# 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:** 300
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5986 "2024-09-29T14:32:26Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > perhaps she’s playing herself in these commercials? Yes, she is playing herself. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5987 "2024-09-29T14:32:41Z")
Thank you for clarifying. I don’t use Siri. That’s a relief it’s only using the Calendar. I like Appointment schedulers. It’s the AI I was concerned about. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5988 "2024-09-29T15:13:40Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > She is back with another ad, where she meets with some woman, and extremely rudely has not bothered to read the email about the meeting, so she clicks some app that summarizes it for her, then lies her way thru the meeting. I dont know why they think that is a good thing. Perhaps it’s not a _good_ thing, but it’s realistic. I’ve been in meetings in which even the meeting organizer lied their way through. Or didn’t even bother to lie, “Why are we meeting?” ---
**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 29, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5989 "2024-09-29T17:20:51Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Yes, she is playing herself. I guess _The Last of Us_ has enough viewers to be considered a hit show these days. And she played a minor character on _Game of Thrones_. Still, I’d wager that many more people don’t know who she is than do. You’d think Apple could afford a bigger celebrity. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5990 "2024-09-29T20:43:35Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > There is just something uncanny valley about her. > > Yeah, I noticed it in “The Last of Us”, but it’s extra noticeable in these commercials. I’ve pointed out there’s something about her hairline and the impression she has no eyebrows, but that’s my take. I agree. When I first saw these commercials (I didn’t watch _The Last of Us_), I thought she was an AI character. Odd affect. ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5991 "2024-09-29T20:51:00Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > > [@Irishman](#): > > > > Yes, she is playing herself. > > I guess _The Last of Us_ has enough viewers to be considered a hit show these days. And she played a minor character on _Game of Thrones_. > Still, I’d wager that many more people don’t know who she is than do. You’d think Apple could afford a bigger celebrity. I’m not sure it matters whether you recognize her. ---
**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 29, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5992 "2024-09-29T23:51:58Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > My hearing isn’t very good anymore. I may have missed a word or two. She was whispering. I don’t think its your hearing. When she speaks, all I hear is a garbled mess. What the hell kind of accent is that? I mentioned earlier, I too thought she was AI. Just something ‘not quite human’ about her in my eye. ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5993 "2024-09-30T03:16:06Z")
delete ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5994 "2024-09-30T03:22:27Z")
dweeete ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5995 "2024-09-30T16:37:52Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I guess _The Last of Us_ has enough viewers to be considered a hit show these days. And she played a minor character on _Game of Thrones_. > Still, I’d wager that many more people don’t know who she is than do. You’d think Apple could afford a bigger celebrity. She was hired for that look at the end of the commercial, that smug “heh-heh - I was caught forgetting about or unprepared for something important, but my technology makes me look like I am on top of life - heh-heh!” look. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5996 "2024-10-06T23:03:36Z")
United commercial where a mom just has to get home for her son’s “first graduation”, her son calls and is crying on the phone because she’s going to miss it. So the United agent “finds her a boarding pass, puts in in her hands” (isn’t that their job?) and she makes it! yea! Now, it isn’t like a graduation is a surprise. She could, you know, plan. ahead. The kicker? it’s a preschool graduation! I’m sure the kid would have been permanently traumatized. I see years of therapy. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5997 "2024-10-06T23:53:11Z")
Well, United can’t show them knocking that guy out and dragging him out of his seat and off the plane, can they? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5998 "2024-10-06T23:58:48Z")
There’s yet another new Limu Emu commercial. I can’t get to the remote fast enough when those come on. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5999 "2024-10-07T03:00:38Z")
As an eastern Iowan, there’s a congressional race between Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a incumbent Republican, and Christina Bohannan, a Democrat. Most of 3M’s commercials are respectful, but there are some that venture into the “oh, get out of here” territory. Ms. Bohannon wants to allow gender reassignment surgery for preteens, and close all prisons and eliminate police departments? How could anyone believe that? I’ll save further comments for the “Politics” board. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6000 "2024-10-07T15:12:17Z")
I have to say I don’t like the commercials, but I think the Emu itself is amusing when it’s in the background doing bird things. Pecking at shiny objects, pulling tissues out of the box one after another. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6001 "2024-10-07T16:43:57Z")
A Honda SUV with a white beta male sits at a light. A Mazda SUV with a Black dad and daughter pulls up next to him. As the Honda guy appraises the Mazda, he feels his manhood diminish. The light changes and the couple in the Mazda give each other knowing looks, and leave the Honda guy a husk of his former self. The stupid(est) thing about this commercial is that the SUVs are virtually identical. Like the one where an SUV is cruising down a Manhattan street, and people looking down at it from skyscrapers as if it was in any way distinguishable from any other SUV. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6002 "2024-10-07T19:28:11Z")
hatching volleyballs… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6003 "2024-10-07T20:56:02Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > A Honda SUV with a white beta male sits at a light. A Mazda SUV with a Black dad and daughter pulls up next to him. Linky? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6004 "2024-10-08T03:55:52Z")
I’ve seen that spot every day for weeks, until I look for it for the url. I’ll find it yet. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6005 "2024-10-09T18:11:15Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > How could anyone believe that? It’s easy when you’re a puppet. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=301)