# 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:** 190
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3786 "2022-10-11T23:19:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Why do people who sell theirs for a lot of money think they are going to buy a new house easily? One that was running in our area earlier this year had a lady saying something to the effect of “We were ready for a change, but selling a house is such a hassle!” 🤨 Most people needing a change find that rearranging the furniture, and maybe splurging on a new rug or some fresh paint, does the trick. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3787 "2022-10-11T23:24:49Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > It will likely be less than the estimated value of the place, and they may fix it up and try to flip it. Where I live, one of those cash offers will most likely end up with a single-family house being torn down and replaced with a two family. A vacant lot in my neighborhood would be around $300K if you could find one. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3788 "2022-10-12T01:20:14Z")
There’s one around here called “John Buys Bay Area Houses.” Except that the fast-talking, mush-mouthed pitchman always pronounced it “John Buys Barry Houses.” Somebody must have convinced him to re-record the commercial and he does a _little_ better, but it’s still kind of like “John Buys Byarya Houses.” ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3789 "2022-10-12T06:18:52Z")
The local Asshole “Let me give you half what your house is worth” guy on TV looks like he’s about 19, has wrinkled shitty cloths and hair that has never seen a comb. Yeah, I wanna do business with this clown. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3790 "2022-10-12T13:02:28Z")
We looked into the “We Buy Houses” people to sell our house a few years ago. We had so many unfinished projects that we didn’t think we could show it in a regular sell. (We had bare concrete floors, one bathroom had no fixtures, the kitchen was extremely dated, it needed new paint everywhere, etc.) We had already moved into a new house, so it was empty. Similar comps for a 3-2 in the area (if our house was remodeled) were about $200-$220k. We Buy Houses offered us $89k. We had even tossed in all the stuff we had to update things! (A new bathroom vanity, lighting, fixtures, a sink for the garage laundry area.) Our realtor for the new house convinced us to let her try to sell it as-is. The buyers sort of got into a bidding war, and we sold it for $145k. Profit! They flipped it and sold it for $239k. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3791 "2022-10-15T15:42:33Z")
The annual Christmas tree commercials have started. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3792 "2022-10-15T17:53:32Z")
Old Navy is already running ads with cleverly 🙄 reworded Christmas songs, my absolutely least favorite commercial genre. It’s going to be a long holiday season. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3793 "2022-10-15T17:56:53Z")
Has there ever been a non-nauseating Old Navy ad? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3794 "2022-10-15T18:12:52Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > cleverly 🙄 reworded Christmas songs God, those are tedious commercials. The original songs are already overplayed enough. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3795 "2022-10-15T19:00:53Z")
There is no punishment severe enough for the person who came up with “yabba-dabba-fruity-licious-doo.” 😢 ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3796 "2022-10-15T20:10:11Z")
Something like this probably only bothers me but Babbel has an ad of a women bravely ordering food in some southern Hispanic country in Spanish. A native girl is floored by this woman’s ability to speak a language she, the little girl, has spoken all her life and says-- in English-- that Babbel is like a teacher on her phone. Babbel’s pitch is pretty much “It’s the friends you make a long the way” by learning a different language, but SHE DIDN’T USE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE TO MAKE THE FRIEND! The little girl is awed by this white lady’s ability to stumble through one sentence in Spanish. It is just so patronizing, I can’t stand it!!! ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3797 "2022-10-15T20:42:51Z")
Like Phil learning piano in Groundhog Day, a kid practises sign language until he can sign to the hearing impaired girl at school and share his candy bar. Such a sweet vignette. I hate it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3798 "2022-10-15T21:06:09Z")
I just saw a commercial for Humana that starts off with a decent premise and then steps all over it. There’s a room full of similarly looking older women with grey hair and track suits on. One says to other, “Is it me, or does everyone auditioning for this healthcare commercial look alike.” “Well, that’s how insurance companies all see us … except for Humana.” Yada, yada, yada … “You’re right, Humana is the balls. Let’s all get out of here girls.” And they all march out. What, they don’t they gig? Did they all just decide they don’t want to be actresses at once? I’m betting the one making the Humana speech comes back and rings the role. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3799 "2022-10-15T21:08:12Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > There is no punishment severe enough for the person who came up with “yabba-dabba-fruity-licious-doo.” 😢 Reminds me of the Barney Miller episode where a guy had a meltdown because of a pickle ad in which the product was described as “crun-crun-crunchalicious”. (and, later, ko-ko-kosherific) mmm ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3800 "2022-10-15T23:05:53Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Like Phil learning piano in Groundhog Day, a kid practises sign language until he can sign to the hearing impaired girl at school and share his candy bar. Such a sweet vignette. I hate it. You mean the one where he asks her if she likes chocolate, but then gives her a Hershey bar? Yeah, that’s a mean trick to pull on her. Give her some quality chocolate, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3801 "2022-10-16T03:07:26Z")
Seeing these ads is especially irritating when you’re watching a baseball game. Can’t they wait until the World Series is over? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3802 "2022-10-16T03:53:37Z")
I finally saw the Lume crotch stink commercial tonight (3x!! 🤮) that a Pit thread is about. I really don’t need to hear someone talking about how much their butt crack stinks. (Literally those are the words used in the commercial.) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3803 "2022-10-17T15:56:20Z")
What gets me in these commercials is how do they quantify the amount that the stink goes down? Just like in the teeth whitening ads that promise 3 shades whiter- what the heck is a shade and how is it measured? ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3804 "2022-10-17T16:03:54Z")
When I had to have a crown done, my dentist had a set of “samples” so he could most closely match my teeth coloration; so I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that there is some standardization in shading. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3805 "2022-10-17T16:07:48Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that there is some standardization in shading. I have no doubt that there is significant standardization in tooth shading, they take great pains to make sure cosmetic dentistry looks right. I am rather more skeptical of butt crack smell standardization. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=191)