Medicine: Target Women

[eggyolksam]

i'm wearing sweatpants while watching this

[taka3000000o]

@eggyolksam omg me too and my dog is next to me. aaahhhh im gonna make him depressed D:

[eggyolksam]

@taka3000000o oh no, i have a dog too! D: 

[EyeOnThePatch]

It's funny, I saw that bear-head commercial during an Afro-Samurai: the Resurrection special on Spike

[ReyBeltane]

can't win em all--oh, blood...

[XxRynethxX]

I took an indigestion pill once, and because I was bored I read the little pamphlet thing that comes with it. "Overdoses of nitrogen my result in coma or death".

So, I might die if I take this pill, but at least my stomach ache is gone.

[Boleyn291]

lady, there's a bus full of children right behind you!

[1stbrasscaptain]

@Boleyn291 ...she misses her bear head. *Previous commercial*

[TheGrimSmile]

I laughed at the Monet bit, then I cried when I actually got it...

[ggfanjase]

Bearhead! OMFG. I died. Did Spike Jonze direct that shit?  LOL.

[Mufasa7270]

That was HILARIOUS!!!

[LauWalla]

Monet? What gave you that 'impression' . XD

[PhilanVortex]

She goes runnin' for the shelter of a Mother's Little Helper.

[unearthy82]

I cannot believe YouTube/Google just showed a Yoplait ad before this video.

[Loverwife]

'Warning: Watching Target Women may lead to alcoholism, cynicism, and small amounts of Marxism."

[ariadne42]

@Loverwife sounds like a party!!!!!

[Ivanova297]

"You're so depressed, you made your dog depressed. Good job."

[hotdogitsemily]

The Monet joke. I LOLed.

[EarthlyMaidenLita]

@hotdogitsemily I know. I know. Best art joke ever. (I'm serious. Heard some terrible ones.)

[vf1764]

Lol this series, I always enjoy making fun of overly dramatic commercials with my friends, Sarah is hilarious.

[absolutelyfoolish]

brettttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!­!!!! <3

[SJCustomDrums]

I`m wearing sweatpants right now. Shit.

[perogie34]

I love how a Targeting Women video goes after a mascara commercial.

[pensivefool]

@perogie34 because it's relevant to her point? the fact that even the tiniest things point to some odd facet of advertising to women is exactly what she discusses...in every target women. I think you might be missing the boat on this.

[perogie34]

@pensivefool Um, are you even replying to the right comment? I think I know more than enough what this series is about.

[valdezmiguel2]

sarah is fucking stupid. OH SHIT ADVERTISEMENTS TRY TO SELL YOU THINGS WITHOUT MAKING YOU THINK TOO HARD! FUCKKKK WHAT A REVALATION.

she needs to go get off her high-horse and realize that sexism isnt quite as rampant as she thinks it is. infact, it is a non-issue for 99% of women 99% of the time.

[lifesawkwardmoment]

OH NO I LOOKED OUT A WINDOW TODAY IM DEPRESSED!!!!

[perogie34]

OHGOD, the Monet joke! XD

[warjikin]

@perogie34 I know!

[Neumie7]

you're killing your dog!

[pushelildaisies]

Sarah Haskins is amazing, she should be Vice President.

[xtraordinarymachine0]

Sarah Haskins, you are a genius!

[Elibean1]

"You're so depressed, you even got your dog depressed. Nice going."

[tshaiyanique]

hilarious.. she always crack me up

[EarthlyMaidenLita]

I gotta tell ya doc, I think I'm allergic to Monet!

A Monet? What gave you that impression?

Simultaneously the best and worst joke ever.

[Inthe80sthatwasamutt]

You're so depressed, you made your dog depressed, nice going!

[XxPnuemaxX]

You made your DOG depressed.

[supergurl3465]

lol brett made a guest appearance

[ElphabaPhan]

her nose annoys me

[chapogyr]

me too

[KiwifruitPixie]

...

What is up with the piano music in some ads, though?

[yesbutnotthat]

bahahahaha "Are you wearing sweatpants? you're depressed"

[shaq2099]

FUCK YOU ADS!!

[KKoga06]

Uh-oh... I think I may have bear head. D:

[HimalayanGummiworm]

Monet, what gave you that impression?

Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

[jareza]

HAHAHAHAHA I JUST LOVE HER!

[unlimited444]

hahahahahaha i like her.That was rly funny :P

[happymerryjoygirl]

LOLyou have this bla facial expression and you're killing your dog!LOL

[BlackOfJuly]

Hey! I'm sittin' here in sweatpants too; I thought because I just came home from the gym...now I know I'm depressed.

Poor me.

Boo hoo.

I'm gonna drown myself under the sink faucet. Bye Y'All!

[S1llyw4bb1t]

holy crap this woman should be a stand up somedian

[adrianinplaid]

You made your dog depressed. HAHA! OMG I love all of these videos! I'm in the process of watching ALL of them! HAha!

[MiliosBuddha]

XD Me too! Cool!

[decastrofilms]

you're so depressed you made you're dog depressed nice going haha

[lissheim]

So you're sick, thus your life is ruined.

You're a stranger to your family

You live in black and white

You've got this like "blegh" facial expression

YOU'RE KILLING YOUR DOG!

[beautifulbeast4]

Cute Dog, poor thing though.

[beautifulbeast4]

So funny.

[xZOMGitsHANNAHxx]

"you're so depressed?"

"you made ur dog depressed"

"nice goin"

HAHHA

that made me laugh.

[odiemarshhen]

O horsesflu, are you not aware that most advertisers know exactly who to market otc drugs to.... women still do most grocery shopping and consumer purchases like this... besides its funny whether its literal and over the top or whether its just parody.... sweatpants as an indicator of depression is hilarious.  She doesnt only have to stick to just the obvious, for literal ppl like you. She can go after anything, she is a good satirist.

[Quiscalus777]

"I think I'm allergic to a Monet."

"A Monet? What gave you that impression?"

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA THAT SLAYED ME. XDDDDD

[EarthlyMaidenLita]

That was actually a funny pun. Better than

'Why couldn't the artist's grandmother eat food? She had no motif' or the 'Coocoo for Rococo' thing.

[MarshMelloMonkey]

WOAH some of those side effects are just plain frightening!

[fivvyfavvy]

ROFL. The bear-head part was so unexpected, I burst out laughing at 4:30 AM and woke up the people in the room next to mine. Oops.

[NaturalyMommy]

Drugs are for sissies! DEAL WITH IT! Seriously it's like no one notices how the media is brainwashing people especially women. There is a freaking drug store on every corner on all 4 sides of the corners. It's absolutely ridiculous! CAN WE GET SOME GARDENS AND PLAY GROUNDS!

[mannik]

yeah lets go back to the old days before antibiotics and medicine when, when a third of children didnt live to their 12th birthday and people died at 40 of old age! its natural!

[hekata5]

Having medicament is one things - advertising drugs for everything like - depression or fatties is brainwashing. I've cured myself with herbal medicine all life long, because I'm allergic to antibiotics but people drug themselves with chemical pills that ruin your immune system...

[whateverlolawants]

I don't think the medications existing is the problem (most of the time anyway.) Medicines can help people. But the advertising is really weird. I learned that prescription drugs can only be advertised on TV in the US and New Zealand. Once I learned that it changed my perspective. It should be doctors telling patients what to take, not the other way around- of course education is good- but are these ads educating, deceiving, or even brainwashing?

[horsesflu]

Despite the finding that some shots contain mercury, or the sometimes dire adverse reaction to the myriad of inoculations, or the super germs we're breeding through over consumption of "general sickness" meds, there is still need for drugs -- but much less of them.

We're "bombarded" by drugstores on every corner for a reason - there's lots of us. And lots of us, so it only makes sense there are stores everywhere.

The problem is over reliance and sissies who take pills for the common-everything

[horsesflu]

I don't really like these anymore.

The very first one I saw was the one about yogurt, and it was fitting of the title 'Target Women,' since the humour was derived from mocking sexist ads.

These new episodes feature ads with women, but they're not overly sexist or generalized - they just feature women; sweatpants isn't a big enough generalization to roast, and there is nothing overtly offensive in these ads (like there was in the yogurt one) to lambaste - and that's where the humour comes from.

[BlaakeChicaBoomBoom]

have you seen the new one its sorta offensive and also um this show is about commercials made for woman

[IBlockIdiots]

Interesting. I think a few things are going on here. First, there may be more medical ads targeting women because women are more likely to medicate. Second, the sweatpants thing is sexist because it is equates casual comfort in women with depression. But overall, I think that medical ads do tend to be less sexist than some of the other things that Sarah has tackled.

But come on, the bearhead was just hilarious.

[Jarnothon]

@IBlockIdiots "First, there may be more medical ads targeting women because women are more likely to medicate. Second, the sweatpants thing is sexist because..." Kind of a contradiction...

[IBlockIdiots]

@Jarnothon

The two statements are a contradiction? Well YouTube doesn't provide enough space for really complex comments so I'll add some explanation. 1) Women are more likely than men to seek professional help for their mental and physical problems. 2) There's nothing wrong with a woman wearing sweatpants. A lot of women want to be comfortable at home (or even In public!?) and not worry about being "presentable" 24/7. It's kind of like "If women don't look sexy, then they are depressed."

[YourLordVicious]

Do you understand the worst part about these commercials?

They first have to induce the symptoms on the actors, then they tape it.

[sisforshayla]

ahahaha, this series is so great! sarah is hilarious!

[LegendarySock]

Sarah Haskins, you are my hero.

[Zach28906]

"got rid of my allergies, but i got the nose sores...cant win em all..oh blood"

LOL<333

[buddyholly28]

marxism!

[EarthlyMaidenLita]

I'm going to walk sadly in comfy sweaters..

[circlestream]

u funny lady! fun vid!

[TTINUHPLOTR]

Lol, I love the drug commercials. They're like, mini-comedies.

[rainbowflyingpig]

THIS MADE MY DAY! "Drugs bring color and childrens to our lives! I'm better just by taking drugs." Should have been posted on 420.

[GREGORYABUTLER]

I'm better - just from taking drugs!

[sugartub]

"you make your dog depressed" ahaha

[Nanamirose]

at 1:14, I don't get what they're parodying.

is it... Groucho?

[Chaosblade777]

And awful puns.

[VictimOfBoredom]

I just fucking love infoMania. They show how absolutely idiotic the media is.

These commercials are so damn generic, and yet most people don't even realize they all fit pretty much the same exact template.

[mygaboo]

Sarcasm appreciated. Ha'd at depression pants. Chop to 2 mins.

Got an angle on leaded skin products? Hmmm... toxic, medicated and irradiated from cellphones. No wonder women glow.

[HoGraz]

I hate pharmaceutical companies. Why would you need to be drugged up like we are these days? "Americans just work so hard." Maybe we just need to keep the money going everywhere so that this country can have an even distribution of wealth? No maybe we need to just let pharma companies have all it so they can lobby the shit out of congress and dope us up more so we don't rebel. Read the 1930's book "Brave New World." Hold on I have to take my medication...

[Chaosblade777]

A gramme of soma will help ease all your problems, HoGraz...

[jayfackingpee]

I aspire to be a pharmacist when I grow up. Only 6 to 7 years of school required and I'll be earning $50 to $60 an hour for the rest of my life. Hope to sell medication to you soon. :D

[HoGraz]

Well at least you'll be making YOUR life richer. By all means Jay, but I still feel like psycho-active drugs are a bit unnecessary in the quantities we have them in this country.

Did you know that the FDA requires a black box label on antidepressants including prozac to state that they increase the risk of suicide in individuals younger than 25? Food for thought. Peace in the Middle East.

[packalola]

ew.

[jayfackingpee]

Why ew?

I didn't realize that I was on my 16 year old brother's YouTube account when I posted as kidlittlek. Oops. xp

[whateverlolawants]

Prescription medicine has helped my family and I with many problems. I agree that "Big Pharma" has too much lobbying power, and that some drugs are over-prescribed or should be investigated further for safety- but to make broad statements like yours is reckless. My mom wouldn't be here today if it weren't for drugs made by pharmaceutical companies. She's survived cancer twice.

[HoGraz]

I just said I don't like them basically. I didn't say we didn't need them at all. Why are you acting like I'm trying to attack you and your loved ones?

[whateverlolawants]

Well, you said you hate them, and I was just trying to show a reason not to hate them entirely. They're companies that do both good and bad things, both intentionally and unintentionally. I know you didn't say you think drugs have no uses. I'm not acting like anything, I'm offering my experiences.

[frymastermeat]

I doubt your mom survived cancer by taking a drug prescribed on a television advert. The point is not that all drugs are bad, but think about this: If a drug was actually useful and doctors trusted it, why would it need an advertisement? Case closed.

These depression ads have actually created a generation which believes that depression is an illness, and not an emotion. What's next, a pill for anger? If you aren't depressed now and then, in this fucked up world, you are probably an ignoramus.

[whateverlolawants]

I agree about the ads. I think it's weird that they're advertised. I wrote on another comment that when you learn that only the US and NZ allow prescription drugs to be advertised on TV, it really puts it in perspective. I wouldn't go so far as to say any drug that advertises is inherently not useful, ineffective, or untrusted per se, but it certainly is suspect. I would say it creates a "need" where there is none and some doctors are all too happy to comply.

[whateverlolawants]

As far as depression, there is a definite difference between clinical depression- an illness that if you're curious to learn more about, a simple Google search will provide the DSM-IV description- and the occasional feeling of depression, which I agree is totally normal and ppl SHOULD feel when they look around at this crazy world. Ppl often misuse the term. A responsible doctor knows the difference, and also should know whether an anti-depressant is REALLY a good treatment for the individual.

[MissPsychoB]

Actually, depression IS an illness, it's the clinical condition of having extreme negative emotions (sadness, self-loathing etc). The problem with the ads isn't that they're telling people to treat depression with drugs (it's normally treated that way, along with therapy), it's that they're perpetrating non-distinction between the colloquial meaning of depression (feeling down from time to time) and actual, clinical depression (feeling so bad about yourself that you think your life is worthless)

[lilymer]

While it's true that drugs aren't the answer to every bad feeling, depression is by definition not a feeling. Feeling down now and again is not the same thing as being depressed. When someone is unable to get out of bed for weeks at a time, a pill might not be such a bad thing. There's mind over matter and then there's just being stubborn and ignoring the fact that chronic depression is generally a problem of brain chemistry.

[woobia]

depression is an illness....

sadness is an emotion.

[mishydishy]

I certainly agree with the sentiment that drugs meant for clinical depression are over-prescribed to people. However, clinical depression is not the same thing as depression, the emotion. Clinical depression is a real psychiatric illness, that requires extensive counseling and sometimes prescription drugs. Clinical depression has very little to actually do with emotions.

[Mortalvis]

this is awesome!!! XD

[asimov231]

"..and walking sadly in comfy sweaters." Classic.

[Juliixoxo]

Actually. Right after watching this , The next day I got a cold. And heyy Im swearing sweat pants. O;

[ulfenstyle]

IT KILLD THE DOG! noooooo! xD

[ErichoTTA]

Funnniest part was the side effects.

[hfitzger513]

**Boom dock boom dock!**

I don't get the bus part though.

[lissheim]

hfitzger513: She ripped her face off in front of the kids.

[Metric07]

"Lady there's a bus full of kids right behind you!"

Haha that was great and the Monet bit was hilarious.

[0Krusnik0]

OH SHIT I'M WEARING SWEATPANTS D;

[Noyjeetut]

So true. But sweat pants make me happy.

[CommentorX]

But what if I'm depressed because I've lost my health insurance and can't afford prescription meds? Then what?

[Yobachi2007]

Get you some of that Advil Cold and Sinus over the counter.

[whateverlolawants]

You join the club! It sucks, doesn't it? Very vicious cycle...

[archivesbc]

Grouchy Marxism! LOL

[dhanilove]

I have ALWAYS wondered about the dog in those depression medicine commercials. Does depression hurt the dog? Is the dog depressed? These questions have been plaguing me for years. I have never heard of anyone talk about them before. Thank-you for addressing these powerful issues. You hit it right on the nose sore! FAVORITED 5 ***** STARS

[RICHANDROS]

poor women

[hawttgurlly]

FIRST

[RICHANDROS]

wow it means ur gay???

[reignofhope]

Who's awesome?

You're Awesome.

[org1232]

SO!