I wrote this because of what happened while I was adding Zero 6b to the site!

Okay, so I came into my room to upload the new Zero segment for the night, and I turned my TV on just for background noise. The first thing that comes on is a commercial for a pregnancy test. To quote exactly: “I can’t concentrate…am I pregnant?” And then there went the pitch.

What the hell? Is that the only requirement for pregnancy these days? Hell, Zen would have quite a brood by now…and not just him, sometimes I think I’m the only member of my generation able to keep a thought for more than 4 seconds. (No offense to the other members of my generation, I’m exaggerating to make a point here.) I realize it’s not exactly politically correct to say “Well, I sure have been sleeping around a whole bunch lately and puking a lot in the bathroom, maybe I’m pregnant!”, but you can at least pick a symptom a bit more relevant. Use the term “morning sickness”, perhaps? Or maybe the lady missed…something…? Are these too vulgar for you people now?

Then again, I suppose these commercials are better than some of the possible alternatives. I think a “I’m fat…maybe I’m pregnant!?!?!” commercial would be a bit much. But I’ll be damned if I’m going to sit here and watch medical commercials work themselves down to “My ear hurts….OMIGOD! I HAVE AIDS !” Radio spots for condoms lately have become porn for your ears…surely TV can be a bit more honest with itself.

That’s all. Enjoy the show. But if I catch any of you watching Reba, you’ll catch the back of my hand!