# 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:** 297
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5926 "2024-09-15T00:05:48Z")
I think they were going for _just_ people, not super models. Look at Zac. He’s perfect for her Too bad he was so forgettable. ---
**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 15, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5927 "2024-09-15T00:29:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I think they were going for _just_ people, not super models. They were going for _her_. They paid extra for her because she’s famous adjacent. If that’s the look that sells phones, good for her. Marketing works in mysterious ways. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5928 "2024-09-15T01:48:37Z")
As I type that awful RSV commercial with the laughing people is on. I couldn’t get to the remote quickly enough. I hate it more than the singing diabetes pill commercial, more than Limu Emu commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5929 "2024-09-15T07:24:38Z")
He’s also wearing the wrong size shirt. It’s the thing I notice most in that commercial. I often question my priorities. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5930 "2024-09-15T07:35:17Z")
It’s Aldi alright. I mean I think it’s kind of funny 'cause the people are just unhinged. However, the dumb part is they’re destroying their phones because they’ve downloaded a, “battery sucking lie!!!” Erm, a lot cheaper to just dump the price compaing app if you don’t want/need it. I found the commercial on I Spot. I can’t seem to link it though. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5931 "2024-09-15T07:46:59Z")
I think she’s a cute kid. I don’t know why you think she’s weird looking. ---
**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 15, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5932 "2024-09-15T21:04:33Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > 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. Imagine how tough the ubiquity of those commercials makes life for those with a gambling-addiction problem. (And they really ARE all over television.) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5933 "2024-09-15T22:24:22Z")
Even worse, they often run the exact same ads twice during the same commercial break. ---
**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 15, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5934 "2024-09-15T23:05:21Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I love TV sports, but I’m getting a little tired of every commercial break being taken up by sports betting apps. I’m on record, probably in this thread, somewhere, about how the commercials announcing the soon-arrival of sports betting were bad. But now the betting commercials are actually worse. I don’t know if all sports do this, but during NHRA drag racing coverage, the announcers take up time that they could be talking about the racing or the teams to instead talk about the betting odds. Like it is important. Like someone said you’re made to feel liie you’re not a true fan if you’re not betting. . Gambling problem? In Kentucky call 1-800-gambler. In Colorado and New Mexico, email [thegamblers.gov](http://thegamblers.gov). I New York and parts of Washington D.C. call 1-888-Fogettabottit. In Maryland call your local Parish. In Florida, New Hampshire and Maine rip out your pinkie finger nail and give it to “Giovanni” he’ll know what it means. In Tennessee and Mississippi figure it out yourself you degenerate fuck. In Arizona and Wisconsin tell your mother or father. In California, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Carolina buy a copy of Sonic Heroes and return it to your local Wal Mart under the name “Seymore.” In Texas and Nevada sacrifice an owl to Vishnu. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5935 "2024-09-16T01:02:32Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I don’t know if all sports do this, but during NHRA drag racing coverage, the announcers take up time that they could be talking about the racing or the teams to instead talk about the betting odds. Like it is important. One of the reasons I almost never watch ESPN anymore. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5936 "2024-09-16T01:07:50Z")
Well, I’ve never seen her before. I’m not the most tech savvy person or know the clever new sci-fy stuff. Or even an Apple consumer. All forgettable to me. I guess they are marketing to others not me. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5937 "2024-09-16T01:08:41Z")
I think there’s something wrong with complaining about the physical appearance of a commercial spokesperson. ---
**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 16, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5938 "2024-09-16T01:10:27Z")
How come Tiny Troy doesn’t call scalp microbes “little buggers” anymore? Were little buggers offended? 🤨 ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5939 "2024-09-16T01:10:46Z")
Huh? Isn’t their job to be noticed as to their appearance? See they have these big cameras… ---
**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 16, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5940 "2024-09-16T01:17:59Z")
Commenting on it isn’t the same thing as complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5941 "2024-09-16T01:55:21Z")
I thought calling her, “weird looking,” was complaining. She is an average cute girl. I can’t figure out why you thought she was AI generated. ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5942 "2024-09-16T03:03:21Z")
I never complained, or said anything about AI. I’ll soften weird to “distinctive”. _That_ can’t be argued with. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5943 "2024-09-16T03:08:36Z")
I think it was “little rascals” Whatever, the version I’m seeing doesn’t show him full size either. His hair really is goreous. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5944 "2024-09-16T03:12:03Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I never complained, or said anything about AI. I’ll soften weird to “distinctive”. _That_ can’t be argued with. It was @Gatopescado that mentioned AI. I’ve never seen the commercial but the still photo made me wonder if she has Down Syndrome. She looks a bit better when you see her talking but she is an unusual looking young lady. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5945 "2024-09-16T03:36:52Z")
It’s perfectly ok to comment, describe, complain or critique about actors. How ever they look. I think Angelina Jolie looks deflicted. I think The Rock looks dumb. I think Al Pacino and Tom Cruise are short. Keira Knightley is too pale. On and on and on. It’s the nature of their business they’ll be looked at and people will have opinions. Now we strive not to do that with regular people, out loud. But, seriously everyone does it. Think about how we describe politicians. It’s rarely nice. Women politicians are mostly described very nastily. So yeah, maybe not right but people do it. If you are in the entertainment business in any way, you better have thick skin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=296) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=298)