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Default Ironic Infomoercials

On 1/2/2019 11:33 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 01:40:43 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 04:07:43 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> The
>>> AARP commercial that's been running for 2+ years is still the
>>> all-time Irony Winner (that I've seen). Any fellow irony
>>> connoisseurs know which one and why (CLUE: it starts with the boss
>>> coming in sometime after noon around noon, and thanking his
>>> employee, who's been there since 7:50, for coming in today and
>>> offering her a donut)? Or am I just overly observant and critical
>>> of supposedly real-life situations? (who, me?)

>>
>> OK, since nobody "Gets It" it's the AARP commercial where the boss
>> thanks her for coming in on her day off. Then she proceeds to
>> describe, in painstaking detail, how she's been ****ing around on
>> the AARP site all morning doing personal shit and not getting any
>> work done:
>>
>> At 7:50AM I joined AARP...
>> at 8:40AM I found a nursing home for my dad...
>> at 9:25AM I bought concert tickets...
>>
>> Certainly somebody remembers it now and, looking back, realizes how
>> stupidly ironic it is, right?
>>
>> ObFood: Bird Box
>>
>> -sw

>
> I've never seen it. I spend commercial time with my Kindle
>

Similar, I pick up a book when commercials come on.

Jill
 
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