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 By Jack Lepiarz Jan. 29, 2007 I am saddened by the absurd commercials I see that try to to explain to me, my friends, and everyone else in my age group, why it's bad to smoke (cigarettes, marijuana, and otherwise). Take one commercial I saw last night. To start off, it looks like a first grader drew it--the entire commercial is a couple of animated stick figures. It shows a boy smoking, and his girlfriend thinking to herself, "Not Again..." Then an alien spaceship lands, and the girl decides that she likes the alien better than her boyfriend and leaves with the alien, followed by the customary "Don't smoke" sign. So, to recap this ad's message: If you smoke pot, you will lose your girlfriend to an alien. I don't have a girlfriend. I guess I'm in the clear then! Let's go get high! Come on guys. Now, I can understand why anti-tobacco ads are so corny because most of their funding comes from tobacco industries. The whole "Tobacco is Whacko" ad campaign came directly from a cigarette company. I'm pretty sure, however, that drug dealers aren't legally obligated to pay millions of dollars for anti-marijuana ads, which means that there's no logical reason that these ads suck so much besides that whoever decided to make up this ad was probably high in the first place. I mean, does anyone actually think that watching a stick figure lose his girlfriend to a random alien visitor is going to make someone stop smoking pot? Of course not! To even suggest something like that is absurd. If anything, this ad just makes me want to go smoke pot just to spite these guys. But that seems to be the trend with all anti-drug ads. Remember "Hugs, not Drugs?" I do. I also remember "Hugs AND Drugs!" How about that guy with the egg saying "This is your brain." Then he throws it on the frying pan and lets it sizzle nice and loudly. "This is your brain on drugs." Sure man, but, are you gonna eat that? And then there was the commercial with the girl sitting in her room. "Sniffing is more like drowning," says a sad voice. Then a bunch of water rushes into her second floor room, drowning her and her doll. What did I get out of it? Well, I didn't breath through my nose for about two weeks. The thing is that kids my age have been exposed to so many advertisements our entire life that when an ad like that shows up, we just tune it out. When John Mellencamp starts singing "Our Country" during Monday Night Football for Chevrolet, we all tune it out. And when something like the alien stealing your girlfriend shows up? We just laugh. So thank you, to all the people who make anti-drug ads, for giving us all a good laugh. ------------ About the author: Jack Lepiarz is an 18-year-old college student at Emerson College in Boston. He also co-hosts the Katherine and Jack Show on UthTV.com and has been performing various circus talents for the past several years. Though often described as stubborn and egotistical, he tries to keep an open mind and treat others the way he would like to be treated. Email: Jackwuzhere42@aol.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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