Things you don't need

[hellison]

Having a nice quite evening, silly channel 5 thing about the 80s, bottle of champagne, all going well. Til suddenly ad of sobbing girl over dying parent with cancer.

GREAT.

Do these ads actually make anyone stop smoking anyway?

Comments

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Nope, but they really take the fun out of it

[hellison.livejournal.com]

So they're ruining everyone's night then?

Bastards!

[malvino.livejournal.com]

I suppose they might stop people from starting, and they probably do help quit

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Well I guess the shock car ads (seatbelts etc) work, so maybe these do too.. but the whole trend to emotional blackmail ads is getting a bit much (bloody rspca).

[thipe.livejournal.com]

I don't feel the emotional blackmail is effective, at least for stopping people starting. For those who want to stop smoking it probably is effective, to a degree - there's definitely some motivation there. Still, I (probably because of my parents necessity to switch over whenever a smoking advert is on) always find these very unfair on non-smokers. The imagery is unpleasant, even more so to those who have lost friends or family.

The RSPCA/etc ones really get me though, as they're deliberately targeting the emotionally vunerable. Given the time these are shown (Countdown), and the other ads on at the same time (stana stair lifts, dentafix, etc), I'd say they're almost certainly being targetted at the elderly which seems particularily evil.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

ps when are you logging back on/not sekrit alting? Killing stuff on my own isn't nearly as much fun ;p

[malvino.livejournal.com]

erm, dunno, I'll let you know when I do though :)

[hellison.livejournal.com]

heh, fair enough ;)
Plus, I do get teh more tms when someone isn't HOGGING them all :p

[whit-merule.livejournal.com]

I remember being terrified when I was younger by an ad promoting pool safety - basically someone floating, eerily, drowned, in a swimming pool, shot from an underwater perspective so you get that ghostly quality of drifting white clothes and so on, with ominous scary music and THIS COULD BE YOU, PH43R commentary.

As I recall, my most coherent thought at the time was "well, next time I find myself in trouble in the water, the memory this ad is REALLY going to help me relax and stay calm".

Did you know that most drowning deaths actually tend to occur as a result of the person... well... PANICKING?

[being-here.livejournal.com]

I had a major freak when I was ... 9? 10? The anti smoing ads where they amputated someone's leg. I remember not being able to eat after the ad for a few days. And my dad kept smoking... sigh.

I never find the anti smoking ads particularly helpful, though that awful seatbelt ad made me wear belts in the back of the car.

Sorry it brought you down though. *hugs*

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I remember that one, it was nasty. Ironically it wasn't the smoking that did for my dad anyway, despite being a hugely heavy smoker, but the ad still wasn't nice.

[whit-merule.livejournal.com]

Why did they amputate someone's leg in an anti-smoking ad? surely that'd be more appropriate to a drink-driving ad?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Smoking clogs the arteries leading to um... gangrene.. or clots? (themse, help!) but if you smoke too much YOU LOSE YOUR LEGS. Somehow.

[whit-merule.livejournal.com]

Is this before or after you lose your VOICE?

*clutches at her throat protectively*

[jin-shei.livejournal.com]

Smoking destroys your circulation which can cause problems in feet, and other parts. (men who smoke can have erectile issues :P)

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

I refuse to have any part in this EVIL section of the conversation!
*sniff*

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

puff........puff..........puff
*turn on telly*
*watch hideous death death cancer hospital death fags ad*
*feel enormously guilty and stressed*
puffpuffpuffpuffpuffpufffpufpffffpufupfufpufupfupfuuuufpppufffupufufpufpufpufpufpufpfupufpfupufpufpufpufpuBANG

[hellison.livejournal.com]

*waves cigar in your general direction*

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

ooh oh what was that scathe/stare thing?
*Thesme looks at you scathingly*
*A strange warmth fills your groin*
*Thesme stares in your general direction*
*A strange smell fills the air*
*There is a strange smell in the air*
*Thesme looks over the top of her glasses*
*You feel a sensation of wetness*
*You begin to walk awkwardly*
*You fall to the ground in a pool of liquid*
*Thesme has melted your bits*

[hellison.livejournal.com]

bollocks, I totally forgot to tell Woom about that one at the weekend!

ps what did i DO to the loos? oops :p

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

You are a Bad Lady and you Must Be Punished with Your Talk of Triggers.

Actually, without breaking the rules - I think the anon post was well phrased and good cos things were getting a bit gnarly there.

And the dodgy ads post? Has descended into being eaten by your own cats and living through them which is A Good Thing. ?

Go you Chaos Mistress.

But you still must be punished. Soooooooooooooooon

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I am in v. much agreement with that one. I was only whining :p
Eaten by own cats eh? Must go find that bit ;p

Um, will punishment take the form of buying me alcohol and shouting random abuse *looks hopeful*

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

umm no I was more thinking of buying fizz, making you watch ME drink it, tying you to a chair and making you look at pictures of Morrissey while I shout abuse at YOU

Whaddya think?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Ah that's ok, I was afraid you were going to be Nice at me or something

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

argh the obscenity! How could you say such terrible things?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Because you have Done it in the past. To TORTURE me. EVIL EVIL WOMAN

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

Been nice, or done Toilet Impressions?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

BOTH

and I'm still not sure which is worse
*shakes*

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

Thesme thinks of PArty TrEAts

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

you have a very interesting relationship. one that outsiders might consider... pervy?

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

wa=?
With the morrissey and the shouting?

(and she says I'm wrong. The woman who introduced me to car sex. hmmm)

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

I'll do a toilet impression for you, too, next time I'm up. They're very accurate.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

ohnoohnoohnoohnoohnoohnoohno
*rocks in manner of Romanian orphan*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

ahaha. no, wait - WRONG!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

You have No Idea.

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

OMG

I canNOT believe you SAID that!!

OMG

[taffyd.livejournal.com]

You need to watch the One Puff and you're Hooked ad campaign :p

[jin-shei.livejournal.com]

*hug*