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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDoes anyone besides me like the Duluth Trading Co. men's underwear/pants ads?
Just a few of them:
Ballroom jeans - room to crouch without singing soprano
Ballpen underwear - keeps your boys where they belong
Fire hose flex pants
Okay, I'm a 71 year old woman, guess I'm easily entertained!
skylucy
(3,749 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)it's not just me!
Doodley
(9,179 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)No stink.
No sweat.
BUCK NAKED UNDERWEAR
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)is restored!
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Better than most ads on TV these days. I'd watch a hundred of them over one Pharmaceutical ad. The listing of the side effects of these "wonder drugs" can give one nightmares.
jmowreader
(50,603 posts)They list fifty different ways this shit will kill you, then end the spot with "ask your doctor if Mydixadrupen is right for you." (You of course know that Pfizer was trying to buy another pharma company and the government told them they had to release one of their meds to the generic market before approval would go through. They chose Viagra, and almost immediately two generic versions of sildenafil hit the market. One of them was named "Mydixadrupen" and the other "Urcoxaflopen." I don't know about you, but "is this drug right for you?" is for me answered when it has more than five ways it'll kill you.
Ohiogal
(32,213 posts)TNNurse
(6,934 posts)They are just running up the price running ads to people who cannot just go out and buy them.
jmowreader
(50,603 posts)...they should be required to state what the drug costs for a month of treatment.
Like for instance, Toujeo. It's the insulin sold by the guy who dances through the commercial. It is $500 per month. I've seen several ads for Gilead's Hep C drugs that cost over $1000 PER PILL. Gilead makes its money on biologics and they'll never be cheap, but that's ridiculous.
Testing is another problem...I used to print for LabCorp, and I'd run their national price list every three months. They had several HIV tests that were well into the four-figure range - and I haven't printed for LabCorp since 2003 so you know prices are higher now. If someone were to ask me the mechanism by which HIV kills, I would probably say (and only be slightly joking) that you starve to death after paying for all the drugs and tests.
I think they need to go the way of cigarette ads.
IndianaDave
(613 posts)Since we can't prescribe these medications, it makes no sense to advertise them. EXCEPT that pharmaceutical companies can deduct advertising costs from their tax obligations. So the more they spend on advertising, the less they need to pay in taxes. So they screw us and the government at the same time. It works for them. The advertising is not to educate us. It's to help their bottom line. And it's disgusting.
Rhiannon12866
(207,016 posts)They talk about diseases I've never heard of, very scary stuff - and you're supposed to ask your doctor to prescribe this stuff rather than letting your doctor tell you what's appropriate?!
And I keep remembering what Bill Maher said - when they get to the descriptions of the nasty side effects, they usually show happy people walking their dogs or through a field of flowers!
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)"demonic possession" to the potential side effects of any drug.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,030 posts)CousinIT
(9,279 posts)druidity33
(6,452 posts)they are ridiculously expensive though. My wife spent $70 for a pair of sweatpants for me for Christmas. Absurd. Of course they are REALLY nice sweats, but still... $70? Too much, I think. And yeah, their commercials are pretty cool.
LunaSea
(2,895 posts)You should be out doing stuff in your Noga pants!
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)I can't bend over to tie my shoes! LOL
Had not seen that ad, though.
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)If you go the Duluth website and browse around a bit youll see them displayed on your DU site.
If they get on your nerves you can contribute to DU (no amount is too small) and you wont see ads for a year. Plus you get a star to show you are a contributing DUer.
rsdsharp
(9,242 posts)I've got a couple of their fatigue sweaters, and both my wife and I wear their Free Range underwear which is 94% cotton and 6% spandex. Most of their other underwear is primarily nylon, which I would think would belie the "no sweat" claim, but I've never tried them. Free Range is incredibly comfortable, but they're $15-$20 a pair, depending on the style you choose.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)you won't see any ads at all.
ETA: didn't mean to post this to myself.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)so I sent him all the commercials for them. Now he is a Duluth kind of customer.
Liberalhammer
(576 posts)I can't stand them.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)have you read this thread?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I've never bought a Duluth Trading item, but they look like they're high quality.
LisaM
(27,864 posts)I got my boyfriend some of the underwear for Christmas; he loves it.
Their store in Duluth is great, if you ever go to Duluth, be sure and hit it. Yes, the stuff is expensive, but it's well made and lasts (and probably closer to what clothes should cost without exploiting cheap labor).
FoxNewsSucks
(10,447 posts)They're almost the only commercials I watch instead of fast forwarding
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)mopinko
(70,395 posts)not annoying.
one of my faves.
TNNurse
(6,934 posts)But we are not going to spend that kind of money of underwear.
brewens
(13,682 posts)dance moves in Baltimore floored me!
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)with the piggy going "weeeeeee weeeeeee weeeeee" all the way home and the mother driving is so disgusted.
brewens
(13,682 posts)violinist at the fancy restaurant, but you got the gist of it.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)I'll see if it's on youtube.
nolabear
(42,009 posts)Im easily amused.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I wish we could see similar ads for bras and thongs! Especially for us older ladies who worry about overflow and gravity issues. Ive never worn thongs, but I can see some very funny ads about them.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)I have a pair but it was expensive. For what they wanted for a single pair at their store I could get a couple packs at Costco.
flyingfysh
(1,990 posts)They are very durable, and have plenty of pocket space, along with velcro flaps for the back pockets. Watch the prices, sometimes they go on sale. So be sure to get on their email list. These are the same pants featured in the ads about angry beavers.
They also have a nice short-sleeve shirt which is very durable, cool in hot weather, and has plenty of pocket space. It happens to be partly made of hemp.
I'm not such a fan of some of their other shirts. I once got some rugged-looking shoes, and had to throw them away after a few months. The sole turned out to be much less durable that it appeared to be at first.
For people who live in the Boston area: you don't have to get their stuff mail-order. They have an actual store in Burlington.
DeminPennswoods
(15,307 posts)sobenji
(316 posts)TMI?
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)dawn5651
(604 posts)and the canestan yeast infection commercials i am kept amused but hey at 62....lmao
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)makes me itch to think about it!
alfredo
(60,082 posts)Dannon, not just for smoothies
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Grins
(7,274 posts)Bend over and sing soprano? Bullshit.
Need more room for your boys? Bullshit.
This doesnt exist. Buy pants that fit!
This type of ad is just a marketing version of Moynihans defining deviancy down.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)just sayin' ....
prodigitalson
(2,476 posts)Way overpriced undies.
BigBearJohn
(11,410 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)just because they thought the ads were hilarious.
I like 'em too but I'm stingy.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)a pair of their underwear for Christmas & he said, "don't you DARE spend $25 on underwear." Sheesh, some people ...
krispos42
(49,445 posts)My kid (14) gets a laugh out of them every time
Nitram
(22,981 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Nitram
(22,981 posts)usaf-vet
(6,248 posts)A little pricey but they last longer.
Mosby
(16,424 posts)But I'm never going to wear nylon/polyester underwear. Best boxer briefs are kirkland, 100% Pima cotton.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)very happy with my choices
whathehell
(29,113 posts)we can do it
(12,224 posts)musicman65
(524 posts)and money,,,,go commando,,,much better
nolabear
(42,009 posts)And its great stuff! Its the only Christmas Undies for Mr. Bear Ive ever done.
Paladin
(28,290 posts)Have that growly-voiced Sam Elliot wannabe just say: "We make undies for manly men with big ol' dicks, with a huge pair of swingin' nuts to go with 'em. Don't even think about buying any of our wildly overpriced shorts unless you can fuckin' fill 'em up!"
Their inventory would be wiped out in a day...
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