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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 05:04 PM Jan 2014

OK...confession time.

I've been glued to AMC since yesterday morning because of the Walking Dead marathon, and every other goddam commercial has been either from Heifer.org or the ASPCA, which means I have been bombarded with sadness, despair, horror and woe for almost 36 hours now...and here's the thing...it has reached the point where every time I hear Susan Sarandon or Sarah McLachlan or whoever talk about something terrible happening every five seconds or whatever...this picture is all I can see.



Ticket to Hell: punched.

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hlthe2b

(102,293 posts)
2. well, those ASPCA commercials are certainly cathartic...
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 05:08 PM
Jan 2014

Of course people wonder when I come to answer the door in tears..

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
8. My opinion about saving kittens in that way...
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 07:18 PM
Jan 2014

Is quite similar to a Republican's opinion of renewing unemployment benefits.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)
9. Those are the longest commercials on television, or at least they seem to be.
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 07:35 AM
Jan 2014

Drag on longer than the long list of every possible side effect of medications (that often they don't even
tell you what they are supposed to do to help).

Commercials cost money, so animal causes must get enormous donations.

Meanwhile, in my city tonight, hundreds of children are really, really hungry. Annoys me.
I like kittens, too, but humans rank first.

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
10. I prefer to think of it as the reverse. "Every time God kills a kitten...
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 07:58 AM
Jan 2014

I masturbate". Now that may sound pretty macabre, but hay now you are guilt free. Damn god seems to love killing a LOT of kittens for some reason

 

ConcernedCanuk

(13,509 posts)
11. Masturbatioin lowers prostate cancer risk for men in their 50s
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 11:05 AM
Jan 2014

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I suspect (hope) that applies to people past there fifties as well . . .



Masturbation Frequency Linked to Prostate Risk in 20s, Protection in 50s

http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/news/20090127/masturbation-and-prostate-cancer-risk

/snip/

Compared to same-age men who reported never masturbating, 50-something frequent masturbators had a 70% lower risk of prostate cancer.

/snip/
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my sincere apologies to teh kittens everywhere.



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Kaleva

(36,312 posts)
19. I'm going to be a tired, busy guy trying to please the ex AND reducing my risk for prostate cancer.
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 05:04 PM
Jan 2014

petronius

(26,602 posts)
16. Based on my 20s then, I've got a LOT of work to do in my 50s if
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 04:44 PM
Jan 2014

I'm going to break even on the risk chart...

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
12. I've trained my dog to look sad and depressed when he hears a McLachlan song
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 11:13 AM
Jan 2014

I think I can get him in the next commercial. He's got "pathetic" down.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
14. They did the same thing with the Breaking Bad marathon
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 04:41 PM
Jan 2014

thank goodness I DVR'd it - so I can fast forward through the commercials.

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