# Again with the annoying commercials!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089>\
**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")\
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**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:** [February 18, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/7173 "2026-02-18T15:10:46Z")

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> [@Folacin](#):
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> I know you know this, but it means they work. If you think car insurance, Liberty is going to be one of the companies you know.

I know people keep saying this, but, no they don’t always work.

I know and like saying Bibberty, I know Flo and all her friends, the caveman, the gekko, Jake from Statefarm, I want to watch “Tiny House”, [I want to buy the “Birds of America plates”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-want-the-birds-of-america-plates/704841)

but

> [@Is it wrong to want the "Birds of America" plates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-want-the-birds-of-america-plates/704841/7):
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> I view ads like these, and Flo, etc, as mini TV shows. I just watch them for fun. But I’ll never switch insurance.

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