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I actually miss the days when the "Truth" campaign just demonized the tabacco industry


Doom Metal Alchemist

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I couldn't watch that a second time. 

The old infect truth ads from the 2000s were weird bc there would be people w megaphones in the streets getting mad yelling to crowds of onlookers about the dangers of cigarettes, staging die-ins outside corporate offices and whatever, all while America was in the middle of two wars that killed over a million people and you almost never heard about it anyehere except how great everything was going, until like 2007 when it finally became like unavoidably obvious that the terrible mess we made wouldn't get better, would haunt the world forever 

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ahhh, here it is.

this isn't the one i was talking about but it goes into it somewhat. 

apparently the whole purpose of truth ads is to demonize smoking itself but not really focusing on the tobacco companies or vilifying them in any way.

really makes you think....

https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/tobacco-companies-pay-big-bucks-for-anti-smoking-campaigns

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1 hour ago, bnmjy said:

Smoking isn't even much of a public health issue anymore. Everyone who does it, except Packard, knows that it's killing them.

Non-smokers die every single day.

Elitist.

Bet you got one of those punchable "I ran a marathon!" bumper stickers.

Just rubbing it in all our faces.

Smug pricks 

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ppl are very smug about nonsmoking. we have an obesity epidemic but u don't see truth ads about burgers. in fact in the butts vid it's about having a bigger butt bc thats better

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10 hours ago, empty said:

This ad makes me want to jump off a bridge.

I see it on Comedy Central all the time.

 

GOTTA APPEAL TO THE TEENS.

I honestly don't think teens would be too much into this... to get teens into it they'd have to sexualize the butts. This is more fitting for little kids imo, who inherently think butts are hysterical. But of course it gets played on Adult Swim a lot.

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43 minutes ago, Poof said:

ppl are very smug about nonsmoking. we have an obesity epidemic but u don't see truth ads about burgers. in fact in the butts vid it's about having a bigger butt bc thats better

I think people are less concerned about burgers making people fat is that people got to eat, may as well enjoy a quick cheap meal... No one needs to start smoking for any reason. 

However, some states/cities have implemented or tried to have implement a soda tax, so people are trying.

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36 minutes ago, Admin_Raptorpat said:

There was a nabs thread, if that counts. Except I don't think obesity was his issue.

I'm still 95% convinced he's pulling this schtick to bang some chick he met at EDC named Nocturne that has pit hair and won't milk him unless he eats macaroni and cheese.

Which I couldn't care less about really.

It was when he dropped his 'Red Dragon' Tooth Fairy compendium about me that I'd finally had enough.

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9 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

I think people are less concerned about burgers making people fat is that people got to eat, may as well enjoy a quick cheap meal... No one needs to start smoking for any reason. 

However, some states/cities have implemented or tried to have implement a soda tax, so people are trying.

technically nobody has to eat meat and youll die faster the more meat u eat just like smoking cigarettes. the only ppl who get a pass are inuit. i know its a bummer but its true

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8 minutes ago, Poof said:

technically nobody has to eat meat and youll die faster the more meat u eat just like smoking cigarettes. the only ppl who get a pass are inuit. i know its a bummer but its true

*Chuck D voice* That's right, tell em. Tell it like it is 

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58 minutes ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

"All nuts... are better than cigarette nuts."

"......wait, what?"

I only watch like 10 seconds of the video

I thought it was two nut sacks talking to each other at first until they established themselves as posteriors

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