# 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:** 295
**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:** [August 29, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5886 "2024-08-29T22:13:43Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Safelite windshield repair/replacement. > > Two guys who get positively giddy with happiness over getting a windshield crack. Then they get to go to Safelite! Lots of sound bites and quick cuts, no scene lasting longer than two seconds. And these two guys are so full of happy energy that they are over the top every step of the way. The commercial ends with the two singing the Safelite jingle out of harmony and off-key. In a bit late, but: I join others in the thread who hate this commercial. If I’m near the remote (instead of doing housework elsewhere) I rush to change the channel. So annoying when advertisers are convinced that viewers will think “oooo, cool!” when they see this lame posturing. Interesting, too, to hear that Safelite has a bad reputation. I guess their priority is ads, not service. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5887 "2024-08-29T22:37:01Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Or the ad for _Rooster_? Not familiar with the golf club one, but is Rooster the one that has the logo that looks like it could be either a rooster or a…uh…_member_? > [@Baker](#): > > Man, if I see that “laughter is contagious” commercial one more time I will throw something at the TV. My mom heard it for the first time last night; I thought she was going to fling her book at it. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5888 "2024-08-30T00:27:48Z")
Yeah, this is the most annoying ad being currently shown. 😡 ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5889 "2024-08-30T05:05:13Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Visionworks. > > Two women in a desert, separated by a canyon. “Hey, need new glasses?” shouts the first. “Try Visionworks.” > > “How can you see me squinting?” asks the other. > > “I can’t; I’m just telling everybody.” For me, the obvious missed opportunity is, _“Yeah, I can see you squinting. These fucking glasses as so goddamn good I can see the little eyelash mites going down on each other! You really should buy a pair!”_ ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5890 "2024-08-30T07:06:33Z")
No one made fun of the poor schlubs who need it. In fact I was feeling sorry for the disillusionment they are being fed by greedy companies trying to take their cash money. When their insurance will probably cover the things pretty well. Doesn’t Medicare cover them now? And their doc can make sure they are healthy enough for them to take safely. Anyone who orders script drugs off TV are not being real smart. And need protecting. This thread is “Commercials you hate”. Not “Poor ED sufferers you hate” ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5891 "2024-08-30T07:09:18Z")
My grandkids laugh like a zoo full of chimps Everytime they see that ad. I get stabby. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5892 "2024-08-30T08:04:01Z")
I don’t know if it’s appropriate for this thread, but I’ll try it anyway. I spend a fair amount of time at sports bars. Lots of TVs, showing all kind of sports, but unless its a big game (e.g. the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the World Series, etc.), the sound for each game is generally off. Otherwise, there would be a cacophony of play-by-play announcers, somebody asking to turn up the sound on the hockey game, while somebody else wants the sound up on the football game, and so on. Best approach to keep everybody happy is just to keep the sound off on everything, and just to play canned music instead. Unless it’s a big game, of course. We fans can follow the game well enough anyway. Where it really gets interesting is when the commercials come on. And I’ve said it before: advertising people who produce these things, and company execs who make decisions over advertising, should watch the pitched commercial with the sound off. Sometimes, with the sound off, commercials _look_ just plain stupid; and by extension, don’t do the advertiser any favours. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5893 "2024-08-30T19:00:26Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Sometimes, with the sound off, commercials _look_ just plain stupid; and by extension, don’t do the advertiser any favours. Very true. And often a lot of the manipulative power that advertisers HOPE the ad will have, lies in the sound: the narration and the music, particularly. I’ve come to hate the manipulative power of music in commercials; it’s so _predictable_. “Piano Music Means Sincerity” would be a fair title for a work on commercial-making. And then you get the ‘shredding guitars’ which means it’s a product aimed at men and the swirling strings that signal ‘this is about stepping up your mental pep and ambition’ (blame _A Beautiful Mind_ for that cliché) and the country themes used to make you feel that buying a car with a Japanese or Korean or German brand name is un-American. It’s all just so rote. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5894 "2024-08-30T21:04:30Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Mark Spain Real Estate! They’re running a series right now that shows a couple readying their house for a move – shifting furniture, painting, repairing, etc. Each time one makes a misstep, the other barks something at them…only I can’t understand what they’re saying (and I really don’t care enough to turn on the captioning to find out). Each commercial consists entirely of “BAY!”…“BAY!”…“BAY!”…“BAY!” noises until the friendly narrator pops in to tell you how this real estate company can make selling your home so much easier. Guess what just showed up on the local news channel. 😠 Except this time I’m pretty sure she’s bellowing “BABE! BABE! BABE! BABE!” every time her poor husband moves a muscle. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5895 "2024-08-31T22:20:23Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Despise the _ad_- sure. Make fun of the poor guys who need this stuff- no. They don’t advertise for men who have a medical issue. They advertise “Hey young ladies, buy these to make your sex life better.” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5896 "2024-08-31T22:24:59Z")
Along those lines, the Nugenix total T commercials. “And by the way, she’ll like it, too.” ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5897 "2024-09-08T18:15:45Z")
The DirecTV Sunday Ticket commercial with the guy that wakes up with all the mascots from the teams. There’s a Bucaneer, a Giant, various birds and animals, a Lion, Bear and Viking… but no Packer. I guess there’s no visual pun for a packer. A guy in a bloody apron and a meat cleaver? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5898 "2024-09-08T19:33:05Z")
A cheesehead, but it’s not a hat? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5899 "2024-09-10T03:25:45Z")
The DirecTV pigeons are annoying. Just like real pigeons. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5900 "2024-09-10T05:08:18Z")
Hey, Wygovy! Why is that asshole using the wrong size hose clamp, and the wrong tool to tighten it?? Fuck You! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5901 "2024-09-10T05:13:16Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > The DirecTV pigeons are annoying. Just like real pigeons. Why would anyone take advice from stupid birds? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5902 "2024-09-10T13:29:39Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Hey, Wygovy! Why is that asshole using the wrong size hose clamp, and the wrong tool to tighten it?? > > Fuck You! And where the hell are they marching to? Is there like some sort of secret activation message that goes out to Wegovy users that makes them drop what they’re doing and start marching? I think about this commercial too much. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5903 "2024-09-10T16:34:32Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Is there like some sort of secret activation message that goes out to Wegovy users that makes them drop what they’re doing and start marching? Chips! Bill Gates put microchips into the drug, and people willingly injected it - they are marching down to buy Microsoft products! ---
**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:** [September 10, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5904 "2024-09-10T18:12:20Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > And where the hell are they marching to? Is there like some sort of secret activation message that goes out to Wegovy users that makes them drop what they’re doing and start marching? > > **I think about this commercial too much.** Not necessarily (my bolding in the quote). When advertisers attempt to manipulate us–and that’s pretty much all they do, since ‘purely informational’ commercials are few and far between–we SHOULD think about the manipulative techniques on display. With that annoying Wegovy commercial, replete with triumphalist music and nearly-fascist imagery, we need to consider the appeal to the human need to belong, and to be ‘part of something larger.’ _ **SHOULD we get on an ultra-expensive medication that we will have to take for life?** _ YES, say the smiling, marching actors and extras in that commercial. Be a part of our revolution!!! Be a part of our righteous movement!!!11!!! BE ONE OF US!!11!!! CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND CHANGE THE WORLD!!1!!! Uh…no. Becoming “part of WE” is something to be wary of, not something to rush into eagerly, Novo Nordisk—sorry. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5905 "2024-09-10T18:59:53Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > With that annoying Wegovy commercial, replete with triumphalist music and nearly-fascist imagery, we need to consider the appeal to the human need to belong, and to be ‘part of something larger.’ _ **SHOULD we get on an ultra-expensive medication that we will have to take for life?** _ YES, say the smiling, marching actors and extras in that commercial. Be a part of our revolution!!! Be a part of our righteous movement!!!11!!! BE ONE OF US!!11!!! CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND CHANGE THE WORLD!!1!!! > > Uh…no. Becoming “part of WE” is something to be wary of, not something to rush into eagerly, Novo Nordisk—sorry. It’s not so much that, as it is, “Ask your doctor if (e.g.) Wegovy is right for you” - in other words, “Get it into your doctor’s mind to suggest Wegovy rather than any of our competitors’ similar-acting products…and do it **now** , before there’s a generic version.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=294) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=296)