# 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:** 231
**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 21, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4606 "2023-09-21T13:34:20Z")
> [@solost](#): > > After going on 4 years working from home, I don’t throw out clothes until they are so old and tattered they are practically unwearable. I’ve continued to wear holey old t-shirts until Mrs. solost says, um, time to retire that, sweetie. Or, sometimes my old t-shirts mysteriously just disappear. I practically have to beg Mr Rebo to throw out his old T-shirts. He actually wears them out in public! I’ve been known to “disappear” a few myself. ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4607 "2023-09-21T13:41:28Z")
Glad to hear I’m not the only one! ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4608 "2023-09-21T13:58:45Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I don’t throw out clothes until they are so old and tattered they are practically unwearable. Using this as a starting point… Back when Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer were the hot LA producing team, I read that Simpson never washed his black jeans. When they were dirty, gone! Open up a new pair. They never look as good as before that first wash. I agree, but I don’t have his money to be that fashionable. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4609 "2023-09-21T14:10:27Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Cascade is claiming that it’s totally fine to run your dishwasher with just a few things in it, and you’re actually conserving water by doing so, because running the dishwasher uses less water than hand washing dishes. Except that claim is based on an assumption that you would have hand washed those dishes if you didn’t run the dishwasher. Actually, it’s more finessed than that. Their claim is that rinsing your dishes wastes water, but people rinse their dishes so they don’t dry and cake up before they run the dishwasher. Cascade is trying to say “don’t rinse your dishes, run the dishwasher. It will still save water.” ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4610 "2023-09-21T14:17:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Back when Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer were the hot LA producing team, I read that Simpson never washed his black jeans. When they were dirty, gone! Open up a new pair. They never look as good as before that first wash. Also the Jack Reacher method… 😏 ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4611 "2023-09-21T14:19:06Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I practically have to beg Mr Rebo to throw out his old T-shirts. He actually wears them out in public! I have lots of old T-shirts; and yeah, I wear them in public. I only discard them if they get _really_ worn-out, or if the armpits tear. I have aloha shirts that I still wear, that I bought in the '90s. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4612 "2023-09-21T14:46:01Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I don’t know about you, but I don’t throw my clothes out simply because they no longer look new, which is probably what they’re basing that claim on. I don’t usually either. But I have moved them from from “wear to work” or “wear outside the house” to “wear around the house” when they start to fade or get pills. Which means I had to buy new clothes for work or to wear outside the house. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4613 "2023-09-21T15:12:20Z")
I wear a Puma t-shirt from the early '90s a couple of times a year. Hey, if they still look good, why not? > [@solost](#): > > Also the Jack Reacher method… 😏 Even if Reacher shopped for clothes at thrift stores (he seemed to prefer Army-Navy outlets), his annual clothing bill must’ve been phenomenal. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4614 "2023-09-21T15:15:55Z")
When my nominal boss asked me when I was going to throw out a ragged shirt I was fond of I said, “when it stops being comfortable”. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4615 "2023-09-21T16:04:43Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Actually, it’s more finessed than that. Their claim is that rinsing your dishes wastes water, but people rinse their dishes so they don’t dry and cake up before they run the dishwasher. > > Cascade is trying to say “don’t rinse your dishes, run the dishwasher. It will still save water.” I think that’s a different ad from the one I’m thinking of. I am familiar with the one you mentioned, but the one I’m thinking of has a guy saying something of “I used to wait until my dishwasher was super full before I ran it, but now I dish differently. Now I run it every day, and I’m actually saving water, because even half loads use less water than hand washing.” ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4616 "2023-09-21T16:14:55Z")
I actually have 3 tiers of t-shirts: top tier is my ‘Sunday Best’ t-shirts, brand new and unstained. Suitable for most casual public wearing. Bottom tier are my torn, stained shirts worn when doing messy chores like painting, staining the deck, etc. Then there’s a middle tier- kayaking t-shirts. I’ve tried wearing the low-tier shirts, torn, paint-splattered shirts for that, but Mrs. solost is like, “nah. I’m still being seen with you in public, even if it’s only a river”. But kayaking shirts are liable to get muddy, torn by branches, or indelibly stained by sunscreen, so I don’t want to wear my best, I need an in-between T: slightly frayed collar, maybe a small discreet hole or two (no more than 2, less than a dime in diameter). But overall presentable. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > Even if Reacher shopped for clothes at thrift stores (he seemed to prefer Army-Navy outlets), his annual clothing bill must’ve been phenomenal. No problem for him-- whenever he’s short on cash, he just finds a drug dealer in a back alley, beats him up and robs him. Then he gets some brand new Army-Navy duds and finds a diner to drink lots of black coffee. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4617 "2023-09-21T18:02:24Z")
Back to annoying commercials: How about Burt Ward and his 27-year-old dog? Ward is especially annoying to me because in the 1990s, he wrote a book about his sexual exploits back in his “Batman and Robin” days, most of them involving underaged girls. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4618 "2023-09-21T19:30:39Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I need an in-between T: slightly frayed collar, maybe a small discreet hole or two (no more than 2, less than a dime in diameter). Heh, I’ve always had dachshunds, and as a result I’ve always had little holes in my t-shirts from the dog’s toe nails as he dug them in when I picked him up. Confused me for a while until I realized where the holes were coming from. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4619 "2023-09-21T20:21:26Z")
> [@solost](#): > > After going on 4 years working from home, I don’t throw out clothes until they are so old and tattered they are practically unwearable. What with cats, my Carhartt T shirts do get holey. So, they then either get put in the garage as work shirts, or now mostly given to my buddy who is a contractor and loves them- holes and all. > [@solost](#): > > I actually have 3 tiers of t-shirts: top tier is my ‘Sunday Best’ t-shirts, brand new and unstained. Yeah, thats me, but two tiers. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > They never look as good as before that first wash. I had a boss who liked designer jeans and had them dry cleaned for just that reason. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4620 "2023-09-22T17:33:29Z")
The latest round of “Balance of Nature” commercials actually has a “September is National Fruits & Veggies Month” line at the end. Yeah, let’s celebrate “National Fruits & Veggies Month” by hawking fake fruits and veggies pills… ---
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4621 "2023-09-22T18:07:33Z")
Do in video paid sponsors count as commercials? Let’s ask the OP. –_scroll, scroll, scroll_– Holy shit, that was me five fucking years ago!!! So, they count then. How old finding out how long ago I started this thread makes me feel notwithstanding, I must watch a lot of YouTube geared towards younguns because I get a lot of AG1 ads. Them there influencers say it’s delicious but it looks like the stuff I had to clear out of my aquarium. But what really gets me is that they really bang on about their “activated mushrooms” and rhodiola. I bet you didn’t even know you needed rhodiola or to activate your mushrooms! It’s also super! Not regular food at all but liquid SuperFood! It is targeted to much, MUCH younger people who, apparently, do not have enough diarrhea in their lives. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4622 "2023-09-24T19:33:00Z")
They had one of those “jesus gets us” commercials. They said He didn’t get a college education. The rest of the things “he” did were fine, but I don’t think Jesus needs a college education. His wisdom is infinite. It helps when you designed the universe. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4623 "2023-09-24T20:15:18Z")
If we’re counting ads on streaming services, I really dislike the new trend of interactive ads I’ve been seeing lately. I have the ad supported Hulu tier, and some of the ads now want me to select exactly which ad I want to watch, for example one I got last night presented a screen that said “Select a video to see how people are using the Metaverse.” Sure, if I don’t pick one it will just automatically play one of them after about 10 seconds, but that means I either have to spend an additional 10 seconds waiting to get back to my show, or I have to expend the effort to reach for the remote and pick a video. I just want to be a couch potato, darn it. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4624 "2023-09-24T23:48:46Z")
There’s a candy commercial with little trick-or-treaters getting either a Kit-Kay or a Reeces Cup (the little girl dress up like both gets both). For the life of me, it sounds like that one kid says, “Kick ass!” when he sees the candy bowl. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4625 "2023-09-25T00:05:15Z")
There’s an ad for some variety of snack chips (I think) where the host’s Alexa (I think) keeps reading texts from his mother which are incredibly embarrassing, commenting on his girlfriend’s appearance and including things like “bride emoji”, “groom emoji”, and “baby emoji”. First of all, does his mother have a spycam in the guy’s living room? And who would have something programmed to read out texts like that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=230) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=232)