Truth: Tobacco Exec bans sleep.

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Okay I was watching TV with my new roomate a few days ago and an ad came on. "Truth" campaign visited a mattress retailer in order to expose the evil tobacco industry. Now on previous ads they resorted to statistics, facts and figures to show that smoking kills and that I should be wary. But hear they go into the mattress store, say "Should there be a surgeon generals warning here" and then procceed to tell the owner (who probably doesn't know sh** about sleep, that Tobacco Execs wanted to "outlaw sleep".

First I don't know much about big tobacco, but I am pretty sure they don't have the man power or money to outlaw sleep. Furthermore, is this suppose to be serious, or are they just taking some tobacco exec's joke out of context.

These ads are getting absurd.
 
makes me want to smoke just to piss them off...
 
Thats because the Truth people work for the Tobacco company and want you to smoke
 
I don't sleep anyway(Yes, I am an Alien;) )
these ads piss me off too, cause they are all over the place.
 
ShadowBoxing said:
I see he is spreading his stupidity to doctor's offices.
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Actually, if you look at the guy's site he is like Truth's mascot. :confused:
 
SB said:
These ads are getting absurd.
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Getting? The first one with the bodybags placed in front of a Chicago residential business building was a bit much.

The last one I saw - a random guy comparing cigarette addiction to m&m's and jogging by going to local clinics, and seeking treatment for candy / athleticism - was over the top.

It's said because the creators are trying to make impactful statements with their ads. I think the statement is lost on the casual viewer who is probably more concerned with the ridiculous stunts that any person would pull just to vy for an argument.
 
Clearly, it was a tobacco execs attempt at sarcasm. He was pointing in statistics that people die more often in their sleep than due to cigarettes, so shouldn't sleep be banned if you're trying to ban cigarettes?

Now I'm all for not smoking. I think it's a disgusting habit and I really dislike it when people smoke around me. However, if people want to smoke, that's their decision and I respect that. Their funeral. Literally in many cases.

Besides, if you ban cigarettes, you better ban alcohol, caffeine, prescription medicines, etc. After all, you can get addicted to them too.
 
Cyclops said:
Clearly, it was a tobacco execs attempt at sarcasm. He was pointing in statistics that people die more often in their sleep than due to cigarettes, so shouldn't sleep be banned if you're trying to ban cigarettes?

Now I'm all for not smoking. I think it's a disgusting habit and I really dislike it when people smoke around me. However, if people want to smoke, that's their decision and I respect that. Their funeral. Literally in many cases.

Besides, if you ban cigarettes, you better ban alcohol, caffeine, prescription medicines, etc. After all, you can get addicted to them too.
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But atleast I don't have to inhale that **** and feel the effects of it when someone does it around me.
 
Of course not. And like I said, I really don't like it when smoke around me, but I won't ***** and complain about it. I'll respectfully ask them to not smoke around me, but you don't get complaints from me.
 
The things you mentioned are also things that CAN be harmful if overused, they're not automatically harmful.

Smoking is extremely harmful, and harmful even when used in moderation. It shouldn't been banned as soon as its effects were discovered. It causes nothing but harm. There really isn't anything legal that's a valid comparison to it.
 
What good comes from alcohol and caffeine?
 
If they ban caffeine, I will go She-Hulk and rip out a few still-beating hearts. You hear me? Yeah you better run.
 
ShadowBoxing said:
Okay I was watching TV with my new roomate a few days ago and an ad came on. "Truth" campaign visited a mattress retailer in order to expose the evil tobacco industry. Now on previous ads they resorted to statistics, facts and figures to show that smoking kills and that I should be wary. But hear they go into the mattress store, say "Should there be a surgeon generals warning here" and then procceed to tell the owner (who probably doesn't know sh** about sleep, that Tobacco Execs wanted to "outlaw sleep".

First I don't know much about big tobacco, but I am pretty sure they don't have the man power or money to outlaw sleep. Furthermore, is this suppose to be serious, or are they just taking some tobacco exec's joke out of context.

These ads are getting absurd.
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Your NEW roommate! Tell us all about the guy!? Is he neat? Does he like your waffles...? Is he anything like the old roommate? (haha, winkwink)
 
Alpha and Omega said:
Getting? The first one with the bodybags placed in front of a Chicago residential business building was a bit much.

The last one I saw - a random guy comparing cigarette addiction to m&m's and jogging by going to local clinics, and seeking treatment for candy / athleticism - was over the top.

It's said because the creators are trying to make impactful statements with their ads. I think the statement is lost on the casual viewer who is probably more concerned with the ridiculous stunts that any person would pull just to vy for an argument.
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Except it works because you vividly remember these ads and who they were from. :confused:
 
Winter Spleen said:
Your NEW roommate! Tell us all about the guy!? Is he neat? Does he like your waffles...? Is he anything like the old roommate? (haha, winkwink)
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My new roomate is a nice guy. My last roomate(s) was real real RE-A-L Conservative Christian Evangelical Literalist Biblical type...we did not get along. The other two were real hermits, like lived in their bedrooms and NEVAH cam out, they're now gone. My new roomate claims conservative political beliefs, but he doesn't show it or really give a damn about politics or issues at all...really chill guy, just got a girlfriend and quit his job at the Piggly Wiggly...he is getting a new one somewhere soon. Two more roomates will be moving in September, also good guys. One is a real pimp with the ladies. It will be a good new year.:)

P-S my old roomate who I mention, the christian one, went to Liberty University.
 
he tells the matress dude the execs want to ban sleep, then they cut to the matress dude saying "well I dont agree with that!" well no ****, as if theres any sort of debate on the matter. "Hey I agree with that! We should ban sleep!!"

god those commercials annoy the hell out of me.
 
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