# 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:** 140
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2786 "2021-08-08T22:05:10Z")
Based on my experience, a side being ordered to be shared (like large fries) should be divvied up prior to leaving the parking lot. Also, I’m puzzled as to why they felt it necessary to include a poorly acted skit with the female urinary incontinence device ad. They show the product; it’s self-explanatory, IMO. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2787 "2021-08-08T22:54:18Z")
The one where Incontinent Mom and Trying-Real-Hard-To-Act-Like-She-Cares daughter interact like patient nurse robots? Yeah, I hate those too. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2788 "2021-08-09T00:15:10Z")
That’s the one! At least they make an attempt at adding some tone to their voices, unlike those awful life insurance commercials. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2789 "2021-08-09T00:35:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Since this is the Dope, _someone_ has to chime in with "WHY are you defending those fry-moochers? They’re what’s wrong with modern America. Back in my day, each of us got a potato and our own peeler and we said _Thank You, Ma’m!"_ I just caught up on this thread and less than 5 minutes later I saw this commercial from McDonald’s Canada: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xk6ezYwUcXo/maxresdefault.jpg "Steal My Fries | McDonald’s Canada") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk6ezYwUcXo) Sometimes, stealing fries is ok. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2790 "2021-08-09T02:27:08Z")
Lets remember those difficult teenage years with Differin [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioNyGJsMCYE) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2791 "2021-08-09T02:41:45Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Lets remember those difficult teenage years with Differin - > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioNyGJsMCYE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioNyGJsMCYE) Just think of it as organic bubble wrap. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2792 "2021-08-09T16:13:51Z")
This one with the weirdo chugging the coffee (sort of) and then driving off screaming annoys the crap out of me. [Coffee - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN-0X0c23Fs) ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2793 "2021-08-17T03:28:09Z")
HEYYY NOWWWW [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/THio4QpE2Ow/maxresdefault.jpg "Garden of Life Dr Formulated Women's Probiotics 60") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THio4QpE2Ow) ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2794 "2021-08-26T04:15:52Z")
I despise commercials that fail to be internally consistent, even for 30 seconds. Examples: Most _Red Bull_ commercials of late. The guy just said the city (Rome) would be finished in just one day. The second guy then observes that the Colosseum (a very obvious part of the city) will never be finished in just one day. The first guy then reports that that’s because they ran out of Red Bull. Okay… then WTF did you just report, mere moments before, that the city would be finished in just one day if you knew it wouldn’t be on account of a Red Bull deficiency?!?! In another _Red Bull_ commercial, I’m not sure what the King getting wings has to know with his ability to know that the jester is mocking him. That’s not so much a lack of internal consistency as a non sequitur. I just don’t see how it follows that wings would help him to realize he’s the butt of the joke. Maybe I’m daft? And then there’s _Kayak_, with a commercial that I can only presume to be suggesting that their idea is so brilliant that the competition only wishes they could have come up with it first. It’s a pitch meeting, you see, and the guy is pitching an idea just like _Kayak_, but he says he’s going to call it _Canoe_. The corporate heads hearing his pitch, however, can’t help but ask, “Why don’t you just call it Kayak?” To which I want to scream, “BECAUSE THERE IS ALREADY A COMPANY CALLED KAYAK—MUST BE EVEN IN THE WORLD OF THE COMMERCIAL GIVEN THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN THE GUY’S PITCH THAT WOULD MAKE CALLING IT KAYAK INTUITIVE—AND IF YOU TAKE THAT SAME NAME IT WOULD BE TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, YOU DOLT!” ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2795 "2021-08-26T04:29:39Z")
There’s a commercial playing over and over again on the channels I watch, which I completely don’t understand. I don’t know what the point is, and I don’t really even know what they are trying to sell. It concerns a very fit guy who seems unhappy for some reason until he puts on the right workout clothes. The background audio is a narration of a fable about a giant who builds a wall around his garden, but some kids sneak in and make music, and the giant ends up covered with blossoms. At the end, the name LuluLemon flashes for less than a second. It’s not a bad commercial (except that it plays all the time over and over) but the value to the advertiser escapes me. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2796 "2021-08-26T11:43:54Z")
The Sonic commercial where the one doesn’t know how to spell “bananas” so her friend spells it out for her. And then the idiot friend doubts the speller and the speller defends herself by saying she won a spelling bee instead dismissing her idiot friend who doesn’t even know how to spell ‘bananas’ as a fucking idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2797 "2021-08-26T11:50:58Z")
The “jumprope” Liberty Mutual commercial tells me that they’ve decided to actively compete for the memetic Annoying Jingle crown currently held by 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2798 "2021-08-26T13:04:28Z")
FTR: The blond woman knows how to spell “Bananas.” Gwen Stephani taught her. I’ve been waiting for one of these Sonic commercials to show up, so I could humblebrag that the blond woman is my friend’s wife. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2799 "2021-08-26T13:37:33Z")
that is great. congrats to your friend. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2800 "2021-08-26T20:47:45Z")
Stupid, stoopid commercial for some credit card or something. Some gal pulls her ‘Hen’s Teeth Rare’ classic $40,000 early Ford Bronco into a gas station and pulls up with the _passenger side_ to the pumps. The fillers are on the left (anybody that knows anything about these vehicles know this, and so should anyone who drives one), and the gas caps can be clearly seen as she exits the vehicle. Stoopid, stoopid, stoopid! I get it that everybody wants to use this cool vehicle in their dumb ads, but Christ! When the basic layout of the vehicle is gonna make for crappy camera angles, pick something else! Hint: The BMW e10 has a filler on the right (also ‘correct’) side, and would make a great shot! ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2801 "2021-08-28T01:29:27Z")
Suction is not measured in kilowatts. I’m looking at you, Dyson. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2802 "2021-08-28T02:38:08Z")
I don’t know if the rest of the country gets them, or if they are a market-limited commercial where this type of sports betting is now legal, but every last damn sports betting ad. Fanduel, MGM, Caesars, they are all annoying and they are all played five times and hour. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2803 "2021-08-28T02:47:58Z")
Gods, yes! I don’t want to “Make. It. Rain.” ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2804 "2021-08-28T02:54:11Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Gods, yes! I don’t want to “Make. It. Rain.” I forgot draft kings. That one was just on a minute ago. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2805 "2021-08-28T03:09:00Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I don’t know if the rest of the country gets them, or if they are a market-limited commercial where this type of sports betting is now legal, but every last damn sports betting ad. Fanduel, MGM, Caesars, they are all annoying and they are all played five times and hour. Yeah, sports betting is about to become legal in Arizona, and we’re getting flooded with them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=141)