Even if this doesn’t pass, get rid of the fucking jardiance musical commercials.
we just had a no kings protests.
srsly wtf bernie
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Fucking PUH-LEEZE! If I have to see another plaque psoriasis ad during my dinner time viewing of Love After Lockup, I’m gonna blow chunks
Prescription drug ads are a global oddity to begin with. Last I heard, only the U.S. and New Zealand allow them.
“Ask your doctor if Phuckettal is right for you today!”
No. The doctor should be telling me what I need; not me telling them what I want. It’s not a fucking candy store. Not only do I hate the ads, I hate not knowing with certainty if I am being prescribed something because I need it or if the pharma company that makes the drug simply pays the doctor to prescribe it. 😬
There was a time when ads for both pharmaceuticals and lawyers were both illegal. Considering how many of each I see every day, it makes me wonder how they filled their ad schedules in the olden days.
I have barely watched non-streaming TV for probably a decade or more, but I believe that in Canada it is much more difficult to advertise pharmaceuticals or law services. I think they can do it, but there are a lot of restrictions.
Certainly when I’m
subjectedexposed to American TV, the number of pharmaceutical commercials is staggering.Laundry detergent and other household cleaners targeting stay-at-home wives.
It’s why daytime dramas are called Soap Operas.
Sounds complicated. What if we just banned all ads?
That would take away a major advantage rich people have over us, so you’d better believe the useful idiots among us will not support it.
LMFAO. Yeah that will totally pass. The billionaire class totally wants to nerf their biggest source of revenue.
It probably won’t pass, but we should still be fighting back.
My man.
It fucking sucks that he is kneecapped by every other politician and is rendered mostly to just a voice.
Tackling the real issues I see.
Anything to get out of having to explain why he never once used the word genocide.
Rathttps://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/05/25/sanders-israel-gaza-genocide/
“What we should be focusing on is ending the destruction and changing policy,” he said. “Let’s be clear, 52,000 people have been killed, mostly women and children. Over 100,000 have been wounded with the entire infrastructure destroyed. That is horrible. That is barbaric. That is the concern we have but some people want to argue about a word which the United Nations is now working to define.”
Seems like a good choice, not letting people waste time.
This rat nas NEVER used the word genocide, and never missed a chache to say shitrahell has a right to defend itself or condemn Hamas.
Also invariably blames only ‘the Netanyahoo government’ and not the eternal evil entity, as if that would change if he’s gone.Edit: and he’s also saying protest should be non-violent so that nothing will change.
Never votes for anything useful unless it won’t make a difference with 90+% against.His mask has been off for a long time.
what slimy coward
it’s unbelievable that the us has straight up drug ads to consumers
At least we’re not the only one! Iirc new Zealand does/did as well
world most overpriced drugs, and ads.
in most of the world that would be a ridiculously sci fi dystopia that no one would think is possible
Now get big pharma out of psychedelic research and ban them from lining the pockets of fda employees.
To clarify im all for psychedelics, and want them legal. But if big pharma gets in the way they’ll ruin our natural plant based medicine. For example they are trying to create a psilocybin drug to take without euphoric or hallucinagenic properties and without those the experience is completely ruined. Shrooms and other psychedelics work for ptsd, anxiety because of these experiences, you cant have a good experience without them
But then how will they try to defend exorbitant drug prices when they no longer have tens of millions of dollars of advertising expenditures and are still developing drugs largely via publicly funded research?
Think of how insanely expensive those ads are: Besides the exorbitant cost of running them multiple times a day on numerous expensive broadcast channels during every day part, there’s the production costs.
Big casts, big crew, location shooting, lots of costumes, etc. Then there is the music. They tend to use great classic rock songs, which carry extremely heavy royalty rates. In addition, they usually change the arrangement, and even write new lyrics. Changing the lyrics costs a FORTUNE.
The costs for the ad before it even runs, is incredible. The marketing costs for the entire campaign must be enormous. No wonder prescription drug costs are so high.
Hey, those bonuses and stock buybacks aren’t going to pay for themselves!!!
Great bill but feels like throwing a diet coke can’s worth of water onto the worlds greasiest fire.
If it helps I’ll take it.
