# 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:** 220
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4386 "2023-05-01T11:17:31Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > We nuked it beforehand If anything in this thread is nasty, it’s the smell of microwaved cat food. Sometimes I’ll put a spoon or two of boiling water to warm up refrigerated cat food, but even that smells. Now I just mush it around a lot to make sure it’s broken up and soft. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4387 "2023-05-01T12:54:03Z")
I only warm it to room temperature - about 13 seconds. It doesn’t smell much. Fresh Pet reeks! I don’t like the beef one because of that. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4388 "2023-05-01T13:28:33Z")
The whole thing about dog food and cat food in the fridge … the key word is, “food.” It’s not nuclear waste, ferchrissakes. If it were so disgusting, I wouldn’t feed it to my pets. ---
**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, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4389 "2023-05-01T13:38:49Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > No, you scoop out a spoonful or two, then cover the can and then put it in the fridge. But so what? What if you spread out a few scoops on a plate, the cat eats a couple nibbles, so you cover the plate and put it in the fridge? We had to do both when our elderly cat was still around. He had a tendency to walk away from his food so, to keep the other two out of his food, we’d put his dish inside a repurposed Chinese take out bowl then put the bowl in the fridge until he’s ready for more. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4390 "2023-05-01T15:59:16Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > ok, I play mobile games a lot … and in mobile games, at some point, you either start paying money for stuff or you watch ads I’ve asked this of other friends and maybe it’s the type of game I play but a lot, and I mean an awful lot, of those ads are women and getting treated very, very badly by men. Smacked around, cheated on while pregnant, left in the hospital after giving birth with the cute nurse, tossed out in the snow, thrown off of cliff and overboard on boats and left to die. . . who are these ads for? Am I the only one who sees these casual game ads? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4391 "2023-05-01T16:12:49Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > If anything in this thread is nasty, it’s the smell of microwaved cat food. At the end, we were feeding Max hydrolized chicken, and it actually smelled good when we heated it. When we were trying to find a single non-allergenic protein, we once tried tripe. Now _that_ stunk. Real bad. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4392 "2023-05-01T20:36:19Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Do you expect to go rooting through Spoons’ fridge looking for a snack of pate for your crackers and accidentally get some of the cat’s meal instead? You are more likely to find a half gallon of milk with about an ounce or so in the bottom, and something that looks like “meat-cake” and has no smell at all. 😜 😛 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4393 "2023-05-01T21:09:45Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > a half gallon of milk with about an ounce or so in the bottom Not enough to drink, better put that back. > [@DrDeth](#): > > and something that looks like “meat-cake” and has no smell at all. Put it back, someone is saving it. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4394 "2023-05-01T23:43:19Z")
You wondered what incels were doing with their time? ---
**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 3, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4395 "2023-05-03T00:27:51Z")
What is up with these little split screen commercials which have some random sport clip on one side and the actual commercial on the other side? Frequently shown during programs which have nothing whatsoever to do with sports. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4396 "2023-05-03T01:43:06Z")
I’ve only ever seen that on PlutoTV. I assume it has something to do with where they’re leaching their feeds from? I don’t know. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4397 "2023-05-05T00:26:25Z")
What is going on with all of these song-and-dance commercials all of a sudden? Jardience (sp?), Cologuard…do I really need a musical number to learn about these things? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4398 "2023-05-05T13:09:03Z")
The worst thing about the Jardiance (thanks Google) one is that the insipid song is such an earworm. I’ll be sitting there, minding my own business, when my brane will chime in with: > [@](#): > > ♫Jardiance > Is really swell > The little pill with > A big sto- > Ry to tell.♪ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4399 "2023-05-06T18:50:21Z")
“You found the #7 (it’s named after your IQ, you know)” That last part isn’t actually in the commercial, but it bloody well ought to be. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4400 "2023-05-06T20:20:43Z")
With all the ads they’re playing, it makes me assume it’s just cheap drugstore cosmetics and makes me _not_ want to buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4401 "2023-05-06T20:22:54Z")
This. When an ad is run often enough to be annoying through sheer repetition (even if it isn’t already annoying the first time, which it usually is), my default assumption is that it’s a desperate attempt to drown out negative word-of-mouth about the product. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4402 "2023-05-08T23:24:23Z")
Oh yay, the eye bag commercials are back, this time with even worse audio quality. Or maybe it’s intentional that the volume randomly increases as the spokeslady is insisting these are the hottest videos on social media? ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4403 "2023-05-19T00:52:57Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > The worst thing about the Jardiance (thanks Google) one is that the insipid song is such an earworm. I’ll be sitting there, minding my own business, when my brane will chime in with: > > > [@](#): > > > > ♫Jardiance > > Is really swell > > The little pill with > > A big sto- > > Ry to tell.♪ I came here to rant after seeing that stupid commercial for the bajillionth time in a week. If I had control of the clicker, I’d mute it, but spousal unit is the TV watcher - I’m just in the room at the same time. ugh. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4404 "2023-05-19T06:33:24Z")
That’s a weird commercial in a few ways. The actress is dancing, and then we see the mailman giving his spiel about the product. The camera cuts away, but the speech continues. When the camera comes back to the mailman, he’s not talking anymore, even though the voice-over has continued unbroken. Maybe I’m just overly critical because that commercial ruined my vacation. ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4405 "2023-05-21T01:57:13Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > “You found the #7 (it’s named after your IQ, you know)” > > That last part isn’t actually in the commercial, but it bloody well ought to be. > [@carrps](#): > > With all the ads they’re playing, it makes me assume it’s just cheap drugstore cosmetics and makes me _not_ want to buy it. Would airport security even allow any of that on the flight home? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=219) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=221)