# 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:** 70
**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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1384 "2019-11-23T17:43:12Z")
> [@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”? I agree; they’re riffing on Jake & Elwood. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1385 "2019-11-23T17:47:11Z")
> [@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. I imagine if anyone bought me a Peloton I would have to jump on that thing and work out as if possessed. At $2000 plus a subscription, that indicates I would probably be a trophy wife in a penthouse and would be required to keep in top shape to be suitable arm candy. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1386 "2019-11-23T18:21:55Z")
My latest pet peeve - whistling. The other night we were watching TV and there was a Culver’s ad with the annoying whistling, then 1-800-GOT JUNK with the annoying whistling, then some local ad with whistling… Yeesh enough with the whistling already! ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1387 "2019-11-23T20:26:04Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I imagine if anyone bought me a Peloton I would have to jump on that thing and work out as if possessed. At $2000 plus a subscription, that indicates I would probably be a trophy wife in a penthouse and would be required to keep in top shape to be suitable arm candy. Have you seen the one where she gets a Peloton for Christmas and makes a video of her first–and then every single workout for a year, then makes her husband watch the entire video diary of her workouts the next year? “Sit down, we’re going to watch a year’s worth of me riding a stationary bike.” ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1388 "2019-11-23T20:47:47Z")
> [@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 don’t know how I’m going to survive for two more months of this. You aint’ kidding. It’s gonna’ be brutal, and it seems to be getting worse and worse every year. Even the short time I’m exposed to TV as a captive audience ( work break room, waiting rooms ) is enough to send me 'round the bend. The unctuous crassness is revolting. ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1389 "2019-11-23T21:45:02Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > You aint’ kidding. It’s gonna’ be brutal, and it seems to be getting worse and worse every year. Even the short time I’m exposed to TV as a captive audience ( work break room, waiting rooms ) is enough to send me 'round the bend. > > The unctuous crassness is revolting. Christmas commercials started playing literally the day after Halloween this year, which seems earliest yet (to me). Part of the problem is how repetitive and often the same commercials are replayed. I’m watching football today and they just cycle the same commercials over and over and over ad nauseam so any aspect that you might find annoying becomes an ice-pick to the brain. Everything’s so twee and saccharine and _everyone is singing_. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1390 "2019-11-23T22:21:14Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Oh, thanks for the information, it’s been bugging me. He (George Clooney) looks to be wearing the costume he wore in the Coen Brothers’ _Hail Casear_. I watched the Tide ad without reading the post thoroughly…got all the way to the end and was confused about what was supposed to be the derision of the husband. I was sure that he was going to use the wrong detergent, and that big stain on the little girl’s T-shirt was going to be still there. But, nope. Falsetto singing is grounds for derision? ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1391 "2019-11-24T02:03:00Z")
This [Crown Royal ‘water break’ commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFStecG879Q) is annoying. When the slurping/swallowing sound starts, my [misophonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia) starts kicking-in. ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1392 "2019-11-24T03:42:26Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > This [Crown Royal ‘water break’ commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFStecG879Q) is annoying. When the slurping/swallowing sound starts, my [misophonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia) starts kicking-in. I’ll see your (admittedly annoying) commercial involving misophonia, and raise you this ASMR “[whispering into a mic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqU8ar4gSyI)” video that dominated the airwaves earlier this year. This was my **truly** actually least favorite commercial. It makes me angry for some reason. I have a severe aversion to the whole ASMR “thing”…the idea of of\* amplifying someone’s whispering into a microphone\* invokes a nearly violent response from me. It’s the whole “nails on a chalk board” type thing. I don’t even understand the concept–the idea of a whisper is to be quiet. Then you blast it through a PA system at loud levels. Is it just me? Because to me, this is the nuclear bomb of misophonia. ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1393 "2019-11-24T15:34:50Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > I’ll see your (admittedly annoying) commercial involving misophonia, and raise you this ASMR “[whispering into a mic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqU8ar4gSyI)” video that dominated the airwaves earlier this year. This was my **truly** actually least favorite commercial. It makes me angry for some reason. > > I have a severe aversion to the whole ASMR “thing”…the idea of of\* amplifying someone’s whispering into a microphone\* invokes a nearly violent response from me. It’s the whole “nails on a chalk board” type thing. I don’t even understand the concept–the idea of a whisper is to be quiet. Then you blast it through a PA system at loud levels. > > Is it just me? Because to me, this is the nuclear bomb of misophonia. I remember. Gawd that one was awful. Here, let me make it even quieter by hitting the mute button. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1394 "2019-11-24T19:35:14Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > This [Crown Royal ‘water break’ commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFStecG879Q) is annoying. When the slurping/swallowing sound starts, my [misophonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia) starts kicking-in. Kinda cute and good advice. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1395 "2019-11-24T19:36:36Z")
> [@Dr.Colossus](#): > > I’ll see your (admittedly annoying) commercial involving misophonia, and raise you this ASMR “[whispering into a mic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqU8ar4gSyI)” video that dominated the airwaves earlier this year. This was my **truly** actually least favorite commercial. It makes me angry for some reason. > … > Is it just me? Because to me, this is the nuclear bomb of misophonia. That’s a weird ad, and why the hell is she covered in what looks like cheap prison tattoos? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1396 "2019-11-26T01:30:46Z")
The Walmart ad with who I assumed was Cardi-b singing about the “caboose like choo choo” can die in a fire. Google has informed me that it is, in fact, Lizzo. Also, my neurotic dog has decided that Mayhem (from Progressive, Allstate?) acting like a St Bernard (great Dane?) puppy is enough to growl at. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1397 "2019-11-26T03:20:52Z")
Oh, I’ll have to see if my cats will get excited when Mayhem pretends to be a cat! ---
**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:** [November 26, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1398 "2019-11-26T03:30:28Z")
[Here](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oFiP/allstate-mayhem-cat-featuring-dean-winters)’s the commercial in which Mayhem is a cat. (And [here](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Zk3q/allstate-mayhem-saint-bernard-puppy-featuring-tina-fey) is the dog commercial.) ---
**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 26, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1399 "2019-11-26T03:51:30Z")
Our puppy barks at the TV during the new Mayhem commercial. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1400 "2019-11-26T04:50:27Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I watched the Tide ad without reading the post thoroughly…got all the way to the end and was confused about what was supposed to be the derision of the husband. I was sure that he was going to use the wrong detergent, and that big stain on the little girl’s T-shirt was going to be still there. But, nope. Falsetto singing is grounds for derision? Yeah, my singing range is both way above and below my wife’s range. I should be ashamed? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1401 "2019-11-27T03:32:50Z")
I absolutely despise the latest Jared’s commercial. In which some Steve Gutenberg-looking guy gives his new squeeze an inappropriately expensive gift from Jareds while an a capella group in the background sings this charming song about “Even though we just started datng, I find you so captivating…” I _guarantee_ you that when the woman gets home, she gets on her social media and starts complaining to her friends that the guy she’s pity-dating now thinks they’re in a relationship and holy shit, we only banged a couple of times and now he’s giving me jewelry? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1402 "2019-11-27T04:20:52Z")
The latest stupid Honey Bunches of Oats commercial: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vT26Gak7O4c/maxresdefault.jpg "Lost in Space") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT26Gak7O4c) Fortunately it’s only 15 seconds long. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1403 "2019-11-27T18:35:31Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I absolutely despise the latest Jared’s commercial. In which some Steve Gutenberg-looking guy gives his new squeeze an inappropriately expensive gift from Jareds while an a capella group in the background sings this charming song about “Even though we just started datng, I find you so captivating…” > > I _guarantee_ you that when the woman gets home, she gets on her social media and starts complaining to her friends that the guy she’s pity-dating now thinks they’re in a relationship and holy shit, we only banged a couple of times and now he’s giving me jewelry? I interpreted it as “heh heh heh, now you HAVE to put out, bay-bee!!”. You know it’s Christmastime when the TV has commercials for jewelry, cars and electronics - and pretty much nothing else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=71)