# 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:** 217
**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 19, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4326 "2023-04-19T20:21:03Z")
Here’s how stupid I am. I pride myself in picking out actors and actresses across their work, like, hey that museum docent in that one commercial is Rapunzel in that other commercial. So there I am watching the little girl telling Officer Powell about not making the dance team and I said, “hey, that’s that same kid who got the puppy in that other commercial.” I’m good at it, I tell you. ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4327 "2023-04-19T20:46:37Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I’ll continue eating it no matter how woke it is. Me too! Unfortunately my husband is a hater so I don’t get it too often. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4328 "2023-04-19T20:56:03Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I’ll continue eating it no matter how woke it is. Made with soy milk, almond butter, and comes with a packet of funfetti to sprinkle over the top. Look out, republicans! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4329 "2023-04-19T22:09:43Z")
I once read a story in which an older guy had to cook a meal for a teenage girl, and, remembering what his son had liked made mac and cheese. He thought of it as “teenager chow”. ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4330 "2023-04-19T22:30:17Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Unfortunately my husband is a hater so I don’t get it too often. Are we still talkin’ bout Mac n’ Cheese? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4331 "2023-04-19T22:48:38Z")
Speaking of “woke”, has anyone else noticed the “Never Back Down” commercials promoting Ron De(mon)Santis? ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4332 "2023-04-19T22:56:15Z")
We’re talking about comfort. I mean comfort food! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4333 "2023-04-20T00:26:52Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I once read a story in which an older guy had to cook a meal for a teenage girl, and, remembering what his son had liked made mac and cheese. He thought of it as “teenager chow”. I know this is not the “identify a story” thread, but I think that’s “Anna’s Story” from the Grantville Gazette story collection. And i liked it too. (and I eat Mac-n-cheese on a regular basis–codger’s chow). Press on. ---
**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 20, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4334 "2023-04-20T05:19:28Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Mac n cheese is the Bud Light of comfort food. 🙂 It’s the national meal of Canada! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4335 "2023-04-20T07:21:36Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And now there’s that horrible commercial for the diabetes drug Jardiance, that looks like an 80s MTV video. I was travelling last November and went to Universal Studios in Orlando. A small section of the theme park was closed for filming something. I could hear some of the music, and I’m pretty sure it was that Jardiance commercial. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4336 "2023-04-20T13:15:14Z")
And now I want macaroni. Thanks. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4337 "2023-04-20T13:25:15Z")
it wasn’t specifically about mac and cheese - but one time when I was about 9, the subject of my eating preferences came up at a family gathering, and an aunt said in her most patronizing tones, “well, _children_ love pasta”. She was already not a favorite relative, and that comment confirmed my dislike. I am still very fond of pasta in its various forms, cheesy or not. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4338 "2023-04-20T13:40:18Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Yes, and also the dancer girl is the older puppy girl. Soooo, are they not taking the advice? How many times can you switch to Progressive and get more savings? Not having seen the dancer one, I didn’t know it was a series! I can picture the next commercial: **TV Dad (laying down newspaper to reveal he’s holding a gun against the puppy’s head, still with the same big grin on his face):** I told you, you can save hundreds if you switch to Progressive, and now you can save your puppy too! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4339 "2023-04-20T17:24:58Z")
You got it! ---
**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 20, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4340 "2023-04-20T18:16:04Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Did I just see a Toyota commercial that touted the vehicle’s ability to move the driver out of range of a child’s repulsively horrible breath? I just saw that one for the first time. Coulda been a teaching moment, Mom! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4341 "2023-04-21T01:29:20Z")
Spectrum is running a commercial touting their high wifi speeds in which a man starts doing a wild victory dance because he was able to defeat his opponent in a video game. At some point his jeering becomes directed toward the front window, where it is revealed that he has been playing against the teenager across the street (who is watching him as if someone has kicked his dog). ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4342 "2023-04-21T02:55:00Z")
“Doggie paddle”? Woman, I was on my high school swim team. I play water polo. I can tread water with just my legs for better and longer than you can swim with your whole body. \*Ok, not me, and I know one version has her say “show off” before he calls for help, but “doggie paddle” is a different version where he doesn’t call for help. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4343 "2023-04-22T20:14:05Z")
> **[Frontdoor | Oven :30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ7K9jtarEQ%2F)** > > Introducing Frontdoor. The all-new home repair and maintenance app. Well, that’s gonna get old quick. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4344 "2023-04-22T21:05:37Z")
Yeah, I watched about five seconds of that song… and my first thought was “Oh, no, they’re going to be playing that during NFL games, aren’t they?” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4345 "2023-04-28T15:51:59Z")
Fresh Pet, yes, the lady has got to go. “You keep dog food in your fridge?” But not because she insists Fresh Pet is dog food. Fresh Pet, yes, you are “dog food”. Saying otherwise doesn’t stress that you’re better, it just makes you sound stupid. “It’s not shelf-stable muck from food byproducts, it’s real food prepared for dogs. It needs to be refrigerated just like most real meat products.” NOT “It’s not dog food, it’s Fresh Pet.” Then you kick her out for being a judgemental prissy-pants who thinks you are weird for caring what you feed your dog or how you keep it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=218)