same commercial break as Girls gone Wild, it's pretty epic imo.

Tails
03-20-2010, 03:34 AM
On a kids channel too. What if a kid leaves CN on and wakes up to it?

StarfoxFan2009
03-20-2010, 03:38 AM
I could picture it as such: "mommy, what's a..." only to get stopped by their parents as soon as they say the word with a look of horror on their faces.

Tails
03-20-2010, 03:40 AM
http://netanya.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/293_home_alone_121107.jpg

StarfoxFan2009
03-20-2010, 03:41 AM
That's exactly how i'm picturing it Tails +1

Dudebro
03-20-2010, 03:54 AM
On a kids channel too. What if a kid leaves CN on and wakes up to it?
I really doubt they'd do that. I don't watch CN so I have no idea what the commercials are like so I could be wrong.

Tails
03-20-2010, 04:07 AM
less bad.

Kong
03-20-2010, 07:30 AM
The commercial is horribly done. Looks like a joke.

Hopefully their plan was to get more attention from people making fun of them.

The first 30 seconds they are going on about nothing using words that no one knows. And then boom. They drop a funny picture that no one should laugh at but everyone will. And then they drop the phone number. 800-HURTFUL. Then your girlfriend says 'laughing is hurtful' and you are reaching for the phone and credit card to buy an apology.

If you are on a low budget to raise money for a rare condition no one has ever heard of then it was probably the most effective route to take. Plus you get free Internet advertisement out of it from people making fun of it and talking about it online.

Slime Slayer
03-20-2010, 10:26 AM
LOL, I wont be calling that number, this is no doubt a scam, regardless of weither or or not this medical problem really exists or not.

Demon-Mask
03-20-2010, 02:47 PM
It's horrible to laugh, but I just couldn't help myself.

Neutral
03-20-2010, 03:03 PM
Is is only me or does the presenter look like an matryoshka doll?
The video in itself made me feel strangely alive thought in I am far from it in reality.

Tails
03-20-2010, 03:05 PM
What's so funny, I found it boring.

Demon-Mask
03-20-2010, 03:08 PM
What's so funny, I found it boring.
Exactly the point, it is so dull and boring that it was funny. The topic itself shouldn't be funny but how informative the commercial was, made it sort of funny. It's like Sex ed. in school, it isn't funny, but the way the teachers deal with it makes it somewhat funny. That being said, I would never laugh during that part of school.

Tails
03-20-2010, 03:32 PM
Not funny to me. Something funny is when Tenser posts.

Demon-Mask
03-20-2010, 03:36 PM
Not funny to me. Something funny is when Tenser posts.
True.

Kugyince
03-20-2010, 05:25 PM
@DB: You are a bad person for this and will no doubt go to Hell.

Dudebro
03-21-2010, 01:17 AM
@DB: You are a bad person for this and will no doubt go to Hell.
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are just more fun
This becomes more and more true the older I get.

Btw Tails, you got a little something on your nose. :lol:

Tails
03-21-2010, 01:24 AM
Not entitled to my own opinion?

Dudebro
03-21-2010, 01:35 AM
I didn't say that at all. Just messing with you, it was kind of an obvious joke I thought.

Tails
03-21-2010, 01:36 AM
Eh, having a bad night is why.

Dudebro
03-21-2010, 01:43 AM
It's all good, just watch the video and laugh at twisted sister.

joz
03-25-2010, 08:33 AM
I laughed. I couldn't help it. It was rather sudden and I really wasn't expecting the lady with the tilted head. It was funny, but serious at the same time.