# 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:** 298
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5946 "2024-09-16T03:55:27Z")
i thought she had downs also ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5947 "2024-09-16T12:58:17Z")
There are a couple of USAA insurance commercials with Sam Elliot and Gronk. I love Sam Elliot and can’t think of a movie/TV role he’s had that I didn’t enjoy. But if I didn’t know he was a respected actor, I’d assume that they just grabbed some rando off the street and said ‘read these lines’. He actually manages to make Gronk look good in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![hostility](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hostility](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hostility)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5948 "2024-09-20T00:57:34Z")
Zac gives me some of these vibes: [![](https://duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0x0:1409x785/640x427/filters:focal(734x364:735x365):format(webp)/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8846551/Screen_Shot_2017_07_13_at_1.09.20_PM.png) ](https://duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0x0:1409x785/640x427/filters:focal(734x364:735x365):format(webp)/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8846551/Screen_Shot_2017_07_13_at_1.09.20_PM.png) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5949 "2024-09-20T18:50:35Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > She is an average cute girl. I can’t figure out why you thought she was AI generated. There’s something about her forehead, maybe her hairline, that makes her look like she doesn’t have eyebrows. I never watched Game of Thrones, but I did watch The Last of Us. I spotted right away something just a little confusing to my eye. I think it’s the eyebrow thing. I mean she has eyebrows, yet it feels like she doesn’t. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5950 "2024-09-21T16:35:53Z")
I had to laugh at the latest commercial for Old Spice deodorant. The ones with the insufferable affluent black couple where the woman is always using the guy’s Old Spice. This time they are at a yoga class or something and he smells his Old Spice on her. With a disgusted look on his face he thinks, “Is she using my Old Spice on her pits, her toes - her down belows?” ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5951 "2024-09-21T16:42:32Z")
If he’s that bothered by her using his (regardless of where she’s putting it), maybe buy her her own? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5952 "2024-09-21T17:54:47Z")
Dupyutren’s contracture commercial going over five points to remember when asking the doctor about treatment. There’s one legitimate point about preferred outcome of laying hand flat on table, then 4 reiterations of “no surgery”. Look, that’s one point on the list. I will grant two slots with the fifth slot being the point about a second opinion, but they say some variant of “no surgery” three times. Maybe it’s because they are old, and so need three reminders to keep from forgetting the most important detail? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5953 "2024-09-21T20:46:39Z")
My millenial daughter loves Old Spice deodorants, there are now half a dozen different scents, at least. Her favorite it ‘Denali’… Very nice. (all the Secret baby powder type things just make me want to vomit. Smells like a wet diaper.)…I wish they would bring back earlier winsome Old Spice commercials. The phrase ‘men have skin, too’ kind of icks me out. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5954 "2024-09-22T03:19:25Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > all the Secret baby powder type things just make me want to vomit. Smells like a wet diaper. I have discovered that the original blue Secret does a great job on me (male) and does not have a strong scent. A few months ago I was talking to an old crush from high school (I’m 77). When I departed we just had to have a hug and she whispered in my ear, “Mmm, you smell great”. Rest of story redacted. ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5955 "2024-09-22T04:35:04Z")
The Election news on Sling, for free. And versions of spit-takes. Come on. Those aren’t funny, clever or a good look. Apparently Sling doesn’t care of how they’re seen, they’ve done some weird ads. ---
**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 22, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5956 "2024-09-22T13:55:08Z")
DC Lottery [“Happy First Wednesday”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnKmsBDFgJ8&t=20s) - MAKE IT STOP!!! There are several versions of this ad and I hate them all. Plus, yanno, encouraging gambling irritates me to no end. How many lives are totally screwed up because people spend too much on lotto tickets, or horse racing bets, or casinos, or, now, online betting? The little disclaimer at the bottom of the screen on some of these ads giving a phone number if you have a problem gambling must be incredibly effective… 🙄 ---
**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 22, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5957 "2024-09-22T14:54:41Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > I wish they would bring back earlier winsome Old Spice commercials. I want more with Bruce Campbell. “If you have it, you want more…” ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5958 "2024-09-22T16:41:56Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > DC Lottery [“Happy First Wednesday”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnKmsBDFgJ8&t=20s) - MAKE IT STOP!!! There are several versions of this ad and I hate them all. Plus, yanno, encouraging gambling irritates me to no end. NC has “First Tuesday” which features a dancing day calendar who appears in all sorts of incarnations every month. I can’t fast-forward through these fast enough. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5959 "2024-09-23T00:06:39Z")
NFL Network’s 14-year-old know-it-all. He’s a stats junkie, and he’s an arrogant prick. I guess that’s why he’s 14, because if he were a 21-year-old scrawny arrogant know-it-all, somebody would smash his face in. Look, it’s one thing to be a stats junkie and have everyone look to you for your opinion, but they’re not going to respect you for being right if you insult them and taunt them, they are going to tell you to get out of their face or face the consequences. ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5960 "2024-09-24T15:50:25Z")
I think it’s an autobiographical story by the commercial writer. He WAS that kid in school, and no one liked him, and they all laughed. But they’re not laughing now! He writes commercials! Take that, haterz! ---
**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:** [September 26, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5961 "2024-09-26T14:09:35Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Another scam product commercial comes to mind. Plexaderm! Gets rid of bags under your eyes. Now I’m getting bullshit eyebag ads on my work computer. ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5962 "2024-09-26T14:20:38Z")
What’s the product where the commercial plays soothing music while women (only women) wear these stupid looking masks that shine LED lights on their skin. The whole thing reeks of scam. Do those actually do anything (other than separate women from their money)? ---
**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 26, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5963 "2024-09-26T18:38:54Z")
Supposedly, LED light therapy is legitimate - different wavelengths of light penetrate through different levels of skin. However, it seems to me that the only way to get lights powerful enough to have any beneficial results is at a doctor’s office, and any “LED face masks” smack of some combination of snake oil and placebo effect. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5964 "2024-09-26T20:09:21Z")
A recent ad for FanDuel (or some other betting site). A guy sees himself all over his apartment (like inside the freezer) making betting suggestions. The tag line is “don’t ignore your hunches”. If you are hallucinating a version of yourself shouting bets at you, I think you have a serious gambling problem. ---
**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 26, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5965 "2024-09-26T20:37:51Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > A recent ad for FanDuel (or some other betting site) No need to go further. 🙂 Yes, that one is stupid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=299)