# Again with the annoying commercials! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [June 28, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089 "2017-06-28T22:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/181 "2017-10-06T12:49:38Z")
There’s some horrid ad running now - I think it’s for an insurance company? - where a woman suggests to her husband (as he’s looking through the fridge) that they spend the bonus check they earned from said company on a gym membership, poking at a non-existant fat roll on his back as she exits the scene. He looks down in shame as the commercial ends. Also, someone should let the apparently all-male marketing team at Carefree know that a period cannot be “held in”. That’s about the worst wording I’ve seen in a feminine products ad since “have a happy period”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/182 "2017-10-06T15:39:36Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Just so you know, not everyone has the same size “pages” in a thread (you can set the number of posts per page) so I have no idea what commercial is “on right now!!” [One of these.](https://www.ispot.tv/brands/I1_/truecar) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/183 "2017-10-07T14:49:28Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [One of these.](https://www.ispot.tv/brands/I1_/truecar) 🙂 thank you! 😃 > [@kayT](#): > > Just so you know, not everyone has the same size “pages” in a thread (you can set the number of posts per page) so I have no idea what commercial is “on right now!!” Well I wasnt asking anyone to look at the tv! You wouldnt even knew what channel I was on. I think, I, would have, announced the channel, so, everyone, could get immediately to their tv, to watch :p:p ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/184 "2017-10-07T17:10:11Z")
Wow. We cut the cord last year, and we live out in the middle of nowhere, so mostly all we can get with an antenna is public TV. I don’t know most of the commercials mentioned here, and I am thrilled down to my toes that I don’t have to watch all this intelligence-insulting dreck. Thanks for reminding me that we really don’t want to pay for TV again. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/185 "2017-10-07T19:20:46Z")
Discover Card commercial, guy is calling while digging through the fridge, hears about knowing your credit score. He finds a package of sushi, dated five days ago, \*\*and he puts it back in the fridge! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/186 "2017-10-23T05:38:42Z")
There’s a HORRIBLE new commercial - I think it’s for Geico - where a band is playing, and a guy jumps up and starts banging on a triangle. It would be OK for, say, 5 seconds, but it just goes on…and on…and on… I’ll take “Puppy monkey baby” over this any day of the year. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/187 "2017-10-23T13:52:28Z")
Geico’s ads are uniformly ridiculous. And I hear they’re not such a great insurance company either. > **[(Best & Worst) GEICO Reviews - ConsumerAffairs](https://www.consumeraffairs.com/insurance/geico.htm)** > > Curious about GEICO’s auto insurance policies? Read about the company’s coverage options, rates, discounts and more with ConsumerAffairs. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/188 "2017-10-23T14:43:56Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > I hear they’re not such a great insurance company either. They’re not so bad, as long they don’t start thinking the client has made too many claims and/or used their free roadside service too often. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/189 "2017-10-23T17:17:33Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > There’s a HORRIBLE new commercial - I think it’s for Geico - where a band is playing, and a guy jumps up and starts banging on a triangle. It would be OK for, say, 5 seconds, but it just goes on…and on…and on… > > I’ll take “Puppy monkey baby” over this any day of the year. I like this one. I hate the 70 pound girl who’s getting all these photos done of her. I don’t ever remember what they’re selling. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/190 "2017-10-23T17:54:27Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > One that’s running multiple times per break around here is, I think for _xfinity_, that shows families thru the ages having dinner together and talking, until today when they’re all sitting there on their devices till Mom comes in and pauses the network. > > Apart from being sick of seeing this ad over and over and over and over, when did parents abdicate their responsibility to teach table manners and common courtesy?!?!? A simple “Put your phones away” is cheaper than subscribing to a network that you can turn off. And, for that matter, I can turn off our wireless router at will anyway. > > I still hate that commercial. That’s a common advertising fantasy. Peggy on ‘Mad Men’ proposed a baked bean commercial with moms serving kids beans through the ages - cave dwellers to futuristic space people. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/191 "2017-10-23T17:57:36Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I like this one. I hate the 70 pound girl who’s getting all these photos done of her. I don’t ever remember what they’re selling. She looks like a creepy, emaciated alien, trying to Learn Our Ways. Takes all kinds, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/192 "2017-10-23T19:07:12Z")
The commercial for Axe Body Spray (I think) where the guy is feeling his armpit to see if it’s still dry and the voice over woman says “Stop it, that’s weird” Every time I wish he would roll his eyes and walk off screen when she says that (but he never does). ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/193 "2017-10-23T20:56:06Z")
The family is playing with a Frisbee and their dachshund is too short to jump. So they hurl the Frisbee a bazillion miles away, jump in their minivan and go driving after it, to pull into a stadium, open the hatchback, and the dog goes running across the roof and up off the hatchback to grab the Frisbee in the air. And the crowd cheers. Okay, I’ll accept the desire to let the dog get cheered by a huge crowd, and I’ll accept the million mile throw, and the driving after it and making it to the stadium in time and all that. But, how does the dog jump up onto the front of the minivan? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/194 "2017-10-23T21:51:59Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I like this one. I hate the 70 pound girl who’s getting all these photos done of her. I don’t ever remember what they’re selling. You mean the one discussed midway down [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=838677) thread? > [@salinqmind](#): > > She looks like a creepy, emaciated alien, trying to Learn Our Ways. Takes all kinds, I suppose. I think she looks sort of like a creepy, emaciated Kirsten Dunst. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/195 "2017-10-23T22:03:05Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > There’s a HORRIBLE new commercial - I think it’s for Geico - where a band is playing, and a guy jumps up and starts banging on a triangle. It would be OK for, say, 5 seconds, but it just goes on…and on…and on… > > I’ll take “Puppy monkey baby” over this any day of the year. Triangle solo! I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/196 "2017-10-24T00:11:51Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You mean the one discussed midway down [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=838677) thread? > > I think she looks sort of like a creepy, emaciated Kirsten Dunst. Or the lead singer of The Cranberries, Dolores O’Riordan. In fact, for a moment I thought it was her in the ad until I realized she’s now in her 40s and no longer has that extremely short haircut. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/197 "2017-10-24T04:21:02Z")
While reading the paper earlier today, I heard (but thankfully did not see, yet) an ad for Fleet’s Enemas. :dubious: :eek: I can’t be the only person who thinks this is aimed at the opiate-addict crowd, because severe constipation is a side-effect of chronic opiate use. :o ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/198 "2017-10-24T11:39:21Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You mean the one discussed midway down [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=838677) thread? > > I think she looks sort of like a creepy, emaciated Kirsten Dunst. Yep, that’s the one. You don’t see it too often, but there’s a [Preparation H commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJRAsFxMoT0)shot in the town of Kiester. Who under 75 has ever used the word “kiester”? Yeah, I’ve heard of it. From Ronald Reagan. In the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/199 "2017-10-24T15:05:34Z")
I understand the “dawww” effect of the Trident Gum commercials, but I HAAAAATE that song. The drawling beginning and her annoying voice. I barely know the words because my ears immediately bleed. mmmmmddddrraaawwwwwifffyourrrr IIIII caaaannnn’t help…faalllliing in looooooooveeee wiiiiittthhhh youuuuuuuu ---
**Author:** ![BlutEngel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blutengel/32/7323_2.png) [@BlutEngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlutEngel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/200 "2017-10-25T01:44:52Z")
This isn’t about a particular commercial: we just started paying the slightly additional fee to HULU to not get commercials. The first thing we access–“New Girl”–has a disclaimer: Due to streaming restrictions, there will be a commercial at the start and conclusion of the show. WTF? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=11)