# 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:** 185
**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 7, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3686 "2022-09-07T16:56:45Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Okay, a fine concept to deliver the message, but what has left me wondering is do teenager really gather in fours under overpasses to put together dance routines for no one? I admit, I’m old, and I’m sure a similar question may have been asked of me at one point (do teenagers really gather in circles just to kick around a bean bag?) but that just seems weird to me. “Hey guys, let’s go practice dance moves in the wasteland!” What, you want them to practice their dance moves on your lawn? 😉 ---
**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 7, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3687 "2022-09-07T17:14:08Z")
I thought it was a parking garage. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3688 "2022-09-08T03:41:00Z")
Now I’m getting tired of hearing about Crotch Stink and seeing obese people dancing in their underwear. What the Fuck??? ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3689 "2022-09-08T04:23:40Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > (do teenagers really gather in circles just to kick around a bean bag?) They used to. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s1Ns_vrEm5E/hqdefault.jpg "Hacky-Sack Circle w/ Freestyle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Ns_vrEm5E) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3690 "2022-09-09T04:20:53Z")
I’m trying to _fast forward_, no less, through the ads during the US Open, but _still_, just seeing the fast forward screen capture of buddy with safety glasses on, brandishing a hedgetrimmer with a majestic, slow-motion swooping motion that’s caught in the following captures, makes me make the point of never buying any of the Coors Seltzer line. Bad enough it’s from a pissmaker, but to imagine putting back a six-pack of, say, the lemon-lime or black cherry shit I’m pretty sure would conclude in puking, even with the hardiest of fortified wine connoissuers. ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3691 "2022-09-09T13:31:27Z")
I don’t think I would have noticed this if the ads hadn’t popped up nearly back to back, but “Entyvio Entyvio Entyvio” sounds almost exactly like “Liberty Liberty Liberty”. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3692 "2022-09-09T13:48:23Z")
The mute button is truly one of the great inventions of modern times. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3693 "2022-09-09T23:04:46Z")
If it worked on people, I’d probably still be married. ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3694 "2022-09-10T03:00:59Z")
Great. [More reasons to mute Kevin Hart.](https://www.google.com/search?tbm=vid&sxsrf=ALiCzsasjAOvQWRSEBhBs2E5lMucgDBJxQ:1662778763230&q=kevin+hart+draftkings+commercial&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-w5bMnYn6AhXbrYkEHS53CFAQ8ccDegQICBAH&biw=1216&bih=668&dpr=2.25) ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3695 "2022-09-10T13:04:57Z")
There’s a Publix commercial playing here in the southeast, with a song that goes, “Have a banana, Anna! Eat the salami, Tommy!” 🤨 I assume there are rude gestures that traditionally go with this song. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3696 "2022-09-10T13:52:46Z")
Jingle writers today must have brain cells removed because besides “Entyvio, Entyvio, Entyvio” and “Liberty, Liberty, Liberty. . . Liberty” there’s “Investor’s Mutual, Investor’s Mutual”. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3697 "2022-09-10T14:02:13Z")
The reason they inflict these obnoxious commercials on us is because they work. But how do they know that a commercial that doesn’t insult our intelligence wouldn’t work even better if they never tried it? ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3698 "2022-09-10T14:07:57Z")
I have greatly enjoyed intelligent and entertaining commercials in the past, only to realize afterwards that I was too busy laughing to be able to recall what they were selling. ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3699 "2022-09-10T14:21:00Z")
Well, you DO remember the tune, and those words, right? ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3700 "2022-09-10T14:32:06Z")
I also remember I’m stuck on Band Aid; my baloney has a first name, it’s O.S.C.A.R; how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop and Choo Choo Charlie was an engineer. In some cases, it’s been more than 50 years and those are not so dang stupid and annoying that I’ll make it a point to never buy that product ever. I mean, com’on jingle writers! ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3701 "2022-09-10T15:56:34Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Well, you DO remember the tune, and those words, right? Honestly, so what? I’m not going to ask my doctor if Skyrizi, or Entivyo, or Liberty Mutual is right for me. I trust my doctor to tell me. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3702 "2022-09-10T17:06:48Z")
Also, too, and. . . it’s Physicians Mutual. Just heard it again and realized I got it wrong. So it isn’t even _that_ effective! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3703 "2022-09-11T01:09:00Z")
Stupid Home Depot commercial. Shows people waiting at 5:45am outside for the store to open. But none of them are anywhere near the door! Who the fuck wants to wheel a wobbly cartload of lumber clear across an empty, dark parking lot??? ---
**Author:** ![BigDfromLA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@BigDfromLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDfromLA)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3704 "2022-09-11T05:21:02Z")
It must be completely maddening for Doctors having to deal with jerkoff patients with ZERO medical knowledge demanding use of prescription meds that they were tricked by commercials to want to use because they are stupid and gullible. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3705 "2022-09-11T13:32:10Z")
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