# 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:** 79
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1564 "2020-01-26T18:05:17Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > 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! I must butt in again because I remember years ago there was a commercial for a pill for arthritis. The start of it was some woman leaving the doctor’s office practically in tears, as if she had just been told she was going to die a horrible painful death within the week. Arthritis. She has arthritis. Not cancer or Ebola or an inoperable brain tumor, but arthritis. Surprise! She looks to be about 60, wealthy, well dressed, but no longer a perfect, lucky lucky girl. …Fast forward, after taking that pill for arthritis, she and hubby are laughing, smiling, striding along a beautiful windswept beach, happy as is possible to be! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1565 "2020-01-26T21:55:53Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > 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! Hardly normal. They promise a carefree & wonderful life. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1566 "2020-01-27T01:02:41Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Hardly normal. They promise a carefree & wonderful life. NO. They will only keep you living past your due date. Meanwhile, you are sitting at home, on oxygen maybe, swollen legs, in a Depends, watching Judge Judy and The View and so on. Waiting for someone to come pick up your sorry ass, for yet another doctor visit. Jesus, please, take me now. ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1567 "2020-01-27T01:29:11Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Hardly normal. They promise a carefree & wonderful life. Because it’s trying to sell you something. What kind of commercial would it be if it’s message was ‘Take our pill, continue to pay your bills but with less pooping.’ ---
**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:** [January 27, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1568 "2020-01-27T02:31:44Z")
Jardience takes things to the next level… Not to settle for mere organ damage or death as a side effect, this one can apparently cause your taint to rot off. How can a cardiac drug for diabetics cause this? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1569 "2020-01-27T04:32:45Z")
[This](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZrKk/2020-lexus-es-i-got-it-t1) is a commercial for a Lexus car, in which the big benefit being touted is that the car allows you to use Amazon Alexa. So the couple in the commercial, upon learning that one of their mothers is arriving momentarily, instruct Alexa to start the coffee, set the temperature in the house and start the Roomba. So all the commercial has to say about the car is that it includes a digital assistant, the same one you could load on your phone as an app. Pretty weak. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1570 "2020-01-27T05:52:41Z")
The Luminess commercial that keeps constantly repeating Cher’s song “If I Could Turn Back Time” is really getting annoying. I’m not going to link to it because I don’t want to subject anyone else to that particular earworm. Also, in an unrelated complaint, not about a specific commercial, but a pitchman, is anybody else getting tired of seeing Shaquille O’Neal on their TV all of the time? ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1571 "2020-01-27T05:56:51Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The Luminess commercial that keeps constantly repeating Cher’s song “If I Could Turn Back Time” is really getting annoying. Yeah! If those commercials are accurate, that makeup does not turn back time. What it does is put the consumer in the uncanny valley; those women do not look younger, they look artificial! ---
**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:** [January 27, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1572 "2020-01-27T13:47:35Z")
Every time I see those drtohelp commercials, I have to wonder, why is [this guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKug8W9f7WA) wearing John Travolta’s skin? :eek: ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1573 "2020-01-27T16:05:54Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Every time I see those drtohelp commercials, I have to wonder, why is [this guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKug8W9f7WA) wearing John Travolta’s skin? :eek: I have never seen this commercial before. He’s like John Travolta and Alexa had a baby! ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1574 "2020-01-27T17:55:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > 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.) I’m temptd to change my username to Liberty Biberty ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1575 "2020-01-27T17:56:25Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Because it’s trying to sell you something. What kind of commercial would it be if it’s message was ‘Take our pill, continue to pay your bills but with less pooping.’ If they had brains, they would use that as their slogan;) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1576 "2020-02-03T02:08:58Z")
[Your commercial is painful, Boost.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZuuT/boost-mobile-stop-the-pain) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1577 "2020-02-03T03:15:04Z")
Man, the Super Bowl ads were in the main depressingly awful [note: I disconnected cable several years ago and only watch certain key sports events now], stupid people doing stupid things to awful music. I did like Sly Stallone’s cameo on the steps he ran up on during Rocky, and Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day reprise was pretty funny, but overall they blew hairy green chunks. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1578 "2020-02-03T04:02:17Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > 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) We [did](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21664482&postcount=1028); it’s just been quite a while since it was nentioned. They’ve certainly gotten a lot of use out of that advert. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1579 "2020-02-03T13:22:10Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Man, the Super Bowl ads were in the main depressingly awful [note: I disconnected cable several years ago and only watch certain key sports events now], stupid people doing stupid things to awful music. I did like Sly Stallone’s cameo on the steps he ran up on during Rocky, and Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day reprise was pretty funny, but overall they blew hairy green chunks. I was glad to see “Jake from State Farm” again. Slightly altered but still good! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1580 "2020-02-03T15:44:54Z")
Liberty Auto Insurance with that fucking ostrich and creepy 70’s dude makes me want to tear up my insurance policy and go back to Geico. To be honest, every one of their commercials is fucking irritating. It’s a deep and profound loathing. Enough to provoke a strongly worded letter. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1581 "2020-02-03T16:18:17Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Liberty Auto Insurance with that fucking ostrich and creepy 70’s dude makes me want to tear up my insurance policy and go back to Geico. To be honest, every one of their commercials is fucking irritating. It’s a deep and profound loathing. Enough to provoke a strongly worded letter. I agree, except for the one that shows his wife/girlfriend. I think she’s hot, in a girl next door kind of way. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1582 "2020-02-03T16:22:49Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Liberty Auto Insurance with that fucking ostrich and creepy 70’s dude makes me want to tear up my insurance policy and go back to Geico. To be honest, every one of their commercials is fucking irritating. It’s a deep and profound loathing. Enough to provoke a strongly worded letter. It’s an emu. Ostrich does _not_ rhyme with Limu. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1583 "2020-02-03T17:53:09Z")
More stupid insurance commercials: The one with Tina Fey and Mayhem as her pet dog. He’s licking her and she’s claiming that she’s not distracted because she’s got the “drive safe” 1984 monitoring software. But how is she not distracted? She’s got a huge dog licking her face. That’s like the definition of distracted driving. Also, the guy with the State Farm software who’s being challenged to a drag race by some guy. ``` a. The last time anyone was challenged to a drag race by some random guy at a light was probably 1963. b. If the only reason you don't accept an invitation to a drag race is that you don't want to lose your 30% discount on insurance, then you probably shouldn't be behind the wheel. ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=80)