# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/421 "2018-03-21T12:01:06Z")
There is a commercial now that plays part of a country song including the lines “And if you’re faced with a choice, and you have to choose, I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.”, which has to be some of the most idiotic and insipid lyrics ever written. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/422 "2018-03-24T15:56:11Z")
There’s a Lexus (? I think) ad I’ve been seeing during the basketball tournament. The most technologically advanced Lexus ever! And as far as I can tell from the ad, what this technology allows is that if you push the accelerator down, the car will go faster, and if you let up on the accelerator, it will slow down. Amazing!!! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/423 "2018-04-27T19:26:24Z")
Mutual of Omaha Life Insurance is running a commercial flogging its life insurance to a whole classroom full of middle-aged people. One of them relates how her husband died, and it wiped out their whole savings to give him a proper funeral. Far be it from me to criticize a grieving widow, but I find it sad that her entires savings account was so small, and that they spent it ALL on ‘a proper funeral’. SMH. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/424 "2018-04-27T19:44:49Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Mutual of Omaha Life Insurance is running a commercial flogging its life insurance to a whole classroom full of middle-aged people. One of them relates how her husband died, and it wiped out their whole savings to give him a proper funeral. Far be it from me to criticize a grieving widow, but I find it sad that her entires savings account was so small, and that they spent it ALL on ‘a proper funeral’. SMH. Funeral directors are , by and large, scam artists, who will prey on the grieving to con as much money as possible. $10000 is about average, but double or triple that could be done. However, you can also spend as little as $500 pretty easily, with a simple box. Or better yet, cremation. Still of course, even $30000 would not be a very large “life’s savings” , I concur. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/425 "2018-04-29T01:28:11Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > i CAN’T STAND the new commercial for MasterCard. it’s just a bunch of random people singing “can’t judge a book by its cover” repeatedly in a couple different styles, all incredibly grating. it appears that at least one of them is a famous artist but, ugh. UGH. and i have absolutely no clue what any of this has to do with MasterCard?! I hate that too, especially the angry young rapping girl. I can judge a book any way I want, sweetie, deakl with it.😉 Now, does anyone like Amonds? Like in an Amond Snickers?:smack: ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/426 "2018-04-29T01:30:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Psoriatic arthritis is not a nasty skin disease, it is in no way communicable. Nor is it curable. Not what the commercial was for (excema), but whatever, communicable or not an itchy skin condition is not something I particularly want to spend time around. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/427 "2018-04-29T01:41:36Z")
There is some kind of car commercial lately that reminds me sooooo much of Barney Stinson’s “possimpible” video resume. The announcer just slowly recites some words: Understated. Elegance. Smooth. Excitement.\* - not the actual words, probably. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/428 "2018-04-30T00:07:44Z")
Speaking of skin condition prescription commercials, it seems like all of them include some form of cancer as a side effect. That’s a hell of a choice – skin that frightens people, or lymphoma. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/429 "2018-04-30T00:22:51Z")
Hey, there’s a treatment for an anti-toenail fungus that lists DEATH as a possible side-effect. Yeah, it killed my sister, but at least her feet looked pretty in the coffin… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/430 "2018-04-30T01:08:09Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Not what the commercial was for (excema), but whatever, communicable or not an itchy skin condition is not something I particularly want to spend time around. Or people with arthritis or cancer or heart disease or anything else but 100% perfect bodies?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/431 "2018-04-30T02:44:37Z")
Heres a classic. HEAD ON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEAD ON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEAD ON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/432 "2018-04-30T12:48:52Z")
There’s a commercial for something playing now with a dad talking about having a kid or something and part of what he expects from spending time with new kid is for new kid to “re-teach me to cry at cartoons.” Who cries at cartoons? Maybe he means feature length animated movies? No clue what the product is. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/433 "2018-04-30T21:14:32Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > There’s a commercial for something playing now with a dad talking about having a kid or something and part of what he expects from spending time with new kid is for new kid to “re-teach me to cry at cartoons.” Who cries at cartoons? Maybe he means feature length animated movies? No clue what the product is. That’s as bad as the ad for the home repair referral website where the new dad basically says “now that I have kids, I don’t feel like spending time on household chores anymore”. What kind of fantasy world is that? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/434 "2018-05-01T12:39:18Z")
As a former fast-food worker, I really hate the McDonald’s ad where the employee brings in his college acceptance letter and the manager calls everyone away from what they’re doing to share the news. Then everyone, including the customers, applauds. Puh-_leeze_. A large percentage of fast-food customers would just as soon have that kid horsewhipped for putting 30 more seconds between them and their sausage biscuit. And the part where the manager cares about you! What planet is this on? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/435 "2018-05-01T18:07:42Z")
Well, two commercials I’ve been hating on lately. 1. Some water filter company has a water bar (as if that’s a thing) where they’re offering customers water from different municipalities. “And here is a glass of water that meets Federal standards for lead. Does anyone want to drink lead?” Actually, if it meets the local standards for lead, the concentration is less than 15 parts per billion. Probably much less. So yeah, I’m not going to go boil my pasta in water from Flint, MI, but I’m not going to panic about the fact that my water has minerals dissolved in it either. Sure, sell your filters. But don’t be alarmist to do it. 1. ``` [This BMW X2 commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wUI2/2018-bmw-x2-chase-new-dreams-song-by-the-black-angels) in which a incongruously stylish woman abandons her life in a sterile underground cubicle farm (as if that's a thing) to drive a new BMW X2 at high speeds through ... an equally sterile and inhospitable desert. Also of note, she gets in the driver's seat of the empty vehicle, so whoever drove the car to her remote location is now dying of thirst all alone in the middle of a desolate salt flat. Possibly the M. Night Shyamalan twist in the commercial is that the driver is trading his/her life of driving expensive cars through a hostile wildernesse for the relative comfort of an air conditioned underground cubicle farm with water coolers and a break room. ``` ---
**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:** [May 1, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/436 "2018-05-01T19:39:06Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > That’s as bad as the ad for the home repair referral website where the new dad basically says “now that I have kids, I don’t feel like spending time on household chores anymore”. > > What kind of fantasy world is that? Sounds pretty standard to me, though rushing things a bit. He’ll have the kids doing the household chores when they’re old enough. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/437 "2018-05-01T20:54:10Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > “And here is a glass of water that meets Federal standards for lead. Does anyone want to drink lead?” Yeah, this is pretty close to the top of my hate list, both for its stupidity and how frequently it seems to air. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/438 "2018-05-01T21:08:34Z")
[This](https://youtu.be/ohxZ99K8TRM) Audi Q5 commercial, where a guy is about to go into the Witness Protection Program because he’s going to testify against people who will certainly kill him, but changes his mind because they offer him a Lexus SUV with his new life and he wants the Audi. Cut to him driving away saying “I’ll take my chances.” Oh, so the people that buy your cars are reckless idiots who make terrible choices. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/439 "2018-05-02T00:39:02Z")
[I’ll just leave this here.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wQcP/kerasal-the-difference) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/440 "2018-05-02T02:18:18Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [I’ll just leave this here.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wQcP/kerasal-the-difference) This is about a nail fungus ad. Why not tell us? This kind of post is rather rude. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=23)