# 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:** 128
**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:** [May 17, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2546 "2021-05-17T03:28:31Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > “Free free free free free. Free. Free free. Free!” > > > > > [Not even original.](http://pvponline.com/comic/2018-10-16) > > Great. They’re back. Why is TurboTax still running these _ **dumb** _ commercials? ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2547 "2021-05-17T05:50:05Z")
Honestly, I hate pretty much _any_ Starbucks commercial. It’s just trendy pop music and colours being blasted in your face, basically saying, “Hey, teenager, get off your phone for two seconds and buy our overpriced coffee!” I know it works on many people my age, but it just does _not_ work for me at _all_. Their refreshers are pretty good, though. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2548 "2021-05-17T20:27:38Z")
Ugly animation is the style today. Look at any Adult Swim cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2549 "2021-05-18T03:19:34Z")
New iphone ad, “candyman” which shows off that great new technological innovation in phones…purple. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2550 "2021-05-18T05:28:46Z")
I can never not hear Candyman like this ever again [Primus - Candyman (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C9jJ2O79XI) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2551 "2021-05-18T13:20:18Z")
I will say that it managed to get me to not fast forward through the commercial the first time, trying to figure out WTF it was for. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2552 "2021-05-18T13:27:51Z")
What I find amusing about that (Apple advertising a new color for their phones) is that many people, including me, put an opaque case on their phone as soon as it’s purchased. So who cares what color the back of the phone is? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2553 "2021-05-18T15:14:34Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I will say that it managed to get me to not fast forward through the commercial the first time, trying to figure out WTF it was for. Is THAT what they’re advertising? All it does for me is make me want to watch Willy Wonka. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2554 "2021-05-19T18:18:15Z")
Ha. I said this exact same thing. Do radio commercials count? I have a Burger King commercial on Spotify that pops up all the time for their French toast sandwhich. The joke of the commercial is they are saying curse words, but they’re dubbed in French with a “pardon our French” line. Not a bad idea for a commercial. But the voice acting for the non French dubbed parts is godawful. It’s like they pieced it together with one of those computer programs that mimics humans conversing. Has anyone else heard this? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2555 "2021-05-19T19:46:50Z")
Have you guys and gals seen the menstrual pad commercial that refers to “the gush”? Yeah, you heard me. That kind of gush. “The gush happens fast”, they say. And their tagline is “What the gush”. I’d love to see a clip of _that_ ad agency meeting. [What the gush](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/td_0/always-what-the-gush-moments) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2556 "2021-05-20T02:05:38Z")
Twizzler has a dumb one out: a guy, wearing a tie, sitting in the sand at a beach. He wonders if it’s OK to wear white after Labor Day. Didn’t that concern die out along with the seasonal switch from straw hats to fedoras? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2557 "2021-05-20T12:56:15Z")
It’s a local commercial, but this woman’s screechy voice absolutely drives me to the mute button as soon as possible. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/67wQ9BtJLEE/maxresdefault.jpg "Supernova Furniture Commercials") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67wQ9BtJLEE) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2558 "2021-05-20T13:07:22Z")
oh dear, straw hat riot flashbacks… ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2559 "2021-05-20T15:48:26Z")
Eh, kind of sounds like a combo of being poorly mic’ed and then having to practically yell to compensate. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2560 "2021-05-20T23:15:53Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > > I’m sure we’ve talked about the Charmin bears and the fact that they wipe their asses with toilet paper. > > It’s a joke. “Does a bear shit in the woods?” It was mildly funny the first couple of ads. _Come back, Mr. Whipple! All is forgiven!_ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2561 "2021-05-21T05:15:05Z")
Snort. 😄 😆 😁 ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2562 "2021-05-21T05:35:05Z")
I have to say, I am enjoying some of the commercials making the point that we’re getting back to somewhat normal. Like wearing real pants. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2563 "2021-05-21T22:30:10Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > You mean that they will be forgotten like Johnny Unitas or Bart Starr? 😛 > > Rogers surely and Mahomes likely will be remembered as legendary QBs. I dunno; I saw Aaron Rogers on Jeopardy!(not entirely sure why), but I have no idea who Mahomes is. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2564 "2021-05-22T00:05:14Z")
He is probably the most highly touted young QB in the NFL right now and played in the last Super Bowl. He also signed a 10 year $503 mil dollar contract with The Chiefs. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2565 "2021-05-22T00:21:58Z")
More importantly, he’s bringing Whataburger to Kansas City. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=129)