… because we’re sick of seeing these whippersnappers slouch!

posture

I keep seeing stupid ads, including on my own blog.

Look at that one. A young man without a gray hair on his head (and with long sideburns — must be one a them there juvenile delinquents, like in “The Wild One“!) is doing this exaggerated slouch like he’s trying to peer out a window that’s too low for him.

And yet the copy says:

Seniors Love Posture Corrector

Yeah, that’s right! We love it because… because we’re sick of seeing these punk kids slouching all over the place! Dagnabbit, when we were their age we whipped Hitler and Tojo, and we did it by keeping our backs straight!…