# 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:** 236
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4706 "2023-10-14T14:58:19Z")
I’ve noticed that too. It’s always the male who is wrong or an idiot, never the female. Unless its a white woman being made to look foolish by a woman of color. ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4707 "2023-10-14T15:04:47Z")
I would like an example or two of a white woman made to look foolish by a woman of color in an ad, please. For my own education. Thanks. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4708 "2023-10-14T15:42:39Z")
One example that comes to mind is a laundry detergent commercial with a white woman getting schooled by woman of color about how much water is in her detergent that she thinks is such a great bargain. (That’s not the reason I remember it though, it’s the stupid “how much water is in your detergent” idea. Yeah, the detergent is mostly water. So are people.) That’s all I can think of at the moment but I know I have seen a few others. If I see them again or think of them I’ll post them. ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4709 "2023-10-14T15:47:23Z")
Hmmmm. . . so a woman of color is making a fool of a white woman by explaining something to her? And that is the only example you can think of? Why am I feeling this uncomfortable feeling I get around wypipo? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4710 "2023-10-14T18:28:58Z")
Porn, on the other hand, is usually better without the sound. ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4711 "2023-10-14T20:15:19Z")
It’s not the ads themselves that irritate me but the product. These Human Resources apps that “let” you do your own payroll. No they _make_ you do your own payroll. Isn’t it bad enough that they pay people dogshit, now they have to cover the people in the office too? What? Is the director of HR too busy waxing the CEO’s car or something? HR is HR’s job. The situations they present are nonsensical as well. “Oh no, I’m on vacation and my paycheck is short 12 hours.” Do people think they get to press a button and solve that problem? Show me a company that just lets their employees pay themselves whenever they think they deserve it and I’ll show you a broke company. The only thing those apps do is make you keep track of everything Human Resources should be keeping track of. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4712 "2023-10-14T20:19:25Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I would like an example or two of a white woman made to look foolish by a woman of color in an ad, please. For my own education. Thanks. Well, there are the Spectrum ads where the cool, hip smart couple is black, and the un-cool- square couple is white. But they do see the light and convert. ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4713 "2023-10-14T20:41:00Z")
Still not a black woman making a white woman look foolish in the way that kids make adults look foolish and wives make husbands look foolish. It’s like some (not all, not even most) white people feel attacked if colored people are in any way smarter, hipper or even just. . . more explain-y. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4714 "2023-10-14T20:43:21Z")
I agree here, and I had no issues with the ad at all, But since i consulted with Spectrum for a while and got free cable, I remember them fondly. I thought tha ad was a good one. ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4715 "2023-10-14T20:47:46Z")
CoffeeMate has been running an ad that seems to think it’s a Big Deal[tm] that you can make twenty cups of coffee at home for the cost of getting one at someplace like FourBucks. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4716 "2023-10-16T21:51:16Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > [“Martha”](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/qfeP/medicare-benefits-and-questions-line-martha-2022-enrollment-period) > > [Carol Anne voice] > She’s back. Great. She’s back again. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4717 "2023-10-16T23:00:07Z")
The commercials with the red flag instant replay. They always seem to be one-sided.it’s hard to be sure, when the whole concept makes them both look stupid, but it seems the “smug” one is always right. “You’re Mr Sunroof, therefor, it’s your fault it is open!” The review “proves” this, somehow. But you, Ms Smugpants, were driving. It should be your responsibility, at least as much. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4718 "2023-10-17T05:22:37Z")
That was my reaction! If you’re driving, it’s your job to make sure the car is shut down properly - windows up, doors locked, and sun roof closed. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4719 "2023-10-17T06:00:24Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “You’re Mr Sunroof, therefor, it’s your fault it is open!” The review “proves” this, somehow. But you, Ms Smugpants, were driving. It should be your responsibility, at least as much. Yeah, I found that. She is the driver. It was her responsibility, ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4720 "2023-10-17T11:44:53Z")
The keys on our old car were designed so that if they were stowed with something pressing one of the buttons, the sunroof would open after a minute or so. I understand how they made the signal strong enough for keys inside the house to open the sunroof in the driveway, but darned if I can figure out how they implemented the rain-making feature. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4721 "2023-10-17T15:45:01Z")
The sunroof on my Scion closes by itself after a short delay unless you press the “open” button right after you turn the car off. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4722 "2023-10-17T15:54:03Z")
There is a commercial running for Jublia, a toe fungus treatment. Nothing wrong with it per se but at the end it mentions you have to apply the Jublia daily for 48 weeks. Most products for athlete’s foot, etc take a month or two. I guess slow and steady does the trick. Oh. And it costs over $700 per bottle which lasts 3 weeks. I looked it up in the Blue Cross formulary and it is listed but only alternatives are covered. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4723 "2023-10-17T20:03:26Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > 48 weeks You can cut off your toes and grow new ones faster than that. ---
**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 17, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4724 "2023-10-17T22:50:04Z")
This is more puzzling than annoying, but 4Imprint’s ads make it seem like folks _crave_ clothing and other items emblazoned with their company’s logo. Am I the only one who doesn’t get particularly excited about my company’s logo? Is a promotional item more desirable when your company’s logo doesn’t look like it was designed using a late '90s version of Publisher? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4725 "2023-10-19T02:32:01Z")
Ok, I don’t hate the Jardiance A1C commercial as much after reading an article on the lead dancer/singer. There’s a lot of truth to > [@](#): > > Anyway, there are bigger things to worry about. “Like, you should be mad that there are Palestinian children being blown to bits today or what Hamas did in Israel,” she says. “Be really mad about that. But to be mad at a diabetes commercial, you’re warped.” Here’s a gift link to the Washington Post article: > **[She’s the queen of a pharma earworm, and the haters better watch out](https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2023/10/18/jardiance-commercial-actress-trolls/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjk3NjAxNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjk4OTgzOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTc2MDE2MDAsImp0aSI6IjE3NDc5NDIxLTA4OTktNDRkMS1iMWM5LTRiYmFmZWNlZGIyNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zdHlsZS9vZi1pbnRlcmVzdC8yMDIzLzEwLzE4L2phcmRpYW5jZS1jb21tZXJjaWFsLWFjdHJlc3MtdHJvbGxzLyJ9.lVWZeKLdpXMsl8GM5xQovlSuMFqd8hfsypX383Je8MA&itid=gfta)** > > You’ve seen the Jardiance commercial. The one where Deanna Colón sings about lowering your A1C — but she also has a lot to say about her trolls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=237)