Lately I’ve been seeing ads for a company called hims, which apparently (I refuse to go to their website) markets a whole line of various products intended group of men to help men with male problems. One ad, if I’m remembering correctly, shows a group of men getting ready for a wedding, and one is using their hair-growth treatment, another has an odor problem, and one has “performance issues”.
The performance issue pills work. Take my word for it. 
Yeah. Anytime someone can think up a brand new “need,” they have a chance to make a fortune off those who can’t figure out an easier and cheaper fix–such as, in this case, ‘taking a shower.’
True, there are differences in the pitches (and Lume must be the most annoying and bad-faith-based of them).
Still, the entire effort is dubious. (I’d be curious about whether the makers of these products have had any success selling their new Solution to an Easily-Solved Problem in nations other than the USA.)
Same as us. We’ve always had dachshunds who, much as they may want to, cannot eat a whole can of dogfood at once. In the refrigerator it goes.
Kibble is actually healthier for most dogs. Better for their teeth, as well. We had a dachshund that came to us pregnant (long story), and after the pups were born (and sadly didn’t make it), the vet told us to give her some special wet food that had more nutrients. Did she go back to the cheap stuff? Ha!!!
I doubt it’s the same product or ad but the Peyronie’s commercials with the bent produce make me laugh.
I know it’s not a laughable condition. But, bent carrots?
Come on.
That’s as bad as toilet paper shown wiping blue poop.
Quiet! Don’t let anyone know you have dander! They will assault you with anti-dander products! 
Seeing the number of people on this board alone who’ve stated they do the same, I’m now wondering if that brand’s choice of ad campaign (i.e. ‘visitor objects to pet-food-in-fridge’) might be turning off more potential customers than they possibly could win.
Aside from that: I know these have been mentioned before, but: “Christina for Jacuzzi bath remodel” is in really heavy rotation here, and my mental state is suffering. I’m getting close to advocating commission of a crime.
This commercial is on once an hour during Law and Order reruns. And it makes me want to hunt them down. From the accent to the puffy coat to the “six BLUCKS”. I have a hard time believing she was ever a paramedic, but maybe.
Haven’t seen that one before. (I go through periods of watching lots of L&O reruns, but it’s been a while.)
I intend no disrespect to the lady, but she doesn’t look all that healthy to me. Maybe pick a spokesperson who doesn’t inspire worry about her status??..
I think they’re just playing to the “fur baby” crowd, the people who view their pets as beloved family members, deserving of only the best. IOW, their target consumers.
The payoff where the “it’s just a dumb pet” dope gets tossed is, in fact, satisfying to me. “Yeah, he’s a jerk! Serves him right.” And I say that acknowledging the silliness, illogic, and improbability of the scenario.
But we adore our dogs, so, yeah…
I do agree with your reasoning (about the fur-baby fans enjoying the downfall of the snob). But it still seems weird to have the practice of refrigerating pet food questioned in the first place–even if by a fictional jerk.
We watch what I am beginning to realize are stations targeted to the ahem older generation. (I guess the endless 70s cop show reruns should have clued me in, but OK.) So we see lots of reverse mortgage CHECK YA ZIP CODE I’ve fallen and I can’t get up walk in tub commercials.
The annoying thing is it seems the stations have figured out they can sneak in commercials that are fully five minutes long! Little mini infomercials. Thank goodness for the DVR, because when I’m watching live I want to invoke the blessed name of Elvis and shoot the TV. These include long versions of these, plus sad dogs, sad elephants, sad Ukrainian Jewish holocaust survivors, sad limbless veterans, and sad deformed kids begging for money to give me an aDWORable blanket.
But wait! there’s more! The bulb head commercials for (potentially useful) products like Monkey Magnets, which have, due to supply chain issues, limited availability. For three years they’ve been limited availability. One would have think they’d be out by now.
I see you and I are watching the same channels!
My brother turns sixty next month and that’s what he watches; channels like MeTV, Cozi, etc. And then when he and his wife went to Los Angeles last year, they did things like seek out the firehouse from the old 1970s show Emergency! or the office building standing in for the Dunder-Mifflin Scranton branch in the American version of The Office.
Have I mentioned that he’s insane?
Um…I did that. It’s in Carson. Nice place.
I don’t think I’m insane, but if I am, please don’t tell me.
Probably not as much as my brother.
Did I mention I lived in the same apartment complex as John Poncharella? Not because he lived there, but I remembered when I rented it. Right next door was Simon and Simon’s office.
Right down the street was where Roy and Johnny dove into the water to get that guy out of his submerged VW.
It must be weird living in Los Angeles and constantly recognizing buildings and locations from movies and television.
In profile, it looks like her pants don’t fit right. She’s on my TV about every 6 minutes here, too.
I’ve got nothing but Bath Remodels, Rain Gutters and Tile and Stone ads. From multiple entities. What the Fuck? Seriously, there are 3 different tile and stone places trying to get me to go 90’s.
I especially get a chuckle over the rain gutters. Where I live, don’t have them, don’t need them. And why would anyone ever clean them from below??? Put the ladder up ONE TIME, get up there on the roof and clean them all in one easy shot, climb down and go have a few beers.
Me too. Me too. 