# 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:** 296
**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, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5906 "2024-09-10T19:02:42Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > 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.” . I don’t disagree. But the way the commercial attempts to manipulate emotion (in order to get the viewer to want that product) is blatant and icky, to my mind. ---
**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, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5907 "2024-09-10T19:50:22Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > 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.” “Ask your doctor if taking medical advice from a television commercial is right for you.” ---
**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:** [September 11, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5908 "2024-09-11T00:47:17Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > But the way the commercial attempts to manipulate emotion (in order to get the viewer to want that product) is blatant and icky, to my mind. And super creepy, too. Is the way people cheerfully just wander away from whatever they’re doing supposed to be appealing? I get a similar vibe from that grocery store commercial where the customers inexplicably start destroying their mobile phones. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5909 "2024-09-11T12:23:19Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > “Ask your doctor if taking medical advice from a television commercial is right for you.” I have to wonder how much doctors hate when patients ask about something they saw on TV. I’ve never done it and can’t imagine doing it. ---
**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 11, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5910 "2024-09-11T12:46:48Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I have to wonder how much doctors hate when patients ask about something they saw on TV. I’ve never done it and can’t imagine doing it. In the bad old days pharma would influence the doctors directly, with free trips to the company’s annual conference in the Caribbean, steak dinners, box seats at the game, etc. Now they have to rely on direct-to-consumer advertising to reach doctors, who are ultimately the ones writing the prescriptions for their drugs. New Zealand is the only other country that allows pharma advertising like that. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5911 "2024-09-11T16:43:04Z")
well I had a relative who was taking something for a problem but the side effects were horrible she saw this ad a few times and asked her doctor about it and apparently, he didn’t even know there was a new medicine for it so he researched it and after she tried it he took all his patients off the old for the new improved one because it lowered the side effects from the aforementioned horrible to minor inconvenience She was really popular at the clinic for a long while ---
**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 11, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5912 "2024-09-11T19:08:20Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > And super creepy, too. Is the way people cheerfully just wander away from whatever they’re doing supposed to be appealing? I get a similar vibe from that grocery store commercial where the customers inexplicably start destroying their mobile phones. I haven’t seen the phone-destroying one, but it does sound …weird. Why they think there’s appeal in “people behaving the way people do NOT behave,” I don’t see. Maybe some recent commercials are being written by AI instead of by, you know, _humans_…? If advertisers can save a buck by hiring a programmer instead of an ad-writer, then they might well go for it—even if the results are incomprehensible to mentally-normal people. ---
**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 11, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5913 "2024-09-11T19:18:09Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Maybe some recent commercials are being written by AI instead of by, you know, _humans_…? And then they can get AI to watch the commercials. And buy the product. No need for pesky humans at all. ---
**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 11, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5914 "2024-09-11T19:20:00Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And then they can get AI to watch the commercials. And buy the product. No need for pesky humans at all. Now that you spell it out, it’s blindingly obvious! 😮 ---
**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:** [September 12, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5915 "2024-09-12T00:20:25Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I haven’t seen the phone-destroying one, but it does sound …weird. For some reason, I can’t find it! I think it’s an Aldi commercial, and has people destroying their phones in all sorts of strange ways (one woman is running hers through an old-fashioned meat grinder???). Now that I think about it, something about it does remind me of those creepy AI videos. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5916 "2024-09-12T04:03:30Z")
This is quite obvious. Since they’re taking a weight-loss treatment, they’re all heading for the All-You-Can-Eat Buffet. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5917 "2024-09-12T12:38:45Z")
They are all heading to the group of people that form the word “Wegovy” on the street. There is an overhead video of them at the end. Still weird and cult-like. ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5918 "2024-09-14T03:43:11Z")
Ebay commercial I’ve been getting a lot of. “Influencers” parading around with their stuff. It’s the weird little shake of the head when they talk. And they have the same speech pattern. Annoying gits. ---
**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 14, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5919 "2024-09-14T22:37:39Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Maybe some recent commercials are being written by AI instead of by, you know, _humans_…? Speaking of AI… somebody please tell me the … _odd looking_ young female in the new Apple iPhone commercials is actually AI. It’s a commercial for AI, so this makes sense, right? Something about the way she looks and sounds is _sooooo creepy!_ That can’t be human! I bet if someone watched it at 1/4 speed, they would find a sixth finger or third ear or something. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5920 "2024-09-14T22:41:35Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Speaking of AI… somebody please tell me the … _odd looking_ young female in the new Apple iPhone commercials is actually AI. It’s a commercial for AI, so this makes sense, right? Something about the way she looks and sounds is _sooooo creepy!_ That can’t be human! I dont think so. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TPe8revsg3k/maxresdefault.jpg "Apple Intelligence | More personal Siri | iPhone 16 Pro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPe8revsg3k) ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5921 "2024-09-14T22:46:42Z")
Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5922 "2024-09-14T22:47:45Z")
I remember doctors being besieged by patients wanting treatment for the latest Marcus Welby afflictions. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5923 "2024-09-14T23:28:32Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Speaking of AI… somebody please tell me the … _odd looking_ young female in the new Apple iPhone commercials is actually AI. That’s Bella Ramsey from “Game of Thrones” and “The Last of Us”. She does look a little odd, but she’s a real person. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5924 "2024-09-14T23:37:43Z")
I love TV sports, but I’m getting a little tired of every commercial break being taken up by sports betting apps. Bring back the commercials for pickup trucks and beer; they were annoying, but far less annoying than yet another, “Bet with us! If you don’t bet, you’re not a real sports fan! Bet with us! And bet more!” commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5925 "2024-09-14T23:53:00Z")
I’m sure she’s a nice person irl, but if the reason to put a face up there is to sell things, and not that person, there’s a lot of faces that don’t call attention to themselves by how weird looking they are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=295) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=297)