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[greghousesgf]

This is a list of complete and utter bullshit from TV ads in one day alone (yesterday)

Only married people own washing machines.
Only people who live with their families own refrigerators, in fact, single adults with no kids may not exist. Almost all products are only used by families.
All overweight people hate themselves.
All overweight women must wear black, all the time. wearing brightly colored clothing is apparently illegal.
Even skinny people have to be on diets all the time, and obsess about being fat. this is considered normal healthy behavior.
All skinny people are gorgeous.
"We may be able to help" is an ironclad guarantee. In fact the word "may"="will'.
All women own at least one black minidress.
All prescription drugs have long lists of scary sounding side effects but you should take them anyway.
Kids stealing is cute. Kids stealing food from more vulnerable kids is especially cute.
When kids want something they pretend not to want it.
Kids hate icing.
Everybody loves every kind of fruit that exists.
my personal favorite wasn't on yesterday but apparently all the planets in the solar system are on the exact same orbit.

Comments

[fierynotes.livejournal.com]

"Sad. And the planets all on an orbit? It's something that the Bible belt doesn't want to force schools to teach the geocentric system."

Relative to the sun, planetary movement can be described mathematically in three short lines. If some idiots thinks they can mathematically describe planetary movement relative to the Earth half as well, I'll consider letting them teach geocentrism.

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

Look, I'm with you. Just be aware that the whole of Europe (except for Turkey) laughs their heads off at the crap that's taught in some US schools. [Turkey is by definition part of Europe because they play in the Champions League. Soccer rules.]

And yes, I love Kepler's laws, or even Newton's which implies them. Even general relativity is very simple in spirit as compared to the epicycles.