Socially Stressed? Ask Your Doctor About 'Not Having Kids'

Freedom and regret, all in one dose of parody advertising

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Since everyone I know is getting married and having children (and making sure Facebook stays informed about every step of those processes), this ad for a fake drug called Not Having Kids is rather timely.

Put together by Internet funny guy Jason A. Messina, the ad riffs on medication advertising's tone and imagery (lots of hikers in those ads) alongside the pervasive social pressure to settle down and procreate by the time one hits 30.

The temptation to be a smug, overbearing asshole about major life decisions cuts both ways, though, which Messina doesn't ignore.

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