# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/241 "2016-03-20T22:13:33Z")
So pandora keeps running this weird vaginal suppository ad on my metal channel. It is so bad to be blasting great songs then have to sprint to my keyboard to turn the volume down every few minutes to not be blasting vaginal suppository ads into the neighborhood. Its gotten so bad that I might actually cough up money to upgrade to pandora plus or prime or whatever the hell it is to get rid of all commercials. Interesting side note, the commercial in question never comes up on my wife’s country channel. So I guess only skanks with vaginal stank listen to metal. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/242 "2016-03-21T04:44:11Z")
Ads for _The Book of Mormon_. Invariably, you hear them sing the one line “[The book of Mor-or-or-mon. AH!](https://youtu.be/YX2XG92LHUg?t=21s)” and the commercial ends. You get a short commercial for something else. And then the same damn commercial for _The Book of Mormon_ is played AGAIN. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/243 "2016-03-21T05:06:32Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > It was several years ago, but there was an add for fibromyalgia where the woman says something like “I found out there are nervesattached to my muscles that transmit signals from my brain.” (Really, you just found that out?) “My doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia.” (Your doctor diagnosed having nerves as fibromyalgia? I don’t think that’s how it works.) > > I can’t find it, unfortunately. > [@running\_coach](#): > > I couldn’t find it, either. But it was annoying as hell. That was also for Lyrica. The first time I heard it, I found myself snarling at the commercial that the woman obviously didn’t pay attention in middle school health, or she’d have known that. I can’t find a video for it, either. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/244 "2016-03-21T18:34:15Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > So pandora keeps running this weird vaginal suppository ad on my metal channel. It is so bad to be blasting great songs then have to sprint to my keyboard to turn the volume down every few minutes to not be blasting vaginal suppository ads into the neighborhood. Its gotten so bad that I might actually cough up money to upgrade to pandora plus or prime or whatever the hell it is to get rid of all commercials. > > Interesting side note, the commercial in question never comes up on my wife’s country channel. So I guess only skanks with vaginal stank listen to metal. The product might not even be real; it does its job if it generates enough paid accounts… ---
**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:** [March 21, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/245 "2016-03-21T21:26:34Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The product might not even be real; it does its job if it generates enough paid accounts… And here I was, all ready to Google vaginal suppositories, to figure out what that product might be (I was thinking yeast infection medication for women who never sneeze); anyway, laughed so hard, I started to black out. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/246 "2016-03-21T21:46:35Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Priceline has gone off the deep end.](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/AOvC/priceline-com-when-babys-on-the-line) That’s pretty bad, but I don’t think it comes close to the unpleasantness of the one where they demonstrate that using Priceline will help you avoid accidentally committing incest. I gotta say, I’m rather disturbed to discover that Priceline has a whole SERIES of this stuff. It was bad enough when I was under the impression that the commercial I came in to complain about was a one-off deal. Where is William Shatner when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/247 "2016-03-21T22:13:09Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The product might not even be real; it does its job if it generates enough paid accounts… I thought about that as well. But I’m sure as hell not going to go look into it. Someone else can if they wish. I think it’s called Koani or some such? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/248 "2016-03-21T22:17:08Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Audi has been running a series of particularly irritating commercials, which play up their car as the choice for the self-absorbed man who does as he damn well pleases. In one this young snot deliberately splashes water on a few people sitting on a bus bench. (Who just might note his license plate and report him to the police.) Another shows the jerk roaring and screeching to a stop in his driveway, testing the patience of his neighbors. (Sounds like a great way to invite someone to punch you out at your door.) And a third commercial, set in a parking garage, shows an Audi moving in such a way as to imply get-the-hell-out-of-my-way to cars of other makes. (I wouldn’t be surprised if the other manufacturers were to take legal action.) > Since when is there appeal in driving a car which invites you to make an absolute ass of yourself? :mad: As has been pointed out, it’s not the Audi driver who splashes the guys. But yeah, that one where the guy drives like a maniac through a residential neighborhood bugs the crap out of me. Then the girl on the bike, whose correct reaction should be to yell, “Hey, Asshole, slow down!!” instead has a spontaneous orgasm when she sees it’s an electric car. Wha?? There’s also a BMW commercial where a young lady backs into her ex-boyfriend’s driveway with the tailgate open and stops short, thereby dumping out all his stuff. They show her with this devilish smirk that I guess is meant to be playful and sexy, but all I can think is, “What a fucking bitch!” Why do advertisers think that watching people acting like jerks will make us want to buy their products? ---
**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 21, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/249 "2016-03-21T22:21:43Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > That’s pretty bad, but I don’t think it comes close to the unpleasantness of the one where they demonstrate that using Priceline will help you avoid accidentally committing incest. Hadn’t seen that one yet. 🙂 ---
**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 21, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/250 "2016-03-21T22:21:55Z")
When I was reading _Mad_ Magazine in the early 60s, I got the impression that advertising copywriters drank martinis all the time, and this skewed their perception to the point that they couldn’t write sensible ad copy. My parents belabored me for relying on the magazine’s articles, but considering some current commercials’ content, I have to wonder. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/251 "2016-03-25T21:15:02Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I thought about that as well. But I’m sure as hell not going to go look into it. Someone else can if they wish. I think it’s called Koani or some such? Kala not koani. Just heard it again, right after blasting megadeth. ---
**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 25, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/252 "2016-03-25T21:21:43Z")
[https://www.kalao.com/faq](https://www.kalao.com/faq) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/253 "2016-03-25T21:28:05Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Hadn’t seen that one yet. 🙂 Oh, it’s one for the ages, but for the wrong reasons. It’s practically the\* Plan 9 \*of commercials. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/254 "2016-03-25T21:31:33Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [https://www.kalao.com/faq](https://www.kalao.com/faq) Here’s one of their FAQs: > [@](#): > > Is it FDA approved? > Kalao has been formulated by FDA approved doctors and scientists, so you can have the utmost trust and confidence that it’s been developed with expert care, standards and professionalism. The product itself has been evaluated for FDA compliance and is not a new medication that requires individual FDA approval as some may think. Kalao Vaginal Suppositories are developed and manufactured in FDA approved and licensed OTC drug facilities. It’s all natural and thoroughly tested. Please feel free to write us if you have any questions or concerns. So, “No.” ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/255 "2016-03-25T22:40:49Z")
Just heard it again, after old metallica. Is it fda approved? One of our approving doctors is named Francis Daniel Armstrong. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/256 "2016-03-31T16:10:33Z")
> [@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: Agreed on all points, with this added observation: If you’re trying to sell your crappy for-profit diploma mill over other crappy for-profit diploma mills (or over real colleges, for that matter), you may not want to include the line “A degree is a degree.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/257 "2016-03-31T16:19:30Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Agreed on all points, with this added observation: If you’re trying to sell your crappy for-profit diploma mill over other crappy for-profit diploma mills (or over real colleges, for that matter), you may not want to include the line “A degree is a degree.” :smack: I think (though I admit I’m not sure what points the commercial is trying to make) you have it backwards. “A degree is a degree” is a main selling point of University of Phoenix, as in why go to the time and bother and anguish to apply to a real university when you can sign up for UofP. Hey, a degree is a degree. But, yeah, the commercial is annoying, particularly the insipid song and singing style. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/258 "2016-03-31T17:23:43Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > I think (though I admit I’m not sure what points the commercial is trying to make) you have it backwards. “A degree is a degree” is a main selling point of University of Phoenix, as in why go to the time and bother and anguish to apply to a real university when you can sign up for UofP. Hey, a degree is a degree. But, yeah, the commercial is annoying, particularly the insipid song and singing style. You can get a MBA from _Harvard_ by attending on-line classes too. I guess that means Harvard isn’t a “real university”. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/259 "2016-03-31T17:31:51Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You can get a MBA from _Harvard_ by attending on-line classes too. I guess that means Harvard isn’t a “real university”. :dubious: I’m guessing it’s a bit harder, and takes more effort, than getting into Phoenix. I could be wrong. My point wasn’t about attending online. It was about the process, getting accepted, doing classwork, etc. A degree is a degree, no matter where you go seems to be the point they are trying to make. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/260 "2016-03-31T17:39:45Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You can get a MBA from _Harvard_ by attending on-line classes too. I guess that means Harvard isn’t a “real university”. :dubious: Where are you seeing that Harvard is offering an MBA via only online courses? I had not heard of this and am not seeing it on their website. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=14)