# Another "what were they thinking?" commercial thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983 "2012-12-14T01:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/221 "2012-12-28T15:51:40Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Sorry for hijacking your commercial thread, **WOOKINPANUB.** Hey, **Frylock** , if you are still pissed at me, Pit me. Who’s pissed? You’re just completely wrong is all. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/222 "2012-12-28T16:08:05Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > The guy driving the Camaro in the Viagra ad needs to have his muscle car privileges revoked. His car is overheating, so he pulls into a gas station, buys a bottle of water, pours it in, and continues on his merry way to bone the missus. When it’s time to bone the missus, you don’t stop for no fucking CAR REPAIRS! You don’t stop for ANYTHING! He only stopped to put water in the radiator because he HAD to. FIXING the problem can come AFTER he bones the missus. > [@](#): > > \*A _69_ Camaro. In the Viagra ad. Yes. An excellent choice on their part, though I always thought the [Corvette Stingray](http://vladgurdjieff.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/1969-chevy-corvette-stingray.jpg) was the apotheosis of sexy cars. But a Camaro works. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/223 "2012-12-28T16:08:44Z")
**Troppus, Frylock** – take it to the Pit, or don’t – but drop this hijack now. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/224 "2012-12-28T16:57:05Z")
They rejected this one. [Folgers in your…](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/23/rejected-folgers-commercial-funny-or-die-video_n_2356031.html) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/225 "2012-12-28T17:30:26Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > When it’s time to bone the missus, you don’t stop for no fucking CAR REPAIRS! You don’t stop for ANYTHING! He only stopped to put water in the radiator because he HAD to. FIXING the problem can come AFTER he bones the missus. As much steam as he had coming out, I’m not sure he’s going to get there at all. Once the Fiji water leaks out in a few miles, he’s going to be stranded on the side of the road with a bloodstream full of Viagra and a long wait ahead of him. > [@](#): > > An excellent choice on their part, though I always thought the [Corvette Stingray](http://vladgurdjieff.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/1969-chevy-corvette-stingray.jpg) was the apotheosis of sexy cars. But a Camaro works. Oh, the first-generation Camaro is one of the sexiest cars ever. I love those cars. If I had a stack of money buring a hole in my pocket, I’d ditch my Corvair and get a Camaro too (or maybe a 'Vette, but probably '66 or so). I just thought their choice of year was amusingly juvenile. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/226 "2012-12-28T17:32:20Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > As much steam as he had coming out, I’m not sure he’s going to get there at all. Once the Fiji water leaks out in a few miles, he’s going to be stranded on the side of the road with a bloodstream full of Viagra and a long wait ahead of him. And only armadillos and cacti as alternatives…“Hmm…leprosy or laceration?” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/227 "2012-12-28T20:05:18Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I often wonder why, when a recognizable actor’s voice is used, they have the person using “we” and “our”, as if the speaker is actually a an employee of the company. I understand the thinking behind having a famous person’s voice, but then if the very point is for the viewer to \*recognize \*the voice and thereby lend credibility to the product, why word it so that it sounds like the voice-over person supposedly is part of “the team?” Does that make sense? The point may not be to have the viewer recognize the voice and identify the actor, but rather just get a level of comfort from the familiarity of the voice. “I know that voice, I must trust that voice. I should buy \_\_\_.” > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > There’s a commercial for Build-a-Bear workshop where the mom says “When my daughter truly loves something, she puts a star on it.” And we see the little girl, 4 or 5, putting star stickers on everything she owns. Does this happen? Has this child been diagnosed yet? Have the preschool administrators called in the parents for a little conference yet? Not uncommon. It’s a phase. > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > They’re caffeine and sugar. And some fancy stuff like guarine and taurine which I believe your body just converts into either more caffeine or stuff that helps you process more caffeine. The real genius of 5 hour energy is that they got rid of all the water. I like caffeine and I drink about 5 cups of coffee during the work day. If all I cared about was the caffeine 5 hour energy would save me a lot of bathroom trips. They also have lots of B vitamins, like other energy drinks. Not sure how effective B vitamins actually are at waking you up. > [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > The Folgers ad is a bit odd. I Just get a weird feeling watching it. But the one that really sleeves me out is the Kay jewelry commercial where the step-dad gives his new step-daughter the same necklace he gave her mom (his new wife). It’s one of Jane Seymores “open heart” collection necklaces. I hate the open heart necklaces with a passion, but that ad creeps me out. I know what it is trying to say, but it gives me stranger vibes than the folgers ad. I, too, get the boobs and butt look. It’s like you fold her knees up to her shoulder, so you can see the boobs and butt at the same time. The line across the middle is the leg going up. > [@](#): > > As for the Febreeze ads, I hate them. Are people actually too stupid to be able to tell they have been moved? And sit down on this grungy couch, we want you to shove Febreeze up your nose. They know they are being taken into a room, but they are blindfolded. They don’t know what is in the room. > [@DrDeth](#): > > I hate the smell of Febreeze- what works to get the smell of Febreeze out of things? When Febreeze was first created, it didn’t stink. They found that it didn’t sell well, despite the claim to make odors disappear. Market studies showed that people didn’t think they needed it (oh, my house doesn’t stink, I just cleaned) and weren’t sure it did anything because they couldn’t smell it. So they changed their market strategy to “you’re not done cleaning until you Febreeze” and get people to incorporate Febreeze into their routine rather than using it when they have troublesome odors. Then they added the strong odor if it’s own so you can tell you used it. Thus, the gaggingly strong odor. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I can’t believe I omitted from my OP the schlocky Chanel No. 5 ad, with a scruffy Brad Pitt spewing pretentious nonsense. On the (scruffy) face of it, sure I get why they’d have the arguably “sexiest man in the world” as their spokesman. But I’m so busy first thinking" who wrote this crap?" then “how many takes before he could keep a straight face while saying it?” Yes, meaningless and incoherent dreck being spouted by a guy who looks like he can’t figure out what half the words mean. > [@ducati](#): > > That said, I don’t think they’re completely off the mark. My kids are 19 and 15, boy, girl. > They get along and fight like normal kids, but since he’s been away to college it’s different. She looks forward to him getting home, jumps and hugs him, and then they’re off to his room until all hours of the night catching up, playing video games, showing each other stupid things on the internet. They’re growing up is all, and acting a little more mature than they have. Their’s normal “I missed you” behavior, and then there’s the odd vibe that commercial puts out with the longing looks, unnatural dialogue, and strange tension. > [@Harvey\_Ferguson](#): > > More Skittles, never seen this on TV though. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EGjaxhTWs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EGjaxhTWs) OMG! That’s just… Gah! Rather NSFW, to be sure. (Couple newlyweds having sex doggie style, and he comes on her face, except he comes skittles. No naked bits, but still blatant.) > [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > What does “I’m kinda over that move,” mean in relation to an insurance co. promotion? The physical gesture they are making. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/228 "2012-12-28T22:13:17Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Somebody apparently never told him that you aren’t supposed to go for the brain. “You have to stop the Q-Tip when there’s resistance!” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/229 "2012-12-29T00:13:18Z")
> [@Harvey\_Ferguson](#): > > More Skittles, never seen this on TV though. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EGjaxhTWs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EGjaxhTWs) And it’s sequel - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/K_x8i9RGRAM/maxresdefault.jpg "Reese's Pieces - Love Child - Dir. COUSINS (Sequel to Skittles "Newlyweds")") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_x8i9RGRAM) ---
**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:** [December 29, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/230 "2012-12-29T01:26:40Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > I responded with a weird literal interpretation because I couldn’t make sense out of what your argument was supposed to be. If only some of the people were doing what you describe (and again, I doubt even a majority were doing it) then how could you be making a point about how people, in general, are these days? But you did seem to be trying to make a point that general. So all I could think to do was emphasize how your statements are, in fact, exaggerations–precisely to draw attention to how irrational your reaction to the actual unexaggerated facts appears to be. > > It appears to me that you are arguing that people these days can’t simply authentically be anywhere because they have to have a filtered experience. Is that not what you’re arguing? If it _is_ then literally nothing you’ve said justifies the claim. If it’s not then I don’t know what you’re saying. Your summary in your latest post appears to be compatible with mine–you’re talking in terms of “peoples’ inability…” which appears to me to be intended to be a very general point about people in general. How general are you trying to be here? Of course I know you don’t mean every individual–you don’t include yourself for example. But by talking about “people” you seem to be trying to say something about the standard, the norm, what is typical, for at least a generation of people if not more. But nothing you’ve said would support any claims about any group so wide. Is that not how wide the group is? Then how wide is it? Just exactly and only those who use cell phones at the Olympics? You _still_ haven’t supported your point, because as I said, the fact that someone is using a phone to view an event at the Olympics has _shit all_ to do with the question of whether they can have unfiltered experience. It has shit all to do with the question of whether they’re having unfiltered experience _even while using that phone in the manner you describe_. > > Yeah, I guess “offended” is apt here–though I in fact don’t use phones in the manner you’re talking about, so “offended on their behalf” is the way to put it. You’re making huge and significant judgments on the value of people’s experience based, AFAICT, on complete ignorance about what they’re doing. > > You’re _old_, aren’t you? I keep finding myself having a complete and unfortunate lack of respect for the judgments of elders, and you’re sounding like _one of them_. > > I guess I get this way around the holidays… for reasons that may be guessed at… > > I cannot fathom this. You’re just… wrong. I know you probably think it’s a matter of opinion what’s “weird” and “inappropriate” but it’s not. It’s not a matter of opinion whether it would have been inappropriate for someone to streak my wedding, and it’s not a matter of opinion whether it’s inappropriate to record events at the Olympics from the stands. Streaking at my wedding would have been objectively inappropriate. Recording the olympics, objectively, is not. Someone who streaked at my wedding would have been making a mistake and would have deserved correction. Someone who judges Olympics recorders is making a mistake and deserves correction. I know we’ve been admonished to take this to the pit but I really don’t want to pit you (even though you were mean, and implied that I’m old and hurt my last feeling :(:(😉 ). You seem to feel a bit passionate about this subject and took the time to respond so I didn’t want you to think I just shined you on (ooooh, gotta add that one to the “forgotten slang from your childhood” thread). You do realize I was refering to the athletes _that were on the field being honored_, right? I wasn’t talking about the spectators at large. Also, I didn’t say anything about people \*streaking \* at a wedding; I compared a bride and groom - participants in a significant and somewhat formal event - using their phones / recorders while the ceremony was taking place. Finally, I don’t know who implied \*you’re \*offended by what I said (though I kind of think you are _now_). I responded to someone who said \*I \* am offended by how people use technology, which is not the point I was making. I find it strange and inappropriate for people not to be fully engaged in a situation such as a world event where they are being honored and millions of people are watching them. It’s not the devices / \*what \*they were doing neccessarily, it’s the fact that they didn’t seem to be “present” for lack of a better word. Do feel free to start a thread about it. It needn’t be in the pit (unless you want to insult me some more). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/231 "2012-12-29T02:16:46Z")
> [@Harvey\_Ferguson](#): > > More Skittles, never seen this on TV though. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EGjaxhTWs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EGjaxhTWs) Holy Christ! I feel dirty… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/232 "2012-12-29T02:34:15Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Holy Christ! I feel dirty… OMG, I’m LMFAO! DIIRTY! ---
**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:** [December 29, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/233 "2012-12-29T02:43:47Z")
> [@simster](#): > > And it’s sequel - > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=K\_x8i9RGRAM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=K_x8i9RGRAM) Aside from being revolting, what are these supposed to be? I mean, who or what were they made for? Obviously they were never going to air (at least on American TV\*). Are there porn channels with commercials? - I’m all for getting out of the puritanical funk this country is in but these ads aren’t entertaining, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/234 "2012-12-30T18:53:27Z")
I ran across a Sprite commercial for a foreign country where a blond is giving a black guy head, and when he erupts it’s a sprite bottle gushing all over her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983.md?page=11)