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- reddline, on 12/13/2007, -1/+30I knew there was something to blame for me being fat ....
- sjbdallas, on 12/13/2007, -2/+29Doesn't matter what the TV teaches your kids because Parents still have the responsibility to raise them properly. The kids aren't going to the grocery store with a handful of money every week so if the parents only purchase and prepare healthy foods, the kids won't be eating the advertised garbage.
- johlorax, on 12/13/2007, -1/+18When was the last time you saw a commercial for carrots?
- JasonCox, on 12/13/2007, -1/+17TV commercials don't buy your kids food. You do.
- monkeybacon, on 12/13/2007, -0/+16Personal responsibility! Thats crazy talk! What we need is for the government to ban everything that is not healthy for children, THINK OF THE CHILDREN YOU BASTARD!
- Error601, on 12/13/2007, -6/+17Retarded Headlines - What ridiculous hyperbole
- Csmizzle, on 12/13/2007, -2/+13Check out these quotes.
Nearly half of the children in North and South America will be overweight by 2010, up from what recent studies say is about one-third, according to a report published by the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity.
International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, Vol. 1 March 2006
“This is going to be the first generation that’s going to have a lower life expectancy than their parents,” -. “It’s like the plague is in town and no one is interested.”
-Dr. Phillip Thomas
International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, Vol. 1 March 2006 - kamel, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6I record all my kid's shows on DVR and commercial skip. I don't think my boy has seen an ad in his life.
- dutchthis, on 12/13/2007, -1/+7coke in a bottle... nice
- 97thfloor, on 12/13/2007, -2/+7Not My Honey Smacks
- SammyJr, on 12/13/2007, -2/+7My kids don't watch commericals. They watch DVDs filtered with AnyDVD. They see very little of that crap.
- Icyfenix, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4it's called PBS
- johndi, on 12/13/2007, -3/+7I agree, once a child is born you know they're going to die. Does that make conception the ultimate act of evil? We need to stop saying lifestyle choices that adjust the length of life by an indeterminate amount of time are killing someone. Especially since, even with all of these "killers," we are living longer than ever.
- Spoomeister, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4Of course the TV isn't a babysitter. The computer, XBox, PS3 and Wii are.
- lime148, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4Empty nutrition? Who gives a dick? Apple Jacks are awesome!
- wedges, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4not if those parents ALSO choose to eat healthy.
- Mothrog, on 12/14/2007, -0/+3Wow. So, not only are you ***** retard, but you enjoy proving it to everyone only slightly smarter than you by coming back and making another retarded comment. I don't think the cavemen built houses either. I guess I better go ahead and sell mine and live out under the stars. And showering? ***** that.
- phoenixkusanagi, on 12/13/2007, -3/+6.... Are you ***** me?
Negligent Homicide?! By this man's logic, videogames are a downright path to the end of civilization as we know it.
So you're trying to tell me that parents are willingly teaching kids that it's ok to eat junk food. I definitely call ***** on this one. Kids these days have NOTHING on the heyday of Saturday morning cartoons in the 80s, especially their commercials. Captain Crunch? Boo Berry? Bigg Mixx [for those who remember]? Handi Snaks? And that's not even counting the times that Show-Biz and Chuck E. Cheese came around. And I'm not fat. So what's the damned deal? Parents, that's what. No matter what these ads say, it's the parent, that final trigger or barrier to whatever that kid wants. And my mom REFUSED to buy just any cereal. If you let this ***** make you think you're killing your kids, maybe you should start saying NO for a ***** change. - jameszol, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Nice image...ha.
- hydroplane, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Not only are your kids fat, they are f'n stupid thanks to all children left behind.
- glucoseboy, on 12/13/2007, -5/+8No, they'll just be eating garbage at their friend's house.
- vinblackham, on 12/13/2007, -1/+4My addiction to cereal has an answer!!
- rhino_rampant, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Go anywhere else on this guy's website and it takes all of three seconds to realize he's just a complete duche all around...enough said.
- Spoomeister, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Well, there was this thing on late night public access... oh God, those weren't carrots, were they...
- Mothrog, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Blah blah blah. It's all somebody else's fault. Whine whine whine. Here's a crazy idea: take some personal responsibility for your life. If you can't, please continue gorging yourself until you die. I will cheer your demise.
- MerryMortician, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3 "One demonstrates that 91% of 6-year olds can match Joe Camel to cigarettes, and proves that Joe is just as easily recognized by preschoolers as Mickey Mouse." ... WHEN? 1960?
- dellis, on 12/13/2007, -1/+4There is nothing stopping you from living an Amish lifestyle for your family.
- TheDreadDiggerD, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Ah yes, a sample of one.
- Mothrog, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Right. Desserts never existed before advertising. How ***** dense are you?
- tHePeOPle, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2I absolutely LOVE the "...blah blah blah, but I turned out ok..." argument. Least subjective of all the arguments for sure. Firmly grounded. Well played.
- DavidYeah, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2The answer is to turn the tv off altogether. No parent has the ability to override what the adorable cartoon characters on tv are telling their children what to do. All that kid needs is the idea that some sort of sugary ***** is a MUST have, and the screaming will begin.
Children is the marketer's best friend. They will act on whatever irrational urge a cartoon bunny will tell them to.
"I want my Maypo" - bubbadoo989, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Um, no digg... big headline, superficial content.
The author makes a point, but offers little more than that. Some of the diggr's comments are backed by more research. Good blogs and articles are about content; everything else is frosting. - Ndiggnation, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2This has only been going on for ~30-40 years now..Doesn't everyone know the TV is not a main babysitter?
- ryan83189, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Absolutely right, you drove to the supermarket, and bought it, and get it down from the cabinet every time they want it, but it is the tvs fault. I won't argue that brand recognition is being exploited on the children, but self control (and accountability) don't have to go out the window.
- theutopian, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2That's why I wish we could get channels like the BBC or CBeebies here in the US. Quality children's programming that's ad free.
- tenchi71, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2She actually isn't. She started school liking what she likes... that's the only natural behavior here. Not advertising or peer pressure. You think people love and consume chocolate because of advertising? Didn't they used to make and sell hard candy sticks, honey combs and sweet pastries way before television was even and idea? Come on now... we like what tastes good.
What's really making American "fat" is the change from an agricultural, to a manufacturing, and now to a service economy. Let's face it, most Americans don't have to slave behind a beast of burden tilling soil all day long, or at a hot factory building steam engines. Most people I know have office jobs, sitting at their desk working on a word processor or spread sheet. And we have more down time. We're getting fatter because we are less "active" (i.e. Lazy) as whole. - sgtpppr, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Of course we all know that the length of time someone lives is the only thing that matters. Sheesh... Hopefully in 100 years, we can all live to be 200 in our sanitized bubbles that protect us from germs and each other while we eat our one-a-day meal supplements and submit DNA samples to clone our children in a sterile lab setting. It's either hell or heaven.
- diggduggjoe, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2My favorite is Taco Bell's fourthmeal. Does the average American need another 1500 calorie meal each day?
- sgtpppr, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2What boggles me is that people think sensationalism is ok if the cause is just...as if the ends justify the means. The problem then becomes who is deciding what is a good cause and what is not. Asking someone to buy something and them choosing to buy it is 'negligent homicide'? The implied moral route then is to remove the choice from people to protect them from themselves. Just because it's a good cause and worded differently doesn't mean it's just another 'we need someone to tell us what to do' cry for help.
- inactive, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Blame the delicious delicious food.
- inactive, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Bottles until 6? Are you sure digg is the friendly and gentle place you want to be airing embarrassing personal information?
- jbmcb, on 12/13/2007, -1/+3My two step program for television salvation:
1. Record all the programs that are on MythTV, which automagically removes commercials
2. Play them back for my child when they are of age - by then all the toys for the shows they like will be cheap as they are years old.
3. Profit! - noumuon, on 12/13/2007, -1/+3'It's not at all natural to want to eat unhealthy, pointless (meaning no nutrition) crap." are you really that stupid?
- sgtpppr, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2There's no possible way it could be our own fault due to irresponsibility.
- sadomatic, on 12/14/2007, -0/+1No ads, but all the mind-numbing cartoons necessary to turn him into a violent degenerate by age 15!
- joshua5, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1That guy is very angry...
- s0nicfreak, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Saturday Morning Cartoons??? If there are still Saturday Morning Cartoons, I sure can't find them. Seems to me on Saturdays there's mostly paid programming and religious shows, with a few crappily dubbed anime spaced throughout the morning (like maybe 4 total), if you want to count that, but other than that the only cartoons I ever see on Saturday mornings is on Cartoon Network, which has cartoons nearly 24 hours a day anyway.
But I guess it's for the best, since most modern-day American cartoons are crappy, wannabe-anime *****. - Ndiggnation, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Brilliant. :)
- tHePeOPle, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1If you're trying to tell me that it's all this bacon I'm eating, then I won't let you have any of it.
- sadomatic, on 12/14/2007, -0/+1Turning off the television altogether is a wonderful solution to this problem.
TV makes you fat, stupid, and spiritually devoid. Case closed. -
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