# 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:** 350
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6987 "2025-12-05T20:00:39Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Sounds pretty much the same as ‘table scraps and left over stuff from butchering’ to me. Sure, the ingredients, but the “left over stuff” is the critical part. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6988 "2025-12-05T20:35:02Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Sure, the ingredients, but the “left over stuff” is the critical part. What do you think they put in the Farmer’s Dog food? They might say they add “whole, human-grade meat” on the website, but they ain’t putting prime cuts of ribeye and filet mignon in there. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6989 "2025-12-05T20:43:31Z")
> [@solost](#): > > What do you think they put in the Farmer’s Dog food? They might say they add “whole, human-grade meat” on the website, but they ain’t putting prime cuts of ribeye and filet mignon in there. No, but see on the farm, the left over stuff- _and this is CRITICAL_- is FREE! Feeding a medium dog on that stuff is something like $180 a month, on kibble it is $50 for the better stuff. > **[Is The Farmer’s Dog Actually “Better” For Dogs Than Other Pet Foods?](https://ketonaturalpetfoods.com/blogs/news/is-the-farmer-s-dog-actually-better-for-dogs-than-other-pet-foods?srsltid=AfmBOopZ3jWK_7wTUx5FFYuZlaN4uKXoQtj8lBCA5S5kFB7YMP1S83x-)** > > This is the second installment in our series of articles about the Farmer’s Dog, the pet food startup whose emotional 2023 Super Bowl commercial and other high-profile marketing efforts have helped it to become a household name among many dog... **“The nutritional profile of the Farmer’s Dog really is “better” than some pet foods, but it is also worse than others** ….**3.) The Farmer’s Dog only uses what it calls “real ingredients” in its products.** This last one is really just an attempt at trickery. Under the relevant pet food labeling laws, what ingredients constitute “real” ingredients? **All of them.** In other words, claiming that all the ingredients in your pet food are “real” is literally a meaningless statement.” So better than cheap kibble, no doubt So, no- Farmers would never buy that stuff. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6990 "2025-12-05T21:07:44Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > No, but see on the farm, the left over stuff- _and this is CRITICAL_- is FREE! Well, you’re changing your argument here. You said “real Farmers dogs dont get special food like that- on our family farm up North, they got table scraps and left over stuff from butchering”. I said, well, that sounds pretty much like what they put in Farmer’s Dog food. It’s _not_ any more special than what you guys gave your dogs on your farm. It was a quality comparison, not a price comparison. Of course they oversell and overcharge for their product, compared to what you could give your dog in the way of table scraps and butcher leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6991 "2025-12-05T21:39:25Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Also: “hey, what do we do with all these dead horses - can we make a buck?” No, but you could make a dead deer. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6992 "2025-12-07T00:09:07Z")
If I see that kitchen remodeling commercial one more time I’m going to scream and throw something at the TV ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6993 "2025-12-07T00:55:08Z")
The one thing I find amusing about all these DealDash commercials is the repeated use of the same people; that guy with his red mixer, for example. They never won anything else, right? > [@DrDeth](#): > > So, no- Farmers would never buy that stuff. Still better than Fresh Pet’s “food food” commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6994 "2025-12-07T01:10:46Z")
OK, here’s a whole category of annoying ads: Ads for the thing that you just bought that you’re only going to need one of in your whole life. I mean, yeah, I showed a real, definite interest… showed. Past tense. I don’t need another one. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6995 "2025-12-07T01:28:03Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Still better than Fresh Pet’s “food food” commercials. Oh, my bad, I mixed the two up when i was saying > [@DrDeth](#): > > Okay some of these were cute the one with Steven Schirripa particularly so. _That_ was the cute Fresh Pets ‘food food “ one- the rest are drek. ---
**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 8, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6996 "2025-12-08T19:45:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Feeding a medium dog on that stuff is something like $180 a month, on kibble it is $50 for the better stuff. We asked out vet what we should feed our dog - spousal unit was looking at Farmer’s Dog. Vet said she fed her dogs Purina One. End of discussion. As for the thread topic - people getting upset about dog food being in the fridge? Really? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6997 "2025-12-08T19:49:53Z")
It’s the same people who make rude remarks about breastmilk or insulin being in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6998 "2025-12-08T19:58:20Z")
I’ve heard of people making remarks about insulin and breastmilk being in the fridge - but the instances I’ve heard of involve communal fridges, like in offices. Not the diabetic’s mother complaining that the diabetic keeps insulin in her own fridge. ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6999 "2025-12-08T20:07:56Z")
Apparently, my paternal grandmother (not the most pleasant or likeable person to begin with) gave my mother a lot of hassle about washing stainless steel dog dishes in the dishwasher along with human dishes. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/7000 "2025-12-08T20:10:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > As for the thread topic - people getting upset about dog food being in the fridge? Really? Yeah, but some people do- more or less the people who snoop in the fridge after only getting the okay to grab a beer or a soda. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It’s the same people who make rude remarks about breastmilk or insulin being in the fridge. Yep. ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/7001 "2025-12-08T20:46:05Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Apparently, my paternal grandmother (not the most pleasant or likeable person to begin with) gave my mother a lot of hassle about washing stainless steel dog dishes in the dishwasher along with human dishes. We may have a long-lost relative. My paternal grandfather once witnessed my dad place a pan of beef drippings on the floor for our dog to lick the goodness out of. Grandfather never ate anything that was cooked in that pan ever again. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/7002 "2025-12-08T20:52:27Z")
Don’t be so sure about that. Mothers can be quite judgemental about their kids fridges. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/7003 "2025-12-08T21:35:14Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > As for the thread topic - people getting upset about dog food being in the fridge? Really? No, NOT really. It’s just fiction for the sake of a stupid commercial. I’d bet a lot of money that no one at the ad agency that came up with that ever said “Well, y’know… I keep dog food in my fridge, and my girlfriend who hates dogs thought that was disgusting, so I dumped her… why don’t we do an ad about that?” I used to work at one of those agencies, and people came up with the most unbelievable situations\* in hopes of selling something. . \*And catchphrases that NO ONE would ever ever say: "Are you _4-IMPRINT certain?"_ ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/7004 "2025-12-08T22:31:54Z")
> [@digs](#): > > No, NOT really. It’s just fiction for the sake of a stupid commercial. > > I’d bet a lot of money that no one at the ad agency that came up with that ever said “Well, y’know… I keep dog food in my fridge, and my girlfriend who hates dogs thought that was disgusting, so I dumped her… why don’t we do an ad about that?” My family used to occasionally keep cat food in the fridge and the only complaint I heard about the practice is that cats can’t smell their food when it’s cold and are thus less likely to eat it. ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/7005 "2025-12-08T22:34:34Z")
My own experience supports that cats aren’t as inclined to eat their food cold. They do show more interest once it comes up to room temp, though. ---
**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 8, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/7006 "2025-12-08T23:26:45Z")
What does it cost to run these shitty little commercials on YouTube? Some grinning monkey keeps trying to sell me a power saving devise that all his friends laughed at him for buying. I don’t do anything about it, except hit skip. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=349) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=351)