Posted on 09/11/2005 6:46:54 PM PDT by Jack Black
I have been watching NFL football today, one of my few TV viewing vices. The games were great, especially the Lions finally winning an opener in a convincing fashion. However throughout the games, on those channels as well as several others I watched are these totally vulgar ads.
For those of you who have not seen them the theme is that 'cable TV sucks'. The visuals involve various things being sucked onto the TV screen, shoes, one old mans clothes except for his underwear, etc.
Most parents I know have worked diligently to help our kids understand what words and phrases are not popular. Certainly in our house 'sucks' has always been a bad word. After all most of us know that 'sucks' is short for a description of a common sex act.
So this is where we are at. One of the largest TV providers thinks it's cleaver to use gutter slang for sex acts as the tag line for their saturation bombing ad campaign.
Well, I'm not sure about you, but I think I'll stick with my cable, thanks very much. Dish Network, no thanks.
Chill Out
You've led a sheltered life
Get a life
The Dish Network advertisements are cute. The Cox Cable advertisements are crass and vulgar, particularly the double entendres.
You got that right!! Manners and morals are difficult if not impossible to find. And it seems people don't believe in taking their trash home anymore either, if the sides of the roads are any indication! Moral decay is out of control!!
We have Dish, and their are some channels you cannot watch. Either because of the shows or because of the ads.
Vacuums Suck
Suction pumps Suck
The vacuum of Space Really Sucks
Baby mammals Suck
The MSM Also Really Sucks
The Dish Network adds Rock
Grow up.
So9
My vacuum cleaner really sucks.
ROTFL
No, have you hear about Rock & Roll yet?
They have billboards for gay hotlines around town now. Gross is right.
Not as much as mine sucks. Orecks, now, they really suck! And they're American made.
burn um
Couldn't say "geez" in our house. But we could say "damn".
Actually, what I DO find insulting are the Viagra/Cialis ads. Do they really need to mention that 'you should see a doctor if you have an erection for over four hours.' I think that would bring up waaay more discussion with the kiddies than a TV set sucking the dishes off the dining table.
If that's how you feel, you should go back to cable.
I've seen the ads, and they don't particularly bother me (as others have noted all the ED ads bother me more). I just did a comparison recently between Direct TV and Cable. Right now, Dish Network provides the best service for my needs, so I'll be staying with them for the time being.
Not as much as mine sucks.
Probably not. Mine is pretty old and it really 'bites' having to vacuum with it.
Which is why it sucks.
Unfortunately, I've seen much worse to get upset about. And now that Dish has given me back both my East and West coast network feeds (critical for football/sports junkies) I can't say that the ad offends me enough to cancel. Oh...and cable does suck.
Not sure if Dish Network blows or sucks but I'm pretty sure if you had Dish Network you wouldn't be watching NFL Football.
They still don't offer network channels...am I wrong on this??
LOL mine vac does too, which I think is the double meaning they are looking for, sucks all you money, like a vac.
Some of us have kids to raise.
And we don't want them growing up to be rude, selfish socialist parasites. It's not easy when you have to constantly fight the pop culture.
My solution is to never do business with companies that contribute to the vulgarity of the culture. Were you offended when Clinton caused millions of children to have to learn about oral sex?
There are some things that little kids don't need to be exposed to. Childhood is becoming shorter all the time.
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