# 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:** 25
**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:** [June 17, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/481 "2018-06-17T18:16:04Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > …Many people think Chinese food is heavy on the MSG…[long post snipped] > In fact migraine sufferers have reported getting the headache after consuming food with no MSG. It’s been almost two weeks of MSG now. We read the ‘linked studies’ long ago. Can we get back on topic, and snark about commercials? I vote for the Sonic “Flipsy” ad, with two women from Kimmie Schmidt and 30 Rock being soooo cute! [gag emoji] ---
**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:** [June 17, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/482 "2018-06-17T22:27:47Z")
The Ruby Tuesday ad with the screechy voice makes me want to throw things. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/483 "2018-06-17T23:27:02Z")
> [@digs](#): > > It’s been almost two weeks of MSG now. We read the ‘linked studies’ long ago. Can we get back on topic, and snark about commercials? Hey, as long as people want to be educated, why not do so? ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/484 "2018-06-19T17:42:47Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Hey, as long as people want to be educated, why not do so? You’re not educating anybody. You picked the first Google search result that supports what you already believe and then act like you’re an expert on something you don’t know anything about. Since you’re uninformed about migraines, let me tell you how it works. If you get migraines that might be food-related, you keep a food diary and see if there are any patterns. If you consistently get migraines when you eat a certain type of food, then you don’t eat that food and see if that has any effect on your migraines. Study results are irrelevant—all that matters is that there is a relationship between the food you eat and migraines. If you don’t get migraines when you don’t eat a certain food, then you may stop eating that food completely, because migraines suck and there are many other delicious things to eat. I shouldn’t need to tell you that it’s very rude and unhelpful to tell people that their medical conditions are all in their heads, especially when you’re not an expert. There are some psychosomatic illnesses, but there are a lot of other illnesses that are overlooked and not treated very well, and I don’t know why you would want to perpetuate that. TLDR version: Reading one study does not make you an expert. Please stop giving people medical advice on the internet, because you’re doing more harm than good. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/485 "2018-06-19T17:49:27Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Hey, as long as people want to be educated, why not do so? Why not do so in a thread NOT dedicated to snarking on commercials? Or what **MagicEyes** said… ---
**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:** [June 19, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/486 "2018-06-19T17:59:21Z")
The whole series of Century Link Proce for Life commercials, but especially [this one](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wSGS/centurylink-price-for-life-high-speed-internet-park-bench). They play it 50 times in each Diamondbacks game. Not just that the people are annoying, but the center lady had a role on L&O where detective Lupo slept with her. She turned out to be a psycho hose beast, so we always see her as that character in the commercial. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/487 "2018-06-19T19:17:37Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > You’re not educating anybody. You picked the first Google search result that supports what you already believe and then act like you’re an expert on something you don’t know anything about. > TLDR version: Reading one study does not make you an expert. Please stop giving people medical advice on the internet, because you’re doing more harm than good. I didnt give any advice at all. I was just quoting peer reviewed studies on Google Scholar. I have no established beliefs on MSG or Migraines. Nor do i think I am a expert. The Doctors and scientists who wrote those peer reviewed studies are experts. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/488 "2018-06-19T19:33:02Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I didnt give any advice at all. I was just quoting peer reviewed studies on Google Scholar. And telling people that it’s all in their heads. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/489 "2018-06-19T19:41:48Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > And telling people that it’s all in their heads. I was quoting and paraphrasing the study. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/490 "2018-06-19T19:49:15Z")
I pride myself in watching virtually no commercials whatsoever. I even record the ten o’clock news and start watching it at 10:15 or so just so I can fast forward through all the drivel. I predominantly watch movies, but I record the few series I do watch like NCIS. So, in regards to the commercials that annoy me the most, I can happily answer, “I have no idea!” 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 20, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/491 "2018-06-20T14:04:33Z")
I started watching the morning news with a delay so I could skip vicious ads during the last election…I might start doing that again. The ads that currently run during the morning news aren’t terribly annoying at this point, and I actually look forward to one local dealership’s ads because of their cute dog. The one where the customer can’t remember how many Toyotas she has owned (or leased?), on the other hand, needs to go away. Honestly, it doesn’t speak well for the car if you can’t remember driving it. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/492 "2018-06-20T14:29:57Z")
This one is probably already here but the Diet Coke ad with just some rando walking down the street talking about why drinking Diet Coke is still cool. It’s just SO STUPID I can’t imagine who came up with the concept and who would watch that commercial and think, “Yep, this one’s a winner!” In fact it’s SO STUPID it’s almost dumb enough to secretly be an ad for every diet soda manufacturer that isn’t Coke. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/493 "2018-07-01T16:06:35Z")
Not so much “annoying” as “marketing totally missing the point”…there’s a Great Wolf lodge commercial in heavy rotation this weekend that shows a tween/preteen girl who won’t look up from her phone until she beholds the majesty of Great Wolf’s indoor water park. I hate to break it to the marketing gurus at Great Wolf, but as someone who can remember being dragged all the way to Myrtle Beach when I was in the 7th grade for the sole purpose of seeing a cartoon character-themed ice skating performance…kids outgrow things. A water attraction full of shrieking toddlers and primary colors would have held no appeal to me at that age. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/494 "2018-07-01T17:19:12Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > . . . > I actually look forward to one local dealership’s ads because of their cute dog. > . . . > [snipped] The commercials for a local dealer (Memphis) usually are of him standing in the car lot talking, with his four Labs wandering around aimlessly or looking up at him adoringly. When I buy my next car, I’ll definitely check out his offerings. I figure anyone with such good dogs can’t be all bad. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/495 "2018-07-01T20:22:19Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I hate the Kia commercial with the smug little girl who has a really annoying head voice. > > I hated the Kia Christmas commercial (for 2 years now) that made the Carol of the Bells sound like an army was attacking. > > I can think of several things I would like to do to their advertising agency, if I could find out who it is. As the version of the song is titled “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo,” the martial feel makes sense. Why Kia uses it, I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/496 "2018-07-02T16:19:39Z")
Somebody has probably already mentioned it, but the Credit Karma commercial with the Mom who is making “SMOOOOOOOOTHIES!!”, stirs ZERO sympathy in me for the daughter, as I am guessing the commercial intended. It makes me feel sorry for the parents who have an able-bodied grown daughter living with them who spends her time reading, surfing the net, taking a nap and doing yoga while Mom vacuums and cooks. The daughter and her sister are all, “Ugh! You don’t want to live with Mom and Dad forever, do you?”. Right. I am the totally on the side of the Mom and would be doing all manner of annoying shit to get her to leave, too. I also am really really maximally annoyed in the way that channels will play the SAME commercial every single break, especially when they are promoting some upcoming made-for-their-network movie. I like to just put on some mindless TV while I am cooking or sewing, etc…and I normally just tune out the dumbassery. But that damn Meghan and Harry movie commercial that was played ad nauseum was so grating it made me drop what I was working on and hit mute and messed up my work flow. It made me switch back to Turner Classic when I want background TV. As for all the male enhancement products, whoever that Big Hurt dude is should be embarrassed of his life. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/497 "2018-07-02T16:50:17Z")
> [@Grumbacher\_Red](#): > > As for all the male enhancement products, whoever that Big Hurt dude is should be embarrassed of his life. _Some_ people think he’s a great ball player! She’ll like it too (wink). ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/498 "2018-07-02T17:09:56Z")
Subaru is trying a bit too hard to maintain their hold on what I can only term the “crunchy granola” demographic. Let’s start with their motto: “Love. It’s what makes a Subaru a Subaru.” Honestly, I’d rather it was engineering that made a car a Subaru. It isn’t a motto that stands up to much inspection. But this is just the intro to a series of commercials that illustrate how thin the line is between “heartwarming” and “glurge”: A young couple is visiting (apparently) Big Sur and asks “Is this the Peninsula Trail?” A weird old guy with a santa claus beard says “Oh, you won’t find that on any trail map.” Let’s examine that thought. Something well known, called the “Peninsula Trail”, won’t be found a trail map in a touristy area near, apparently, a peninsula. That sounds like reliable information. But the creepy old guy says “I’ll show it to you.” Did I mention that creepy old guy is blind? But the couple says “Sure, let’s let creepy old blind guy lead us along a trail that’s not even on any map.” These are the most trusting people probably on the face of the planet. This leads to a cringeworthy visual where all three of them are flinging their arms open to the sea while the old dude says “If you listen real hard, you can hear the whales.” The whales are saying “Hey, that creepy old dude is a serial killer, look out!” Probably. In the next scene, the couple is following the old guy into the forest to listen for barn owls. So not only did they invite the old dude along on their adventures, it’s now 8 or 10 hours later and they are still following him. Into a dark forest. Without flashlights. Note that Subaru gets the call of the barn owl wrong – it’s not a gentle hoot, it’s more of a scream. Sort of like people getting dismembered by creepy old guys in a dark forest. The “flinging the arms open to the ocean” bit also appears in another annoying Subaru commercial where a young woman is trying to instill a love of the ocean in her as yet unborn child. Five years later, they drive up again in the same Subaru and the little brat hops out of the car and says something like “C’mon Mom!”. Mom then completes her sacrifice to Neptune with a silver dagger. In my imagination, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/499 "2018-07-02T19:52:43Z")
The PC Matic commercials - The soft spoken monotone Asian guy with the really very extremely close-set eyes doesn’t so much annoy me as his ads just make me stare at him in a what-the-hell-am-i-looking at kind of way. There’s a newer one with an old couple in it talking in the same soft monotone way about PC Matic being based in America and how Marge got taken for $600 before she got smart and got PC Matic. Are they trying to tell me about their product or put me to sleep? And then there is a commercial for an eczema drug and website called Eczema Exposed, which features a fairly pitiful ginger girl who seems to have been afflicted with eczema for quite some time and keeps telling everyone “It’s fine”, until her friend has to tell her all about what causes eczema and how she read on the webbernets that there is info and treatments out there for it, because apparently having eczema means you are too dumb and lacking in enough gumption to actually look up your own condition yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/500 "2018-07-02T19:55:28Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > \*\*OK, I have to chime in here. And I’m going to use my angry red text because that’s how pissed off I am about this. > > I’m an avid watcher of _Jeopardy,_ and I usually watch it while eating dinner. I don’t understand why they have commercials for medications that you have to “ask your doctor about.” If they’re going to advertise something, it should be something that you yourself can actually buy. I’m not going to fucking “ask my doctor” about a medication, I’m going to ask HIM what medication HE thinks I should use. > > But there’s more. These commercials often list horrific litanies of disgusting side effects that I do not want to fucking hear about while I’m eating/smoking weed/trying to relax at the end of my day. I don’t want to hear about cancer, tumors, colons, diarrhea, dementia, and death. It’s particularly galling because, as I said before, these are essentially commercials that don’t NEED to exist. The doctor has discretion over what medications to prescribe to patients, so these commercials don’t need to be shown to the general public. And I’m fucking sick of hearing about these dire physical and mental ailments over and over and over again to remind me of all the things that could potentially go wrong with my body and mind and lead to horrific consequences and suffering. I DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT SHIT SO STOP MAKING ME LISTEN TO IT. > > I usually record Jeopardy an hour prior to watching so that I can fast-forward through the commercials. But I still inevitably have to SEE the words “DEMENTIA” and “PARKINSON’S” and “CANCER” scrawled across my screen in giant letters. > > Fuck this buzzkill. \*\* I laughed myself silly over this! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=26)