# 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:** 229
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4566 "2023-08-23T12:19:02Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > First, if I’m going to criticize stupidity, I should admit my own initial ignorance; the first couple of times I saw it I didn’t realize that “Lionel” and “Leo” are the same person. Well, he’s Argentinian, so he uses Spanish pronunciation. “Lio” sounds like English “Leo”. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4567 "2023-08-23T15:27:41Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Comcast isn’t exactly being clear about what they actually mean by 10G\*; they’re being deliberately misleading. Hells yeah that’s misleading AF. It actually led to a minor argument between me and Mrs. solost: * * * **Mrs. solost** So, I saw a commercial for a phone 10G network. So we’re up to 10G tech already? **Me:** Uhhh no, as far as I know the cell networks are only up to 5G as of now. **Mrs. solost:** But I saw a commercial for 10G service! Are you saying I don’t know what I saw? **Me:** Nooo…I’m saying I don’t know _ **what** _ you saw, but phone networks are only up to 5G. (Comcast / XFinity “10G” commercial comes on while we’re both watching TV) **Mrs. solost:** See-- I told you, I was right!! **Me:** (shakes head in frustration; not at Mrs. solost, but at the _ **annoyingly** _ misleading Comcast commercial) ---
**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:** [August 23, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4568 "2023-08-23T22:28:03Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > I did a little googling and found this: [Dish Network TV Spot, ‘Reliability Guarantee: Can’t Go Out and Play’ - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/1xAK/dish-network-reliability-guarantee-cant-go-out-and-play) The Irony of Dish’s ‘Reliability Guarantee’? When you get a weather-related loss of signal, the screen displays a message **SPECIFICALLY TELLING YOU _NOT_ TO CONTACT CUSTOMER SUPPORT!!!** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4569 "2023-08-24T17:05:49Z")
Jeep is again showing people driving thru delicate riparian habitats. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4570 "2023-09-06T21:14:34Z")
It gets better. There’s a new Jardiance commercial. Have I ever mentioned that I despise prescription drug advertising? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4571 "2023-09-08T05:43:29Z")
The thing that really annoys me about Jardiance commercials is that ther music is really catchy and tends to make itself into an earworm. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4572 "2023-09-09T23:08:23Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ePU8JGkZmIU/maxresdefault.jpg "Steve Harvey L'Evate You Commercial (2023)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePU8JGkZmIU) I’m sorry but that looks like “levate you”; for “elevate you”, you should have called it “L-evate You”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4573 "2023-09-10T01:06:49Z")
Stupid cheesy YouTube ads for milk! 🙄 I won’t purposely go searching for them to link them. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4574 "2023-09-11T11:31:21Z")
The apostrophe is in the wrong place! It should be ' **Levate you** or ' **L-evate you** or even better just **Elevate you** - it would still be stupid as shit, though. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4575 "2023-09-11T19:00:07Z")
[This one’s](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/18wu/365-from-ruffage-to-radiance) pissing me off right now. WTF is “ruffage”? The internet claims it’s an archaic spelling of roughage, but why would Whole Foods be using it? I think it’s just illiteracy, or maybe they think their audience is illiterate. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4576 "2023-09-13T13:13:09Z")
Oh god, “ruffage”. Like 13 is a ruffage. Aldi bugs me with their “It’s a forever sale!” and “It’s not a sale. I need you to know that.” Why? Why MUST she know it’s not a sale? A “forever sale” means the prices will be low forever, which is the point. She’ll be shopping there for the low prices. And apparently Aldi customers are too stupid to understand “It’s not a sale.” ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4577 "2023-09-17T23:48:36Z")
🤬 Glade and their Christmas commercial. It’s not even spooky season yet, people. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4578 "2023-09-18T00:19:15Z")
I saw a Ford F-150 commercial during football today, where Ford boasts that they’re “all in on America” because the F-150 is “100% assembled in America.” I’d be curious to find out where all the parts are made, because to me that’s more important than where the damn thing is put together. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4579 "2023-09-18T13:44:54Z")
I’m annoyed by the Uber One commercial where Montell Jordan reworks his “This Is How We Do It” song. Because I keep catching myself singing under my breath… 🎶 Uber One can saaave yooou… 🎶 🎶 Save on rides to the west side 🎶 ---
**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:** [September 18, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4580 "2023-09-18T14:59:54Z")
I like that Uber One commercial! (Can I bitch about Jardiance again? That is one icky earworm.) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4581 "2023-09-18T21:29:32Z")
I see now that “young homeowners becoming their parents” commercials are now claiming that as soon as you buy a home you completely forget how social media and other computer-related activities work. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4582 "2023-09-19T00:52:34Z")
I guess they don’t make sense anymore, but I still like them. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4583 "2023-09-19T00:52:36Z")
Yeah, they aren’t young homeowners becoming their parents, they are young idiots becoming homeowners. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4584 "2023-09-19T01:24:37Z")
I was watching TV and a commercial for the new Outback off road came on. The drove on dirt road to water features, got out and admired them. Then a jeep ad- they drove thru and destroyed delicate riparian ecologies. I guess Subaru for the win, and it’s making me think Jeep owners are assholes. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4585 "2023-09-19T02:05:27Z")
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