Stupid is as stupid does

Just plain stupid? … Beyond Stupid is more like it. And it’s getting worse.

Ever stop and really think about tv commercials. Most of them portray stupid people doing something stupid...(captioned: don’t try this at home – well… no sane person would) … so why... why would I want to buy their product, service or whatever... if stupid people are doing it? Do you really want to be like them? so you can all feel good about being stupid together? Duh!

Then there’s the one’s that pretend to be honest. Anything to do with health, beauty, looks, and especially weight loss. They show you one thing (a deception)… lofty expectation and results… and then the honesty approach… in small print… “results not typical”. Oh my god… they’re  right… why would I want to see typical results that I might expect… please deceive me, lie to me, and I’ll give you my money on a hope and a prayer!

Then the drug companies… tell you all the great benefits of their pill. They proceed to give you possible side effects in a manner that plays them down, as if this can’t happen to you. This product will give you perfect skin… but may result in several permanent damaging disfigurements, serious health issues, and possible death. Yep, I’m that vein about my skin… send me two bottles.

And one of the best… I’m proud of them.  

Just make the most possible outrageous claims, like the truck pulling the space shuttle... please... when in truth it can't even legally pull my Rv... so it's a deception, a lie, an untruth meant to deceive everyone... or at least everyone that can’t, don’t, or won’t THINK… and see the intended deception. So my question is, what else are they trying to deceive us about. If I bought that truck and pulled my rv with it, I would void the warranty, and destroy the engine, transmission, and or the drive train within several thousand miles… not to mention the unsafe conditions that would put my life, and those of others in risk for using this truck, the one that pulled the space shuttle, to pull my rv.  My rv weighs only 20,000 pound, a mere small fraction of the space shuttle… so just think about it. So just what is their point??? … to sell you a lofty promise or expectation that isn’t real… and get your money! I wish I had the extra money to just buy that truck, tear it up towing my rv and hope I survive the wreck, tell them I stupidly believed the commercial, get a fly by night lawyer, sue the company, get a big settlement, buy a Prevost Custom Rv Bus… and drive off into the sunset.Of course this is after my lawyer and me split the money, and I go to Wentworth to give him a cut, so I can enjoy my money now, when I need it. And we all thought it was so stupid that the person who got a big settlement on the motorhome with cruise control, who saw the commercial that it drives itself, who he left the drivers seat while going down the highway, had a wreck, sued the company, got a huge settlement, and drove off into the sunset… set for life… and he was stupid? The way of the world. 

If the advertisers promote dishonesty in almost everything they do, then how can we trust anything they say? Morals and conscience of salesmen… perhaps they should be lawyers or politicians. At least with salesmen, we have a choice about our money. Lawyers and politicians just take it… but that’s another story. Most commercials appeal to people that just don't think. It all started with the “Snake Oils” and “Magic Elixirs” in the 1800’s… when salesmen knew they could lie and deceive stupid people with money for the taking. Selling lofty promises, hopes, and dreams. Question everything! 

Good example… see what I mean… Think!

Now here’s a person with insight and vision.
( just a little sarcasm... okay, a lot of sarcasm)

He’s certainly proud.  

Advertisers think most people are stupid!

And they are right!

Gump said it right…. “Stupid is, as stupid does”

Just give them your money! They are waiting.

Then there’s the money back guarantee… they know that of the high percentage of dissatisfied customers will never go to the trouble to return the item, no matter how bad it is… they gotcha!