# 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:** 235
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4686 "2023-10-11T20:19:55Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Holy shit, I want to slap **both** of them. That kid for screaming a temper tantrum till he gets his way, and the mom for letting him get away with it. Hey Mom, that kid being a brat is _your_ fault. Yeah, that is poor parenting. > [@solost](#): > > Also, what kind of a lame-ass first date is meeting for a movie? One, if there’s no initial attraction you’re stuck in the dark with the person for two hours. Two, there’s no opportunity to talk and get to know each other. At least, go out for coffee or a drink after, and use the movie as a subject of conversation. But they said goodbye right after and went their separate ways. Good points. > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I always feel sorry for the USPS or UPS worker who has to handle the Cologuard box. Why? its triple sealed, and a tiny amount. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4687 "2023-10-11T21:44:50Z")
> [@solost](#): > > At least, go out for coffee or a drink after, and use the movie as a subject of conversation. But they said goodbye right after and went their separate ways. The only time I’ve seen this, I couldn’t believe how ill-thought-out it was. So I had a running commentary in my head: “Annnnd, neither of them had even a smidgin of a good time. Not even enough to go grab coffee afterwards.” (Was that the plan all along? “Okay, I’ll go out with you, but only to a movie. ONLY to a movie: we split up on the sidewalk IMMEDIATELY afterwards, and never see each other again. And you stop calling and leaving me ‘cute’ presents, AM I CLEAR?!?”) ---
**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 11, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4688 "2023-10-11T22:20:06Z")
I can’t wait for TVs to be so advanced that I can actually punch a character through the screen. First up would be an embarrassment to his gender, a guy in a phone commercial. The family is at a restaurant and the “dad” is presented with his birthday cake. He excitedly wishes for the new phone, and is pulled out of his seat by the blandest acter in Hollywood, Jason Bateman. Somebody wrote this thing. ---
**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 11, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4689 "2023-10-11T22:32:18Z")
That’s not his dad. He’s just an annoying bystander. He’s Will’s friend from Will and Grace, Sean Hayes. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4690 "2023-10-11T22:36:54Z")
I’m surprised that Will Arnett isn’t in it too. Those three host a podcast called, “Smartless.” It’s not bad, actually, they get a lot of big names. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4691 "2023-10-12T03:01:28Z")
Imagine being the driver who delivers truckloads of them to the lab. Actually, I’ve done it twice, and while the box indicates the contents, it’s all very well sealed. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4692 "2023-10-12T04:26:32Z")
Hehe, I love your examination of this, but you’ve obviously thought about it harder than anyone at the ad agency ever did. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4693 "2023-10-12T04:33:46Z")
Heheh, I have scraped my poop in a series of vials and sent it off via FedEx\*. I kinda want them to include your tag line. Because why be ashamed if you’re mailing your poop off to the appropriate people who are expecting it? They want to examine it, you want them to examine it. This is entirely appropriate behavior for adults. “Yep, this is the 21st century. We mail our poop to doctors.” \*You know. When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4694 "2023-10-12T06:00:08Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I always feel sorry for the USPS or UPS worker who has to handle the Cologuard box. My wife got a Cologuard from her doctor and brought it to me to help pack it for shipping. She thought the folded paper sheet was to over wrap the sample. I told her, “No, you float that on the water and poo on it, then get the sample from there.” She stared at me and said, “You’re supposed to _what_?” I didn’t ask her how she did it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4695 "2023-10-12T07:12:09Z")
My local sports bar/race book has, at any given time, three dozen TV screens showing sports and horse racing. None gets pride-of-place, sound-wise, unless it’s a big game (e.g. the Super Bowl), or a major race (e.g. the Kentucky Derby). So, commercials, especially in sports broadcasts, run with the sound off. I’ve noticed that a lot of commercials make no sense without the sound. You have little to no idea about the product that is being advertised, until the last few seconds, when the advertiser reveals itself: Nissan, Chevrolet, Mary Brown’s Chicken (who knows? could be KFC without the sound), TD Bank … the list goes on. I wish marketing execs at companies that advertise would watch the commercial with the sound off, to see how stupid what they’re paying for is. Seems to me that they should show commercials that remind the viewer of what name the advertiser is selling throughout the commercial, so viewers in sports bars, where the sound is most often off, get the message too. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4696 "2023-10-12T08:15:51Z")
Yeah, but with commercials they last less than half an hour. You can stream them online after 6 PM Eastern if you can’t watch the earlier broadcast due to sports, breaking news, etc. (I haven’t asked Mom if the Liberty Mutual commercial airs during her soap opera.) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4697 "2023-10-12T10:25:13Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’ve noticed that a lot of commercials make no sense without the sound. I’ve noticed that a lot of commercials make no sense _with_ the sound. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4698 "2023-10-12T12:22:56Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Hehe, I love your examination of this, but you’ve obviously thought about it harder than anyone at the ad agency ever did. Well, I’m sure I’ve watched the damn commercial many more times than anyone at the ad agency ever did 😏 ---
**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:** [October 12, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4699 "2023-10-12T14:29:32Z")
Those of you who aren’t worried about the Cologuard box… how can you be sure the pooper washed their hands before placing it on the porch? ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4700 "2023-10-12T15:29:53Z")
That’s true - but it’s also true of anything else placed in the mail. I doubt anyone fails to wash their hands before handling the Cologuard box but makes sure to wash their hands between pooping and handling an Amazon return. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4701 "2023-10-12T15:53:52Z")
And also, the birds have probably had time to poop all over the porch since the last time you sanitized it. So you’re contaminating the outside of the box by putting it on the porch. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4702 "2023-10-13T18:46:15Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > The family is at a restaurant and the “dad” is presented with his birthday cake. He excitedly wishes for the new phone, and is pulled out of his seat by the blandest acter in Hollywood, Jason Bateman. Somebody wrote this thing. Not the dad. If you listen, you will hear that Sean is butting in on children’s birthdays to steal their birthday wish blowing out the candles. And then stealing cake. ---
**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 13, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4703 "2023-10-13T18:53:34Z")
I can never follow the plots. Partly because I can’t _not_ mute them, and also because I really don’t care that much 🙂 ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4704 "2023-10-13T19:50:25Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Not the dad. If you listen, you will hear that Sean is butting in on children’s birthdays to steal their birthday wish blowing out the candles. And then stealing cake. Man, I should have posted almost the exact same thing two days ago! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4705 "2023-10-14T13:54:42Z")
Not a specific commercial but a general approach - the guy is an idiot and the indulgent woman gently humors him. Or not so gently. Is this revenge for _“My wife, I think I’ll keep her”_ of years gone by? Equally annoying is when kids show up their parents. Sorry, but if your idea of making a sale involves making someone look stupid or incompetent, you’re not getting my business. So there! 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=236)