# 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:** 232
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4626 "2023-09-25T05:20:31Z")
Hey, Capital One! Why are you behind a run in the ninth if you have Derek Fucking Jeeter on you team? Why wouldn’t the game been called in like the third from the Mercy Rule? And is that Derek Waters, of Drunk History fame who gets slapped down? Sure looks like him. Dumb ad. ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4627 "2023-09-25T12:43:14Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I don’t think Jesus needs a college education. His wisdom is infinite. It helps when you designed the universe. His dad designed the universe. Jesus is just a classic example of nepotism. ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4628 "2023-09-25T14:11:41Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Jesus is just a classic example of nepotism. NepobabyJesus! I was raised Catholic. God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost are all the same being. 🙂 ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4629 "2023-09-25T14:15:02Z")
I’m still not motivated to get sandwiches at Jimmy John’s because their ads feature aggressive, violent lummoxes. ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4630 "2023-09-25T14:21:32Z")
It’s obviously not spring now so why is this still on (minus “It’s Spring!”)? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TZ-uE0FItxY/maxresdefault.jpg "Claritin — Live Claritin Clear") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ-uE0FItxY) ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4631 "2023-09-25T14:21:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I was raised Catholic. God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost are all the same being. 🙂 Apologies if I offended at all! I was nominally raised Catholic; my parents pretty much gave up on church when I was a little kid, but sent me to Catechism to try to hedge their bets on my immortal soul. ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4632 "2023-09-25T14:23:40Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I’m still not motivated to get sandwiches at Jimmy John’s because their ads feature aggressive, violent lummoxes. Jersey Mike’s is probably better anyway. ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4633 "2023-09-25T15:21:31Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > 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. This is the commercial that I keep thinking must be missing half it’s content. The Kit Kat girl gets two candies while the two boys only get one while the lady giving out the candy compliments the girl’s costume-- a combo of Kit Kat and Reeses. The little girl says something snarky to the boys and there’s even a _waa-waa_ style sting music. There has to be a part of the commercial where the boys make fun of her costume in order for any of this to make sense. ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4634 "2023-09-25T15:29:03Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Apologies if I offended at all! No offense. Hence the smiley. The Holy Trinity is right up there with particle/wave duality. I don’t understand them but I accept\* them. \*I was raised Catholic, but “the teachings did not take.” ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4635 "2023-09-25T17:26:49Z")
He says, “KitKat!” while the other says, “Reese’s!” The little girl just gets both because that lady’s not… very nice. 😃 ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4636 "2023-09-26T01:13:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I was raised Catholic. God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost are all the same being. 🙂 So, when he said “Father, forgive them”, he was delirious and just talking to himself? ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4637 "2023-09-26T05:07:18Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > So, when he said “Father, forgive them”, he was delirious and just talking to himself? You’ll have to take that up with the Pope. Did you know if you beam Jesus at a double slit, a holy diffraction pattern occurs? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4638 "2023-09-26T11:52:08Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > So, when he said “Father, forgive them”, he was delirious and just talking to himself? If I remember correctly, they are one entity and three separate beings at the same time. It’s a mystery, kind of like transubstantiation. ---
**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 29, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4639 "2023-09-29T01:06:42Z")
Getting back to the subject of annoying commercial, the Colonial Penn ads with the goldfish-brained customers needing the “3Ps” (price, price, and price) repeatedly explained in one step above babytalk. I shudder to imagine the cerebral meltdowns if one attempted to explain to these people the way I presume the “fixed price” thing works (i.e. the _amount of coverage_ one gets for the fixed price drops to practically useless levels if you’re not a prime candidate). ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4640 "2023-09-29T14:04:37Z")
Yes, the shock at the sudden death of the 900 year old is so irritating. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4641 "2023-09-29T14:12:32Z")
It _starts off_ at a useless level - it’s $9.95 per month per unit and a unit is worth about $2000 for a 50 year woman. I hate everything about that commercial - from the way they call it the Colonial Penn program" as if it was something other than an insurance company , to the condescending " $9.95 for you , too" to introducing that salesman as if he is someone I should know. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4642 "2023-10-01T18:40:47Z")
How about the tearjerker St. Jude’s Hospital ads? One of the latest batch features a little girl who had a kiwi sized tumor about 5 years ago. She underwent treatment and lived happily until recently she started showing signs of recurrence. According to the narrator, happily lots of improvements in treatment have occurred since her first cancer treatments. The hospital needs more money for more lifesaving research. Then the twist: SHE DIED! WTF? They jerked the tears a little too hard with that ending. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4643 "2023-10-01T19:09:17Z")
What happened to your happy ending??? I think that is pretty effective advertising. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4644 "2023-10-01T19:34:42Z")
It totally turned me off. Contrast that with [Shriner’s Hospital’s](https://youtu.be/uxy62pxI-NQ) approach. Happy children who’ve had successful treatment. I want to be part of that success. I don’t want to be part of the depressing St. Jude failures. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4645 "2023-10-01T19:38:40Z")
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