It's heartbreaking to think of this and infuriating to realize that money is the only means of communication that matters any more, but there's an ongoing discussion on the birdsite that's worth your time.

#LifeInsurance for your #schoolkids, double indemnity for gun violence.

The average #commercialBreak in #Australia features:

#Google — buy this device you wouldn't want if you knew what was in it.

#Apple — same

Some #car brand — same

Some big construction company

A #mining or energy company

(Daytime) #LifeInsurance every #adBreak

#Amazon — just buy something NOW!

A couple ordinary consumer products presented with such OOT #productionValues they could've written an entire #tvShow around them in the 70s for less.

A govt message of some kind.