# 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:** 177
**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 26, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3526 "2022-06-26T21:11:45Z")
This commercial annoys the hell out of me. [PenFed Power Cash Card TV Spot, ‘My Treat’ - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/b6z0/penfed-power-cash-card-my-treat) Why does the waiter give a fuck if they take a photograph of their dessert? This is a restaurant, not a motherfucking art museum, you pretentious bastard. ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3527 "2022-06-26T22:26:55Z")
I hate this one, mostly for the term “side hustle”. What a stupid term. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/k8jO_5y-K-Y/hqdefault.jpg "Poshmark Side Hustle Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8jO_5y-K-Y) ---
**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:** [June 26, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3528 "2022-06-26T22:41:03Z")
I suspect it’s become trendy as a way for people to avoid thinking about how the US economy, over the past several decades, has become more and more stratified: the people at the very top are doing wonderfully, while the masses have to scramble to earn a basic living. “Side hustle” sounds kind of cool, whereas “desperately selling stuff so as to be able to afford to pay the utilities bills” does not. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3529 "2022-06-26T22:48:38Z")
[quote=“Just\_Asking\_Questions, post:3527, topic:790089”] I hate this one, mostly for the term “side hustle”. What a stupid term. Oh, gawd. Me, too. I hate it more than I should, probably. But the smug way the stupid woman says “side hustle” makes me lose my sh\*t. ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3530 "2022-06-27T00:10:54Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > But the smug way the stupid woman says “side hustle” makes me lose my sh\*t. She seems to be doing well enough for herself that she doesn’t actually have to do this. That’s the problem. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3531 "2022-06-27T01:17:05Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > > [@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. And the commercials almost always feature paid actors instead of actual sufferers of the particular malady. ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3532 "2022-06-27T13:17:40Z")
> [@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. [“Shingles doesn’t care.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPNNeIvxX1s) ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3533 "2022-06-27T14:22:01Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > And the commercials almost always feature paid actors instead of actual sufferers of the particular malady. Though the one exception is the woman “Cyndi” who suffered from psoriasis and they never made it clear it was actually Cyndi Lauper, if you didn’t recognize her. (Which you should, I mean, she IS so unusual! 🙂 ) ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3534 "2022-06-27T14:34:53Z")
Isn’t the bald guy in Cyndi’s commercial somebody famous? He looks very familiar. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3535 "2022-06-27T14:36:02Z")
Don’t federal regulations require that if show something and say, “This is our product,” it has to actually be the product, or if you say, “These are real customers/users/patients,” they have to actually be real customers/users/patients? That would be why you rarely see the foods being eaten on commercials. Who wants botulism from eating food that’s been under studio lights for eight hours? Also the poor acting on some drug commercials. ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3536 "2022-06-27T14:41:55Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Isn’t the bald guy in Cyndi’s commercial somebody famous? He looks very familiar. I’ve wondered, too. He looks like someone that’s been on L&O or something, but iSpot doesn’t list him. He also looks like Vin Diesel, or at least his pudgy brother, but I suspect he isn’t either. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3537 "2022-06-27T17:48:48Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I’ve wondered, too. He looks like someone that’s been on L&O or something, but iSpot doesn’t list him. He also looks like Vin Diesel, or at least his pudgy brother, but I suspect he isn’t either. Are you talking about “sexy elbows” man? The cosentyx website says his name is Gary and he was compensated for his time. It’s funny that Cyndi Lauper is very heavily filtered in these commercials, but none of the other patient/actors are. We see you, Cyndi! ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3538 "2022-06-27T20:38:44Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > That would be why you rarely see the foods being eaten on commercials. Who wants botulism from eating food that’s been under studio lights for eight hours? It’s my understanding that food in ads isn’t necessarily food. Like instead of cereal in milk, it’s cereal in white glue. Or maybe that was just for print ads. Or maybe I am completely misremembering. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3539 "2022-06-27T21:28:59Z")
I’ve heard it both ways. I think the deciding factor is that over the air ads are regulated by the FCC. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3540 "2022-06-28T00:39:34Z")
All those commercials cross-promoting the latest movie. I’m looking at you, Minions and Jurassic Park. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3541 "2022-06-28T02:27:33Z")
I remember years ago when, for a couple of months, SO many products (Happy Meals, Slurpees, Target, Amazon, even a Power Boat chain) were promoting Disney’s _“Treasure Planet”._ Which no one went to see. I wonder if everyone was as confused as I was by seeing [this **failed movie**](https://screenrant.com/treasure-planet-2002-disney-box-office-bomb-cost-reason/) writ huge upon the city… _"Treasure Planet_ bombed so exponentially that [the pre-planned sequel](https://screenrant.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-canceled-treasure-planet-2/) was almost immediately scrapped." ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3542 "2022-06-28T12:39:48Z")
Are Minions (in the movie Despicable Me) funny? I haven’t seen the movie, just Minions every-damn-where for the last decade, and they bore me. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3543 "2022-06-28T12:50:01Z")
I get a chuckle out of them in the movies, but as advertising/Facebook memes a little Minion goes a long, long, loooooong way. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3544 "2022-06-28T13:15:14Z")
In the movies, the girls (especially Edith) are funnier. “Ooh, my pancake looks like a dead guy!” ---
**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 29, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3545 "2022-06-29T00:43:01Z")
As a kid, I would have been all over the _Jurassic Park_ commercials. Now, the over saturation convinced me that I didn’t need to see the movie long before the negative reviews started rolling in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=178)