# 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:** 176
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3506 "2022-06-14T21:13:06Z")
This is my all-time numero uno most hated commercial. Apologies if it has already been mentioned. [HARIBO USA 👍 Gold Gummy Bears Boardroom Commercial 👍 Morer Gooder​:heavy\_heart\_exclamation: For Kids and Adults - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAnwmmPFYgU&ab_channel=ChazingRainbows) mmm ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3507 "2022-06-14T23:03:17Z")
I don’t think they’ve started TV ads yet, but you can get your plants DNA-tested. According to the test supplier: “EZ-XY will tell you the sex of your plant within days of sprouting. Gone are the days of feminized seeds, clone-only growing, and waiting for pre-flowers.” > **[“I could not wait to sex my plants” - Illinois News Joint](http://illinoisnewsjoint.com/i-could-not-wait-to-sex-my-plants/)** > > After I started growing my own medicine as a registered patient and while helping veterans and people in need acquire genetics for our “A Friend Indeed” program, I quickly learned why most growers preferred feminized seeds to regular seeds. For 
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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3508 "2022-06-15T00:30:14Z")
Yeah, it’s right fucking up there. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3509 "2022-06-15T00:45:13Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Apologies if it has already been mentioned. I listed it, but that was a year ago. It deserves another mention! They still play it! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3510 "2022-06-16T22:59:17Z")
Last week I was on Paramount+ catching up on ST:Picard Season 2, and that commercial got played during every f\*ing commercial break. I swear my ears started bleeding until I found out that while I couldn’t fast forward through the commercials I could mute them. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3511 "2022-06-17T00:26:34Z")
I don’t routinely mute commercials - I’m too lazy - but the instant I recognize that I’m about to hear adults with kids’ voices I will jostle my grandma if necessary to get to that remote. mmm ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3512 "2022-06-18T01:35:53Z")
I have Youtube as one of my streaming services. I don’t pay for it, so I get commercials. They run 5-15 seconds (or longer, but you can skip/cancel them after 5-15). So not terribly annoying, but lately there have been a spat of 6 second drug commercials, which consist of 1-4 healthy looking people of various ages and ethnicities, and a tag line: Ask you doctor about \. Absolutely no indication of what it is for. I imagine the conversation: Dr Harlan, do I need \? I’m not sure, Joe - do you have late stage ovarian cancer that is not responding to radiation? If so, you probably should have mentioned that earlier - we certainly could have skipped the prostate exam. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3513 "2022-06-18T02:16:52Z")
This commercial plays an _average_ of 1.5 times per commercial break during the Nationals games on MASN. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F1VQ6skdTLg/maxresdefault.jpg "Lee Brice :30 Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1VQ6skdTLg) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3514 "2022-06-18T06:32:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > USPS makes their money from profits, they are not subsidized by taxes. That wasn’t my point. We all pay their rate raises, whether subsidized or not. And the commercial is totally pointless, accomplishing nothing. And a special note to the DampRid people: You don’t convince people to buy your product by constantly SCREECHING at them. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3515 "2022-06-18T07:34:03Z")
ive heard that’s an inoffensive legacy beer 
been around since the late 1800s but yeah that’s what I hate about streaming tho pluto does the same thing even on the kids channels ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3516 "2022-06-18T17:07:31Z")
Because they’re trying to make a profit, just like any business. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3517 "2022-06-19T17:52:25Z")
There is an ad for some appliance protection plan (like Car Shield but for your major appliances) and the guy has such a high pitched squeaky voice it makes me want to stab my ears. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3518 "2022-06-20T17:11:06Z")
I find the [“Shingles Doesn’t Care”](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/OSyS/shingrix-shingles-doesnt-care-bubble) ads for the vaccine Shingrix to be obnoxious. The point is valid; the ad is annoying. I can imagine people avoiding the vaccine out of spite. (I’ve had the recommended doses of Shingrix as well as the previous vaccine against shingles, Zostavax) ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3519 "2022-06-21T16:48:10Z")
For me, it’s a combination of _The Commercial That Gets Played 10x During A Show,_ and _Specific Pill For Specific Disease That Maybe Three People Watching TV Have._ Oh, and throw in _Montage of Person Doing Normal Things That Everyone Else Does_
 but apparently, if you have Psorioclastylupus, you’ve been forbidden from walking in the park and gazing at a leaf. There, I’ve covered my most annoying ads on those free Old Fart TV channels. Hey, some of us like the Dick Van Dyke Show, but does that mean we want to see the same intelligence-insulting ad
 twice every commercial break? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3520 "2022-06-21T21:07:59Z")
Not a television ad, but I took a long drive over the Juneteenth long weekend and half the Spotify ads were that damn CRUNCHATIZE IT! nonsense. F’you Cap’n Cr’nch! ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3521 "2022-06-21T21:13:56Z")
As part of my boycott of all commercials that commercialize a popular song, I regularly mute whatever sponsor it is that features Eddie Cochran’s “C’mon Everybody” in their ads, as soon as I hear the opening chords. I never cared that much for the song in the first place, and its current endless repetition has not enhanced it for me. I mean, c’mon. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3522 "2022-06-22T01:06:01Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Specific Pill For Specific Disease That Maybe Three People Watching TV Have. They have a pill treatment for “NON-small cell lung cancer”. I found out that small cell lung cancer has about a 7% survival rate. đŸ˜± > [@digs](#): > > Oh, and throw in _Montage of Person Doing Normal Things That Everyone Else Does_
 but apparently, if you have Psorioclastylupus, you’ve been forbidden from walking in the park and gazing at a leaf. Yeah, and the pill is fabulous!!! You no longer have to work, and you get a handsome husband who does not talk! Every day of your life will be filled with sunshine and bluebirds. 🙄 ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3523 "2022-06-22T13:40:47Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yeah, and the pill is fabulous!!! You no longer have to work, and you get a handsome husband who does not talk! Every day of your life will be filled with sunshine and bluebirds. 🙄 Side effects include liver extrusion, genital acne, hair breakage, strange taste sensations, diarrhea, and sudden death. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3524 "2022-06-22T14:15:07Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > As part of my boycott of all commercials that commercialize a popular song, I regularly mute whatever sponsor it is that features Eddie Cochran’s “C’mon Everybody” in their ads, as soon as I hear the opening chords. > > I never cared that much for the song in the first place, and its current endless repetition has not enhanced it for me. > > I mean, c’mon. Similarly: > [@Worst butchering of a classic song for a TV commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-butchering-of-a-classic-song-for-a-tv-commercial/929536/16): > > I can never hear “Love Is Strange” without thinking of [those damned giant babies.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVG4wCDuLZA) ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3525 "2022-06-22T14:44:57Z")
Then there’s the whole genre of annoying commercials that use songs wrong. Usually absolutely missing out on the meaning of the song because of how the song _feels_ or even worse, based a two or three word string. I think the cruise line using Lust for Life and Wrangler using Fortunate Son are up there but the worst had to be Mercedes using Lord, Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=175) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=177)