# 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:** 145
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2886 "2021-09-28T00:01:34Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > A current pharma meme I find annoying has people showing grit and gumption in defying their maladies through the use of overpriced prescription meds. But obviously, if it weren’t for [meds], they’d be so ashamed that they could never walk in a park, or play with their dog outside. Really? How does your _“Dry skin? Don’t stay under the covers all day! take Pro-oxy-mega-cyclin and be able to leave the house!”_ commercial message make ordinary people with dry skin feel? (Anger at your company, I hope…) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2887 "2021-09-28T04:36:31Z")
I still hate those ads where the stupid guy tries to stop you from becoming your parents. Why? My Dad was awesome. And there is a new SUV off road ad (I will not mention the brand) where the vehicle goes offroading= most of that isn’t too bad, but then they drive along a streambed, which is just WRONG. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2888 "2021-09-28T05:08:54Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHh9RSa_g2c) Doug? You’re piloting the chopper, they’d also be on your six – which is BEHIND YOU! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2889 "2021-09-28T12:01:31Z")
The advertising on the local evening news is nothing but home improvement companies - remodeling, windows, siding, HVAC/plumbing, you name it, I’m sick of them all. But I want to give a special shout-out to that creepy-ass huckster selling gutter covers, with his beady eyes and fake folksy charm. If he wasn’t selling gutter covers he’d probably be a TV preacher or running for office. I can’t turn the channel fast enough when that dude comes on. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2890 "2021-09-28T13:13:16Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Doug? You’re piloting the chopper, they’d also be on your six – which is BEHIND YOU! Doug is an idiot - so it is possible that this is an intentional error. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2891 "2021-09-28T13:25:25Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > Doug? You’re piloting the chopper, they’d also be on your six – which is BEHIND YOU! > > Doug is an idiot - so it is possible that this is an intentional error. - Agreed, The CG emu is the smart one. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2892 "2021-09-28T13:30:31Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Agreed, The CG emu is the smart one. I must be dumber than both of them because I have no idea what “on your six” means. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2893 "2021-09-28T13:32:23Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > Agreed, The CG emu is the smart one. > > I must be dumber than both of them because I have no idea what “on your six” means. - Behind you. 12 o’clock is straight ahead. Just think of an old time clock and the numbers. Three o’clock is to your right and so on. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2894 "2021-09-28T13:41:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Behind you. 12 o’clock is straight ahead. Just think of an old time clock and the numbers. Three o’clock is to your right and so on. D’oh! Of course 🤦‍♀️ Thank you. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2895 "2021-09-28T13:42:07Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Doug is an idiot Yes. I think of the commercial in which he’s BBQing at home with his wife, Limu Emu, and its mate(?). He’s going on again about insurance and his wife says “Doug, can we talk about something other than work? It’s the weekend.” She says it with a distinct note of irritation, perhaps even desperation in her voice. She glances toward the emus, as if they could provide some backup or agreement with her, but they are non-verbal wild creatures who do not belong in a suburban backyard, and cannot help. She clearly is wondering how she got to this place, keeping up a brave face, pretending to be a happy, “good wife”, when she feels trapped in a prison of utter, utter banality and meaninglessness. Once she thought Doug’s enthusiasm was infectious and assumed it applied to all aspects of life; but it wasn’t until after their wedding that she realized that his boundless enthusiasm only applied to life insurance, a commodity that may be a necessity of life but is a deadly boring subject to discuss for any length of time, let alone the length and depth to which Doug goes on about it. She thinks of her youth before she met Doug; her hopes and dreams for her future, all lost to her now, and despairs. And, why the emus? They are disgusting creatures that shed feathers everywhere and shit over everything. They constantly get agitated by unexpected noises, and have strong potential for violence. Later on during that very backyard BBQ, an acorn fell from a tree onto the table, sending Limu Emu into a paroxysm of squawking and running in circles. Doug almost got his eyes pecked out trying to calm it down. What then, she thought, if that did happen? At least now she can dream of divorce or just running away. If he was blinded she’d feel obligated to care for him, and would truly be imprisoned in an endless future of mediocrity and hopelessness. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2896 "2021-09-28T13:45:09Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Doug is an idiot - so it is possible that this is an intentional error. I wouldn’t mind so much if it was “our six” instead of “your six”. They’re both in the same imaginary chopper! They should’ve had Doug imagining the emu piloting the chopper. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2897 "2021-09-28T14:35:36Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > But I want to give a special shout-out to that creepy-ass huckster selling gutter covers, with his beady eyes and fake folksy charm. If he wasn’t selling gutter covers he’d probably be a TV preacher or running for office. I can’t turn the channel fast enough when that dude comes on. Is that the same gutter guy who thinks the plural of roof is “ROOVES”? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2898 "2021-09-28T14:54:01Z")
> [@solost](#): > > and would truly be imprisoned in an endless future of mediocrity and hopelessness. This post needs applause. It’s almost Tolstoy-ian. > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > D’oh! Of course 🤦‍♀️ Thank you. Like in Top Gun, when Goose was always yelling “MiGs on our six!”, and Maverick keeps wondering why Irishmen are following them. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2899 "2021-09-28T15:47:08Z")
I’m not sure. He’s either with Leaf Guard or Leaf Filter. I can never keep them straight. Whichever one has the ads with people sitting on couches in their front yard (which I also hate), he’s the other one. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2900 "2021-09-28T16:02:56Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > And there is a new SUV off road ad (I will not mention the brand) where the vehicle goes offroading= most of that isn’t too bad, but then they drive along a streambed, which is just WRONG. Another SUV ad starts with a series of high-end cars stuck in mud and spinning their wheels - a Lambo, a Bentley, a Jaguar (could be different models but you get the idea). The voice-over says “Think premium can’t be capable? Think again!” Then the new GMC goes cavorting through the wilderness. Really? Your comparing a GMC truck to a freaking _Lamborghini_?? Seriously, get a grip. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2901 "2021-09-28T16:07:30Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Another SUV ad starts with a series of high-end cars stuck in mud and spinning their wheels - a Lambo, a Bentley, a Jaguar (could be different models but you get the idea). The voice-over says “Think premium can’t be capable? Think again!” Then the new GMC goes cavorting through the wilderness. > > Really? Your comparing a GMC truck to a freaking _Lamborghini_ ?? Seriously, get a grip. - [Off-road capable Lambo.](https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/brand/masterpieces/lm002) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2902 "2021-09-28T16:08:39Z")
:standing ovation: 👋 👋 👋 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2903 "2021-09-28T16:19:03Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > And there is a new SUV off road ad (I will not mention the brand) where the vehicle goes offroading= most of that isn’t too bad, but then they drive along a streambed, which is just WRONG. In addition, these vehicles are frequently shown driving on the beach, which is illegal in most areas, as well as at high speeds on dirt roads - unsafe. I would be willing to bet most of the vehicles being shown driving at high speeds over rough terrain and gravel are heavily damaged and in need of repair, or are just totaled after the shoot. No responsible off-roader would be going that fast anyway - what, exactly are they trying to convey? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2904 "2021-09-28T16:21:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > This post needs applause. It’s almost Tolstoy-ian. > [@Rebo](#): > > :standing ovation: > > 👋 👋 👋 Thanks! I was indeed going for a bit of a Tolstoy or Dostoevsky vibe. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2905 "2021-09-28T16:24:09Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > what, exactly are they trying to convey? I’m picturing the demographic for that watching a commercial on TV and thinking "Well, I’ll probably never go racing offroad, or drive on the beach, but wouldn’t it be cool to have a car that _could…"_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=146)