# 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:** 69
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1364 "2019-11-21T16:49:40Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Please note that this started with me asking a question; I’m wondering what the agency’s intentions are with this commercial. Did you mean to argue that the commercial derided the husband? Did you mean to argue that the commercial makes the man seem inferior? If you did, then how the conversation started is not relevant to my point. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1365 "2019-11-21T16:50:38Z")
I can’t imagine it’s anything besides “let’s shill our new detergent in a way that tells people we know that in modern working families everyone has to pitch in with the chores.” Would you wonder if they were deriding the husband if they were speaking instead of singing but he still had a higher voice than the wife? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1366 "2019-11-21T17:23:54Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Did you mean to argue that the commercial derided the husband? Did you mean to argue that the commercial makes the man seem inferior? I’m arguing that the agency, however unintentionally, could be prompting some viewers to see the commercial that way while I, personally, do not. Honestly, my initial thoughts regarding the commercial were of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta’s duets in _Grease_. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1367 "2019-11-21T20:28:09Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > On another subject, I like the commercial where Peloton suggests the the best way to celebrate the holidays is to stay home and exercise all alone. Have you seen the most recent one, where the woman is selfie-videoing herself using her Peloton (which we learn at the end was her fella’s gift to her last Christmas)? I can only speak from my own experience, but if I had ever given a woman a piece of exercise equipment as a Christmas gift, my family would have been celebrating New Year’s at my wake. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1368 "2019-11-21T20:33:09Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Have you seen the most recent one, where the woman is selfie-videoing herself using her Peloton (which we learn at the end was her fella’s gift to her last Christmas)? > > I can only speak from my own experience, but if I had ever given a woman a piece of exercise equipment as a Christmas gift, my family would have been celebrating New Year’s at my wake. Based on her appearance, it was likely an upgrade on whatever she had been using. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1369 "2019-11-21T20:40:02Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Have you seen the most recent one, where the woman is selfie-videoing herself using her Peloton (which we learn at the end was her fella’s gift to her last Christmas)? > > I can only speak from my own experience, but if I had ever given a woman a piece of exercise equipment as a Christmas gift, my family would have been celebrating New Year’s at my wake. Some woman (and men) love to work out and would be overjoyed to get a Peloton (2K right there) and at least a years subscription which is another $500. Also, working out is for a lot more than appearance. Regular exercise could add years of happy healthy life. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1370 "2019-11-21T20:42:26Z")
I think Microsoft has a history of making some of the most obnoxious commercials and the newest one for the Surface is no exception. “When I think of what my imagination looks like, I mean, wow” The guy just sounds like a total smug a-hole and they seem to be running this commercial in overdrive for the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1371 "2019-11-22T00:21:07Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Some woman (and men) love to work out and would be overjoyed to get a Peloton (2K right there) and at least a years subscription which is another $500. Also, working out is for a lot more than appearance. Regular exercise could add years of happy healthy life. It’s not a bad present- but only IF they have asked for something like that. Otherwise, you’re saying she’s fat. Not wise. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1372 "2019-11-22T22:08:51Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I’m arguing that the agency, however unintentionally, could be prompting some viewers to see the commercial that way while I, personally, do not. What made you think that the ad agency might have that bizarre perspective? In what way is the ad conveying any message of derision toward any of the people in the commercial? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1373 "2019-11-22T22:11:48Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > What made you think that the ad agency might have that bizarre perspective? In what way is the ad conveying any message of derision toward any of the people in the commercial? Post #1363. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1374 "2019-11-22T22:25:38Z")
How about we chalk this up to my being overexposed to that commercial? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1375 "2019-11-22T23:43:10Z")
I think this [GMC Black Friday sale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvrem8e9LHI) commercial has appeared already in this thread last year, but since they are using it again this season it is open season. My wife and I have latched onto one word she says sorta under her breath… She: I got a great black Friday deal…one for you and one for me (looks like fitbits). He: Awe! I love it! He: I got us a little something, too… She: _**[[[yeah?]]]**_ … and then they proceed outside where two brand new GMC vehicles await. Now, whenever either of us use the word “yeah” it is always with that same anticipatory and nervous tone _[yeah?]_ The rest of it is just annoying with him caving-in and letting her take his truck. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1376 "2019-11-23T00:01:16Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Have you seen the most recent one, where the woman is selfie-videoing herself using her Peloton (which we learn at the end was her fella’s gift to her last Christmas)? Is it my imagination, or does she look really miserable? ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1377 "2019-11-23T01:50:29Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > The rest of it is just annoying with him caving-in and letting her take his truck. If only GMC had allowed the commercial to use two identical trucks: one red, one blue. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1378 "2019-11-23T01:53:06Z")
Am I crazy or did I just see a Christmas commercial in which Donna Summer’s I Feel Love is played as if it is about familial affections? Did I actually see an infant’s smiling face while Donna moaned orgasmically about all the love she’s feeling? WT actually listening to the F? ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1379 "2019-11-23T01:57:34Z")
[It is Target and Sam Smith is singing, apparently.](https://youtu.be/fB5gD-j5LVM) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1380 "2019-11-23T02:23:12Z")
This[Amazon “Everybody needs somebody to love”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2K0flh9uMc) is the new worst thing in my life. “Hey let’s throw in a rap breakdown shouty part towards the end.” I don’t know how I’m going to survive for two more months of this. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1381 "2019-11-23T03:14:52Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > This[Amazon “Everybody needs somebody to love”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2K0flh9uMc) is the new worst thing in my life. “Hey let’s throw in a rap breakdown shouty part towards the end.” I haven’t paid that close attention to the commercial - I thought it was the same thing that [Dan Aykroyd does at 2 minutes in on this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHV0zs0kVGg). (that’s where I know the song from). Is it a brand new “rap break”? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1382 "2019-11-23T04:55:38Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I haven’t paid that close attention to the commercial - I thought it was the same thing that [Dan Aykroyd does at 2 minutes in on this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHV0zs0kVGg). (that’s where I know the song from). Is it a brand new “rap break”? watch from here, if you can’t stomach the whole thing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s2K0flh9uMc/maxresdefault.jpg "Amazon Holiday 2019 - Brand :90") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2K0flh9uMc&t=45) _barfs in mouth_ (vocal scats incoming) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1383 "2019-11-23T06:51:58Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > watch from here, if you can’t stomach the whole thing. > > [https://youtu.be/s2K0flh9uMc?t=45](https://youtu.be/s2K0flh9uMc?t=45) > > _barfs in mouth_ > > (vocal scats incoming) Really? That made you vomit in your mouth? You have a very sensitive stomach, don’t you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=70)