Say what you want about “Saturday Night Live.” It may not be the barometer of our humor it once was, but it can still make a point with stunning accuracy.

Take the classic parody featuring Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, and David Spade in a group of men rattling off a bunch of cringe-worthy intentions — like telling the wife about an affair even though it’s over — before playing a pickup basketball game. The product? Bad Idea Jeans.

We often see politicians doing the same thing, only with a straight face and true intentions, like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. On June 17, she gave a speech on tax policy that would fit right in with the ideas tossed off in the “SNL” ad.

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