# 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:** 226
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4506 "2023-07-21T23:01:32Z")
XStream internet has a commercial “No Drama” with a young teen girl “complaining” about how good her internet has become. I’m on the fence as to whether I like this commercial or hate it. I’m voting “hate it” because it’s missing a single word at the end that would have made it a great commercial. The word: “Yes!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uasOjhTNNSk/maxresdefault.jpg "No Drama - June") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uasOjhTNNSk) ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4507 "2023-07-30T17:37:44Z")
Volkswagen has a new feature that starts the car when driver sits down. I hate the feature more than I hate the commercial but I hate the commercial too. And I hate the parenting and the kid is ugly. (well maybe not that last part) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0viJsiwHMT0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Volkswagen ID.4 EV | “Peek-A-Boo”") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0viJsiwHMT0) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4508 "2023-07-30T17:54:58Z")
I think the kid is adorable and the commercial is very cute… until the wife taps on the window with a look of “How dare you bond with our daughter and make her laugh?! There is no room in our lives for joy; now go do that soul-sucking errand I’ve sent you on.” I hate her, and that’s what makes me hate that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4509 "2023-07-30T21:42:59Z")
I am not sure about “cute”, but yeah the wife is a piece of work. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4510 "2023-07-30T21:48:22Z")
[This](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/2nf0/upwork-handshake) is one of the annoying commercials for Upwork, a website to recruit employees. The old guy in the commercials is supposed to be decrepit, but he’s actually a bit horrifying. (I thought they were going for zombie rather than decrepit.) I just spent a couple of weeks with my parents, whose TV is usually tuned to CNN or CNBC, where these commercials air all day long. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4511 "2023-07-30T23:45:42Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The old guy in the commercials is supposed to be decrepit, but he’s actually a bit horrifying. (I thought they were going for zombie rather than decrepit.) They clearly _are_ going for “zombie” (“♫ ♪ ♬ The old way of working is deader than me… ♩ ♬ ♪”) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4512 "2023-07-31T00:51:43Z")
I hate that commercial, I hate the song, but I really hate the sound of that kid’s laugh. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4513 "2023-07-31T02:56:17Z")
Funny, that commercial sent me on a George Michael jag on Spotify. He wants to be my father figure. ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4514 "2023-07-31T08:30:13Z")
“In hindsight, I probably shouldn’t have tried to take out my own appendix.” A man is being taken out of his house by paramedics as his wife looks on. I deem this commercial ineffective because, though I have seen it at least ten times, I can’t remember the product or service that is being advertised. And it gives me the creeps to envision a person cutting open their own abdomen. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4515 "2023-07-31T11:00:43Z")
You may find this interesting: [Chilling: The story of a surgeon who cut down his own appendix - DailyRounds](https://www.dailyrounds.org/blog/chilling-the-story-of-a-surgeon-who-cut-down-his-own-appendix/) ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4516 "2023-07-31T11:11:16Z")
Yes, this true story of a self-appendectomy is fascinating. Thanks for linking to it. Wasn’t there also a woman in Antarctica who performed some kind of surgery on herself related to breast cancer (with help from a surgeon at another location)? [Found it! (Gift Link from the New York Times)](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25nielsen.html?unlocked_article_code=zHmZwL14XHWVloKwC4lYRbhBIkmaE5c4Ubdr8m3E4bEMrDTdgTzyVpuiyaCLpf1We8l_8Hw2B0FUlfh3Hi2rcm8hGkvtJ60mH7FAu9I_bTHbU3QeUxo0XjRzl8CtL_oMoGa49Zde9dZSFoodjKHS4UZYrAadqlOYfrWIhPN354Naitnt8s4Sp1uB6JHrxJGuf9sZnJD4HK2l-CfVFVJbRA2y2kVvCN4Vpo0ODsy7vq4KGCrw3zRb-WR5MQJTumOe2fq4M4YmrX_ojtzmO9o-sUGP3s4z3KbekErYXVzg7Qrn2x_qlxsW87yianZ12Q&smid=url-share) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4517 "2023-07-31T11:24:26Z")
Reminds me of [this](https://chrispalmercastaway.com/survivor-type-extreme-cannibalism/#:~:text='Cannibals%3F,'&text=Stephen%20King's%20short%20story%20from,of%20ear%20and%20so%20on.) Stephen King story of a surgeon stranded on a completely desert island with no life at all - with a kilo of heroin. He gets awfully hungry… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4518 "2023-07-31T14:32:43Z")
There’s an animated commercial for some sort of drug, but I don’t remember which one. There’s a scene at a campsite where a woman is chopping a log for firewood. She puts the axe over her shoulder with a satisfied look. _Every time_, I think ‘OK, now she goes back to her family and chops them up.’ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4519 "2023-07-31T14:41:45Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There’s an animated commercial for some sort of drug, but I don’t remember which one. There’s a scene at a campsite where a woman is chopping a log for firewood. She puts the axe over her shoulder with a satisfied look. _Every time_, I think ‘OK, now she goes back to her family and chops them up.’ - Wood is a poor practice substitute for the human body. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4520 "2023-07-31T14:50:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Wood is a poor practice substitute for the human body. How do you know? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4521 "2023-07-31T14:59:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > Wood is a poor practice substitute for the human body. > > How do you know? - 🤐 ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4522 "2023-07-31T15:01:44Z")
> [@jerseymule](#): > > And it gives me the creeps to envision a person cutting open their own abdomen. Do not watch the movie “Ronin”. _Vincent: Are you sure you can do this?_ _Sam [Preparing to perform surgery on himself] Yeah. I once removed a guy’s appendix with a grapefruit spoon._ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4523 "2023-07-31T15:30:52Z")
Then there is the surgery scene in _Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World_ one guy held a mirror angled so Stephen could see what he was doing to himself. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4524 "2023-07-31T16:00:35Z")
Thanks. I hadn’t thought of that story in a number of years. Welp - there goes any hope for a good, restful sleep for the next couple of months. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4525 "2023-07-31T17:22:02Z")
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