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StillIRise1963 | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 One signal we're on the road to sanity would be the removal of all drug commercials.
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49eaa26d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f They're one of the many indicators to foreigners visiting the US for the first time that American society is fundamentally broken. Just so unbelievably weird.
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ee20fc90 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f  -Hell yes. Go tell your Dr you want ___” because your TV said so. Freak’n terrifying.
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TheodorePainsworth | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f 

I remember back when they weren't legal. Wasn't that long ago.

It's half the air time now, maybe more.
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44557621 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f 
45 seconds of commercial and 45 seconds of possibly terrible or lethal side effects! Fucking bizarre!
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0f3f2b55 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f 
In lieu of public ads the pharmas have salesmen (session men) visiting doctors' offices, with the company line, and free samples.