# Ads I Hate, As Of Late **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 31, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229 "2009-05-31T02:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/21 "2009-05-31T20:38:44Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > I don’t like the Musinex commericals. I don’t have a problem with getting rid of phlegm and mucus, and I like me a good decongestant as well as the next guy. But, in the ads, the mucus is just some poor schlub with a family and friends. I feel bad for the guy. I don’t want to take the drug if it means I’m evicting a family from my chest. There’s a Raid commercial with the same premise. It’s presented as a news program for ants with the newscaster ant freaking out because the Raid is like a tsunami coming to kill all the ants, and in the background you see families of ants getting wiped out. Way to make me feel guilty, yo! ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/22 "2009-05-31T21:39:47Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I don’t know if anybody has seen those adds for Everest college commercials where it’s night time and this black guy is urging you to get your degree because it’s so easy. But he comes on a little strong. At the end he goes “Why are you making it complicated? It’s easy!” and then walks away all pissed off. A reoccuring theme in those ads is “if she can do it, you can do it”. Why? Is she a complete idiot? I don’t know why that irritates me but it does. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/23 "2009-05-31T21:47:17Z")
Well the Everest adds are meant to be in-your-face, but I think they crossed the fine line between conveying a sense of urgency and insulting their target audience. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/24 "2009-05-31T23:37:07Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I hate hate hate any of the Burger King ads - that guy in the king costume is creepy and weird - but I particularly hated the square butt ones. Who is their right mind thought that was a good idea?? The BK ads have always been uncomfortable to me,but the Kingon ones, promoting the new Star Trek movie, are beyond uncomfortable. > [@anya\_marie](#): > > I want to take the guitar from the [freecreditreport.com](http://freecreditreport.com) guy and beat him to death with it. I usta to hate them,but for some reason they are growing on me. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/25 "2009-06-01T01:40:57Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Eff that, man. Erin Esurance is by far the hottest insurance spokes… chick. I-i-i-i-i dunno. Both of them strike me as kind of one-dimensional. But the Progressive model at least has the advantage of being three-dimensional when she gets off work. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/26 "2009-06-01T03:04:35Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > And what’s with the magical label that turns blue when it’s cold? As a Coors Light drinker, I can attest that the label serves a purpose. If Coors Light isn’t served ice cold—almost frozen, it tastes like shit. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/27 "2009-06-01T03:16:33Z")
As opposed to when it is served ice cold, almost frozen, ensuring that your tongue is too cold to recognize that it _still_ tastes like shit. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/28 "2009-06-01T04:20:54Z")
Who pits all FOLGER’s COFFEE ads? The tippytoe Irish Dancer fantasy, for tops. Make me gag some more. And the “coffee” is swill. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/29 "2009-06-01T04:54:38Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > The BK ads have always been uncomfortable to me,but the Kingon ones, promoting the new Star Trek movie, are beyond uncomfortable. Why those, more than the others? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/30 "2009-06-01T05:00:04Z")
Actually, I think the Kingon adds are more honest. In the regular adds we all feel a creepy vibe from the King, even though BK keeps trying to assure us that the King is benevolent (except for the King tipping add). But with the Kingons, they come right out and admit that the King and his clones are creepy jerks. That honesty is kind of refreshing. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/31 "2009-06-01T05:20:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > As opposed to when it is served ice cold, almost frozen, ensuring that your tongue is too cold to recognize that it _still_ tastes like shit. Win-win. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/32 "2009-06-01T05:23:18Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > And get a load of the [label](http://www.smartchoices.ttu.edu/cms_new/files/activia.jpg). Note the grating obviousness of the down-arrow. Stay classy, Dannon, and thank you for making me forevermore associate Jamie Lee Curtis with “regularity.” :rolleyes: HA! I never noticed the label before. And yeah, I just seem to bring myself to think of Jamie Lee Curtis as the “Activia Lady”. I hope she’s gettin’ a ton of dough for that. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/33 "2009-06-01T05:29:29Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Activia, with “Bifidus Regularis” :rolleyes: - a hoked-up name invented by Dannon for Bifidobacterium animalis, the bacterium found in its yogurt. And the fact that the poor bug appears to have a different name in each European country. Given that many Latin American stations (the ones in cable for starters) are viewable throughout the whole area, I think it may have the same name in Argentina and Chile, but don’t take my word for it. While I appreciate that it’s important to label those foods that are, for example, coeliac-appropiate (and have campaigned for it, seeing how many coeliacs are terrified of eating anything that does not have the stamp), I’d like to smack Nestle and Kellogg among others for stuff like printing “fat free” on boxes of 99% carbs cereals or promoting as “healthy” any of their extreme food without specifying healthy for whom (Aquarius may be good for people who are working up a sweat, but it’s not particularly healthy for diabetics). ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/34 "2009-06-01T05:38:07Z")
The Kia Soul commercial with the gerbils or whatever on the little wheels. “Our vehicle is unique! It’s not like any other car out there!” Except everytime I see the commercial I think “that looks like a Scion”. Yeah you have a real unique vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/35 "2009-06-01T11:44:28Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > And get a load of the [label](http://www.smartchoices.ttu.edu/cms_new/files/activia.jpg). Note the grating obviousness of the down-arrow. I don’t know, I think as ‘obvious’ goes you’re not going to do much better than a hemorrhoid medication called [Anusol](http://www.anusol.ca/index.asp). (I really hope that Michael Ignatieff-looking guy got paid a lot of money to be the face of hemorrhoids. I’m sure he knew what he was getting into when he decided to pose for stock photos, but still.) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/36 "2009-06-01T14:22:55Z")
“Bifidus Regularis,” yes! I freaking love that. While we’re here, what the fuck is Shea Butter? And what is the one flat stomach rule that I must OBEY? ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/37 "2009-06-01T15:28:37Z")
> [@jasonh300](#): > > As a Coors Light drinker, I can attest that the label serves a purpose. If Coors Light isn’t served ice cold—almost frozen, it tastes like shit. It is kind of weird that they have several different ad campaigns based around something that technically they have no control over and that differentiates it not one whit from every other kind of beer, which once they are in your fridge will all be the same temperature. It’s like a frozen pizza chain bragging about how hot their product is when you take it out of a hot oven. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/38 "2009-06-02T07:03:08Z")
Speaking of Army ads. I hate the ones where the 18yo kid has to ask Mommy and Daddy if it’s OK if he joins the Army. It’s like Dude! you’re a fucking adult now! If you want to join; just join!! Also, I, like most people, HATE enzyte Bob with a passion. They did however have one commercial that would kind of, half way, make me chuckle. It was the Christmas one where all of the ladies in the office where waiting to sit on Santa’s (Enzyte Bob) lap. But no, they had to go and fuck that one up too. It’s June and they still have that damn commercial in rotation! Christmas was over with six f’n months ago! Die Enzyte Bob! Just die! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/39 "2009-06-02T08:48:48Z")
**SHAKES** , that one’s been on for 18 months. That’s right, it first came on Christmas before last and ran right through the whole year to last Christmas up to now. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. _demented, creepy smile_ ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/40 "2009-06-02T09:32:42Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I usta to hate them,but for some reason they are growing on me. I’ve come full circle on the [FreeCreditReport.com](http://FreeCreditReport.com) ads: I liked the first couple, then constant rotation turned them into annoying earbugs, and now, thanks to an old friend, I enjoy them again. (When he found out the ads annoy me, the friend learned to play them on guitar. Now, if we’re both working strange hours, he’ll call me up and play them for my benefit. There’s something weirdly charming about being serenaded by a 42-year-old nuclear engineer who has taken that much trouble to annoy me! Maybe more weird than charming, but that’s about what I expect from him!) All Burger King ads can just go away though. I think they’re irredeemable. Just when I thought the ads couldn’t get creepier than the giant shiny King, the Square Butts campaign came out… shudder! But I’m always amused by ads for the drug Acifex (sp?) Did no one pronounce this out loud before putting it on the market? (Or maybe it was intentional. The inner 12-year-old in all of us will pay attention when the announcer says “Ass Effects” over and over!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229.md?page=3)