# 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:** 99
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1965 "2020-11-07T04:16:39Z")
There was a get out the vote psa put out (I think) by MTV. Starts off with a simple Casio keyboard sounding riff, and then goes into a hip hop sounding thing. It’s 10:15 pm, 11/6/20 and it just played again. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1966 "2020-11-07T04:21:55Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Tide- with their pods that deliberately look like candy - is reprehensible. What? They have Gronk telling people not to eat them. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beiHkynt3Tg) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1967 "2020-11-07T08:21:35Z")
They’re obviously telling everyone to send in their fraudulent ballots ASAP ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1968 "2020-11-08T02:02:34Z")
Also similarly I keep seeing commercials from the State of California warning everyone to not have or attend big Halloween parties, 8 days after Halloween. If they knew they were going to keep airing them they should have kept them more generic “holiday season” ones but this ad literally has the phrase “There’s one guest you don’t want to invite to your Halloween party, and it’s the scariest one of all!” ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1969 "2020-11-09T00:16:16Z")
Papa John’s is currently advertising some wrapped meat and cheese monstrosity – a “papadilla,” maybe? At one point, the narrator enthusiastically describes it as a “chunderdome.” I thought “chunder” meant “vomit”… ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1970 "2020-11-09T02:31:19Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I thought “chunder” meant “vomit”… Whoever thought that up likely isn’t up on their Australian slang. > **[Chunder « The Word Detective](http://www.word-detective.com/2014/11/chunder/)** > > Driving the porcelain bus. Dear Word Detective: This isn't in your archives and I have been trying to get to the truth on this word, which is "chunder," meaning "to vomit. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1971 "2020-11-09T04:28:49Z")
You know what covidiots on FB are saying about that? “Well, only 8 for a Thanksgiving party, but 200 for a funeral, so I am inviting everyone to the funeral of this here turkey!” ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1972 "2020-11-09T12:33:44Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You know what covidiots on FB are saying about that? “Well, only 8 for a Thanksgiving party, but 200 for a funeral, so I am inviting everyone to the funeral of this here turkey!” - “The traditional near-cremation will be performed.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1973 "2020-11-09T16:08:41Z")
I’ve always hated ads where people stop doing something useful or fun because they’ve become transfixed at the sight of a consumer product. This goes back at least to the old “Dodge Fever” ads including the one where baseball players walk off the field because they’re irresistibly drawn to a crappy Dodge. The latest example is one where a guy who’s either an architect or model builder accidentally crushes and destroys the model he’s working on because he has to get closer to the window to see an Audi cruising down the street. In that spirit, I propose a Dove Chocolate ad where a toddler goes out the door into a snowstorm, while Mom lying on the couch obliviously slurps down a chocolate bar with a beatific look on her face. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1974 "2020-11-09T16:20:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Just saw a Tide commercial in which Tide wants to make conscientious housewives worried about invisible dirt. INVISIBLE DIRT! There’d one with some idiot woman who was happy until she found out what dust is. Gnat poop! Dead skin cells. EEEEEWWWWWW! Don’t tell her what is allowed in food. She’ll have a coronary. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1975 "2020-11-09T16:38:56Z")
Jack in the Box is currently flooding the Bay Area airwaves with ads featuring a horrific techno-autotune version of “I Feel Pretty.” True, the ads are tongue-in-cheek, and it turns out the song was recorded especially for the commercials, so it’s probably _intentionally_ bad. But that assumption doesn’t stop me from wanting to stab my eardrums with an ice pick whenever I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1976 "2020-11-09T18:39:02Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > …reverse mortgages, and the intent behind them. Ideally, that’s all they are - loans using the house as collateral. But the real world has banks who don’t make money on letting a homeowner live out their life in their house with an outstanding loan. Especially since the interest gets capped at the value of the home. _They want their money now,_ and they want as much as they can get on the investment. (italics mine) Maybe they should call J. G. Wentworth. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1977 "2020-11-09T18:43:21Z")
Regarding the subject of reverse mortgages, I assumed they were combined with an annuity; the people offering the reverse mortgage purchase an immediate annuity that pays out to the homeowner. So the insurance company actuaries predict your life expectancy and price the annuity appropriately. When you die, the sale price of the house covers the cost of buying the annuity. Isn’t that how it works? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1978 "2020-11-09T18:59:41Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Papa John’s is currently advertising some wrapped meat and cheese monstrosity – a “papadilla,” maybe? At one point, the narrator enthusiastically describes it as a “chunderdome.” Do you have a link? I see a lot of Papa John’s commercials, but I have a tendency to not pay attention to commercials. (Except for the ones that annoy me.) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1979 "2020-11-09T19:15:53Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jPIKTumkiXc/hqdefault.jpg "PAPA JOHN'S Double Cheeseburger Papadia - Usfoods72 USA.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPIKTumkiXc) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1980 "2020-11-09T19:20:27Z")
Ahahahahahaha! ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1981 "2020-11-09T19:52:57Z")
We subscribe to a newsletter that always features monstrosities like that papadila… and then they get snarky about how “we hope you think the taste is to die for, because with twice the calories and 10x your sodium for the day, it could be your last meal…” ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1982 "2020-11-09T19:56:37Z")
Beat me to it! Yep, that’s the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1983 "2020-11-11T04:21:37Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The latest example is one where a guy who’s either an architect or model builder accidentally crushes and destroys the model he’s working on because he has to get closer to the window to see an Audi cruising down the street. It looks to me he’s a cake decorator, but I don’t know why he has a bakery with a huge picture window. And he’s not wearing bakery gear. So it really is strange that he is putting on what looks like icing. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Regarding the subject of reverse mortgages, I assumed they were combined with an annuity; the people offering the reverse mortgage purchase an immediate annuity that pays out to the homeowner. So the insurance company actuaries predict your life expectancy and price the annuity appropriately. When you die, the sale price of the house covers the cost of buying the annuity. Isn’t that how it works? Nope, not at all. The money comes from the equity in the home. A house that is paid for or largely so is an asset. It has worth. The bank looks at the worth of the asset and sets some amount of payment based on the value of the house and amount owned by the resident. Other mortgages mean there is less amount of the house the homeowner owns. Different reverse mortgages work differently. Some give a lump sum up front, some give a monthly payment. But technically it is still a mortgage, where the bank has bought a portion of the home, and is technically a debt, which accrues interest. Theoretically, someone could use a reverse mortgage to obtain some cash flow during a hard time, then pay it back like a regular mortgage. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1984 "2020-11-11T19:00:04Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The latest example is one where a guy who’s either an architect or model builder accidentally crushes and destroys the model he’s working on because he has to get closer to the window to see an Audi cruising down the street. anyone got a linky? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=100)