Things That Nobody Needs

Go out and get a nice box of Boo Berry instead.
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Maybe I watch more commercial TV than most of you, but I'm seeing an explosion of ads for "whole body" deodorants.

Now I'm no odor historian, but I can say with confidence that deodorant has been around at least as long as me. Yet after all those decades, the entire marketing world just happened to converge on the same conclusion in the span of a month. Seems sketchy.

Don't you think that if something was fundamentally lacking in odor care, this would've been addressed during, say, the '80s? What is happening now that's causing advertisers to suddenly make this a thing?

And let me be clear. I don't care one way or the other. But the ads are all going for shock value by mentioning all sorts of gross things, like smelly folds and flaps, and references to private parts. And they feature flabby, pasty-looking people. You know, the ones that probably smell.

I'm sure Koop is most likely on this already, you know, after he "manscapes".
 
You assume that each company is advertising in isolation. They see their competitor's ads and realize that selling whole body deodorant is a gold mine and jump on board.
 
The only time I see commercial tv is visiting my in-laws. I haven't seen these whole body deo's yet but I have seen something about man-wipes to have fresh balls or some other nonsense, and thought it was odd.
 
I'm just not a tv person, haven't been since the mid-90s. Didn't we talk about doing a tv show madness a while ago and I was like "I haven't seen more than 5 minutes of most of these shows".

Actually, I still have the list I assembled...

NEVER/BARELY SEEN [86]
30 Rock
3rd Rock from the Sun
A Different World
Absolutely Fabulous
Black-ish
Boy Meets World
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Car 54 Where Are You?
Chico And The Man
Coach
Community
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dear John
December Bride
Dennis The Menace
Designing Woman
Doogie Houser
Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Loves Raymond
F Troop
Family Affair
Family Ties
Father Knows Best
Frasier
Freaks & Geeks
Fresh Off The Boat
Fuller House
Get Smart
Ghost
Girl Meets World
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Green Acres
Growing Pains
Hannah Montana
Here's Lucy
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Just Shoot Me
Last Man Standing
Living Single
Mama's Family
Martin
Mad About You
McHale's Navy
Mike & Molly
Modern Family
Mom
My Favorite Martian
My Name Is Earl
My Three Sons
Newhart
News Radio
One Day At A Time
Only Murders In The Building
Out Of This World
Parks and Recreation
Petticoat Junction
Schitt’s Creek
Scrubs
Silver Spoons
Soap
Superstore
Silicon Valley
Ted Lasso
That Girl
The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet
The Andy Griffith Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Donna Reed Show
The Flying Nun
The Gary Shandling Show
The Goldbergs
The King Of Queens
The Life of Riley
The Lucy Show
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Patty Duke Show
The Phil Silvers Show
The Upshaws
The Wonder Years
Two and Half Men
Veep
Who's The Boss?
Will & Grace
Wings

SEEN SEVERAL RANDOM BITS/MAYBE ONE FULL EPISODE [46]
Alf
All In the Family
Arrested Development
Barney Miller
Bewitched
Cheers
Different Strokes
Drew Carey Show
Eight Simple Rules
Family Matters
Flight of the Conchords
Friends
Full House
Greatest American Hero
Hogan's Heroes
How I Met Your Mother
I Dream of Jeannie
I Love Lucy
Leave It To Beaver
M*A*S*H
Malcolm in the Middle
Mary Tyler Moore Show
McHale's Navy
Mister Ed
Murphy Brown
Night Court
Perfect Strangers
Police Squad!
Roseanne
Seinfeld
Taxi
That 70's Show
The Addams Family
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Cosby Show
The George Carlin Show
The Golden Girls
The Honeymooners
The Monkees
The Munsters
The Odd Couple
The Office
The Partridge Family
What's Happening
WKRP In Cincinnati
Young Sheldon

SEEN FULL EPISODES (MAYBE A DOZEN) [10]
Gilligan's Island
Good Times
Home Improvement
Married...With Children
Mork & Mindy
Sanford and Son
The Big Bang Theory
The Facts Of Life
The Jeffersons
Welcome Back Kotter

SEEN MANY (OR ALL) EPISODES [6]
Happy Days #5
IT Crowd #3
Laverne & Shirley #4
The Brady Bunch
The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air #2
Three's Company #1
 
Yeah sadchild you’re really not a TV person.

I watched bunches of sitcoms through the 90’s then haven’t watched much since, except The Office.

I’ve never watched an episode of The Simpsons, but I did like The Simpsons movie.
 
I've seen some episodes of all of them but 18.
I had regularly watched 117
* I've seen all (or most) episodes. About 38.


NEVER/BARELY SEEN [86]
* 30 Rock
* 3rd Rock from the Sun
A Different World
* Absolutely Fabulous
Black-ish
Boy Meets World
* Brooklyn Nine Nine
Car 54 Where Are You?
Chico And The Man
* Coach
* Community
* Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dear John
December Bride
Dennis The Menace
Designing Woman
Doogie Houser
Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Loves Raymond
F Troop
Family Affair
Family Ties
Father Knows Best
* Frasier
Freaks & Geeks
Fresh Off The Boat
Fuller House
Get Smart
Ghost
Girl Meets World
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Green Acres
Growing Pains
Hannah Montana
Here's Lucy
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
* Just Shoot Me
Last Man Standing
Living Single
Mama's Family
Martin
Mad About You
McHale's Navy
Mike & Molly
* Modern Family
* Mom
My Favorite Martian
* My Name Is Earl
My Three Sons
Newhart
News Radio
One Day At A Time
* Only Murders In The Building
Out Of This World
* Parks and Recreation
Petticoat Junction
* Schitt’s Creek
* Scrubs
Silver Spoons
Soap
Superstore
* Silicon Valley
* Ted Lasso
That Girl
The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet
The Andy Griffith Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Donna Reed Show
The Flying Nun
The Gary Shandling Show
* The Goldbergs
The King Of Queens
The Life of Riley
The Lucy Show
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Patty Duke Show
The Phil Silvers Show
The Upshaws
The Wonder Years
* Two and Half Men
* Veep
Who's The Boss?
Will & Grace
Wings

SEEN SEVERAL RANDOM BITS/MAYBE ONE FULL EPISODE [46]
Alf
All In the Family
Arrested Development
Barney Miller
Bewitched
* Cheers
Different Strokes
Drew Carey Show
Eight Simple Rules
Family Matters
* Flight of the Conchords
* Friends
Full House
Greatest American Hero
* Hogan's Heroes
* How I Met Your Mother
I Dream of Jeannie
I Love Lucy
Leave It To Beaver
* M*A*S*H
* Malcolm in the Middle
Mary Tyler Moore Show
McHale's Navy
Mister Ed
Murphy Brown
* Night Court
Perfect Strangers
* Police Squad!
Roseanne
* Seinfeld
Taxi
That 70's Show
The Addams Family
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Cosby Show
The George Carlin Show
The Golden Girls
The Honeymooners
The Monkees
The Munsters
The Odd Couple
* The Office
The Partridge Family
What's Happening
* WKRP In Cincinnati
* Young Sheldon

SEEN FULL EPISODES (MAYBE A DOZEN) [10]
* Gilligan's Island
Good Times
Home Improvement
* Married...With Children
Mork & Mindy
Sanford and Son
* The Big Bang Theory
The Facts Of Life
The Jeffersons
Welcome Back Kotter

SEEN MANY (OR ALL) EPISODES [6]
* Happy Days #5
IT Crowd #3
Laverne & Shirley #4
The Brady Bunch
The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air #2
Three's Company #1
 
I've also seen most of these shows, but I'm awed by the list. Making a list, having a list, keeping a list. That blows my mind. If I made a list of all the TV shows I've ever watched, or not watched, it would take me a month just to make the list.
 
scotchandcigar said:
I've also seen most of these shows, but I'm awed by the list. Making a list, having a list, keeping a list. That blows my mind. If I made a list of all the TV shows I've ever watched, or not watched, it would take me a month just to make the list.
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At least a month, and I know that I'd leave tons of shows off.
 
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