What's with the Male Enhancement Drug Commercials?

[johnnymk]

There's a bunch of them, even during football games. Is America that impotent?

[ski]

Nope, but America should still buy my Enzyte 60 dose (http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74091&highlight=enzyte) supply from me! Heaven knows I ain't usin' em!

[bachviet]

No but there are lots of baby-boomers having nothing to do but watching football. ;)

[hapoo]

Nope, but America should still buy my Enzyte 60 dose (http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74091&highlight=enzyte) supply from me! Heaven knows I ain't usin' em!
I'll buy it from you for the price of its shipping :P
Should make a good gift, i'm sure your friend appreciated it :heh:

[InfiniteNothing]

There's a bunch of them, even during football games. Is America that impotent?

Yes. And those pills are very profitable.

[ApltnHkyMutt]

if i had to use a E.D. drug i would have to choose between cialis and levitra.

[ShawnLee]

Just remember. If you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours, you should seek immediate medical help.

If you're not already on the floor in pain.

[blueindian]

yeah, i don't get all the commercials (and the spam) for those pills at all. i was just telling my boss yesterday that, if my inbox is any indication, i must have the world's smallest and most flacid penis.

on a related note, the FDA is making the company that makes viagra pull the "shoe shopping" commericals (which i've not seen) because they apparently imply that viagra will restore sexual desire. i guess viagra can make you hard but not horny :shrug:

[Merlin]

Is America that impotent?
No, but it is that insecure.

[Mike_N_Ike]

No, but it is that insecure.
So true :2far:

[welfareloser]

:stupid:

it preys on a HUGE insecurity, just like many women's products... anything that hits your insecurity like that profits greatly from lots and lots of advertising. if they hammer it into you enough times, they'll eventually catch you at a weak moment and get you to call the 1800 number with your credit card in hand...

[Cantacuzene]

No, but it is that insecure.

If only that older generation could think of more than one way to try to please a woman they wouldnt be dependent on these pills.

[welfareloser]

If only that older generation could think of more than one way to try to please a woman they wouldnt be dependent on these pills.

i don't think the goal is to please the woman, there...

there are a lot of older women who - because of a combination of being raised to be terrified and ashamed of their own body and sexual urges, and men being completely incompetent because real men don't like to talk about feelings at all - were pretty damned relieved when they hit the end of middle age and their husbands didn't want sex more than once a month. then, without consulting THEM, their husbands got some viagara and want it several times a week. combine a complete discomfort with the sexual act with the dryness and decreased libido of menopause, and you have some very alienated, sad women...

god, there are so many bad marriages out there...

and i really need to quit reading ann landers. it's like trying to look away from a train wreck, tho...

[Cantacuzene]

Therein lies the problem, their priorities in the bedroom are all wrong.

[Nija]

bedroom? hrmmm

i knew the bedroom had another purpose besides sleeping and watching tv. . . :hihi:

[DarkFury]

Heh...

"For when the moment is right.... AFTER the game". :naughty: :D

[InfiniteNothing]

No, but it is that insecure.

How would an ED pill make someone more secure?

[welfareloser]

How would an ED pill make someone more secure?

not the point at all. the advertising is designed to make you feel INSECURE, and offer a solution to the cause of the insecurity (which is, in some cases, nothing more than the ad itself, tho the ad would have you believe that the cause of your insecurity is any loss of erection, no matter how occasional.)

for some, with serious physiological ED, no lack of libido, etc... the pill truly does restore mental well-being by taking care of a physical problem that interferes with enjoyable sex.

for others... viagara doesn't fix stress, consumerism, hating your wife, etc. so it won't make them more secure.

[Merlin]

How would an ED pill make someone more secure?
By making them think that by taking the pill they would now have what it takes to be a dynamo.

[yippiekiyeh]

There's a bunch of them, even during football games. Is America that impotent?

Interesting that there are a billjillion of these commericals on for stuff like this, but you show a partially exposed breast for .6 of a second and the whole country is up in arms! :shrug: Go figure.

[molecularfire]

i must have the world's smallest and most flacid penis.

:lmfao: :lmfao:

[Houdini]

On a side note, I saw a blurb on the news the other day about some Chinese "herbal" health pills that actually contain real Viagra (sildenafil), which could be a big problem if the user ends up in the ER for chest pain. It's not labeled as such, though. Scary.

Houdini <---thinks the generic for Viagra should have been "micoxaphilin"

[ShawnLee]

Houdini <---thinks the generic for Viagra should have been "micoxaphilin"ba-da-ching!
The Funny Doc, everybody! Give him a hand, he'll be here all week. Tell your friends. And be sure to try the veal.

[InfiniteNothing]

not the point at all. the advertising is designed to make you feel INSECURE, and offer a solution to the cause of the insecurity (which is, in some cases, nothing more than the ad itself, tho the ad would have you believe that the cause of your insecurity is any loss of erection, no matter how occasional.)

for some, with serious physiological ED, no lack of libido, etc... the pill truly does restore mental well-being by taking care of a physical problem that interferes with enjoyable sex.

for others... viagara doesn't fix stress, consumerism, hating your wife, etc. so it won't make them more secure.

How would a commercial make someone feel insecure?

[whitak24]

How would a commercial make someone feel insecure?
ok, let's start out with this assumption: many middle-aged and older people are unhappy with their sex life, or lack thereof. the "spark" isn't there, or whatever.....

now, take those people. show them an ad where average looking men (the men in those commercials tend to be middle-aged, sometimes balding, often a little overweight) indicate that they are having great sex with their hot wives (ever notice that the women are probably at least 10 years younger than their "husbands" in the commercials?)

now, instead of mr. balding being able to sit and watch the game while he nags his wife and his wife nags him, content to know that "i'm just like everybody else," there's now this guy on TV telling who says that he's now having GREAT sex, just because he took this pill.

now, mr. balding feels insecure, because he suddenly wonders if some of his buddies "talked to their doctors" so they could "get back in the game," and now there having hot sex and he's left with this wife who he doesn't really desire and who doesn't really desire him.

so he figures -- in order to be a "real" man, i better get me some of those pills.

and in a more general answer to your question -- the entire idea of most commercials is to make you feel insecure in some way so that you will buy the product being advertised.

[zenbooty]

How would a commercial make someone feel insecure?Dude, man, that's pretty much the whole point of commercials. Show them beautiful people having the time of their lives with the product, implying that to be beautiful and happy, you need this product. Then once a few people buy it, you can count on insecure, "keep up with he Joneses" types to fall into line.

[dsuds]

My mom (of all people) has a saying that I think pretty well sums up all the E.D. drugs:
"Why put a new flag pole on a condemned building?"

[mcs328]

Just remember. If you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours, you should seek immediate medical help.

If you're not already on the floor in pain.


If I had one that lasted that long, I would hate to have to go pee if I drank a gallon of water beforehand. Ugh...the backflow would kill me. Switch pipes, switch pipes, switch pipes. :dead:

[blueindian]

If I had one that lasted that long, I would hate to have to go pee if I drank a gallon of water beforehand. Ugh...the backflow would kill me. Switch pipes, switch pipes, switch pipes. :dead:

what? backflow?

[Houdini]

ba-da-ching!
The Funny Doc, everybody! Give him a hand, he'll be here all week. Tell your friends. And be sure to try the veal.

Glad someone got it. Kinda lame, but kinda funny too.

Houdini

[Airencracken]

Did anyone see the SNL skit for Dr. Porkenhiemer's Bonerjuice? That was damn funny.

In the event you don't have an erection that lasts four hours or more, take two more doses

In the event you have an erection that lasts more than a day, call a friend to brag.