# 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:** 84
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1664 "2020-04-16T16:11:05Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > 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. Depends on the severity of the disease. I’m not familiar with Humira but I’m taking Xeljanz for my RA and one of its side effects is a depressed immune system. I don’t think it’s on the same level as say, a transplant patient but every quarter the doc orders a full blood panel run to make sure nothing nefarious has taken up permanent residence. Neither she nor I even considered stopping it because of the current pandemic. ---
**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 16, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1665 "2020-04-16T19:06:17Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > 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. Yeah, no. Whether he’s wearing trunks or not, I find it obnoxious. Not a good look. YMMV. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1666 "2020-04-16T20:24:05Z")
> [@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) Oh, _him_ I don’t like that commercial because they have him acting retarded, especially when he jumps in the pool. ---
**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 16, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1667 "2020-04-16T21:45:51Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Oh, _him_ I don’t like that commercial because they have him acting retarded, especially when he jumps in the pool. Yeah, the general douchiness of the dude is annoying, too. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1668 "2020-04-17T02:27:00Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yeah, the general douchiness of the dude is annoying, too. He’s a douche, but somehow everyone there seems to love him. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1669 "2020-04-17T02:42:32Z")
any of the commercials made in the past decade by Camacho auto sales… behold these horrors [camacho autosales - Bing video](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=camacho+autosales&FORM=HDRSC3)… and they have a youtube channel … ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1670 "2020-04-17T15:59:02Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Oh, _him_ I don’t like that commercial because they have him acting retarded, especially when he jumps in the pool. Weird. I didn’t get that. I did get “doofus dad,” but he’s a fairly common trope in commercials. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1671 "2020-04-17T17:54:37Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > And here’s another one: > > “Bayer - this is why we science.” Papa Murphy’s has one now too, talking about how they “pizza”, or maybe it’s how you “pizza”… Either way, “pizza” is not a verb. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1672 "2020-04-28T16:46:44Z")
"It’s safe drivers save 40 percent. " “That’s him, that’s safe drivers save 40 percent.” Stop Saying That! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1673 "2020-04-28T17:09:36Z")
I just saw an ad, last night, for a drug called “Entresto.” Now, I know this is an “annoying commercials” thread, and the commercial is not inherently annoying, but when I saw it, the name of the drug bugged me. Why? Because I’ve gotten used to the idea that proper drug names are made of letters that score high in Scrabble, like “X[sub]8[/sub]E[sub]1[/sub]L[sub]1[/sub]J[sub]8[/sub]A[sub]1[/sub]N[sub]1[/sub]Z[sub]10[/sub]” and “X[sub]8[/sub]O[sub]1[/sub]F[sub]4[/sub]L[sub]1[/sub]U[sub]1[/sub]Z[sub]10[/sub]A[sub]1[/sub]”. I’ve seen some with no more than a 3-pointer, but this is the first drug name I’ve seen advertised (at least, since I started taking note of this) that is made of only 1-Scrabble-point letters. Pathetic. Someone needs to be fired. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1674 "2020-04-28T17:59:56Z")
I was surprised and (only slightly) put off by a commercial I saw while watching Hulu. It’s for a razor and shows a woman getting into the shower. IIRC the music is lively and the voice over is saying something about going crazy or something along those lines. The idea is that the razor does such a good job, the woman is shaving everywhere. We can see her through the shower door as she props her foot up on the side wall. The next scene is a man getting into that same shower and grabbing for the razor; and there’s a big old black pube on it:eek: If I saw it on SNL I’d think it was quite funny but somehow as a real commercial it feels really. . . tasteless. The version they show on regular tv just shows a brief shot of her shaving her legs and then him, later, using the same razor on his face. Next one; a feminine pad commercial where they do the old “pour the liquid on the pad to demonstrate its absorbency” test. Only instead of bright blue liquid its dark pink. Not like chemical, neon pink but the color of diluted blood. What’s next, are we going to see the skid marks on that damned bear’s underwear? And the grossest one I think I’ve ever seen: for some detergent - if I could remember the product I would go out of my way to NEVER buy it - where a woman is talking to the pitch lady and she holds up a child’s sweatshirt with a big stain on it and says" looks like cheese; smells like BARF". I cannot imagine even the people who deal with this problem want to see it in a commercial. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1675 "2020-04-28T18:29:17Z")
I can’t stand that Kohler toilet commercial where the kid and his dad are flushing the kid’s dead fish down the toilet. The kid proceeds to flush plastic army soldiers, a potted plant and a sandwich into the shitter. Yeah, we get it, the toilet is powerful and can handle all the bullshit your spoiled child flushes but what about what happens down the sewer line when it causes a back-up and not only screws up your sewer but your neighbors as well? Just stop it already. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1676 "2020-04-28T18:34:17Z")
Every commercial from the last month that tells me, “We care.” Translation: Don’t forget about us when you have money again! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1677 "2020-04-28T20:19:42Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I just saw an ad, last night, for a drug called “Entresto.” > > Now, I know this is an “annoying commercials” thread, and the commercial is not inherently annoying, but when I saw it, the name of the drug bugged me. Why? Because I’ve gotten used to the idea that proper drug names are made of letters that score high in Scrabble, like “X[sub]8[/sub]E[sub]1[/sub]L[sub]1[/sub]J[sub]8[/sub]A[sub]1[/sub]N[sub]1[/sub]Z[sub]10[/sub]” and “X[sub]8[/sub]O[sub]1[/sub]F[sub]4[/sub]L[sub]1[/sub]U[sub]1[/sub]Z[sub]10[/sub]A[sub]1[/sub]”. I’ve seen some with no more than a 3-pointer, but this is the first drug name I’ve seen advertised (at least, since I started taking note of this) that is made of only 1-Scrabble-point letters. Pathetic. Someone needs to be fired. [It’s a pretty calculating industry.](https://slate.com/technology/2013/08/drug-name-confusion-fda-regulations-and-pharma-create-bizarre-new-names.html) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1678 "2020-04-28T21:01:55Z")
An interesting article…but I can’t believe that Scrabble scores aren’t involved at all! ---
**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:** [April 28, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1679 "2020-04-28T21:42:36Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > "It’s safe drivers save 40 percent. " “That’s him, that’s safe drivers save 40 percent.” > > Stop Saying That! Besides, that’s the voodoo-practicing Pedro Cerrano. 😃 ---
**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 28, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1680 "2020-04-28T22:23:15Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > "It’s safe drivers save 40 percent. " “That’s him, that’s safe drivers save 40 percent.” > > Stop Saying That! He’s the President of the United States of America and we need to drive faster because WE’RE RUNNING OUT IF TIME!!! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1681 "2020-05-07T23:29:22Z")
Annoying only for raising my hopes: I heard a commercial today that began, “Do you have lots of degrading photos?” And I thought, “Why yes, yes I do.” And maybe they had a way to ensure I could get them off the interwebs. But it turned out they were offering a way to restore\* deteriorating \*photos. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1682 "2020-05-08T00:29:19Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Annoying only for raising my hopes: > > I heard a commercial today that began, “Do you have lots of degrading photos?” > > And I thought, “Why yes, yes I do.” And maybe they had a way to ensure I could get them off the interwebs. > > But it turned out they were offering a way to restore\* deteriorating \*photos. I know several "friends’ who could use that service. A “friend”, yeah, yeah, that’s the ticket- a friend.😛 ---
**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:** [May 8, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1683 "2020-05-08T01:33:06Z")
I generally haven’t minded the Mayhem adverts, but the one where he plays Tina Fey’s mother-in-law drives me potty. Just dump him out on a street corner, FFS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=85)