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New Male Potency Formula Makes The Little Blue Pill Obsolete October 16, 2017 10:42 am hank

No, the lurid headline above did not appear on the AARP web page, or on a geriatric porn site. It is the banner of a full page advertisement on page 78 of the October, 2017 issue of Sky and Telescope magazine (“The Essential Guide to Astronomy”).

S&T advertising is normally about equipment, software and publications of interest to amateur astronomers, this is something new. Perhaps amateur astronomy (at least in print media) is becoming associated with old farts. Sad.

The ad is classic; extravagant claims, scientific-sounding technobabble, and a barely believable table/chart (“Jaw-Dropping Clinical Proof”) detailing the product’s benefits with excruciating statistical precision. A bulleted list of arousing testimonials from anonymous happy customers is also included, along with a photograph of a trim and attractive boomer couple leering salaciously from underneath their bedcovers.

Is it just me, or is this really, really funny?

  • Hard copy... by mcfly 2017-11-04 04:02:49
    • We are not technologically oriented. We just think we are. by hank 2017-11-04 08:41:15
      • An insightful post, hank! by mcfly 2017-11-04 09:05:20
      • That isn't surprising... by RL 2017-11-04 07:54:43
        • "If your archeological find lasts more than 4 hours..." by mcfly 2017-11-04 08:58:53
          • LOL by RL 2017-11-04 09:13:45
          • Now, THAT is funny. by hank 2017-11-04 08:43:35
        • 100x by podrock 2017-10-16 19:29:37
          • Is your telescope sagging? by RL 2017-10-16 19:14:13
            • Its all about the relation of aperture to focal length. by hank 2017-10-16 20:19:02
            • Bumper Sticker by hank 2017-10-16 11:02:01

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