# 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:** 150
**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:** [October 29, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2986 "2021-10-29T12:51:45Z")
The thing that annoys me about those Sling ads is that they are an obvious rip-off of the Holiday Inn Express ads from a few years ago, where someone is able to do something they’re not normally qualified for because “I slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night!” ---
**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:** [October 29, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2987 "2021-10-29T12:57:27Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > The thing that annoys me about those Sling ads is that they are an obvious rip-off of the Holiday Inn Express ads from a few years ago, where someone is able to do something they’re not normally qualified for The difference being, in the Holiday Inn Express ads the person actually did magically gain a new skill, but in the Sling TV ad the person just thinks they have the skill to administer medical help when they clearly don’t. Haha, it’s funny because the person could be doing more harm than good! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2988 "2021-11-01T02:37:12Z")
AFAICT, there are now three Safelite windshield commercials, the campers, the young Black woman, and the couple on the way to the farmer’s market. In the case of those two, the woman is so dismayed that they have to stop at Safelite first. Common in all three commercials is the woman ready to pull money out of her wallet, and the Safelite guy waving it away, explaining that it’s covered by insurance. The woman (it’s always a woman dealing with the Safelite guy) invariably gives an incredulous “really!?!” Now, in order for the Safelite guy to claim their insurance covers it, they would have had to give him their insurance info ahead of time, in which case they shouldn’t be so damned surprised, right? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2989 "2021-11-01T03:14:53Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > The woman (it’s always a woman dealing with the Safelite guy) invariably gives an incredulous “really!?!” [sarcasm] _Everyone_ knows how stupid women can be. [/sarcasm] ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2990 "2021-11-02T19:36:10Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Now, in order for the Safelite guy to claim their insurance covers it, they would have had to give him their insurance info ahead of time, in which case they shouldn’t be so damned surprised, right? Playing Devil’s advocate: She could be taking her money out, then Safelite guy says “Your insurance covers it” she says “really?” and he says “yes, may I see your card?”. The last time I went to Safelite I just made an appointment online and drove up to their facility, I didn’t speak to anyone until they took my car back and then not again until they said I’m good to go and that I didn’t have to pay. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2991 "2021-11-02T21:08:32Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The difference being, in the Holiday Inn Express ads the person actually did magically gain a new skill, but in the Sling TV ad the person just thinks they have the skill to administer medical help when they clearly don’t. Haha, it’s funny because the person could be doing more harm than good! I thought it was funny, and was glad to see a commercial willing to do dark humor. Heck, I would’ve played up the incompetence of the “Almost a doc thanks to SlingTV” lady. I’m picturing more mayhem, and when the EMTs show up and manhandle her out of the way, we hear the EKG do that flatline _b e e e e e p …_ Lady: “Oh, I know what that sound is! That means we fade to a commercial!” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2992 "2021-11-02T21:41:38Z")
Another fucking SUV ad where the driver drives down a stream. This is very bad for riparian environments. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2993 "2021-11-02T22:18:06Z")
How do you make “What a Wonderful World” sound creepy and foreboding? Somehow they managed it here. Makes me think that if I go on a Celebrity Cruise I may be taken to an island and hunted for sport. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQet84z_quE) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2994 "2021-11-02T22:19:59Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The emu will have its revenge. Someday. Someday soon… Here ya go. > **[1976: Parkinson: Rod Hull and Emu | Happy #NationalBirdDay! | By BBC Archive...](https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/507951762911192/)** > > Happy #NationalBirdDay! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2995 "2021-11-02T23:27:24Z")
I’m still trying to figure out what I did to earn the ‘privilege’ of being presented with a six minute long YouTube ad for Azure Cloud something or other. Seriously, who is going to sit through a six minute ad? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2996 "2021-11-02T23:35:01Z")
[Wal-Mart/Instacart ad](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/OwE4/instacart-discoveries) This twenty-something woman says, “Do you know that gravity and relativity were discovered by people working from home? You know what I discovered? KALE.” (and then goes on to list the varieties of kale and other things she “discovered” she can order through Walmart/Instacart). Right, lady. Newton, Einstein, and YOU. Call the Nobel Committee now. 🙄 (And Einstein didn’t work from home, he worked in the patent office. Newton they might have actually been right about.) ---
**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 3, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2997 "2021-11-03T19:49:35Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I’m still trying to figure out what I did to earn the ‘privilege’ of being presented with a six minute long YouTube ad for Azure Cloud something or other. Seriously, who is going to sit through a six minute ad? There’s a four minute ad for coffee from Sabrina the Teenage Witch, ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2998 "2021-11-03T20:02:13Z")
For legal purposes, I’m going to say I laughed at Sabrina’s ad. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2999 "2021-11-03T22:27:15Z")
I’ve only ever seen that sad little presentation on regular TV. I’ve yet to sit through that either. Strangely enough, I used to love watching infomercials (especially the ‘Amazing Discoveries’ set) as a child. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3000 "2021-11-03T22:37:44Z")
This one is more amusing than annoying: There is a commercial for Ford F150 where a couple is towing their Airstream trailer thru the damp forest on a damp road toward a damp campsite. Hey, the little lady can drive the big truck with ease! Using the back-up camera and technology aboard, she can back that big trailer into the tight and damp campsite next to the damp lake, like a pro! The dude is shown hooking-up the electrical ('cause that’s man’s work), and the next scene he rides away on the one motorcycle that was in the back of the truck to go explore the damp forest, while wifey is left to set-up camp, and presumably have dinner ready when he gets back. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3001 "2021-11-03T22:44:00Z")
There’s another camping scenario in which the motoring people end up in a rock strewn flood plain between mountains that looks anything but picturesque. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3002 "2021-11-04T00:27:44Z")
This makes me think of that concept car “for women” that was presented at a car show many years ago, with such features as a sealed hood with a little port for adding wiper fluid (why else would a silly little woman need to rummage around under there?) and headrest cutouts for ponytails. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3003 "2021-11-04T10:58:40Z")
My husband thinks this one is hilarious. I think it’s pretty awful. Gross, even. ugh. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3004 "2021-11-04T11:18:10Z")
has anyone seen the Campbell soup ad where not only the soup is solid in one shot, you get rickrolled by little miss pixie voiced singer, I saw it 3 times on hallmark night before last and didn’t catch the lyrics she was singing until the 3rd time …I was like WTF really? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3005 "2021-11-04T14:30:41Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > “…the soup is solid in one shot,” Is this a typo? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=151)