# 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:** 277
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5526 "2024-06-12T20:18:50Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Next thing you know we’ll see ads for special dishwasher soap for pet bowls and dishes. STOP GIVING THEM IDEAS!! Because: yeah. If it would sell–and ads could make us feel guilty for not using it–it would appear on the store shelves. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5527 "2024-06-12T20:21:35Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > My paternal grandmother apparently once gave my mother a hard time about washing dog dishes in the same dishwasher load as the people dishes. My mother’s position was that if stuff wasn’t getting sanitized properly in the dishwasher, that was a much bigger concern than the contents of the load. That (about the sanitizing) is certainly true. But that’s surely about whatever microbes transferred from the pet’s mouth to the dish–not about the food itself. A partially-used can of food in the refrigerator wouldn’t have pet-mouth germs–or maybe I’m assuming wrongly that people spoon the food from the newly-opened can into the pet’s dish and then cover the can and put it in the fridge. A complex issue, apparently! ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5528 "2024-06-12T20:29:51Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > A partially-used can of food in the refrigerator wouldn’t have pet-mouth germs–or maybe I’m assuming wrongly that people spoon the food from the newly-opened can into the pet’s dish and then cover the can and put it in the fridge. No, you’ve got it right. At least, in my view, because I’d open a can of cat food for my cats, spoon it into their dishes, cover the can, and put the unused portion in the fridge. At no time did the cats touch the can. Yes, I’m another who cannot understand what is so odd about keeping pet food in the fridge. I did it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5529 "2024-06-12T20:33:15Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I think, that decided to up their protein intake by consuming dog food, which, if formulated correctly, is much, much higher in protein than a human should consume. You cant get more protein that just meat or protein shakes, etc. Fresh Dog food has quite a bit of veggies in there. ---
**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 12, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5530 "2024-06-12T20:33:27Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > There are a series of commercials for a mattress or one of those ready made beds they sell these days that is unusual because the characters pitching the product are made out to be assholes. On purpose. I don’t think I’ve seen companies where they intentionally made the product spokespersons unlikeable and it struck me as pretty novel. Problem is, I don’t remember the name of the product, but the pitch is, “How do you sleep at night?” “Like a baby on a \_\_\_”. > > Anyone know what I’m talking about? Here ya go: > [@Again with the annoying commercials!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5424): > > Uh, Mattress Firm? Was “our customers are assholes” really the theme you were going for? [[Mattress Firm Sweaty Gym Rat Sleeps 2024 Commercial] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ31jOtKR18&t=0)[[Mattress Firm Commercial 2024 Mascot Sleeps Ad Review] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I54sxJHHC20&t=0)[[How This Barefoot Guy Sleeps at Night] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a3_gzo9XsY&t=0) ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5531 "2024-06-12T20:34:57Z")
How did I miss that? ---
**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 12, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5532 "2024-06-12T21:14:36Z")
They appear to have ended the campaign at some point, at least I haven’t seen any, but DirecTV used to feature SuperAssholes. I guess that started with the 2013 football season; the most recent example I’m aware of is from [2018.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/548) [Here’s a post from when I first noticed them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/136) but all the YouTube links are dead. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5533 "2024-06-12T21:48:25Z")
Looking it up, the big problem with dog food as human food is that dog food has added vitamin K3, which dogs need, but to much is toxic to humans. Ergo the kidney failure. Saw an article that Freshpet may be violating truth in advertising laws. They claim to use human grade food products, but their manufacturing facilities are “feed grade”, not human food grade. They don’t have USDA oversight and don’t maintain the strict cleanliness requirements for human food. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5534 "2024-06-12T23:58:52Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > No, you’ve got it right. At least, in my view, because I’d open a can of cat food for my cats, spoon it into their dishes, cover the can, and put the unused portion in the fridge. At no time did the cats touch the can. My only problem with that is that some cat foods are really smelly. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5535 "2024-06-13T00:05:01Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Yes, I’m another who cannot understand what is so odd about keeping pet food in the fridge. I did it all the time. But that was pet food in a can. FreshPet is in a bag. Bagged pet food is usually not kept in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5536 "2024-06-13T01:36:21Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > My only problem with that is that some cat foods are really smelly. They are, and I think that’s what triggers the initial “ick” reflex. In reality, if covered you can’t smell it any more than you can smell anything else in the fridge. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5537 "2024-06-13T06:36:30Z")
Not so much annoying as perplexing. Why is Dax Shepard and his Beady-Eyed wife treating a crappy Mini-Van like some kind of investment instrument? Makes no sense at any level. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5538 "2024-06-13T06:43:20Z")
There is Fresh pet that is a moist food in a tube like wrapper like a hamburger chub or breakfast sausage. There’s a few other brands. It’s meant to be refrigerated. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5539 "2024-06-13T07:47:33Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > My only problem with that is that some cat foods are really smelly. They are. Which is why I’d usually cover them in foil, secured by an elastic band. ---
**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 13, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5540 "2024-06-13T11:23:52Z")
Believe it or not, I’ve actually tasted Freshpet chicken and rice in the tube. It tastes like chicken (heh!), but needs salt. It’s not bad, really. My dog is picky, and she likes it. Anybody who feeds their dog canned food refrigerates it after opening. It’s on the label, for Pete’s sake! ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5541 "2024-06-13T12:40:00Z")
My husband gives me all kinds of grief about not buying the “fresh” dog food. Our dog is 12 - she’s been eating dry kibbles as long as she’s lived here, with occasional canned added in, or bits of leftover table food once in a while. All of a sudden, he thinks her food isn’t good enough and I should be spending five times as much for the fancy foods. Ain’t gonna happen. But I suspect if I sent him to buy dog food, he’d come home with the $$$ stuff. _Fercryinoutloud_ - the dog will snack on the tootsie rolls in the cat box!! She’s not all that discriminating! > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Because: yeah. If it would sell–and ads could make us feel guilty for not using it–it would appear on the store shelves. Witness the proliferation of whole-body deodorants. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5542 "2024-06-13T14:14:59Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > My only problem with that is that some cat foods are really smelly. > > They are. Which is why I’d usually cover them in foil, secured by an elastic band. I’ve visited people who didn’t bother keeping the cat food in the refrigerator covered; I think they were used to the odor. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5543 "2024-06-13T14:20:05Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Witness the proliferation of whole-body deodorants. For some reason only Lume commercials get my dander up. All the others seem reasonable. Heck, I’ve been known to chuck some anti-perspirant under my boobs in the summer. Good to have a lotion-y product more suited for the job. They do not, however, guilt me into thinking I stink and I don’t even know it. Or that body order ISN’T a sign that maybe you should wash. Lume does that have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too nonsense. “Feel ashamed of your natural smell but also end your shame spiral by using our product while not bathing at all!” But that only works on women, apparently. Their Mandood product gets silly commercials with guys with dumb Italian accents smelling better naked. ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5544 "2024-06-13T15:15:19Z")
I recently started seeing some “male enhancement” product commercial where a guy is on a golf course, and his driver is flaccid. “This won’t work”, he notes. His impossibly-hot 19 year old caddie offers him the product (I forget, and damn if I’m going to look for this commercial!) and shazzam! his driver is stiff as, well, a metal driver. He’s even holding it suggestively. I mean, seriously, were these written by 16 year olds? Because it sounds exactly like stuff I wrote when I was that age. And the question I always ponder: since none of these amateur boner pills work, how do they stay in business? How many suckers can they find to buy it? I guess a guy is never going to admit that 1) he bought boner pills from TV and 2) that they didn’t work. ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5545 "2024-06-13T15:23:24Z")
OMG - have y’all seen the commercial where the dudes yank down their pants to show their oh-so-not-brown striped tighty-whities? It’s for Man-Wipes or some stupid name. [Dude Wipes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbSZomz9COU) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=276) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=278)