# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/61 "2009-06-04T04:15:49Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > My daughter hates the Yaz commercials. “Who says you have to have a period every month?” to which she screams “Your body! Biology! God!” Ha! I think I want to watch some Yaz commercials just so I can picture your daughter (who in my mind is a know-it-all 14 year old who looks like the wardrobe at I Love the 80s threw up on her) screaming this at the TV. No offense, I’m sure your daughter’s lovely. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/62 "2009-06-04T04:37:31Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > My daughter hates the Yaz commercials. “Who says you have to have a period every month?” to which she screams “Your body! Biology! God!” If there was a male version of Yaz, it would be marketed like [Powerthirst](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs). “Yaz isn’t your daddy’s birth control! It is TOO POWERFUL for mere mortals. Now with tobasco flavor!!!” Also, McDonalds “Cubicle - Cubiclé” GAAAAAHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/63 "2009-06-04T06:59:26Z")
I hate it when people are all like “OMG, I can’t believe nobody has mentioned…” because it’s so fucking stupid, right? Just shut up and post already! But I honestly am very surprised that nobody has mentioned I’M CALLING YOU CHEAP! THAT’S RIGHT, I SAID I’M CALLING YOU CHEAP! x50 because apparently the asshole who came up with this idea thinks the population won’t truly understand and appreciate the genius of his cheap/inexpensive wordplay bullshit unless it’s repeated a lot. I know they’re just actors trying to make ends meet and they probably aren’t even one tenth as obnoxious in real life as the fuckheads in the commercials and maybe they have families and real moms they like to call from time to time, but I still hope they all die anyway. Fuck them. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/64 "2009-06-05T00:30:17Z")
The Cricket ads. Are they just local to Chicago right now? R-E-S-P-E-C-T !! I hate that song now. The stupid bitch singing (badly!) about respect while she’s standing on the dinner table, kicking glass at her dad, then mom says “you know I don’t like it when you text at the table.” Really? I’m obviously not in the demographic for this one. I thought the web-based clips commercial with the song strung together between different people was cute at first, but for the 100th time already I’m so over it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/65 "2009-06-05T02:57:16Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > The Cricket ads. Are they just local to Chicago right now? > > R-E-S-P-E-C-T !! > > I hate that song now. The stupid bitch singing (badly!) about respect while she’s standing on the dinner table, kicking glass at her dad, then mom says “you know I don’t like it when you text at the table.” Really? I’m obviously not in the demographic for this one. I hate that commercial. I want to smack her. I want to smack her parents. I want to smack Aretha Franklin ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/66 "2009-06-05T03:20:15Z")
How about the new GIECO commercial. Doesn’t even tell you it’s gieco. Caveman feeling angst and rippimg off his shirt to the tune of 3 Doors Down “Let me be myself”. I mean, I like the song but it’s time to let the cavemen go. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/67 "2009-06-05T19:07:44Z")
That “Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?” ad is an abomination. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/68 "2009-06-05T22:19:08Z")
I continue to boycott Bertolli prepared foods, along with any product marketed to me on the premise that I can put people out of work by buying it (in Bertolli’s case, the Italian restaurant chefs who actually prepare tasty meals). And please E-harmony, dump the stocky guy on the bike who’s gonna take his spoiled daughter to the Broadway show. Or mate him to the Progressive insurance lady. Get him off the air in any case. > [@Starving Artist](#): > > Dannon (the maker of Activia) calls the bacterium different stuff in different countries, too. For example, in the UK it’s “Bifidus Digestivum”; in Brazil it’s “Danregularis”; and in Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Russia and Spain, it’s “Bifidus Actiregularis”. Bifidus poopamongous would sell more of the product. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/69 "2009-06-06T07:24:29Z")
:rolleyes::dubious: One word : Bendaroos! :mad::rolleyes: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/70 "2009-06-06T22:32:05Z")
It seems that just like there’s the US version of a television ad, and the slightly different mellower but duller Canadian version, I’ve discovered there’s the _really_ different version for Texas. The Texas versions are usually amped up a bit compared to the rest-of-the-United-States ads. I hate 'em all. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/71 "2009-06-06T22:42:04Z")
The commercial for the texting service where you pay to get answers to random questions. Yeah - I’ll be doing that. Instead of using a free service like, say…Google? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/72 "2009-06-06T22:56:22Z")
Not everyone is near a computer 24/7. Though I’m still skeptical of that service myself. One of my friends swears by it. Claims not to get any text message spam, any telemarketing calls or any of that shady shit. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/73 "2009-06-06T23:52:51Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > :rolleyes::dubious: > > One word : Bendaroos! > > :mad::rolleyes: > > :dubious: No way! The Bendaroos ad is awesome! It caused my kid to really really want some. So he got some for his birthday, and those things are the bomb! They’re totally fun. I just made a cool spiral thingie and stuck it to my window. Just to spite you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/74 "2009-06-07T03:09:39Z")
I’ve never heard of Bendaroos before, so I Googled them and saw the commercial on the home page. I can honestly say, if I was in the target age range I would want those so bad. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/75 "2009-06-07T07:04:05Z")
Bendaroos are crap. The ad blows and I wouldn’t pay a dime for them. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/76 "2009-06-07T07:54:53Z")
Oh! The stupid P’Zone commercials for Pizza Hut! I have to change the channel instantly. It’s the stupid over 30s white guy who says, “I’m diggin’ the sauce, and I’m diggin’ the cheese…” while he’s bent in a hunch for some reason. Old fratboy talk! ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/77 "2009-06-07T08:04:11Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I think you were supposed to be attracted to the girls with the square butts, why I don’t know! :eek: You’re not supposed to be attracted to either of them. It’s comedy. Jeez, am I the only one who remembers Sir Mix-a-Lot? ---
**Author:** ![NRichards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@NRichards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NRichards)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/78 "2009-06-07T08:23:34Z")
I have no idea idea what his name is, but that annoying guy from the Sham-WOW adds is now promoting a hand powered food chopper. He chops a bunch of nuts, shows them to the camara and says, in that over-zealous accent “Ya gonna love my nuts!” I saw that at my parent’s house. Cringe. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/79 "2009-06-07T08:38:18Z")
Vince Offer? ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/80 "2009-06-07T09:59:48Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > 1. The phone ad where the stupid dad pours about 12 pounds of ice cream sprinkles all over the counter. Stupid and wasteful. Can’t stand this one. The question and expression of the clerk at the end was just flat-out pathetic. I hated this commercial from the first time I’ve seen it. Nothing else to add at the moment since that is the only commercial I truly hate at the moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229.md?page=5)