Chatbox II: The Rebirth

*looks around*

nope noone

 

-cackles- I'm betting Xeno will be the first one to come in here and make a comment out of/on behalf of the male population.

 

*calls from down the hall* Nope you're good!

 

So girls, do you ever feel...not so fresh? lol

 

ok...so that was just a joke. I'm really leaving now.

 

Darnit. I was really waiting for Xeno... hahaha.

Carmina- Nice. Family Guy, right?

 

It was made fun of on Family Guy..but was actually the slogan for a brand of douche...can't remember which one...

 

-gigglesnort-

i did not know that.

-leaves giggling-

 

Haha that reminds me of the Rephresh commercials that used to play all the time...

 

Douche? As in shower?
I am reallllyy confused
Hi!

 

Oh lord...do I have to explain what a douche is? Let us say that it is a personal cleanser for women..and I don't mean an external cleanser

 

*looks confused*

 

douche
   /duʃ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [doosh] Show IPA noun, verb, douched, douch⋅ing.
–noun
1. a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity such as the vagina for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
2. the application of such a jet.
3. an instrument, as a syringe, for administering it.
4. a bath administered by such a jet.

 

Vaginal irrigation solution. Just the sort of commercial they like to air while dinner is being prepared in most homes of the viewing audience.

Back to back with hemorrhoid treatments and diarrhea medications of course.

Gotta love AmericanTV sometimes.

 

oooh...and don't forget herpes medicines...you know..where the happy people can't go indoors for some reason and are always riding horses or bikes or walking on the beach

 

Yeah, the gift that keeps on giving...

 

Yeah...but the commercials are so happy...and the people so active...like if I had that I'd get to ride horses and hang out on the beach too

 

You mean I won't get sunny beaches now that I've bought Ariel?!? (it's kind of a washing machine dusty thingamagic that helps the machine with washing your clothes... confused explanations are confused :S)

 

Especially given the disclaimers in the fine print. There isn't much there to be happy about. Really misleading ads.

I guess it illustrates that ignorance truly is bliss.

 

Oh...and I love the happy drug commercials when they list all the potential side effects and potentially fatal interactions you can have...

Depression medication may cure depression or cause you have a stroke or sommit suicide

Acid Reflux medicine may cure your reflux or it can cause bleeding ulcers and projectile vomiting

and don't get me started on the ED drugs

 

Inform your doctor of all medicnes you are taking...

Hello! Shouldn't your doctor already know that? Unless, of course, you are shopping doctors to find the one who will prescribe what you want.

The entire business of advertising presription medications to the general public is corrupt. Along with it the distribution of sample medicines to doctor's offices. The markup on the actual prices of most pharmaceuticals is obscene. The free samples get patients and their doctors believing that the prescription needs to be administered indefinitely, so when the freebies run out, patients are stuck buying large quantities of medicines they probably don't need.

 

My doctor tried to get me to think like that. But then I lost my health insurance, stopped buying all the meds he had me on, and have since realized that I probably don't need to be taking ten pills a day to control my acid reflux.

 

O went off meds in December...that taught me that I DO need to take 5 pills a day to keep from being a basketcase...lol

 

Backs slowly out of the room.....:redface:

 

Of course. I have seen people given the wrong medicine or wrong dose and end up in the psych ward. However, at this stage...I am more afraid of NOT taking them. I fear returning to the state I was in before. Of being non-functional. Of not being able to leave the house or make phone calls. That is more scary to me.