Madness & Reality » Commercialism http://www.rippdemup.com Politics, Race, & Culture Fri, 11 Dec 2015 00:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 As Seen on TV Products Will Never be the Same Again – Billy Mays Found Dead at 50 http://www.rippdemup.com/uncategorized/as-seen-on-tv-products-will-never-be/ http://www.rippdemup.com/uncategorized/as-seen-on-tv-products-will-never-be/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:07:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/uncategorized/as-seen-on-tv-products-will-never-be/ I guess it’s safe to say that the recession has caught up to the Angel of Death. That muthaf*cka has been putting in overtime like a mugg this week! First he killed John & Kate’s marriage forcing John to move in with the midgets on TLC. Then he scooped up Ed McMahon, and went on ...

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I guess it’s safe to say that the recession has caught up to the Angel of Death. That muthaf*cka has been putting in overtime like a mugg this week! First he killed John & Kate’s marriage forcing John to move in with the midgets on TLC. Then he scooped up Ed McMahon, and went on to grab Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson in the same day. Then now I wake up to hear that Billy Mays the famous TV pitch-man for anything that costs $19.95 was found dead in his home at the age of 50. Damn, it sure has been a bad week for White folks. Of course Michael Jackson’s death trumps the competition hands down, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t touch on the death of Billy Mays. I mean after all, I did put the Shamwow Guy on blast a few months ago.

I don’t know much about Billy Mays; who he was, where he came from etc. But I do know that he had a way of screaming to me in promoting any product he was peddling. Often it was his screaming that made me think of making a purchase once he got past the famous intro, “Hi, Billy Mays here!” I always thought he looked like a late 70’s/early 80’s porn star/WWF wrestler; I don’t know, I think it was the beard or the “Ravishing Rick Rude” likeness; you almost felt like he would bust your ass if you didn’t pay attention. Sometimes I must admit, his commercials were annoying, but you damn sure remember them as much as his famous thumbs up.

It was his voice in commercials that grabbed your attention. Personally, I think somebody should have given him a “Just Say No to Drugs” or a “Wrap it Up” HIV/AIDS commercial. Something in me tells me that more people would pay attention if they did. Maybe he can live on as a pixie or something. Just as you’re about to do some dumbshit he’ll yell in your ear and get you to straighten up your act or at least think about buying some Oxyclean. Hopefully his death is not some fake story like the death of Jeff Goldblum. Not that Billy was annoying to me as The Fly. I just don’t want him living on like Elvis or worse: him hounding me as a bill collector. Lets hope his death isn’t shrouded with controversy the likes of Michael Jackson. If it is discovered that he overdosed on Oxyclean I don’t think my life would be the same again.

Here’s to you Billy Mays…

the only known human being to speak in ALLCAPS.

P.S. I wonder if he was louder than the women he had sexual relationships with?

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DECK THE HALLS AND BREAK MY BALLS http://www.rippdemup.com/uncategorized/deck-halls-and-break-my-balls/ http://www.rippdemup.com/uncategorized/deck-halls-and-break-my-balls/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:59:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/uncategorized/deck-halls-and-break-my-balls/ Sometimes I wish I could be like a bear or a squirrel and just sleep the entire winter so that I can miss the holidays and the hypocrisy of it. Its been estimated that “Black Friday” this year saw an increase in holiday shopping spending. On that day alone its estimated that $10.3 million dollars ...

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Sometimes I wish I could be like a bear or a squirrel and just sleep the entire winter so that I can miss the holidays and the hypocrisy of it. Its been estimated that “Black Friday” this year saw an increase in holiday shopping spending. On that day alone its estimated that $10.3 million dollars was spent, and that’s not counting the weekend sales, or even “Cyber Monday”. So much for it being a bad economy with, increased foreclosures, high unemployment and skimpy dime bags of weed.

I mean, people lose their freakin minds at this time of year! Forget WWE wrestling, if you wanna see some bloodshed, wake up about 3am and find a line of idiots waiting to make purchases the day after Thanksgiving. Its even better if its real cold…the colder it is, the more aggressive the consumers are. Yeah, just don’t try cutting the line in front of anybody or else you’ll be the recipient of a serious beatdown. People take this Christmas shopping thing seriously. I’ve always had a sincere problem with people who equate price tags to happiness. Or, “If you don’t get me something nice then it must mean you don’t like me”. The biggest mistake people make during the holiday’s is assuming that everyone around them has the same level of “Give-a-Fuck” that they have. I like the holidays but I get sick of running around the mall for 5 days straight trying to find the “perfect” gift for someone.
This is why God invented Gift Cards. I don’t have to stand in a store wondering if this shirt will fit you. Or keeping up with the receipt so you can take back something I know you’re not going to like. I love gift cards. They’re all I’ll ever ask for. I don’t even care what store. Hell if you know a stripper that offers gift cards please grab me one. Asking for a gift card only frustrates the die-hard Christmas shoppers that much more. These people are DETERMINED to force-feed the true “spirit” of Christmas down your throat by DEMANDING that you specify a gift and not a gift card. Newsflash you Shop-A-Holic Chowder Head, the true spirit of Christmas has nothing to do with $380 shoes or a wish-list. It has something to do with this dude named Jesus (ever heard of him?). Swing by church next Dec. 24th and you might learn a thing or two. He’s the one who “allegedly”started this Christmas stuff so give me my damn Gift Card and shut up! Hell, Jesus was born in a barn and had to smell goat shit and sleep on hay, but all you people are concerned with is an Xbox game system. Personally, I think all Christians should get like a refund check from the church as a gift for Christmas. Instead of presents you’ll look forward to that check like a tax refund. I mean after all, your money went towards the work of God in the form of tithes and offerings, and your preacher drives a new Cadillac. And God DID so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son? Since he was so generous, how about a check?!! Besides, no man over 21 years old should have a “Santa Wish-List” anyway. If so, he should be beat unconscious and then revived…and then beat unconscious again. But like everything, you take the good with the bad.
As an independent thinker I see the Pro’s & Con’s of the Christmas holiday season:
Pros… 1) You get present. 2) You put up color lights on your house so your electric company can benefit.
3) Some people don’t act like dicks in the weeks leading up to and after the holiday . 4) It’s the best window of probability for someone you don’t like to kill themselves . 5) Drunk drivers who get away with it all year get caught. Cons… 1) Pedophiles dressed as Santa get to feel children up unimpeded at the mall. 2) Gas prices usually peak around Christmas filling the coffers of those Saudi bastard. 3) More people kill themselves on Christmas than any other day in the year. 4) Christmas music on the radio 24-7 is a vicious assault. 5) Being asked what you got for Christmas – That’s as intrusive as asking your mom if she ever gave your dad head. Mind your own fuckin business!
Lastly, a message of Christmas is to be good to each other because “it’s that time of year” is fucking bullshit. You should be good to others and treat people well throughout the ENTIRE YEAR. If you’re only nice to people during the holidays because of Hallmark, then you should have been aborted.

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