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Back when I was a regular listener to talk radio, the ads for PE snake oil were absolutely ubiquitous. They aired more than any other product I can remember (ex
by WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
Back when I was a regular listener to talk radio, the ads for PE snake oil were absolutely ubiquitous. They aired more than any other product I can remember (except maybe Bose Wave radio).
I never knew how to feel for this target audience. It sucks people are vulnerable to obvious snake oil ads. It also sucks that PE is a thing that's important to people.
Male body shaming is weird and oogy.
- gjvc 3y agoBose Wave radio adverts on the radio. Damn.
- mbg721 3y agoMy parents actually did buy, not a Bose Wave radio, but one of the South African wind-up ones they advertised heavily just before Y2K. (My parents were insomniac Art Bell fans.) It came in pretty handy for sporadic weather-related stuff.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> one of the South African wind-up ones they advertised heavily just before Y2K. (My parents were insomniac Art Bell fans.) That'd be C.Crane. Looks like he and Bell were into each other https://ccrane.com/art-bell-an-interview-with-a-legendary-talk-show-host/ https://ccrane.com/art-bell-an-interview-with-a-legendary-ta...
- mbg721 3y agoGushing affair or not, it's an impressive radio.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoI knew a few listeners who bought them, typically on credit. I inherited a couple but passed them on.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoOne of the funniest things is Reddit “evolving” to lock threads or downvote comments about people’s appearances on popular threads, but simultaneously embracing comments that associate a man with perceived negative qualities as having a small penis. And it will almost always be the top comment.
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- Tao3300 3y agoThe double standards are shocking. If a woman says "if he cheated on me like that, I'd (fill in horrid genital mutilation)" and everyone has a laugh about it or cheers her on. If a man responds in kind, people are mortified, too shocked to even speak condemnation. Likewise for prison rape. It seriously troubles me how many people celebrate the prospect of that happening to male convicts. If you suggested it as a fitting punishment for a female offender, you might not even exit the room you uttered the words in unharmed.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> The double standards are shocking. If a woman says "if he cheated on me like that, I'd (fill in horrid genital mutilation)" and everyone has a laugh about it or cheers her on. One of my earliest memories of mom: Her in traction for two broken vertebrae, thanks to dad and a bakelite phone. Of all the relatives and friends who've been physically assaulted by someone close, about 99% were female and about 99% of them were hit by a male. The exceptions were older sisters and that ended when the younger sibling got big enough. Because size matters. I did 25 years with a profoundly abusive spouse and know a bit about being abused by women. To believe I was at physical risk would be a sad delusion to have. In my experience, efforts to marginalize the risk that men pose to women don't come from a place of sound analysis and good faith.
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- mbg721 3y agoThey're still on AM radio, along with the "buy gold" ones. It's weird.
- Tao3300 3y agoRadio and sports ads are the worst. This. Penny auctions. Crypto. Gambling. I tune out of things I might have otherwise listened to because it feels filthy.