So, I just saw the single best commercial ever. You guys know what Plan B is, right? The emergency contraception? Right.
So the commercial goes like this:
*girl sitting up in bed looking upset*
narrator: “the morning after your birth control fails, you might feel alone. You’re not”
Seriously. I about fell out of my chair. You’re not alone because you just might be cooking up a baby! Ha! I know that isn’t what they meant but, come on!
TheNateisCool
1 month ago
I’ve seen that commercial a million times. Never noticed this hilarity.
mac
1 month ago
I haven’t seen it. Maybe it’s not all that common here in the Bible Belt?
Still, you have made me laugh. Shy of a condom rupture, how does one know if their birth control failed? Everyone knows at some point, but right away?
the lion
1 month ago
Yeah, I doubt they show it down in the Bible belt. Since they make a point to state it is NOT the abortion pill.
Birth control failure (with the exception of a broken condom) is a nice way of saying stupidity. You forgot to take your pill or you were dumb enough to have unprotected sex in general. They just can’t call you dumb in a commercial.
That is, of course, not to belittle the most important group of women who use Plan B: rape victims. Obviously it is not their fault and they are the single most important reason this should be available everywhere and to anyone who needs it – regardless of age. Remember, it is most effective if taken within 72 hours of the event, it is NOT an abortion pill it is merely a VERY high dosage of birth control hormones, and it should NOT be used in replace of regular preventative birth control.
mac
1 month ago
Oh, I see. I thought, maybe, some folks knew the exact moment their birth control failed. As in:
“Damn, that pill didn’t take” or “Shit, my sponge isn’t quite absorbing all the little swimmers today”
the lion
1 month ago
Mac, you crack me up!