# 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:** 282
**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 24, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5626 "2024-06-24T12:33:04Z")
Have y’all seen the ad for the magic ring that can tell your > respiratory rate, heart rate, HRV, blood oxygen levels, and body temperature - **but wait there’s more!** Oura Ring - “the mood ring for the 21st century.” /s ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5627 "2024-06-24T13:14:39Z")
Have only just seen the [T-Mobile ad](https://youtu.be/O0awWrzhC2k) with Jason Momoa and two dweebs my wife assures me are from Scrubs. Absolutely irritating. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5628 "2024-06-24T13:27:43Z")
I keep seeing a commercial where some idiot has found “the perfect side hustle!” - selling her cast-off designer duds. What a great money-making plan. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5629 "2024-06-24T14:00:55Z")
> [@Dogginit](#): > > Have only just seen the [T-Mobile ad](https://youtu.be/O0awWrzhC2k) with Jason Momoa and two dweebs my wife assures me are from Scrubs. Absolutely irritating. I’ve been fortunate enough not to see that one until just now. Good lord. Did you read the comments? Nothing but hyperbolic, over-the-top praise for how wonderful Jason Momoa is and how the commenters watch the commercial over and over again (although one, at the bottom, simply said “Horrible!”). And nearly every user ID is a name with a string of numbers after it. I wouldn’t have been surprised to see SteveBuscemi696969 post a “How do you do, fellow Youtubers” comment. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5630 "2024-06-24T19:26:22Z")
> [@Dogginit](#): > > Have only just seen the [T-Mobile ad](https://youtu.be/O0awWrzhC2k) with Jason Momoa and two dweebs my wife assures me are from Scrubs. Absolutely irritating. One of the best ads on TV. Okay, that is a low bar, but still. ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5631 "2024-06-24T19:26:45Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I keep seeing a commercial where some idiot has found “the perfect side hustle!” - selling her cast-off designer duds. What a great money-making plan. 🙄 It’s the attempt to re-cast something quite sad–being so hard up for cash that you have to sell your clothes–into something Hip and Cool, that irritates. (And yes, it’s also stoooopid: spending a ton on designer clothes and then selling them for a fraction of what you spent, is _not_ a way to get ahead financially.) ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5632 "2024-06-24T19:29:11Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Ads for pills - whatever kind - isn’t it amazing that only one pill at a time comes out of the bottle when turned over?? I tip a simple bottle of tylenol to take a couple, and I get a handful!! Even when I tip it gently, I can’t get just one or two. I think there’s a medication available that would fix that for you. Ask your doctor about it! j/k 🙂 ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5633 "2024-06-24T19:42:37Z")
The pill bottle trick takes practice. Just think how many times that hand model had to do that to get them to roll out so effectively AND with the logos the right side up. Not one pill rolling off their hand on to the floor, the abyss, where all pills go. Never to be seen again. And people say hand models have an easy job! ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5634 "2024-06-24T19:42:44Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Ads for pills - whatever kind - isn’t it amazing that only one pill at a time comes out of the bottle when turned over?? What always amazed me in commercials was how people wash their faces. They stare into the mirror and rub really thick, foamy. . . foam in circles on their cheeks and foreheads. And then cup some water in their hands and throw it onto their faces from a foot away. ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5635 "2024-06-24T19:44:37Z")
We’re a minute away from a blood sugar monitor ring! Yeah, baby! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5636 "2024-06-24T21:09:19Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > What always amazed me in commercials was how people wash their faces. They stare into the mirror and rub really thick, foamy. . . foam in circles on their cheeks and foreheads. And then cup some water in their hands and throw it onto their faces from a foot away. With their hair held back by a satin ribbon tied in a pretty bow. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5637 "2024-06-24T21:45:47Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > With their hair held back by a satin ribbon tied in a pretty bow. Ya mean, it’s not really like that? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5638 "2024-06-24T21:58:28Z")
Pbrffftttt. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5639 "2024-06-24T22:12:26Z")
No, real women have panda headbands. > **[Panda Spa Headband](https://www.atticsalt.com/shop/panda-spa-headband/202300012212)** > > FREE Shipping on Qualifying orders! Shop our huge selection at Calendars.com. ---
**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 24, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5640 "2024-06-24T22:23:08Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > “the perfect side hustle!” I think I posted earlier how I HATE that term. GAH! However… I bought, from some broke Poshmark Sidehustler, a specialty Wilton mini Bundt pan, to match the one I have. You see…a pan is 12 mini cakes, but the recipes are for 24 mini cakes. You can’t just sit around waiting for the cakes to cool. Gotta bake, gotta dance! You can’t get the one I have anymore, and I need them to match! ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5641 "2024-06-24T23:18:57Z")
Hint: Divide by 2, or multiply by .5 if you prefer. 😉 ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5642 "2024-06-24T23:32:10Z")
I divided my number of pans by .5. Is that what you mean? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5643 "2024-06-25T01:53:58Z")
Carvana Hold!!! I liked it initially. It doesn’t uh, hold up 😉 to repeated viewings. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EaPjA6lvRkU/maxresdefault.jpg "Carvana Value Tracker | Hooold featuring Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaPjA6lvRkU) ---
**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 25, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5644 "2024-06-25T02:00:59Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I keep seeing a commercial where some idiot has found “the perfect side hustle!” - selling her cast-off designer duds. What a great money-making plan. A side hustle that requires her to have a closetful of lightly used designer clothes. That’s so outside my experience; I don’t think I own a single designer item and everything is worn repeatedly to the point that it’s worn out. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5645 "2024-06-25T12:58:19Z")
The latest push by Coca-Cola to get people to drink poison, I think it’s for “spiced” Coke, the guy sitting there guzzling the garbage is bad enough, but do we have to listen to close-up sounds of his throat while he’s swallowing it? It’s triggering my misophonia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=281) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=283)