# 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:** 193
**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 28, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3846 "2022-10-28T13:52:44Z")
If you shower regularly, and get the old soapy washcloth up there, where, unless you sweat excessively, is this stink coming from? I think some people need a lifestyle change rather than some perfume. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3847 "2022-10-28T15:52:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Lots of political commercials nowadays, obviously. I shan’t recount the egregious one put forth by the Republican candidates. The issue is that there are so many of them! The Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Michigan, Kristina Karamo, is a trump pick who is staunchly in the election fraud Big Lie camp and believes abortion is evil and demonic. She’s being portrayed in anti-Karamo ads as a nutcase (rightly so, I would say). One commercial that’s playing like 10 times a day has a clip of her from a video interview saying “we are wrestling with _ **demonic powers** _”. The way she says the emphasized part sounds like she’s channeling Chrisopher Walken, so I always have to repeat “_ **demonic powers** _” in my best Walken impersonation. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3848 "2022-10-28T16:46:29Z")
I’d love to get a link to that so I could watch it once. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3849 "2022-10-28T17:04:04Z")
Unfortunately I couldn’t find the commercial online to link to 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:** [October 28, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3850 "2022-10-28T17:08:56Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Michigan, Kristina Karamo, is a trump pick who is staunchly in the election fraud Big Lie camp and believes abortion is evil and demonic. She’s being portrayed in anti-Karamo ads as a nutcase (rightly so, I would say). One commercial that’s playing like 10 times a day has a clip of her from a video interview saying “we are wrestling with _ **demonic powers** _”. Karamo should take note of the teachings of Dr. Stella Immanuel, one of Trump’s favorite physicians, who believes that women are suffering detrimental health outcomes from sexual visitations resulting in transfer of “demon sperm”. Should pregnancy result from such encounters, abortion would be the only godly response possible. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3851 "2022-10-28T23:59:24Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The medicare supplemental commercials have raised the annoyance bar this year with old ladies wearing giant eye glasses. There needs to be a pay-for-view MMA fight between these women. Add in a “Jimmy Walker versus Joe Namath” card and you’ve got a deal. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3852 "2022-10-29T00:50:24Z")
The winner takes on George Foreman. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3853 "2022-10-29T23:43:31Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The winner takes on George Foreman. 😃 - Well, _that_ should be over quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3854 "2022-10-29T23:48:21Z")
There’s a Rice Krispies Treats commercial where a little girl sneaks some Rice Krispies Treats from the top shelf of a cupboard. Bad grandma! Not only does she not make Rice Krispies Treats from scratch, she can’t be bothered to go to the kitchen to get the pre-made ones off of the top shelf! ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3855 "2022-10-30T00:01:52Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The medicare supplemental commercials have raised the annoyance bar this year with old ladies wearing giant eye glasses. There needs to be a pay-for-view MMA fight between these women. There’s _more than one?_ The super-cranky old bat arguing with the announcer needs to be whacked upside the head by Clara Peller. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3856 "2022-10-30T00:04:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > (Abuelita means ‘granny’.) Thanks for the link, and I have never seen that ad. It is $#@! rude to the _Abuelita_. > [@snowthx](#): > > And they are usually going way too fast for the terrain (what’s the hurry?), or driving off-road or on some beach where you are not allowed to drive, or to the edge of some cliff. They should really just show the mundane life of a typical SUV hauling groceries or just handling the wet or snowy street while taking the kids to school. Yep. My pet peeve is them driving down the middle of a delicate riparian habitat. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3857 "2022-10-30T03:10:51Z")
There are two different Republicans running for Congress in this area saying that their Democratic opponents were hand picked by Nancy Pelosi (never mind that they had to go through a primary), and that they’re going to intentionally raise food and gas prices. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3858 "2022-10-30T04:39:49Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > > [@Magiver](#): > > > > The medicare supplemental commercials have raised the annoyance bar this year with old ladies wearing giant eye glasses. There needs to be a pay-for-view MMA fight between these women. > > There’s _more than one?_ > > The super-cranky old bat arguing with the announcer needs to be whacked upside the head by Clara Peller. Oh my fucking god, I saw that one today. I never wanted to beat someone to death with a stick so much before. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3859 "2022-10-31T13:47:12Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The reality\* is countryside torn up by numerous four-wheel drive vehicles congregating at a place that _used_ to be quiet and unspoiled. “Go where no one else has.” Get there to find a couple of backpackers using low-impact techniques looking at your lazy, selfish self. ---
**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 5, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3860 "2022-11-05T21:59:25Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PiRcUJCxQ14/hqdefault.jpg "Twix TV AD SPOT 0:15 'Camping: Left or Right'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiRcUJCxQ14) It doesn’t matter if you choose left or right because it’s all bullshit made up by some advertising executives. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3861 "2022-11-05T23:05:38Z")
This ad is funny. And all ads are bullshit made up by advertising executives. Latest bullshit made up ad that annoys me: Weight loss thingie where the girl gushes, “People tell me I look good and I tell them, ‘Yes I do!’” She’s so enthusiastic and earnest. The first time I heard it I laughed out loud. I don’t think that was the reaction they wanted. ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3862 "2022-11-05T23:12:40Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > This ad is funny. When it turns up in seemingly the majority of commercial breaks during a three-hour program… ---
**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:** [November 5, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3863 "2022-11-05T23:14:11Z")
Yeah, I get that. Like how I now dislike Everywhere because of that stupid car commercial showing up all the time in everything I watch. Infuriating! ---
**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 5, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3864 "2022-11-05T23:16:56Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The reality\* is countryside torn up by numerous four-wheel drive vehicles congregating at a place that _used_ to be quiet and unspoiled. The real reality is, I just got back from a trip to Moab, and the trails were not full, it was fun to drive over 4WD terrain to see some nice views. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3865 "2022-11-06T01:20:16Z")
Don’t know whether this really qualifies as “annoying commercials” , but a few weeks ago the local NBC affiliate pre-empted the entire evening’s Law & Order showings for coverage of a local mass shooting; I didn’t realize this until I went to watch them on my DVR, so I went to my cable channel’s NBC On Demand to watch them. Unfortunately this also meant I had to watch commercials that I couldn’t fast-forward past. Every single commercial break, for all three shows, consisted of celebrity “Know You Know” PSAs about different topics, some of them in Spanish, About a dozen of them, repeated over and over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=192) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=194)