# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/862 "2019-02-28T20:52:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Yes, I heard the word as “boca” and Googled to find they meant “bokeh”. Interesting. I thought since they were playing with the cameras focusing they made us some kind of “foca” slang word. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/863 "2019-03-02T01:18:24Z")
Leave it to GEICO to think teppanyaki is the same as hibachi. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/864 "2019-03-02T03:21:57Z")
There’s a new one that makes me want to punt a child across the room (and I feel bad about that because it’s not cool to punt children across the room). It’s for Pokemon cards in General Mills cereals. I have to change the channel until it’s over. [Here you go, see for yourself.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IB1D/general-mills-pokemon-catch-them-all) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/865 "2019-03-02T22:59:29Z")
I’m totally bewildered by the drug commercials that state, “don’t take this if you’re allergic to it, or its ingredients.” WTF? How am I supposed to know whether I’m allergic to your drug, and how do I know its ingredients? Yeah, I can see your lawyers putting that in, but still. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/866 "2019-03-03T02:21:02Z")
Perhaps not annoying but puzzling is [this commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ISAI/dominos-app-points-for-pies) for Domino’s Pizza. The gimmick is that they’ll give you points towards a free pizza for having bought a pizza somewhere else. So someone is expected to eat pizza elsewhere and then come to Domino’s for a free one? Why not just eat pizza somewhere else and then stop right there, since it’s almost certainly going to be better than the crap from Domino’s? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/867 "2019-03-03T02:26:54Z")
Free pizza is better than no pizza. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/868 "2019-03-03T02:48:43Z")
it takes a lot of points for a pizza ( like 50 or more), and you gotta sign up to their app to get it and you probably cant disable ads ect to take part ……. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/869 "2019-03-03T03:36:16Z")
Anyone using the app (we don’t) is likely to be earning points via ordering from Domino’s already. My SO is allergic to something in virtually all restaurants’ pizza sauce; Domino’s white sauce is one alternative to red that we like. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/870 "2019-03-03T06:56:47Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > There’s a new one that makes me want to punt a child across the room (and I feel bad about that because it’s not cool to punt children across the room). It’s for Pokemon cards in General Mills cereals. I have to change the channel until it’s over. > > [Here you go, see for yourself.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IB1D/general-mills-pokemon-catch-them-all) That _is_ horrible. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/871 "2019-03-03T06:58:47Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Why not just eat pizza somewhere else and then stop right there, since it’s almost certainly going to be better than the crap from Domino’s? Dominos is no longer crap. It’s now “OK” pizza. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/872 "2019-03-03T07:12:01Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > There’s a new one that makes me want to punt a child across the room (and I feel bad about that because it’s not cool to punt children across the room). It’s for Pokemon cards in General Mills cereals. I have to change the channel until it’s over. > > [Here you go, see for yourself.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IB1D/general-mills-pokemon-catch-them-all) the stupidity is your spending 15 bucks for 4 or 5 pokemon cards ? when my nephew collected them you got a pack of 10-15 for 3.95… heck even at dollar tree there 3 for a buck …… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/873 "2019-03-03T11:51:29Z")
And miss the sugar high? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/874 "2019-03-03T16:45:17Z")
A new insurance commercial shows parents giving their teenaged son a car for his birthday. Instead of being thrilled, like any of us would have been at that age, the ungrateful little shit is mortified because the car is a hand-me-down station wagon. “Why would you do this to me? How do you expect me to drive _that_??” I want to punch him in the face every time. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/875 "2019-03-03T16:53:26Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > A new insurance commercial shows parents giving their teenaged son a car for his birthday. Instead of being thrilled, like any of us would have been at that age, the ungrateful little shit is mortified because the car is a hand-me-down station wagon. > “Why would you do this to me? How do you expect me to drive _that_??” > I want to punch him in the face every time. It _is_ rather beaten up. And it has _woodgrain_. :eek: 😉 ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/876 "2019-03-03T17:15:21Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Perhaps not annoying but puzzling is [this commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ISAI/dominos-app-points-for-pies) for Domino’s Pizza. The gimmick is that they’ll give you points towards a free pizza for having bought a pizza somewhere else. So someone is expected to eat pizza elsewhere and then come to Domino’s for a free one? Why not just eat pizza somewhere else and then stop right there, since it’s almost certainly going to be better than the crap from Domino’s? Bargain basement Bezos. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/877 "2019-03-03T22:48:39Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > A new insurance commercial shows parents giving their teenaged son a car for his birthday. Instead of being thrilled, like any of us would have been at that age, the ungrateful little shit is mortified because the car is a hand-me-down station wagon. > “Why would you do this to me? How do you expect me to drive _that_??” > I want to punch him in the face every time. I love the parents in that commercial who ignore the teenage son’s silliness. (“It’s automatic. You turn the key and \”) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/878 "2019-03-03T23:52:08Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > A new insurance commercial shows parents giving their teenaged son a car for his birthday. Instead of being thrilled, like any of us would have been at that age, the ungrateful little shit is mortified because the car is a hand-me-down station wagon. > “Why would you do this to me? How do you expect me to drive that??” > I want to punch him in the face every time. > [@running\_coach](#): > > It _is_ rather beaten up. > > And it has _woodgrain_. :eek: > 😉 And probably gets around 12 MPG and is _at least_ 30 years old. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/879 "2019-03-04T00:08:52Z")
Also, that kid could have pointed out that he’d be _much_ safer in a newer car. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/880 "2019-03-04T13:46:32Z")
They obviously want us to think he’s an asshole. I just don’t understand how that helps them sell insurance. I guess by getting us to talk about their annoying commercial? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/881 "2019-03-06T00:25:23Z")
Realistically speaking, that’s a tough one. When I was in high school, it really was customary to ensure your kid was driving an old but reliable vehicle, the idea being that they’re focusing on driving instead of carelessly setting the cruise, playing with the radio, or trying to call their friends on one of those new-fangled car phones. (Also, if there was a fender-bender or an encounter with the mailbox, there was no real worry as long as the vehicle would still pass inspection.) Is that still a good idea today though, considering the amount of safety equipment you can find on even smaller, reasonably-priced cars? Back to annoying commercials…the Raleigh [North Carolina] Chamber of Commerce runs an ad during the local morning news that looks like it was shot using an iPhone’s burst mode. I don’t know what effect they were aiming for, but the whole thing comes across as twitchy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=45)