# 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:** 324
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6466 "2025-05-01T13:40:00Z")
Allayalls would punch me in the mouth in real life. I have been known to say, “seened” as in “I’ve never even _seened_ it!” You know. For emphasis. I also use “allayalls” too. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6467 "2025-05-01T13:41:51Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > 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 like your mom. Does she carry white-out and sharpies to correct signs, too? I say “too,” but **Mrs Magill** won’t allow me to do that anymore. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6468 "2025-05-01T23:06:52Z")
Farxiga apparently allows you to finally enjoy baseball..or maybe it cures your crippling love for baseball..or maybe it just causes mindless chanting of nonsense words. I’m not sure to be honest. All I know is that it’s “trusted” to do something involving..something. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1flvno8IBFM/hqdefault.jpg "Farxiga - Echo Baseball") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1flvno8IBFM) ---
**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, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6469 "2025-05-01T23:53:01Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > Does she carry white-out and sharpies to correct signs, too? Almost! 🤣 She has a good friend who either has no regard for what she’s typing or can no longer see what she’s typing, so her emails are increasingly loaded with grammatical and spelling errors. Mom will sometimes call me at work to complain (and to get some help trying to guess at what her friend is trying to say). > [@Biggirl](#): > > I also use “allayalls” too. This, and its variant “_aaaaaaallllll y’all_” are both acceptable to me. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6470 "2025-05-11T23:26:50Z")
Royal Kingdom: is this game made by [Ktarians](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Game_(episode)) or what? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7rP9n1ffUHQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Royal Kingdom I Johnny & Kaley I Game Night") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rP9n1ffUHQ) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6471 "2025-05-11T23:52:31Z")
Me too. Good thing I dont got me one of those contracts to act in the commercials. 😊 I have terrible speech for lots reasons, one being I was raised around a bunch of hicks. Y’all all can talk like you want. Won’t bug me! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6472 "2025-05-12T13:47:57Z")
“Ryan Reynolds here for Mint Mobile”. I can’t escape this asshole and his pea green garage sale shirt. Is he supposed to be affable or something? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6473 "2025-05-12T20:31:45Z")
There is a newish ad for some sort of ecology destroying lawn herbicide- the guy spots a (wait for it!) a DANDELION!!! (shock, gasp!!! the horror!) and immediately grabs his tank of poison and sprays the holy hell out of that poor tiny flower. Fuckers. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6474 "2025-05-12T23:09:33Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > “Ryan Reynolds here for Mint Mobile”. I can’t escape this asshole and his pea green garage sale shirt. Is he supposed to be affable or something? That ad was everywhere (haven’t seen it in a few weeks), and it’s not that it’s bad. It’s that it’s just so cheezy and cheap-looking. Like it was made in about fifteen minutes with about as much thought. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6475 "2025-05-13T05:00:26Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > It makes no sense because deodorant on privates is useless after nature takes its course. Armpits are one thing, but after you poop or pee, applying spring-time-fresh deodorant on beforehand renders it useless. The reason to use it on privates has nothing to do with pissing or pooping oneself. The same type of scent sweat glands in armpits are in your crotch. You can be a fastidious wiper and not soak yourself and still develop crotch odor just like armpits. And deodorant doesn’t just wipe off. It’s absorbed into the skin. It works by blocking those specific glands. Antiperspirant works by blocking all your sweat glands. If it just washed off, it wouldn’t be very effective. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6476 "2025-05-13T10:36:27Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > it’s not that it’s bad. It’s that it’s just so cheezy and cheap-looking. Like it was made in about fifteen minutes with about as much thought. Is that what they’re going for? You know, a _we offer this at a low price, by skimping on the ad budget for our commercials so we can pass the savings on to you_ kind of thing? ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6477 "2025-05-13T10:49:55Z")
I’m getting tired of the ads where Tide solves every cleaning problem. Kids don’t typically worry about aioli stains. But Tide feels they do. They don’t worry about slide tackling at soccer. But Mom is there with a fine tip: “Use Tide.” Um, Mom? The last thing I was concerned about at age 12 was an aioli stain (what the hell is “aioli” anyway, and if I was 12, why would I care?). My Mom just threw everything in the washing machine, and let it go. Tell us how Tide can produce clean clothes, and stop insulting our intelligence with kids who worry about “aioli” stains on their soccer uniform. . ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6478 "2025-05-13T13:31:46Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > (what the hell is “aioli” anyway, and if I was 12, why would I care? Basically, fancy mayo. > [@Spoons](#): > > Tell us how Tide can produce clean clothes, and stop insulting our intelligence with kids who worry about “aioli” stains on their soccer uniform. I’ll take First World Problems for $500 please, Alex. The ad that’s bugging me the most right now is for Shoe Station. While the presenter does her spiel about the store, they show a couple of women trying on shoes when a third runs up to them with a pair of shoes which they all get way too excited about as she holds them up on either side her face. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6479 "2025-05-13T13:46:01Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > it’s not that it’s bad. It’s that it’s just so cheezy and cheap-looking. Like it was made in about fifteen minutes with about as much thought. > > Is that what they’re going for? You know, a _we offer this at a low price, by skimping on the ad budget for our commercials so we can pass the savings on to you_ kind of thing? That is the entire ad campaign in a nutshell, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6480 "2025-05-13T15:05:17Z")
Hungry Root. First the face the woman makes when she explains how their meals are so awesome, smiking self satisfaction. Then they are all preparing and eating food. During this her really beautiful long hair is artistically draped down in front of her right shoulder. The lovely locks hang right in all the food she’s making, eating, and feeding to the small child on her hip. Yuk. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6481 "2025-05-13T22:24:09Z")
Have we talked about Gemini yet? “Can we talk about this picture I just took?” Who the fuck talks to a phone like that outside of the movie, “Her”? And there’s no way a guy who loses an argument with a basketball hoop is smart enough to even download something on his phone let alone use it worth a shit. The only realistic part of it is the stoners sitting on their asses trying to get their phone to solve their problems. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6482 "2025-05-14T15:41:33Z")
I’m annoyed at an Anna Faris Walmart commercial that’s playing a lot lately. The setup is, she’s homebound with pinkeye. She’s so impressed with the speed of her Walmart pharmacy delivery that she starts ordering a bunch of Walmart crap delivered, and frolics around with it all. Why do I find it annoying? First of all, I’m usually not too easily squicked out by stuff, but whatever makeup or CGI they used to make her eye look red and swollen is realistic enough to be pretty squick-tastic. I suppose they wanted to give her a ‘funny’ illness that required meds, yet wasn’t serious or life-threatening. But seeing her in sweats all red-eyed, maniacally ordering crap and playing with it in a way that was supposed to be humorous but was not, is just kind of depressing. I’ve liked her work as a comedic actress in the past and it all just seems kind of beneath her. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6483 "2025-05-14T16:13:23Z")
Damp rid ads. Family walks in the door. Mom says “Damp!” Dad says “Damp!” Kid says “Damp!” Then they jump on the kid about language. So dumb. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6484 "2025-05-14T17:29:54Z")
It would be funnier if Mom and Dad both said “damp” and then the kid said, “Day-um!” ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6485 "2025-05-14T17:37:44Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/apWWErKKDoU/maxresdefault.jpg "🐾 Tidy Cats Lightweight Litter: Easy Cleanup, Happy Cats! Litterback🙌 #tvcommercials #tidycats #cats") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apWWErKKDoU) We routinely get 40 pound boxes to save money. That tiny little box can’t be all that heavy and don’t shopping carts exist where you live? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=323) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=325)