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My simple solution I’m a 99 year old male. Good luck advertising to me.



Reverse mortgages. Walk-in tubs. Emergency call lanyards. Prearranged funerals. Rain gutter protection. Stair lifts. Arthritis liniment. Blood glucose monitors. No-medical life insurance. Prepared home-delivery meals. Assisted living domiciles. Denture cream.

Believe me, there is no end to being a target market.


And "dia-beet-us."


So daytime TV commercials?


Interested in dirigible rides in your area?

What about someone to revulcanize your tires for a couple of nickels?

The centenarian market is a goldmine, I tells 'ya!


Eh - that just puts you in the 65+ bracket - plenty of ads targeted there.


Yeah but at least your kid isn’t going to run up to you begging to join a mesothelioma or trans-vaginal mesh class action suit because they saw it on TV. Some ads are just out of phase with them. I like this idea.


There's a strong market of refund scams available to market to you


Prepare to be bombarded with ads for fibromyalgia treatments.

I've been doing this for a while and it has yielded a purely-medical advertising experience. Old people don't buy anything else?


They will have a plethora of scams that they have been paid to show you, since you've self identified as a vulnerable demographic.


I identify as an attack helicopter.




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