# 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:** 214
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4266 "2023-04-10T23:58:42Z")
My point was that the medication commercial was using dance outfits that are standard for that age group. There was nothing exploitative in their choice. I mean, leotards are standard wear for girls of all ages. If those aren’t considered exploitative, then the dance outfits from the commercial aren’t, either. Tutus don’t cover camel toe, either. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4267 "2023-04-11T01:06:12Z")
Okay. Far be it from me to argue the fine line between classical dance tutu’s and star-spangled crotch floss, but whatever. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4268 "2023-04-11T01:33:54Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > star-spangled crotch floss All I need is a bass and guitar, and I’ve got a band! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4269 "2023-04-11T01:38:38Z")
There’s a way most dancers\* use to combat camel toe. I could tell you … (\* Not really young dancers, preteen and up) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4270 "2023-04-11T02:01:41Z")
Dude, you slay me all the time! ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4271 "2023-04-11T15:18:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > There’s a way most dancers\* use to combat camel toe. > I could tell you Does it involve masking tape? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4272 "2023-04-11T17:37:17Z")
It’s called costume tape. But yeah it’s flesh colored masking tape. And no hair, or you’ll be _really_ sorry. 😯 ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4273 "2023-04-11T19:00:08Z")
Yeah, the makeup is no biggie. Even my niece when she was 4 yo wore makeup on stage with her dance class. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4274 "2023-04-11T21:17:02Z")
We’ve gone from annoying songs and dumb actors to flesh colored hoo-ha tape. It’s been a long, strange journey. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4275 "2023-04-12T13:01:50Z")
I must have seen the Amazon dancing teen ad 200+ times over the last five days and wondered if anyone was going to bring it up here. I’m ashamed to admit the first time I saw it, I was taken aback. The shot of her forested lip was just so unexpected. But by the third viewing I grew to really like it. Yes, first and foremost it’s Amazon hawking their wares, but I’m choosing to concentrate on the self-empowerment aspect. Not to make more of it than it is, but I kind of feel like it made me see the beauty and coolness in someone who at first glance was alien; a message that this world at large would do well to learn. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4276 "2023-04-12T13:06:55Z")
I guess I’ll have to see it 197 more times, then. All I think is, “Poor kid’s going to go home from school crying every day. And something bad’s going to happen to that jacket.” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4277 "2023-04-12T13:41:26Z")
Oh, yeah, that too (unfortunately). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4278 "2023-04-12T14:18:44Z")
Hey, I’ve read letters from _ **Hustler** _ readers. Some men actually _like_ women with facial hair. Hairy nipples too. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4279 "2023-04-12T14:48:18Z")
Hubby: All she needs is a moustache and she could be a young Frida Kahlo. Me: You haven’t watched this all the way to the end, have you? Another truck commercial is annoying me. What _is_ it about truck commercials that are so, so nails on chalkboard? Even worse than drug commercials! This one has a female country/western style singer whose heart is like a truck. Only she has absolutely no vibrato at all so she sounds like she’s yelling at the top of her lungs. So she has a AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA like a UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4280 "2023-04-12T18:04:07Z")
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year” belongs to Christmas, not a Claritin commercial in April. I always expect some snowflakes when it comes on. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4281 "2023-04-12T18:48:35Z")
I still like the Office Depot commercial where the dad dances around the store getting school supplies while his disappointed children glumy watch ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4282 "2023-04-12T19:13:53Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” belongs to Christmas, not a Claritin commercial in April. I always expect some snowflakes when it comes on. Then it should be perfect theme music for Head & Shoulders shampoo. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4283 "2023-04-14T02:51:53Z")
And I just learned the music in that commercial IS Queen. > **[The Amazon Prime "mustache" commercial: song & meaning - Auralcrave](https://auralcrave.com/en/2023/03/13/the-amazon-prime-mustache-commercial-song-meaning/)** > > The Amazon Prime commercial with the "girl with mustache" shares a message of inclusivity, directed by Olivia Wilde: here the song & meaning ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4284 "2023-04-14T02:59:43Z")
Well then! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4285 "2023-04-14T11:10:05Z")
Ah, it’s on Hot Space. I think I’ve only listened to the whole thing once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=215)