# Commercials Currently Annoying You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655 "2016-01-30T16:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/181 "2016-02-27T05:18:28Z")
I despise the Direct TV commercials with the “settlers.” ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/182 "2016-02-27T05:33:05Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I despise the Direct TV commercials with the “settlers.” Really? You don’t think offering fresh milk for the road or bathtub guy’s “pri-vacy” is funny? O.K., O.K., I admit I’m a sucker for puns. Settling for cable -_snerk_. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/183 "2016-02-27T06:28:28Z")
They can “settle” for cable and still get DirecTV by signing up for AT&T U-verse, an Internet Protocol cable service. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/184 "2016-02-27T14:22:54Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > They can “settle” for cable and still get DirecTV by signing up for AT&T U-verse, an Internet Protocol cable service. Who needs that when I have my foot-stomping? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/185 "2016-02-27T15:38:31Z")
> [@mage-girl](#): > > The newest University of Phoenix commercials. “Still don’t think I got a brain?” First, way to get defensive; did anyone actually ask you if you had a brain? Second, way to be condescending to potential employers: “You’re gonna want someone like me - But only if \*you \*have a brain.” :rolleyes: > > If you \*really \*had a brain, sweetheart, you’d take your limited finances (like a lot of us) to a community or technical college, and not a glorified diploma mill. Not to mention, a degree is no longer a guarantee of a good-paying career. Plus, your singing voice makes me want to hit you with a brick. Ugh. ☹ Whenever I hear this commercial, I hit the mute button. She might have a brain, but she cannot sing. And rewriting a Wizard of Oz classic is an outrage. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/186 "2016-02-27T15:45:09Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Whenever I hear this commercial, I hit the mute button. She might have a brain, but she cannot sing. And rewriting a Wizard of Oz classic is an outrage. I keep thinking that the diploma from the U. of Phoenix is probably worth about as much as the one the Scarecrow got from the Wizard’s bag. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/187 "2016-02-27T16:34:59Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > A TV commercial for the Good Feet Store that features a little girl talking about her painful feet is adorable, until she says “It sucks!” It is just so jarring to me to hear a child use such vulgar phrase on a commercial. “It sucks” is vulgar? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/188 "2016-02-27T16:46:23Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I keep thinking that the diploma from the U. of Phoenix is probably worth about as much as the one the Scarecrow got from the Wizard’s bag. Do you know this from experience? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/189 "2016-02-27T16:47:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Who needs that when I have my foot-stomping? Other people. You are not everybody. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/190 "2016-02-27T16:49:33Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > “It sucks” is vulgar? 😕 Not in \*your \* coterie, maybe. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/191 "2016-02-27T16:51:13Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Other people. You are not everybody. Have you not seen the commercial in auestion? Also, not enjoying your urine flavored cereal this morning? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/192 "2016-02-27T17:54:17Z")
Note to Snickers: Live people is funny. Dead people (i.e. Marilyn Monroe) is creepy. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/193 "2016-02-27T18:12:26Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Have you not seen the commercial in question? Also, not enjoying your urine flavored cereal this morning? Other people don’t use your foot-stomping. And save me the cute recipe ideas. I don’t care what you have for breakfast. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/194 "2016-02-27T18:15:09Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Note to Snickers: Live people is funny. Dead people (i.e. Marilyn Monroe) is creepy. Willem Defoe is the most startling Monroe imaginable. But this commercial was worth it just to get a look at his gams. Them thighs are pretty tight-muscled for an old guy. The commercial is unsettling bt that’s what I like about it. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/195 "2016-02-27T20:00:36Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Note to Snickers: Live people is funny. Dead people (i.e. Marilyn Monroe) is creepy. Especially with the bad voice-over that doesn’t really sound like her. > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I keep thinking that the diploma from the U. of Phoenix is probably worth about as much as the one the Scarecrow got from the Wizard’s bag. > > > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > > > Do you know this from experience? No. I thought it when I saw the commercial, which is why it’s a bad commercial. That was my point. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/196 "2016-02-27T20:33:49Z")
It makes ‘water wetter’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnFybRCNCw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnFybRCNCw) ‘From a pure and simple people’, it ‘works this good’. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/197 "2016-02-27T20:50:33Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > It makes ‘water wetter’ > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnFybRCNCw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnFybRCNCw) > > ‘From a pure and simple people’, it ‘works this good’. I kept waiting for them to tell me that you only need to use a little bit, because the more you dilute it, the better it works. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/198 "2016-02-27T20:54:53Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > 1 800 Kars for [kids.com](http://kids.com). I want to \*\*\*\* the person who came up with that one. Heard one for Vehicles For Change that had the tag “no annoying jingle” ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/199 "2016-02-28T01:32:45Z")
**dougie\_monty** : Quit making rude comments at the posters in this thread. You are not the thread police passing judgement on their opinions. > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Do you know this from experience? > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Other people. You are not everybody. > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Not in \*your \* coterie, maybe. > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Other people don’t use your foot-stomping. And save me the cute recipe ideas. I don’t care what you have for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/200 "2016-02-28T05:44:40Z")
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