I gave up on television programming a long time ago. It was just too bland and boring, generally unentertaining, and a colossal waste of time. But that doesn't mean I don't watch TV. I do. But only the commercials.<br />
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And I don't watch all of the commercials. That would be totally uncalled for and I would likely end up enduring a most unpleasant fourteen day admission to whatever facility is covered by the criminals that sold me my health insurance. <br />
Besides, most commercials are bland and boring, generally unentertaining, and a colossal waist of time. Instead, I only watch the commercials that are imploring me to buy drugs. Which, on first blush, sounds like it ought to be illegal. But it's not. If it's on TV, it's legal. If it's on the street corner, it's not. <br />
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For the most part, prescription drug commercials are anything but bland and boring. Instead, they're mildly psychotic. And if that was all there was to it, I wouldn't bother. <br />
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But it's not the commercial itself that I'm attracted to like an over-sedated moth. It's the end of the commercial that I'm drawn to. The end of the commercial is where they enumerate all the possible side affects and unintended consequences of the particular pill they're pushing. <br />
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That's where TV goes from bland to utterly mind-blowing and stimulating to those of us whose blood pressure is medically under control, but who still crave an occasional spike now and then. And that's because every drug commercial is one percent inducement to take the medication, one percent promise to cure whatever ails you, and ninety-eight percent voodoo incantations to ward off thundering herds of Class Action lawyers.<br />
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In the past, the drug warnings were pretty benign
