# 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:** 83
**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 25, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1644 "2020-03-25T12:32:10Z")
It’s his Mum’s secret method. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1645 "2020-03-25T12:55:44Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > This Progressive commercial with the really annoying Fran Drescher sound-alike. > > [https://youtu.be/v8846PMaWl4](https://youtu.be/v8846PMaWl4) And she’s intentionally being annoying to run off guys in a nightclub. So horrible… ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1646 "2020-03-25T12:57:14Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > Admitting up front to not reading the whole thread, but how the hell does the Gecko ring the doorbell? > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > It’s his Mum’s secret method. I say that every time! My husband just gives me The Look. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1647 "2020-03-25T13:36:05Z")
The Amazon Music ads with the flying singing lips. There’s just something about them that makes me cringe. Particularly the one where it looks like there’s a mustache _on_ (not above) the upper lip. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1648 "2020-03-25T15:58:13Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I say that every time! My husband just gives me The Look. Even more annoying is that dufus who grabs the plate and pours it’s contents into his mouth. Makes me want to punch his damn face! ---
**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 25, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1649 "2020-03-25T16:13:13Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Even more annoying is that dufus who grabs the plate and pours it’s contents into his mouth. Makes me want to punch his damn face! The man is the dumbest person in the home. Typical. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1650 "2020-03-25T16:14:28Z")
I’m a dumb cow who’s not hep to what Tha Kids are doing these days, but what is in those Apple AirPods that make a beaten down drab woman spontaneously break into an epileptic seizure and caper about in the street, dancing and flailing around as if she had a snort of cocaine? _I_ want some of that! Does it come with those ear things? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1651 "2020-03-25T16:57:59Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The man is the dumbest person in the home. Typical. Ah, yes! In my outrage, I forgot all about that trope. Of course! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1652 "2020-03-25T23:06:30Z")
Neuriva commercial: “Want to brain better?” Gah! Talk about undercutting your own message. Haven’t they heard, verbing weirds language. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1653 "2020-04-05T00:16:32Z")
There’s a local real estate company, it advertises using testimonials. One of them says, “He took the time to ask what was important about the house to us, to us.” That unnecessary repitition grates. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1654 "2020-04-05T01:02:21Z")
Two new (to me) ones. One isn’t annoying as much as it is confusing to me. USAA insurance’s tagline (for military personnel and their families, I believe): What you’re made of, we’re made for. Huh? Woman tries to get something from out the linen closet and can’t reach. Husband tries to help. Overhead bin falls and there is a minor ruckus and they exit the closet a bit disheveled. Teenage grandson encounters them and loses his fucking shit because their clothes are wrinkled and perhaps, maybe, it is possible that grandma and grandpa were having sex. In what appears to be their own damn house. How embarrassing to be old and have wrinkles and sex. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1655 "2020-04-05T09:56:35Z")
“Chac-lit! Chac-lit! CHAC-lit! Chac-lit!” Ok Sonic, you’ve made your point. The two guys in the car were no where near as annoying as this. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1656 "2020-04-05T15:32:53Z")
And here’s another one: “Bayer - this is why we science.” ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1657 "2020-04-05T19:51:25Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Two new (to me) ones. One isn’t annoying as much as it is confusing to me. USAA insurance’s tagline (for military personnel and their families, I believe): What you’re made of, we’re made for. > Huh? > > Woman tries to get something from out the linen closet and can’t reach. Husband tries to help. Overhead bin falls and there is a minor ruckus and they exit the closet a bit disheveled. Teenage grandson encounters them and loses his fucking shit because their clothes are wrinkled and perhaps, maybe, it is possible that grandma and grandpa were having sex. In what appears to be their own damn house. > > How embarrassing to be old and have wrinkles and sex. There’s another commercial where a teenage boy is dropping off his girlfriend after a date and their clothes are disheveled, supposedly from the car’s seat belts. The girl’s mother takes one look and assumes that they must have been “fooling around”. Apparently the only way clothes can get wrinkled is if you’re having sex. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1658 "2020-04-06T00:14:13Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Yeah, that’s bad. Bad cat suits, bad concept. > > Lately I’m extra annoyed by the “cold turkey”. How many times is he going to quit? The product doesn’t seem to be working. what drives me nuts is how the cigarette packs he throws out still contain several cigarettes, like the artist never actually quit smoking. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1659 "2020-04-06T00:34:04Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > There’s another commercial where a teenage boy is dropping off his girlfriend after a date and their clothes are disheveled, supposedly from the car’s seat belts. The girl’s mother takes one look and assumes that they must have been “fooling around”. > > Apparently the only way clothes can get wrinkled is if you’re having sex. Who knew? It’s not the wrinkles. It looks like there’s a bulge in his crotch, which means this teen boy’s girlfriend’s mother is staring at his crotch. :eek: It’s creepy and gross. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1660 "2020-04-15T17:00:48Z")
This Otezla poolside commercial: Spoilered because of manspreading at the end. [Otezla TV Spot, 'Little Things: Pool' - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZHqN/otezla-little-things-pool) ---
**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:** [April 15, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1661 "2020-04-15T21:20:19Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > This Otezla poolside commercial: > > Spoilered because of manspreading at the end. > > [Otezla TV Spot, 'Little Things: Pool' - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZHqN/otezla-little-things-pool) I’m confused - why is that spoiler-worthy? He’s sitting on the edge of the pool, no bits are even close to showing, and he’s not obnoxiously taking up space. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1662 "2020-04-15T21:54:51Z")
Ads for Humira and other biologicals for Arthritis relief are continuing, despite the fact that those types of drugs lower your resistance to disease. Not a good idea during Covid pandemic. They should be ashamed of themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1663 "2020-04-16T16:10:27Z")
Local lawyer: “I’m your five star accident lawyer.” So what is a five star [del]ambulance chaser[/del] accident lawyer? Local auto insurance company: “Whether you’re caught in a bad storm, don’t worry, call Standard. Call Standard today.” Gah! A “whether” demands an “or.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=84)