# 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:** 78
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1544 "2020-01-23T13:22:50Z")
How about the “Deja vu” commercial? When they run any commercial, it finishes and they REPEAT it! Like your attention span is 4 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1545 "2020-01-23T13:25:44Z")
The revival of Pinocchio - Motivational Speaker is very annoying. it gets stuck in my head and won’t go away. On the other hand, I change the dad’s line to “Did you know Pinocchio was a bad mutha fucka?” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1546 "2020-01-23T19:34:17Z")
There’s a commercial with some fat bleached blond tRump cunt shown a hundred times a day. Whining about a congressman, Anthony Brindisi who had the GALL to vote for impeachment of the orange messiah! ‘Why doesn’t he concentrate on REAL issues like illegals storming the borders and ‘fixing’ the opioid crisis?’ God, I hate her. That whining voice! Clueless and single minded, butthurt and offended . (I hope I put this in the right category, it is political, but it is also an annoying commercial I see over and over till I can scream.) Moderating: See [post 1730](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22303893&postcount=1730) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1547 "2020-01-23T19:52:05Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Skyrizi ads. First off, that doesn’t even sound like a drug name. Second, that song is terrible. Third, the singer 's voice irritates me. I kind of hate all the drug ads that try to make it sound like having some disease transports you into a beer commercial where everyone is young and pretty and happy and active. Also the ones that make it sound like having some disease makes you a superhero, who “fights back.” Just take your fucking pill and shut up. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1548 "2020-01-23T20:39:52Z")
There’s one (I think it’s for Legal Zoom) where a woman refers to her “ex ex ex boyfriend”. What does that mean? I assume it means that she’s had 2 more ex boyfriends since then, but the language doesn’t work like that. Boyfriends don’t stack up like great and great-great grandparents, or twice removed cousins. An ex boyfriend is still simply an ex boyfriend regardless of how many you’ve had since then. They don’t somehow become more “ex”. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1549 "2020-01-23T22:36:46Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > There’s one (I think it’s for Legal Zoom) where a woman refers to her “ex ex ex boyfriend”. > > What does that mean? I assume it means that she’s had 2 more ex boyfriends since then, but the language doesn’t work like that. > > Boyfriends don’t stack up like great and great-great grandparents, or twice removed cousins. An ex boyfriend is still simply an ex boyfriend regardless of how many you’ve had since then. They don’t somehow become more “ex”. Maybe they got together again and broke up again, twice. Shows she is incapable or learning. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 23, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1550 "2020-01-23T23:22:45Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > There’s a commercial with some fat bleached blond tRump cunt shown a hundred times a day. Whining about a congressman, Anthony Brindisi who had the GALL to vote for impeachment of the orange messiah! ‘Why doesn’t he concentrate on REAL issues like illegals storming the borders and ‘fixing’ the opioid crisis?’ God, I hate her. That whining voice! Clueless and single minded, butthurt and offended . (I hope I put this in the right category, it is political, but it is also an annoying commercial I see over and over till I can scream.) [Stacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=888674) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1551 "2020-01-24T01:45:15Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I kind of hate all the drug ads that try to make it sound like having some disease transports you into a beer commercial where everyone is young and pretty and happy and active. Also the ones that make it sound like having some disease makes you a superhero, who “fights back.” Just take your fucking pill and shut up. Yes, this is annoying. All a pill does is make you live a bit longer. You will not miraculously 1) go on picnics with a big jolly happy family of loved ones, 2) you will not be prancing down a beach with a big woofy cute doggy, 3) you will not be dancing under the stars with a silver-haired fox. You will still be sitting at home hoping your exhausted irritated daughter shows up to cart you to the doctor yet again, next week. (I do miss the boner pill commercials, haven’t seen them in a while. Laughed and laughed my ass off at the romantic scenarios.) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1552 "2020-01-24T01:50:39Z")
Yes. ‘Stacy’. God, how I hate her. I feel like sending money to the guy she’s plotzing over. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1553 "2020-01-24T03:45:52Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Yes, this is annoying. All a pill does is make you live a bit longer. You will not miraculously 1) go on picnics with a big jolly happy family of loved ones, 2) you will not be prancing down a beach with a big woofy cute doggy, 3) you will not be dancing under the stars with a silver-haired fox. You will still be sitting at home hoping your exhausted irritated daughter shows up to cart you to the doctor yet again, next week. (I do miss the boner pill commercials, haven’t seen them in a while. Laughed and laughed my ass off at the romantic scenarios.) Yeah, those ads annoy me. Take the pill and you dont have and dont need a job, you have a handsome SO who never says a word, your kids are great, the weathers fine, and you go to parties and such all the time- except when you are having a perfect garden party at your place. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1554 "2020-01-24T14:33:12Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Yes, this is annoying. All a pill does is make you live a bit longer. You will not miraculously 1) go on picnics with a big jolly happy family of loved ones, 2) you will not be prancing down a beach with a big woofy cute doggy, 3) you will not be dancing under the stars with a silver-haired fox. Wait… what? You mean the pills don’t come with a new wardrobe of all white linen clothing for you and your spouse so you can walk around on sand dunes together? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1555 "2020-01-24T15:49:48Z")
Hubby: I hate these commercials! You take a pill and all of a sudden you wear less clothes? What are they? Skin baring pills? Me: Well. . . they are about curing the heartbreak of psoriasis and eczema so. . . yeah? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1556 "2020-01-24T16:56:56Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Probably been mentioned before, but it seems like all the auto insurance ads are either irrelevant, awful, or both. > > The less said about Limu Emu and Liberty Biberty, the better. [https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=liberty+biberty&qpvt=liberty+biberty&view=detail&mid=BA29708E8E71F24B768ABA29708E8E71F24B768A&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dliberty%2Bbiberty%26qpvt%3Dliberty%2Bbiberty%26FORM%3DVDRE](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=liberty+biberty&qpvt=liberty+biberty&view=detail&mid=BA29708E8E71F24B768ABA29708E8E71F24B768A&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dliberty%2Bbiberty%26qpvt%3Dliberty%2Bbiberty%26FORM%3DVDRE) This is the Best outtake. Love this guy ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1557 "2020-01-24T23:20:54Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > [liberty biberty - Search Videos](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=liberty+biberty&qpvt=liberty+biberty&view=detail&mid=BA29708E8E71F24B768ABA29708E8E71F24B768A&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dliberty%2Bbiberty%26qpvt%3Dliberty%2Bbiberty%26FORM%3DVDRE) > This is the Best outtake. Love this guy Liberty Biberty. I always imagine it is Michael Weston (the [character](https://tv-fanatic-res.cloudinary.com/iu/s--V-G8VpQx--/t_full/cs_srgb,f_auto,fl_strip_profile.lossy,q_auto:420/v1371116058/michael-westen-photo.png), not the actor.) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1558 "2020-01-25T01:37:33Z")
I mentioned earlier in this (very long) thread how much this particular commercial cracked me up. Made me laugh the first 5 times. Now after repeated viewings (did Liberty Mutual give you a million dollars to play their commercials every 4 minutes Science Channel?) I’d like for him to stop being an idiot and learn to speak. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1559 "2020-01-25T08:31:31Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Hubby: I hate these commercials! You take a pill and all of a sudden you wear less clothes? What are they? Skin baring pills? > > Me: Well. . . they are about curing the heartbreak of psoriasis and eczema so. . . yeah? Yes, but some of those pills lower your resistance so that you risk death. Is it worth it? I have psoriatic arthritis\*, and I am not about to take some of the imho dangerous drugs for it. I do take 800mg ibuprofen for the pain as needed, sure. But some of those biologics are danger, they lower your immune system. - mild to moderate, not so bad. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1560 "2020-01-25T18:59:26Z")
A lot of those medicines have side effects worse than the disease/condition. Or side effects that ARE the condition. “Take Platynia for psoriasis. May cause burning sensation, lowered blood pressure, increased psoriasis, loss of bladder and bowel control, death, death-like symptoms, increased heart rate, thoughts of suicide, or the condition known as “sausage fingers”. Do not take Platynia if you are allergic to Platynia.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1561 "2020-01-25T19:02:41Z")
And did you notice that the little scenes, mini movies, in these commercials, with happy people living full and exciting lives, doing things with their families or spouses, are virtually interchangeable? Next time, substitute in your mind the last drug commercial’s voice over, and it will fit. I wonder if the actors they get even know what commercial their fun romps will be used in. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1562 "2020-01-25T19:34:07Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And did you notice that the little scenes, mini movies, in these commercials, with happy people living full and exciting lives, doing things with their families or spouses, are virtually interchangeable? Next time, substitute in your mind the last drug commercial’s voice over, and it will fit. I wonder if the actors they get even know what commercial their fun romps will be used in. Well, of course! These commercials are promising people with debilitating conditions a normal life. Take our pill and be like people without prehensile joint dysplesia and enjoy yourself at a picnic fer cryin’ out loud! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1563 "2020-01-26T16:05:13Z")
I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned [Grandpa and COPD and the Three Little Pigs and Symbicort.](http://www.commercialsihate.com/symbicort-new-year-new-grandpa_topic27198.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=79)