# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/201 "2016-02-28T05:47:34Z")
> [@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. @Annie-Xmas, thanks for the reply. Bonus points for being nice. 🙂 ---
**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/202 "2016-02-28T12:29:46Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > :Sigh: I call them as I see them. Some things just seem to elicit comments. Do NOT call them as you see them. It’s not your job. Ignore them or pit them. Keep doing it and I’ll warn you as I see them. Start an ATMB thread or PM me if you wish to discuss it further, but don’t do it in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/203 "2016-02-28T12:38:07Z")
There’s a Verizon FIOS ad that runs endlessly that has moved to the top of my HATE HATE HATE list. Blond sitting on the couch talking about downloading 600 photos in 60 seconds (Who does that?!?!?!) then when her (I assume) husband says “We’re out of 2%” she continues “I wonder what else could be better around here?” and he replies “I heard that.” OK, what’s so terrible about him telling her they’re out of milk? And why would he assume she was talking about him anyway? The “humor” just doesn’t make sense, unless I’m missing something, which I might be, since I do my best not to watch this inane ad. Unfortunately, spousal unit controls the remote… ---
**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 28, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/204 "2016-02-28T16:52:27Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > OK, what’s so terrible about him telling her they’re out of milk? And why would he assume she was talking about him anyway? The “humor” just doesn’t make sense, unless I’m missing something, which I might be, since I do my best not to watch this inane ad. Unfortunately, spousal unit controls the remote… I think the idea is that he says it in a “You should get more 2% the next time you go shopping, which is your job,” way, as opposed to “I see we’re out of 2%; making a note for the next time I go shopping,” or even better, “I’ll run right out and get some.” ETA: not commenting on the rightness or wrongness, just ‘splainin’. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/205 "2016-02-28T16:56:28Z")
I hear it as “We’re out of 2%, so if you want some, there ain’t none.” But that’s the way it works in our house. Guess I shouldn’t project. 😃 ---
**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 28, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/206 "2016-02-28T17:00:15Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > There’s a Verizon FIOS ad that runs endlessly that has moved to the top of my HATE HATE HATE list. Blond sitting on the couch talking about downloading 600 photos in 60 seconds (Who does that?!?!?!) then when her (I assume) husband says “We’re out of 2%” she continues “I wonder what else could be better around here?” and he replies “I heard that.” > > OK, what’s so terrible about him telling her they’re out of milk? And why would he assume she was talking about him anyway? The “humor” just doesn’t make sense, unless I’m missing something, which I might be, since I do my best not to watch this inane ad. Unfortunately, spousal unit controls the remote… I always wonder what kid of porno quirk she has that she needs 600 pictures of it _immediately_. ---
**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, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/207 "2016-02-28T17:24:08Z")
More recently the Audi people have had a commercial run that shows a safety feature that drivers would be glad to have on their cars: One that avoids rear-end collisions. This is a welcome departure from the ads featuring the arrogant, devil-may-care driver. Well, I once read that “the most depraved lunatic in creation has some lucid moments.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/208 "2016-02-28T20:04:23Z")
So, there’s a commercial with Jason Schwartzman and Alec Baldwin for the Amazon Echo, I think? Schwartzman is calling Baldwin from jail, and Baldwin is in his hotel room. Initially Schwartzman told Baldwin that they were “bad boys” last night. But now, for some reason, he’s now saying they were “rapscallions”. Uh, okay. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/209 "2016-03-01T13:30:25Z")
Today being Super Tuesday, political spots on local channels will be ending for a while. High time. The battle between Trump & Cruz has produced some truly dreadful stuff. Sort of like a nature program on a hyena vs jackal death match… ---
**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:** [March 1, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/210 "2016-03-01T18:53:25Z")
Planet Fitness radio ads with “Phyllis” the psych ward escapee. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/211 "2016-03-05T04:20:14Z")
American Freight furniture. I’m tired of the guy screaming their phone numbers at me. Stop Screaming! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/212 "2016-03-05T15:30:19Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > American Freight furniture. I’m tired of the guy screaming their phone numbers at me. Stop Screaming! It’s annoying to hear them repeat the number five or six times when it’s right there on the screen, for crying out loud… ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/213 "2016-03-05T16:30:54Z")
The Bug Chicks too much ick! [http://www.ispot.tv/ad/Absi/microsoft-windows-10-meet-the-bug-chicks](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/Absi/microsoft-windows-10-meet-the-bug-chicks) ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/214 "2016-03-05T19:49:17Z")
> [@mage-girl](#): > > @Annie-Xmas, thanks for the reply. Bonus points for being nice. 🙂 Thank you. I’m always nice, except sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/215 "2016-03-06T17:47:20Z")
[ancestry.com](http://ancestry.com) cycled out (damn hopefully for good) these pandering, self-aggrandizing spots depicting scenes from yesteryear, with the camera tracking through scene after scene of faces all looking, imploringly, right into the camera, as if to say, yes - we’re your ancestors, remember us? I wish I was trailing behind cam op with pies to throw at them. The condescending intonations of trivago fuzznuts might be the most grating thing on TV right now. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/216 "2016-03-06T20:34:38Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > [ancestry.com](http://ancestry.com) cycled out (damn hopefully for good) these pandering, self-aggrandizing spots depicting scenes from yesteryear, with the camera tracking through scene after scene of faces all looking, imploringly, right into the camera, as if to say, yes - we’re your ancestors, remember us? > I wish I was trailing behind cam op with pies to throw at them. > > The condescending intonations of trivago fuzznuts might be the most grating thing on TV right now. The Triivgo guy is creepy. They’ve given him a shave and ironed his clothes but he still looks like a guy who would\* pssst\* you from a dark alley. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/217 "2016-03-07T14:52:45Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > American Freight furniture. I’m tired of the guy screaming their phone numbers at me. Stop Screaming! I hate how he says, “TWO DESIGNER LAY-UMPS!” And Bug Chicks, I’m pretty sure I never spoke “the language of bug” at any age. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/218 "2016-03-07T16:48:04Z")
Dealdash dot com This is the one with the smarmy fellow accosting two people in a public place to tell them how cheaply they could get an expensive smartphone. He’s condescending and smug. The people are made to feel like fools. And it’s for a scam site where you have to pay to make bids (like Quibidz, which I guess is now defunct or renamed or whatever). I never change the channel during commercials. I do, for this one. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/219 "2016-03-07T17:37:58Z")
The one where the woman’s bladder is texting her. 'Nuff said! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/220 "2016-03-07T18:03:23Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The one where the woman’s bladder is texting her. 'Nuff said! Yes. Down with all commercials that contain sentient internal organs. As well as the one for some sort of congestion-relief remedy that shows people hacking up phlegm so hard it makes their eyes bug out, and which comes out of their mouths in animated streamers that helpfully form the word ‘phlegm’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=12)