# 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:** 209
**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:** [February 9, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4166 "2023-02-09T22:59:50Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > the latest "forever natural diamonds"thats got some British model/actress shilling for the DeBeers diamond mafia/cartel(which they don’t name directly) That’s not the multiple ads with Ana de Armas, who’s Cuban, is it? ---
**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:** [February 9, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4167 "2023-02-09T23:07:14Z")
Those stupid DiGiorno pizza ads where they cook the frozen pizza direct on the oven rack instead of on a pan. Who’s going to clean that up? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4168 "2023-02-09T23:21:42Z")
Some frozen pizzas I’ve bought suggest in the instructions to cook them directly on the oven rack. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4169 "2023-02-09T23:58:38Z")
no this one was some english model/actress ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4170 "2023-02-10T00:20:53Z")
Lily James? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4171 "2023-02-10T00:27:24Z")
yep thats her ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4172 "2023-02-10T01:22:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Those stupid DiGiorno pizza ads where they cook the frozen pizza direct on the oven rack instead of on a pan. Pizza stone is the way to go. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4173 "2023-02-10T14:05:10Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Those stupid DiGiorno pizza ads where they cook the frozen pizza direct on the oven rack instead of on a pan. Who’s going to clean that up? How else are you going to get a good crust, if you don’t have a pizza steel or stone? ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4174 "2023-02-11T00:57:15Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How else are you going to get a good crust, if you don’t have a pizza steel or stone? I have a pizza diamond plate. Man-made, of course. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4175 "2023-02-11T23:59:46Z")
I hope whoever OKed the OTC dope commercial (I don’t know the brand) with a fat guy in a big red speedo burns in hell. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4176 "2023-02-12T20:12:59Z")
Why? He seems happy with his choice as does his wife. He isn’t hurting you. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4177 "2023-02-12T20:30:38Z")
Nobody in commercials ever “hurt” anybody. I’m happy that that guy’s happy, but he can go be happy somewhere other than on my tv. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4178 "2023-02-12T23:24:40Z")
The “Jesus Gets Us” ads are financed in part by the head of Hobby Lobby as an attempt at claiming that Christians are being persecuted. > **[Opinion | Those touchy-feely "He Gets Us" Super Bowl ads hide a dark truth](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/-jesus-gets-us-super-bowl-ads-hide-dark-truth-rcna69735)** > > The advertisements seem to recast Jesus for a new era, but their real purpose is rehabilitating pro-Trump evangelicals. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4179 "2023-02-13T03:49:55Z")
I couldn’t give a shit about the Hobby Lobby guy. But the whole message of that commercial seemed to be “Don’t be an asshole.” And while that’s a message I can certainly get behind, why would I need Jesus to tell me that? I can be a non-asshole just fine as an atheist. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4180 "2023-02-13T04:16:38Z")
Sorry, that post was for the super bowl thread. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4181 "2023-02-13T06:42:41Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > And while that’s a message I can certainly get behind, why would I need Jesus to tell me that? I look at it the other way. It’s maybe to get the Jesus people to not be assholes, a lesson far too many of them need. (including Hobby Lobby) We’re not the target audience. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4182 "2023-02-13T14:38:41Z")
The State Farm(?) ‘safe driver’ commercial where the two assholes are playing the “you go, no you go” game at a 4-way stop. That is not safe driving, as shown by the granny they are ramping up into road rage. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4183 "2023-02-13T15:36:16Z")
I don’t know if this is too local, but the Spectrum ads for their mobile phone service have reached new heights (depths?). They now consist of their annoying spokesperson repeating their pitch “Only something something dollars and the first line is freeeee!” in brief vignettes, each one more annoying and louder. Over and over. The. Same. Line…Repeated many times in 60 seconds. I grab for the mute button if there is even a hint this is going to appear on my screen. And it shows up everywhere, because I have Spectrum cable, so they take the unused commercial slots in just about every basic cable channel. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4184 "2023-02-14T00:49:03Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I couldn’t give a shit about the Hobby Lobby guy. But the whole message of that commercial seemed to be “Don’t be an asshole.” > > And while that’s a message I can certainly get behind, why would I need Jesus to tell me that? I can be a non-asshole just fine as an atheist. I agree. And my wife- who is an outspoken Pagan- thought the ad was fine. Sure they get some funding from some less than desirable source, but they are not directly connected. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It’s maybe to get the Jesus people to not be assholes, a lesson far too many of them need. (including Hobby Lobby) I like this. I am gonna start a P&E thread which is somewhat about this. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4185 "2023-02-14T01:00:04Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > They now consist of their annoying spokesperson repeating their pitch “Only something something dollars and the first line is freeeee!” in brief vignettes, each one more annoying and louder. Over and over. The. Same. Line…Repeated many times in 60 seconds. I hate that guy. I hope Spectrum is paying him millions, because I don’t see how he’ll ever be cast in any other project. People would boycott it. Of course Spectrum is convinced that repetition is the key to sales. Apparently they also believe that viewers see the actor as embodying ‘a cool guy.’ But some of us beg to differ; he’s just a creep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=208) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=210)