# 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:** 311
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6206 "2024-12-26T16:18:47Z")
I have an ex-friend who was a 2-pack a day smoker and adored the stench of Gain. Her clothes not only reeked of cigarette smoke but also Gain stink. One bad smell doesn’t need another bad smell on top. Like Glade plug-ins, which leads to my own personal hate: Those smug bitches whose room becomes transformed into some kind of wonderland after a ‘holiday smell’ plug or spray is introduced. The things are a chemical abomination, yet they are somehow so proud. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6207 "2024-12-26T16:30:21Z")
Jeez, y’all. I have no sense of smell, and never heard before today this thing that apparently everyone agrees on, Gain stinks. I guess I’d better save it for washing the garage rags or something. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6208 "2024-12-26T17:46:47Z")
Not everyone shares that opinion; I like the smell of Gain. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6209 "2024-12-26T18:01:47Z")
There are unscented detergents, which is what I buy. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6210 "2024-12-26T18:27:29Z")
Fashion house fragrances commercials. Watching them makes me nostalgic for the Cultural Revolution when perceived elites were beaten and made to live in cow stalls. Timothy Chalomet is on a movie set lit deep blue, being quizzed by an interviewer elevated on a hydraulic crane (why? Duh… it’s Feliniesque). A mysterious Asian woman hands him an equally mysterious card (the basis of a short story that was famous in 1896, but I doubt the producer was aware of this. And she’s Asian = mysterious, so there’s that whole yellow fever objectification thing). Timothy Chalomet chases her into a deserted subway, falls from the sky, and struts on dark cobblestones. Maybe she ducked underwater and he lost her scent trail? All I know is that the perfume wasn’t Shalomar, which would have made a nice connection with Chalomet. Margot Robbie is thinking about her male model lover. He’s thinking about her, or at least thinking about something that elicits a typical male model smirk. She jumps into a convertible, he atop a motorcycle, and they race to each other’s lavish homes through an otherwise deserted Mediterranean landscape, just missing the other. Eventually reunited, though neither hits the other in the head with a marrowbone. Natalie Portman so effectively portrayed a crazy bitch in Black Swan, Dior knew they had to have her for the face of Miss Dior, described as a “floral chypre with leather and galbanum notes,” inspired by Christian Dior’s sister Catherine, who was possessed of “a type of Parisian elegance that was simultaneously spontaneous, sassy, and refined.” Catherine was tortured and murdered by the Nazis for her activity in the Resistance, much too heavy shit for a perfume commercial of course. Natalie Portman acts silly with her boyfriend and rolls around in an otherwise deserted Mediterranean landscape, belting out along with Janis Joplin. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6211 "2024-12-26T18:55:49Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Not everyone shares that opinion; I like the smell of Gain. I hope lots of people around here agree! > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > There are unscented detergents, which is what I buy. I’d prefer that myself. But I’ve been told they don’t do a good enough job making clothes smell “fresh”. Maybe I should get some and use it to dilute the Gain. 🤔 ---
**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:** [December 26, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6212 "2024-12-26T19:34:30Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I’d prefer that myself. But I’ve been told they don’t do a good enough job making clothes smell “fresh”. (shrug) My laundry doesn’t have any noticeable smell one way or the other when it comes out of the dryer, which suits us just fine. My husband has a strong preference for unscented detergents, and as heavy-handed as detergent manufacturers get with the fragrances, to the point where that aisle in a grocery store can be eye-watering even for someone who doesn’t usually have a fragrance sensitivity problem, suits me. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6213 "2024-12-26T22:27:39Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Not everyone shares that opinion; I like the smell of Gain. Not here, neither of us like it. I cant say we hate it, however. I use scent free or when washing bedclothes sometimes lavender. Gain is just too strong. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6214 "2024-12-27T00:57:46Z")
I want to make it clear that I’m not dissing charities for sick children, especially when the commercial shows that this organization really is helping them live their best little lives. I almost feel a little bad for complaining… But who decided that off-key child singing is something that people want to hear? Is it supposed to be cute? It makes me turn off the TV and go outside. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6215 "2024-12-27T02:26:42Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > especially when the commercial shows that this organization really is helping them live their best little lives. Kars for Kids is problematic- [https://blog.charitywatch.org/costly-and-continuous-kars4kids-ads-disguise-charity39s-real-purpose/](https://blog.charitywatch.org/costly-and-continuous-kars4kids-ads-disguise-charity39s-real-purpose/) _In CharityWatch’s view, the Kars4Kids ads deceive potential donors by failing to inform them that donated cars will benefit a Jewish organization and kids of Jewish faith. Furthermore, the youth programs Kars4Kids supports promote an Orthodox Jewish lifestyle, which CharityWatch believes compounds the deception perpetrated by the Kars4Kids ads. **Oorah** , Kars4Kids’ “sister charity,” is the organization that actually runs the “educational, developmental, and recreational programs for Jewish youth and their families” described in Kars4Kids’ mission statement. Kars4Kids and Oorah share a principal officer, Eliyohu Mintz, the son of their founder, Rabbi Chaim Mintz, and both organizations are located at the same address in the heavily-Orthodox Jewish town of Lakewood, New Jersey. Oorah, which means “awaken” in Hebrew, “specializes in outreach to non-observant Jews, operating summer camps and other programs that seek to make non-Orthodox Jews more observant,” according to an October 2016 article in the Forward, which covers news for a Jewish-American audience._ _While supporting Orthodox Jewish organizations is a worthy endeavor for those donors who are intending to do so, many donors of other faiths may not be pleased to learn that the car they donated to Kars4Kids may have funded religious teachings that are in conflict with their own faith or personal beliefs._ Shriners is pretty good but still- [https://blog.charitywatch.org/leaked-report-alleges-wrongdoing-within-shriners-hospitals-for-children/](https://blog.charitywatch.org/leaked-report-alleges-wrongdoing-within-shriners-hospitals-for-children/) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6216 "2024-12-27T14:12:17Z")
I’ve noticed commercials selling woo have started to name their products very, very stupidly on-the-nose. It’s like they decided the people who’d buy this shit are dumb as shit so we have to name it accordingly. I’m thinking specifically of Thesis, a pill (I think it’s a pill) that brings you focus and helps you stop forgetting words and Eroxon, a gel to help you get your-- you know-- er rocks on. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6217 "2024-12-27T14:19:40Z")
Dang it! I stepped on my own joke. The gel helps you get your er rocks _off_. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6218 "2024-12-27T14:22:29Z")
Get thee to the dad jokes thread 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 27, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6219 "2024-12-27T15:01:24Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > There are unscented detergents, which is what I buy. Me, too. And unscented shampoo and most cleaning products. The few scented ones I use tend to fade pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6220 "2024-12-27T16:40:32Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m thinking specifically of Thesis, a pill (I think it’s a pill) that brings you focus and helps you stop forgetting words Shouldn’t that be “Thesoris”? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6221 "2024-12-27T19:08:01Z")
Pharmaceutical ads: my current annoyant is the [“These are my breasts” Kisqali ad.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb4OwBQYapk) On the surface, it’s a standard piece of consumerism co-opting feminism: an empowered mature woman post-gray divorce (unstated but statistically likely initiated by herself) whose expectation of consumerist society’s promise that after shedding your spouse in your fifties/sixties = rebooting your twenties/thirties but with more money and supposedly better choosing skills this time around. But unfortunately, this woman’s next chapter is potentially derailed by a diagnosis of breast cancer. Yet with **Kisqali** , our subjects gets to be involved in her new grandson’s life, enjoy a new boyfriend, and attend concert venues with new girlfriends. What the ad neglects to mention is something that brings up a larger issue that I personally don’t have a finalized opinion on. Kisqali is a drug for the terminally ill, and offers perhaps one more year of at most a minimal amount of the “oomph” required to change diapers, engage with lovers, or stand at concert venues for prolonged periods. But it will deplete your bank account for around $700 month for as long at it keeps you alive and that account in your hands and not your heirs’. And that’s the bigger issue I can’t claim to pass judgment upon. “Elder care” of which a $700/mo. Pill is only a small fraction, which replaces generationally-transferred wealth with corporations extracting as much as possible from the dying. But it’s still money belonging to those elder people, to either pass on or blow futilely on themselves. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6222 "2024-12-27T19:40:18Z")
The St Jude and ASPCA adds annoy me because they last forever (2 minutes?) I’m not sure if This TV (one of my #.3 channels) gives them a good rate or what but on or the other has been in just about every commercial break lately. Brian (yeas I know it is that time of year) ---
**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:** [December 27, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6223 "2024-12-27T20:30:16Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > The St Jude and ASPCA adds annoy me because they last forever (2 minutes?) > I’m not sure if This TV (one of my #.3 channels) gives them a good rate or what but on or the other has been in just about every commercial break lately. Maybe they gave your channel an adowable bwanket? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6224 "2024-12-27T22:22:05Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Maybe they gave your channel an adowable bwanket? That’s Shriner’s. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6225 "2024-12-27T22:24:42Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I’m not sure if This TV (one of my #.3 channels) gives them a good rate or what but on or the other has been in just about every commercial break lately. IIRC, TV channels get some sort of deal if they donate so many hours of commercial time to nonprofits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=310) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=312)