# 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:** 12
**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 29, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/221 "2017-10-29T00:36:08Z")
Any that bring up customer satisfaction. Of course your customers are satisfied! If they weren’t satisfied, wouldn’t they have taken their business elsewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/222 "2017-10-29T23:29:16Z")
Me and you singin’ on the train me and you just sittin’ in the rain MAKE IT STOP!!! ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/223 "2017-10-30T16:07:44Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > The new Bud Light “dilly dilly” commercial…implies that anyone liking/drinking/offering craft brew instead of watery swill is worthy of the pit of despair. Toss in a new annoying catchphrase to boot. I saw that one recently and thought it was supremely stupid. I’m sure it reasonably reflects the opinion of a lot of Bud Light drinkers… that people who drink craft beers are pretentious and like to overpay. But I don’t see how it attracts new customers. I am not giving up flavorful beers for Bud Light. I guess it’s really the same as other light beers, just about name recognition and brand awareness. But the commercial is annoying with the “dilly dilly”. ---
**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 30, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/224 "2017-10-30T23:42:01Z")
Also, who would give up mead for some vaguely beerlike-scented swill in a bottle? And is anyone else tired of being subjected to the Rooms to Go “My stuff! My stuff my stuff my stuff!” commercial? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/225 "2017-11-01T19:54:34Z")
WTF! The husband sees a pair of jeans and runs off screaming like a little girl? Ugh. Please stop making husbands stupid to sell your product. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/226 "2017-11-01T20:28:39Z")
Some pasta or tomato sauce company’s new tag line is “Don’t eat, mangia”. Don’t eat, eat? Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/227 "2017-11-01T20:33:29Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > [Tide PODS Plus Downy TV Spot, 'Denim Hacks Made Simple' - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wBfu/tide-pods-plus-downy-denim-hacks-made-simple) > > WTF! The husband sees a pair of jeans and runs off screaming like a little girl? Ugh. Please stop making husbands stupid to sell your product. And stop using the stupid word “hacks”! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/228 "2017-11-04T20:24:26Z")
You know what would be _really_ surprising? A GEICO commercial that doesn’t insult anyone’s intelligence! ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/229 "2017-11-04T21:00:36Z")
> [@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. I’ve seen that one, and similar ones as well-- those ads come across to me as incredibly preachy, in a conservative sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/230 "2017-11-04T21:07:53Z")
the somewhat scary drug commericals that go " we treat ailment x but we don’t know exactly how or why it does " we just know it works great ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/231 "2017-11-04T21:18:09Z")
I’d like to know what fucking moron at JBL thought it was a good idea to poke fun at terrorism by having people in a small store cowering in fear at what they think is an active shooter situation. And Budweiser’s latest stupid ad for their 1933 Repeal Reserve swill. The recipe was banned during prohibition and you’re just now reviving it? I call bullshit. It’s the same swill with a different label. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/232 "2017-11-04T21:23:36Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > the somewhat scary drug commericals that go " we treat ailment x but we don’t know exactly how or why it does " we just know it works great And it has very scary and bizarre side effects.\* \*May cause compulsive gambling, eating binges, driving while asleep, and growth of a second head. Do not take Miraculo™ if you are allergic to Miraculo™. Do not stop taking Miraculo™ without consulting your doctor first. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/233 "2017-11-04T21:32:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > And Budweiser’s latest stupid ad for their 1933 Repeal Reserve swill. The recipe was banned during prohibition and you’re just now reviving it? I call bullshit. It’s the same swill with a different label. It actually gets some pretty decent reviews on the beer rating sites. It’s an Amber lager with some malt character, apparently, not a pilsener or pale ale. I might have to try it if I get a chance. Not sure I buy that it is a 90 year old recipe, either, though. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/234 "2017-11-04T21:45:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’d like to know what fucking moron at JBL thought it was a good idea to poke fun at terrorism by having people in a small store cowering in fear at what they think is an active shooter situation. > > And Budweiser’s latest stupid ad for their 1933 Repeal Reserve swill. The recipe was banned during prohibition and you’re just now reviving it? I call bullshit. It’s the same swill with a different label. supposedly after prohibition they made laws putting limits oh how strong they could make beer today you can make stronger beer … so supposedly this is "bud classic " you are probably right tho Also back in the day I decided to upgrade my pc and the local place gave me the first cd rom and the first real sound card I ever had and a sweet set of speakers My pc went from zap zap to the actual machine gun sounds of Wolfenstein 3d …I decided to turn the volume up to max with my windows open My rather sheltered Mormon neighbor lady thought I had a gunfight going on and called la county sheriff’s dept. I seen what I thought was my regular Saturday bbq chicken pizza delivery go by my window so I walked out the door only to have a 9mm about 2 inches from my face After I peed my pants (figuratively) I showed them my rig and the deputies played it for about 20 minutes apparently drummed up some business because I got a few free games and everyone had a good laugh out of it when I went back to the pc shop … ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_S\_itmagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Captain\_S\_itmagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_S_itmagnet)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/235 "2017-11-07T16:48:52Z")
Four little words. Separately no big deal. But when yelled out loudly in sequence is a further insult to the intelligence… “BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!”:dubious: Followed by a repeat of a “not sold in stores” piece of crap shtick that I don’t need. Also, why are men aged 40 ish depicted as morons and nerds in so many ads? ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/236 "2017-11-07T17:15:39Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Also, who would give up mead for some vaguely beerlike-scented swill in a bottle? > > And is anyone else tired of being subjected to the Rooms to Go “My stuff! My stuff my stuff my stuff!” commercial? Ugh. I see it and hang my head to weep for humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/237 "2017-11-07T20:04:09Z")
It’s officially that time of year where people apparently buy each other a frickin’ car as a Christmas present, complete with bow on top. To me, Lexus is really upping the creep factor buy having children act really excited about the new car (yes I know its like the inner child of the adult that is excited, but to me it’s so creepy to see a child so excited about an expensive status symbol) ---
**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:** [November 7, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/238 "2017-11-07T22:31:59Z")
> [@Clawdio](#): > > It’s officially that time of year where people apparently buy each other a frickin’ car as a Christmas present, complete with bow on top. [Such things do happen in real life.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19786573) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/239 "2017-11-08T14:36:29Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > the somewhat scary drug commericals that go " we treat ailment x but we don’t know exactly how or why it does " we just know it works great Ask your doctor about this drug. In other words “Do your doctor’s job despite the fact that you are paying said doctor for their expertise.” That rib commercial. You know the one with people making sex-type grunts… Making noises that would have your mother telling you to leave the table. Barf City. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/240 "2017-11-09T22:45:26Z")
Okay, Wendy’s can shut up about their Sauce-um\* Sauce now. \*Or however the hell that’s supposed to be spelled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=13)