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I always wondered why alcohol didn't get the same restrictions that cigarettes got: sure you can still buy marlboros anywhere, they are not banned and the polic

by JVIDEL 14y ago

I always wondered why alcohol didn't get the same restrictions that cigarettes got: sure you can still buy marlboros anywhere, they are not banned and the police wont throw you in a cell for carrying a pack, but ads for tobacco are seriously curtailed if not outright forbidden in most places and the boxes themselves are full of health warnings. Why don't do the same with alcohol? Where I live ads for beer, wine and other drinks are literally EVERYWHERE, and the way the ads are made is plain manipulative, something even Don Draper would consider going too far. It doesn't takes a psychologist to see alcohol ads much like the cigarettes go for the exact opposite of what an addict's life is like, and just like marlboro told men they could be cowboys and go into adventures beer ads say you can party hard 24/7 and nail all the chicks you want/see by being pissing-in-your-pants drunk. Ironically the most realistic beer ad I ever saw was Pißwasser's in GTAIV.

aswanson 14y ago
beer ads say you can party hard 24/7 and nail all the chicks you want/see by being pissing-in-your-pants drunk Hilarious. This was been the exact opposite of my experience in my younger days. If anything, alcohol tipped the odds against me in situations, in sober retrospect , would have went my way had I not been drinking. They should use celibate monasteries as a backdrop for alcohol ads.
- aswanson 14y ago
  Too late to edit: The grammatical errors in the parent post may lead one to think that I was inebriated prior to typing. I assure you this was totally due to poor editing rather than alcohol. :)
gnosis 14y ago
"I always wondered why alcohol didn't get the same restrictions that cigarettes got" It did, and worse. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition
- JVIDEL 14y ago
  Did you even read that article? the prohibition was the BAN of alcohol, they didn't limit the ads or forced companies to put warnings on the label, they BANNED all drinks and beverages containing alcohol meaning if they catched you with a beer box it had the same results than walking around with a bag of marijuana today: jail.

by JVIDEL 14y ago

aswanson 14y ago

beer ads say you can party hard 24/7 and nail all the chicks you want/see by being pissing-in-your-pants drunk Hilarious. This was been the exact opposite of my experience in my younger days. If anything, alcohol tipped the odds against me in situations, in sober retrospect , would have went my way had I not been drinking. They should use celibate monasteries as a backdrop for alcohol ads.

aswanson 14y ago
Too late to edit: The grammatical errors in the parent post may lead one to think that I was inebriated prior to typing. I assure you this was totally due to poor editing rather than alcohol. :)

gnosis 14y ago

"I always wondered why alcohol didn't get the same restrictions that cigarettes got" It did, and worse. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition

JVIDEL 14y ago
Did you even read that article? the prohibition was the BAN of alcohol, they didn't limit the ads or forced companies to put warnings on the label, they BANNED all drinks and beverages containing alcohol meaning if they catched you with a beer box it had the same results than walking around with a bag of marijuana today: jail.