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Rob Lowe ad protested by shy bladder group
New York Post ^
| 11/04/2014
| AP
Posted on 11/08/2014 8:56:57 AM PST by Rusty0604
Shy bladder sufferers want DirecTV to stop airing a television ad in which a “painfully awkward” actor Rob Lowe says he can’t urinate in public.
The satellite TV company suggests its critics should be able to take a joke.
The ad is in poor taste and ridicules a serious problem, said Steve Soifer, CEO of the International Paruresis Association, which estimates that some 7 percent of Americans have some form of “shy bladder syndrome.”
“We don’t mind if people have a little fun with it,” said Soifer, a social work professor at the University of Memphis. “It’s a situation that a lot of people don’t understand. In this particular case, the portrayal is making it look ridiculous, that this guy is a loser for having a problem.
“What if he didn’t have a leg or an arm?” he said. “Are you going to make fun of them?”
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: directv; paruresis; roblowe
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And what if he didn't have a sense of humor?
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posted on
11/08/2014 8:56:57 AM PST
by
Rusty0604
To: Rusty0604
No Justice, No Pee...
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posted on
11/08/2014 8:58:09 AM PST
by
PROCON
(OK 'pubs, let's get 'er done in 2015 or 2016 won't bode well for you.)
To: Rusty0604
I think the ads are funny.
Cannot offend anyone these days.....not a single person. Unless they have Conservative values......then you can offend millions of them.
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posted on
11/08/2014 8:59:07 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: Rusty0604
I’ve heard that the best cure for Shy Bladder is to go out and get drunk. You’ll be peeing in public in no time!
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:01:14 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: Red in Blue PA
I know. I just want to reply PLEASE JUST GET OVER YOURSELF.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:01:21 AM PST
by
Shimmer1
(Just keep repeating to yourself, “All cultures are equal.”)
To: Rusty0604
shybladdersforBroncoBama.com
because only a leftist would politicize such and malady.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:02:12 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: PROCON
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:03:13 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Rusty0604
I like Rob Lowe and think he’s grown up a lot over the years. MY problem with the ad series is “creepy Rob Lowe”.
Rob Lowe at one point was pretty “creepy” in his own right and had underage girls in hotel rooms to prove it.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:03:30 AM PST
by
FlJoePa
To: Rusty0604
Shy bladder sufferers want DirecTV to stop airing a television ad in which a “painfully awkward” actor Rob Lowe says he can’t urinate in public. Lord have mercy.
Eventually we WILL have live genetalia on the boobus-toobus.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Not only is it in poor taste, this DirecTV ad actually cost the Democrats the election. /s
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:03:44 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
To: Rusty0604
...Soifer, a social work professor at the University of Memphis Probably doesn't have anything better to do.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:05:05 AM PST
by
econjack
(I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
To: Rusty0604
Better headline:
Shy Bladder Group Pissed Off Over Rob Lowe Add.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:05:46 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: CrazyIvan
The ads are a preparation for when ATT buys Direct TV. Can’t wait!
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:08:31 AM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Rusty0604
I like those ads. The painfully shy guy is my favorite.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:08:39 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
To: Rusty0604
I’d send Super Creepy Rob Lowe after the Shy Bladders.
He’d know what to do.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:09:10 AM PST
by
chris37
(heartless)
To: Rusty0604
Oh for goodness sake, take a joke. “I can’t go to the bathroom in public” is some sort of disability now?
To: Rusty0604
There’s a group to protest almost everything these days. sheesh
That being said, I’m not a fan of the ad.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:10:48 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Red in Blue PA
I agree the ads are very funny and Rob Lowe shows a comedy fair few knew he had.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:10:56 AM PST
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: Rusty0604
I don’t have anything against the ads, but I thought during the World Series they went overboard repeating them ad nauseum.
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:11:13 AM PST
by
rdl6989
To: Rusty0604; GeronL; Slings and Arrows; Daffynition
“What if he didn’t have a leg or an arm?” he said. “Are you going to make fun of them?” Wendy Davis says "YES!"
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posted on
11/08/2014 9:11:33 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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