# 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:** 153
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3046 "2021-11-09T23:13:19Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Second, three different pickup truck commercials where the trucks are going off-road and stop just before driving over a cliff. Extra special honors for the two frat bros who then say “I’m good.” No, you’re not. I was going to mention these stupid commercials. In the one where the guy says, “I’m good” they actually do not notice their SUV is directly on the edge of a drop-off until they start to walk forward. Oh, yeah, you guys belong on this trail al right. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3047 "2021-11-09T23:59:36Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > People that consume large quantities of _that_ product probably do, at that point, think those are good ideas… so maybe the ads are targeted at people who are _already_ on the Jack. If so, I guess the ads are a public service if they influence the “bad idea” drunks to actually make the effort to purchase Jack Daniels, instead of merely downing whatever might be handy (antifreeze, rubbing alcohol, Sterno, etc.). > > [@solost](#): > > I haven’t seen these commercials, but that is bizarre-- making a series of humorous ads in which people drinking liquor make irrational decisions? What’s next-- someone downing a shot or two and yelling “hey, let’s drag race!”. Or “condoms are for losers!”. Seems like a slippery slope, though. If the “irrational decisions” train keeps a rollin’, can meth and/or shooting up with heroin be far away? > > [@mixdenny](#): > > I was going to mention these stupid commercials. In the one where the guy says, “I’m good” they actually do not notice their SUV is directly on the edge of a drop-off until they start to walk forward. Oh, yeah, you guys belong on this trail al right. - Sounds like those SUV commercials would be a natural fit for combining with the aforementioned Jack Daniels commercials… ---
**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 10, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3048 "2021-11-10T00:52:40Z")
I was watching the Quest Channel and got hammered with three Medicare Advantage commercials in a row. One from that cranky old lady, Martha, and one each from Joe Namath and Jimmie Walker. Hmm, maybe hammered is the best way to get through these commercials. ---
**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 10, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3049 "2021-11-10T04:01:12Z")
“Robbert” 🙄 demonstrates that he has no face under that mask: > **[SimpliSafe The camera for your protection Ad](https://abancommercials.com/simplisafe/the-camera-protection-ad-commercial/153232/)** > > ✓ VIDEO SimpliSafe The camera for your protection TV commercial 2021 • SimpliSafe The camera for your protection spot advertisement VIDEO SimpliSafe Wireless Outdoor... ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3050 "2021-11-10T05:00:17Z")
It wasn’t an infomercial, it was a standard 30-second commercial. It wasn’t in prime time though, being after 11PM ET, so maybe that’s the difference in what they decide to air. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3051 "2021-11-10T14:46:09Z")
Anybody mention the new Meta commercial yet? A group of youngsters (clearly the demographic Facebook’s new parent company is desperately trying to reach) is in an art museum checking out a Rousseau-like painting of a tiger taking down a water buffalo, its jaws clamped around the neck of the buffalo, which is clearly in its death throes. Suddenly the painting comes to life, the tiger says “this is the dimension of imagination” and the tiger and buffalo start bopping to some techno music. Some baboons and toucans join in along with the kids who are now immersed in the ‘metaverse’ of the painting, all bopping along to techno. A tag line appears saying “This is going to be fun”. Whaa…? What exactly is going to be fun? Why does the commercial start out with a brutal depiction of a tiger killing a buffalo? If the idea is creating a virtual reality that is fun and magical, why a jungle with a killer tiger? The whole commercial, while cleverly executed, has a feel of incoherence and desperation to its tone. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3052 "2021-11-10T14:49:01Z")
> [@solost](#): > > What exactly is going to be fun? The tiger eating the kids? I’ve FFed that commercial a couple of times, I may to actually watch it once - didn’t know it was for Meta (which is of course the point of FF). ---
**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:** [November 10, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3053 "2021-11-10T15:11:41Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > didn’t know it was for Meta So that’s what’s that’s for? Even the times I wasn’t able to FF I just tuned it out. Now I hate it more. ---
**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 10, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3054 "2021-11-10T15:14:50Z")
We saw that commercial last night. My first question was why was there a tiger in the same jungle as a water buffalo and mandrills? ---
**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 10, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3055 "2021-11-10T15:14:54Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Some baboons and toucans join in along with the kids who are now immersed in the ‘metaverse’ of the painting, all bopping along to techno. That commercial totally misses ALL its target demographics. The sub-par animation, the clueless writing (you’re touting “imagination” with very unimaginative copy)… and that “techno”? It screams “This is what middle-aged overweight white Ad Executives think kids listen to”. The kids themselves fall into that category, too, looking all squeaky-clean and mindlessly hypnotized by whatever the product is… … I had no idea what this ad was for the first time I saw it. I assumed it was for some cheapo cable channel _Kidz Kreate!!!_ craft show… ---
**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:** [November 10, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3056 "2021-11-10T15:18:36Z")
I think it’s amusing that Facebook has gone the way of car companies like Toyota and TV networks like CBS; their audience is aging and they’re desperately trying to get the kids to buy their product. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3057 "2021-11-10T16:16:24Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > All pharmaceutical commercials follow the same script - show happy, diverse, and well-adjusted people doing normal, everyday activities in a clean and utopian environment while the speaker goes thru the myriad of possible dangerous side effects of the drug. Finish-up with the whole “ask your doctor” business. Dave Barry once wrote about the conflicting messages in pharmaceutical ads: 1. You really need to be taking this medicine _right now!_ 2. This medicine will probably kill you. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3058 "2021-11-10T16:45:12Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > This medicine will probably kill you. No shit! Especially when one of the listed side effects is the exact thing the drug is supposed to be used for! “Use Mxtpxlt for to treating suicidal ideation. Side effects include heart failure, kidney failure, suicidal ideation, suicide, death, and death-like symptoms.” ---
**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 10, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3059 "2021-11-10T21:23:52Z")
This has become a running joke in my family when we play Scrabble. Invent a crazy word and we’ll start listing side effects that the drug so named causes. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3060 "2021-11-11T00:25:48Z")
To be fair (not that it’s essential), a lot of the potential side effects are relatively rare or not definitively linked to the drug being promoted.\* If you looked up everything ever prescribed to you in the _Physician’s Drug Reference_, a massive tome that is hard even for M.D.s to stomach, the lengthy list of side effects would have you rejecting everything except aspirin, until you found out that the list of aspirin side effects from annoying to deadly probably runs a good two pages or more. \*I’d be happy if all direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads were again banned. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3061 "2021-11-12T13:49:24Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > To be fair (not that it’s essential), a lot of the potential side effects are relatively rare or not definitively linked to the drug being promoted. Yeah, if side effect warnings were applied to food, it might look something like this: DELICIOUSLY SWEET RED RIPE STRAWBERRIES! (Warning: in allergic individuals, can cause anaphylactic reaction leading to systemic hives or rash and swelling of the extremities; in extremely rare cases, can lead to asphyxiation and death.) ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3062 "2021-11-12T21:48:04Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I haven’t seen these commercials, but that is bizarre-- making a series of humorous ads in which people drinking liquor make irrational decisions? What’s next-- someone downing a shot or two and yelling “hey, let’s drag race!”. Or “condoms are for losers!”. A simple “Hold my beer!” or “Hey, y’all, watch this!” would suffice. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3063 "2021-11-12T22:00:42Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I was watching the Quest Channel and got hammered with three Medicare Advantage commercials in a row. One from that cranky old lady, Martha, and one each from Joe Namath and Jimmie Walker. Caught another one in the same string the other day with Danny Glover. Dec. 7th cannot come quickly enough. ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3064 "2021-11-16T01:29:50Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > that cranky old lady, Martha An empty head behind empty frames. ---
**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 17, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3065 "2021-11-17T00:54:41Z")
I’m mildly ashamed to admit that sometimes I yell things about forever boxes at the TV when dear old Martha’s ad plays more than once per hour. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=154)