# 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:** 323
**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:** [April 29, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6446 "2025-04-29T13:32:02Z")
While the Lumē ads are annoying, the product itself works. I stock the soap in my shower for use after exercising. We also stock our sons’ shower with it during the summer. It seriously cuts down on the teenage boy funk. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6447 "2025-04-29T13:39:05Z")
I wonder what kind of people do product testing on Lume. The only way to accurately judge the efficacy of the product is to do a before and after smell test. I think I would avoid someone who had that job, and actually looked forward to their work day. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6448 "2025-04-29T21:12:45Z")
Some of these testers look like they love their job… [![](https://lifeintheboomerlane.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/checking-for-bo.jpg) ](https://lifeintheboomerlane.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/checking-for-bo.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6449 "2025-04-30T02:34:54Z")
I am beyond sick of seeing the Lincoln Navigator commercial with Serena Williams. I’ve never really taken to the term “mic drop”, and had actually assumed it was passe by now. I do know what it means but don’t really see the connection. Assuming the message is that ‘Navigator is the last word on SUVs’, shouldn’t there just be one? Why are they dropping out of the sky? Kind of lessens the impact when Serena does it. Also - and this is a “me” problem - it irks me to see yet another single rider in a gigantic vehicle. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6450 "2025-04-30T08:25:17Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > So you’re saying these commercials were directed by my favorite cat? It kind of makes sense now. You only have to deal with feet? My favorite cat liked to hop in your lap, point his back end at your face, and show off his \* . ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6451 "2025-04-30T09:24:14Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I hate the BaJit ads for so many reasons: > > [Snip.] > > Who the fuck is this ad targeting? What percentage of people are hiring private jets to bop around? And are they really watching Discovery Channel on a Friday night? Damned if I know, but those ads bug me too. Especially when the flight attendant serves a three-course dinner, just as the Captain comes on the intercom and says, “We’ll be landing in the Bahamas in twenty minutes, Mr. Smith. Looks to be a beautiful day there.” Um … I don’t know where Mr. Smith and his family took off from, but I’d expect a meal with a lot more time to eat it than twenty minutes. More like ten, given that it all has to be stowed for landing. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6452 "2025-04-30T14:40:24Z")
I’ve never seen one of these private jet ads. I may have to look them up. But it raises my long-standing question about return on ad dollars. I’m NEVER going to hire a private jet, nor is anyone I know that watches these channels. Isn’t that just throwing money away? Put your ad in Forbes, or those TVs in high end hotel rooms. Here’s an ever weirder use: NHRA drag racers. it costs a fortune to run top fuel and funny cars, something like $10K per trip down the track (in 3 seconds). So you’d think they would get corporate sponsors (like NASCAR used to) for big name consumer products that fans actually use; Tide, Budweiser, Miller, Coke. Instead they all appear to be sponsored by companies that no one knows. Corporate businesses; contractors, machinists, business-to-business, er…businesses. Some I don’t even know _what_ they do. Is that good use of your ad dollars? No one in the stands is using your services! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6453 "2025-04-30T15:05:10Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > My favorite cat liked to hop in your lap, point his back end at your face, and show off his \* . His assterisk? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6454 "2025-04-30T17:28:09Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > You only have to deal with feet? My favorite cat liked to hop in your lap, point his back end at your face, and show off his \* . Heheh, I only have to deal with one cat that wants to both sleep and dine on my feet. Hell actually decide he’s done being pet and will crawl down out of my arms and curl up on my feet and go to sleep. I’ve no idea why he’s so obsessed with feet. Just about all cats who are willing to crawl into your lap will put their butt in your face. One of ours will really try to get it close to your nose and eyes. He’s a nice cat, but that’s irritating. Also, I think the exclamation point is a better way to describe a cat butt through punctuation. The point is the butthole, and the upper part is the tail. 😃 ! As to private jet commercials, there was a time when YouTube had completely lost its mind and was showing me commercials for a bunch of things I’d never be interested in. Baby supplies, tons of bra ads, and also ads for custom private jet interiors. Sure! As soon as I get a private jet with an interior I’m not satisfied with, I’ll call you guys right away. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6455 "2025-04-30T19:15:39Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > My favorite cat liked to hop in your lap, point his back end at your face, and show off his \* . Apparently this is a gesture of trust. I tell my cat when she does this- “yes, nice asshole, thank you now turn around. " But I kinda wish they expressed it some other way. One cat does do the 'show my belly” flump, which is better, IMHO. Two recent ads for lawn products both showed a fertilizer mixed with a herbicide. This is a terrible idea. Just let the dandelions grow, dammit. Dont poison the environment to get a environmentally bad monoculture lawn. Put some clover in there, in fact. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6456 "2025-04-30T19:29:18Z")
_Endurance_…some kinda after market “fix my car” insurance. The ads play, Danica Patrick is the spokes-person. Which is fine. She is capitalizing. One of the families who used this service and got their car fixed, of course they were happy with that. Her reply: “We never _seen_ the bill” Now, I’m not pendantic about language. You speak like you speak. Do you. I would think some low level directors aide might have noticed, that just does not sound right. It is on TV, after all. It drives me crazy. I can’t turn the sound down fast enough. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6457 "2025-04-30T19:34:21Z")
One of the ladies on that commercial says something like, “Your car’s going to need repair. Make Endurance pay for it.” She sounds so smug and shitty, though, like she thinks she’s really sticking it to them. I’m saying, “You know how this insurance thing works, right?” ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6458 "2025-04-30T19:44:04Z")
I can’t imagine how that even works. First.its probably prohibitively expensive. I can’t believe many dealerships or mechanics shops would even accept it easily or happily. I bet the paperwork is nuts. I would think Endurance will nit pick the cost of parts to death. And delay payment forever. Has anyone had experience with this company? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6459 "2025-04-30T19:49:13Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I’m saying, “You know how this insurance thing works, right?” It’s not really insurance, though; it’s one of those car warranty companies. Like CarShield, which also has annoying commercials. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6460 "2025-04-30T19:53:10Z")
John Walsh (of _America’s Most Wanted_ fame) is hawking some supplement now that his candle has largely burned out (hey, a guy’s gotta make a buck, righ?). There is a woman as a testimonial and she says “It’s been the best thing that I did.” - there is just something wrong with that phrase that catches me. She goes on to say “Let’s go, bay-beh!” which surely adds weight to her testimonial. About 0:48: [Omega XL ad](https://youtu.be/mF3A-D0EVbA) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6461 "2025-04-30T20:37:41Z")
I call her the michelin woman. That jacket/coat is not a good look for her. Very few people can wear puffer jackets and carry it off. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6462 "2025-04-30T21:29:28Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > There is a woman as a testimonial Oh I can’t stand her! “I walked six BLUCKS! I’m so pou-ou-oud of mysellllllf!” And that jacket! “Hey, kid! Whad’da do, jump ship? What’s with the life preserver?” And they play it every hour! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6463 "2025-05-01T00:01:23Z")
> [@solost](#): > > His assterisk? 🤣 Yes! (I recently read an article about the Sanrio character Pompompurin, and why his _assterisk_ is often on display. Apparently it’s seen as ‘cute.’) > [@scabpicker](#): > > Also, I think the exclamation point is a better way to describe a cat butt through punctuation. The point is the butthole, and the upper part is the tail. That’s actually perfect! > [@DrDeth](#): > > Apparently this is a gesture of trust. That’s pretty much what Jackson Galaxy says, although the way he presented (heh) it on his YouTube channel made me think there was a little more to it than that. I guess that’s what I get for slow blinking at the cat. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Two recent ads for lawn products both showed a fertilizer mixed with a herbicide. I can’t even get away from this stuff by turning off the TV…this is the time of year when various lawn care companies send their representatives to roam my neighborhood. They leave you a little slip of paper indicating all the things ‘wrong’ with your lawn; the last one accused me of having weeds in my flower beds. (They’re sugar snap pea shoots. I found some seeds in the garage that I thought had expired, and I threw them into the nearest flower bed, and now I have random pea shoots.) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6464 "2025-05-01T00:11:10Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Now, I’m not pendantic about language. You speak like you speak. Do you. > I would think some low level directors aide might have noticed, that just does not sound right. It is on TV, after all. > > It drives me crazy. I can’t turn the sound down fast enough. My mom would say that such language makes her teeth itch. She almost majored in English, and still holds grammatical rules in very high regard. I would think that it actually was noticed, and was intentionally included in the commercial to give it some authenticity - to show that this service is for plain, common folks (but not so plain or common that they’re daily driving something with more than 150,000 miles on the odometer, or older than 20 years, or whatever the cutoff may be). ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6465 "2025-05-01T01:39:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Her reply: “We never _seen_ the bill” > … > > I would think some low level directors aide might have noticed, that just does not sound right. It is on TV, after all. It could very well be deliberate, maybe even scripted. They might have thought bad grammar made it sound more authentic, and would appeal to the less educated (who are probably the customer base the ad is targeting). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=324)