# 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:** 87
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1724 "2020-05-14T21:58:39Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I guess that’s there way of tippy-toeing through the gender identity minefield. They can’t just say “women shouldn’t use this” because that leads to: how do you define “woman”? > > We could spin off a whole sub-thread on prescription drug warnings. I like the one for prostate treatment that says it may cause birth defects in women. The intersection of people with prostate problems and people who may be pregnant is uh…really tiny. Yes, but all the ads I’ve seen with this “only men can/need to take it but it causes birth defects” are also cautioning against just _handling_ the pills - I’m guessing there are probably more than a really tiny amount of people with prostate problems who might ask a woman who can get pregnant to hand them their pills ( which may be not be in bottles, but something like [this](https://www.everythingbranded.com/pill-case-key-chain?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2PP1BRCiARIsAEqv-pRQSvF0EYImpy0QkHDlFvWFki2UPeXoNMwDqFnMOX6MGG2LKlV4C-YaApnfEALw_wcB) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1725 "2020-05-14T22:04:23Z")
That’s a fair point. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1726 "2020-05-14T23:38:16Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > There’s a recent one about what I think is an HIV prevention drug of some sort Geez, I hate those. They are typically 15 seconds of beautiful people showing how carefree they are, and then what seems like weeks of the narrator reading all the disclaimers and precautions, to a snappy drum beat. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1727 "2020-05-14T23:59:30Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Geez, I hate those. They are typically 15 seconds of beautiful people showing how carefree they are, and then what seems like weeks of the narrator reading all the disclaimers and precautions, to a snappy drum beat. “Golly, doc, this advert told me to ask you about \*The Big Teal Pill™. \* Because the commercial showed a contented woman sauntering through a park, smelling a flower and then putting down a blanket, and I’ve never been able to do that…” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1728 "2020-05-15T11:45:36Z")
**[Moderating]** > [@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.) Complaining about the commercial is fine for this thread and forum. The language and tone you used to do it, however, is not. The only reason you’re not getting a Warning for this post is because it escaped notice for so long-- I’m guessing that someone linked to it in that ATMB thread? Please, everyone, when you see things like this, report them PROMPTLY. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1729 "2020-05-15T14:49:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Has anybody mentioned that My Pillow idiot advertising his ‘you can take it anywhere’ smaller version? With real paid people saying things like ‘I can put it in my backpack, which is important to me’, and ad glurge like ‘You can use it in a chair or on your couch’. Well, no shit and sign me up for a dozen. :rolleyes: The local news stations broadcast his LONG commercials at least twice in their 30-minute slots. He’s earn an automatic “reach for the mute button” response from me. Seems like lately he’s advertising his pillows more (is he having business problems?), plus that awful “I was lost but God saved me so buy my pillows” book he’s hawking. The word here in Minnesota is that he’s planning a run for governor, hence all the photo-ops with Trump. He reminds me of the Ted Levine character in “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” both in looks and in his voice. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1730 "2020-05-17T01:58:50Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I guess that’s there way of tippy-toeing through the gender identity minefield. They can’t just say “women shouldn’t use this” because that leads to: how do you define “woman”? > > We could spin off a whole sub-thread on prescription drug warnings. I like the one for prostate treatment that says it may cause birth defects in women. The intersection of people with prostate problems and people who may be pregnant is uh…really tiny. One of my recent favorites is for a drug designed to treat post-menopausal women. One of the warnings says “Do not use this drug if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant.” ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1731 "2020-05-17T04:10:32Z")
Internet rather than TV, but I find it exceedingly odd that Worldometer, which each day tallies up America’s dismal and worsening record concerning COVID-19 deaths, keeps showing me ads from Trump’s re-election campaign. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1732 "2020-05-20T13:26:20Z")
I know the Limu Emu commercials have been brought up, but has anybody mentioned that they seem to amount to emu abuse? That poor emu is freaking the eff _ **OUT** _ in some of them. I know that’s part of the joke, but I don’t think the emu is in on it :eek: ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1733 "2020-05-20T13:34:01Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I know the Limu Emu commercials have been brought up, but has anybody mentioned that they seem to amount to emu abuse? That poor emu is freaking the eff _ **OUT** _ in some of them. I know that’s part of the joke, but I don’t think the emu is in on it :eek: UPDATE: apparently the emu is part real and part CGI: > **[Is that a real emu in Liberty Mutual commercials?](https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/is-that-a-real-emu-in-liberty-mutual-commercials/article_b68c9600-90e4-5042-a6d2-64070fa459d6.html)** > > Question: Is the emu in that insurance commercial real or CGI? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1734 "2020-05-20T14:35:25Z")
> [@solost](#): > > UPDATE: apparently the emu is part real and part CGI: > [Is that a real emu in Liberty Mutual commercials?](http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/is-that-a-real-emu-in-liberty-mutual-commercials/article_b68c9600-90e4-5042-a6d2-64070fa459d6.html) I’m glad you posted this; I too always feel bad for the poor emu. Question: is emu properly pronounced to rhyme with LEEMOO? I always thought it was pronounced EEMEW. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1735 "2020-05-20T14:52:06Z")
Sam Adams new Masshole spokesjerk is terrible. Why would you want your product represented by such an awful person? He’s not even funny, he’s just an ass. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1736 "2020-06-02T16:08:18Z")
I’ve been watching the Game Show Network with lunch lately, and there’s [this commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/doF0/open-care-insurance-services-at-peace) for some kind of insurance to pay your final expenses. The actors on it are so bad it’s literally cringeworthy (and yeah, I’m using the word “literally” correctly, at least in my case–I _do_ cringe when I see these wooden people trying to “act.”) Who knows, maybe they’re not actors. But then the question remains, why put people this bad on your commercial? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1737 "2020-06-02T16:42:25Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I’ve been watching the Game Show Network with lunch lately, and there’s [this commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/doF0/open-care-insurance-services-at-peace) for some kind of insurance to pay your final expenses. The actors on it are so bad it’s literally cringeworthy (and yeah, I’m using the word “literally” correctly, at least in my case–I _do_ cringe when I see these wooden people trying to “act.”) > > Who knows, maybe they’re not actors. But then the question remains, why put people this bad on your commercial? I’ve been watching a lot of oldies stations (MeTV, Antenna TV, etc.) and it’s that same set of commercials. Sick kids, sick animals, sick old people. All of them are poorly acted and produced. But I’m assuming that the people who make them know their audience because they’re all the same. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1738 "2020-06-02T17:53:48Z")
It seems like there are a lot of commercials featuring little girls putting makeup on their parents. Is that even a thing? I know that I never put makeup on any adults in my family. For one thing, I didn’t own any cosmetics at that age, and Mom certainly wasn’t going to let me use her stuff to _play_ with. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1739 "2020-06-02T18:38:20Z")
Yeah, it’s a thing. My son & daughter-in-law have posted many videos of their daughters putting polish on their (the parents’) nails. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1740 "2020-06-02T18:44:40Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I’ve been watching the Game Show Network with lunch lately, and there’s [this commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/doF0/open-care-insurance-services-at-peace) for some kind of insurance to pay your final expenses. The actors on it are so bad it’s literally cringeworthy (and yeah, I’m using the word “literally” correctly, at least in my case–I _do_ cringe when I see these wooden people trying to “act.”) > > Who knows, maybe they’re not actors. But then the question remains, why put people this bad on your commercial? But “at peace with my homegoing” is such a … wonderful phrase. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1741 "2020-06-02T20:51:25Z")
[hijack] I appreciate the sentiment behind “homegoing,” but it was terribly confusing when one of our managers emailed the entire company to let us know that the wife of a former employee would likely be Going Home later that day. [/hijack] Back to Sonic: apparently the kid who had never before encountered a pickle and thinks his parents are incapable of buying queso has been granted more airtime. I can understand even less of what he’s saying in these new spots. Is this supposed to be cute?? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1742 "2020-06-29T22:01:59Z")
Even dumber than using a guy in love with cow to flog insurance is the Folger’s commercial where the woman surprises her father-in-law in the shower with another dude. (I’ll go out on a limb here and guess the young guy is her husband.) Exactly how is this supposed to sell coffee? 😕 The jingle sucks too. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1743 "2020-06-30T14:24:49Z")
I thought that she meant to surprise her husband with some shower nookie, but barged in on her father in law by mistake. However it’s still dumb and I don’t know how it’s supposed to sell coffee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=88)