Commercial

[anonymizer]

I just heard the best commercial - there's a mystery "cougher" put out by this company that could be a man or a women (or child). If you see the person coughing and you offer them the cough drop (made by the company) then you may win $10k-$1mil

Comments

[herbie]

I thought it was pretty insidious - you make people go through their supplies faster because they give it away, all while encouraging friendliness to strangers. I do somehow find it unlikely that the cougher is in C-ville, though. (It's Ricola, by the way.)

[anonymizer]

That is true - they are getting almost 3x the power of advertisement for their money. Not only do they advertise the product, it's now also a way to win money and you have to go through things faster.

On the other hand, nobody is forcing you to be nice to strangers.

[tullysatre]

Just so you know why you were added: Wanted to see what you might or have said about gay/civil rights :) its going to be an interesting year in 2006...

[tullysatre]

Thanks for the notice.
I'm not sure how much I'll be posting now because I'm usually very busy with work. So lack of much posts isn't some type of change of opinion, just lack of time. (I also moved away from Virginia and am generally happier with local politics in WA. For example, my employer extends almost all of the benefits to SO/partners. [IRS is mostly responsible for limits on some benefits] Though I heard that a few companies like AOL were trying to do their part in VA. :)

Somewhat on topic of your most recent post - I'm not sure giving voting power to high school students would help your cause as that demographic is usually more reactive and close-minde than "young adults". College does expand horizons for many people.

[tullysatre]

Thanks, I do not blame you for moving away from Virginia. Regarding the post, I not once said that we should have the right to vote - however, I am stating it is a problem because some of the issues coming up are affecting High School students directly. That is dangerous.

[anonymizer]

You have implied that this is something affecting a group that's not able to vote for themselves. But I congratulate you on doing the best thing that you could do with your age/resources/situation and getting the issue to the minds of the public/legislation.

Maybe i'll get motivated enough to devote the time to see what's happening in the local politics once again.