Two things for today, both relating to commercials I heard on sports talk radio while at lunch today:
1. The increasing proliferation of complete bullshit advertising. There are two commercials in particular. The first started showing up sometime in mid-spring last year. These commercials were touting a company that did solar power conversions and essentially said, "you'd better do it because 2019 is going to be the HOTTEST YEAR EVER and your electric bills will be through the roof if you don't switch over to solar!!!" These commercials ran until at least October and maybe into November. All the while, southern California had one of the mildest summers in recent memory. And not that converting to solar is a bad thing, but I'm sure that some folks fell for this "the sky is falling" nonsense. The other commercial is all about how "blankety-blank phone company snuck a bunch of fees onto my bill!!!" Oh...so you mean that you were charged for stuff that was clearly spelled out in your contract that you didn't bother to read? Mind you...this isn't about consumer phone service. Rather, the commercials I'm talking about are for BUSINESS phone service.
2. The increasing proliferation of personal injury attorney advertising. There have been times where, in the span of a lunch hour, I hear "Sweet James," "I-Accident Lawyer," "Super Woman/Super Lawyer," "The Accident Guys," "Jacob Emrani" (apparently he couldn't think of a silly nickname for himself), and probably a couple others I can't remember. Even worse than the "lowest common denominator" advertising (i.e., all insurance companies are 100% evil), a couple of these clowns are even starting to get live air time during the shows. They're spending so much money on advertising that they can insist on getting time on the actual programming -- ostensibly to talk sports, but their knowledge is no better than mine.