# 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:** 14
**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, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/261 "2016-03-31T17:55:16Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > 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. > **[Harvard Business School Launches First Online Offering](https://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/hbs-launches-first-online-offering-hbx.aspx)** > > BOSTON—Harvard Business School today announced the launch of HBX, a digital learning initiative aimed at broadening the School’s reach and deepening its impact. In HBX the School has created an innovative platform to support the delivery of... ---
**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, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/262 "2016-03-31T18:00:02Z")
I saw that site and see that they’re going offer online _courses_ but don’t see where, as you said, “you can get a MBA from Harvard by attending on-line classes.” ---
**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, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/263 "2016-03-31T18:09:55Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I saw that site and see that they’re going offer online _courses_ but don’t see where, as you said, “you can get a MBA from Harvard by attending on-line classes.” I admit it’s a little unclear but Harvard has been advertising it on TV. Perhaps you might have to show up in a in person class once or twice, I dont know. However, we have Penn State: > **[Master of Business Administration (MBA) Online - Penn State World Campus](https://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/degrees-and-certificates/penn-state-online-mba-business-administration-masters-degree)** > > Learn to strategically manage high-performance teams and solve complex, real-world business challenges. With more than 25 concentrations available, you can customize this top-ranked online MBA to suit your unique career goals. Indiana University’s Kelley Schools of Business, which does require\* two whole weeks\* of on campus stuff. USC: > **[Master of Business Administration Online - USC Marshall University](https://www.marshall.usc.edu/programs/graduate-programs/mba-programs/online-mba)** > > Top-ranked, online MBA program with thematically-integrated curriculum delivered through self paced, asynchronous coursework and real-time interactive sessions. They are all going that direction, whether you like it or not. _Real_ universities. ---
**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, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/264 "2016-03-31T18:14:27Z")
Yeah, I’m familiar with universities offering online classes and entire programs. But you get a degree from Penn State, USC, etc., not Phoenix. And to be entirely forthright, I really don’t know much about Phoenix. Perhaps they offer a good education, I really don’t know. But “a degree is a degree” seems pretty easy to parse. ---
**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, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/265 "2016-03-31T18:14:47Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I admit it’s a little unclear but Harvard has been advertising it on TV. Perhaps you might have to show up in a in person class once or twice, I dont know. I always thought Harvard was a second-rate school (and lost whatever respect I had for its business school when most of the crooked senior management at Enron and Worldcom turned out to be HBS alumni), but now they’re advertising their courses on TV? ---
**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, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/266 "2016-03-31T18:49:46Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I always thought Harvard was a second-rate school (and lost whatever respect I had for its business school when most of the crooked senior management at Enron and Worldcom turned out to be HBS alumni), but now they’re advertising their courses on TV? By that standard, I guess Harvard and Yale are lousy, as the last four presidents had degrees from these two institutions. Harvard, Georgetown and Yale are responsible for more members of congress. What a friggin’ club. ---
**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 31, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/267 "2016-03-31T18:53:30Z")
If a guy I know isn’t lying (and I actually have reason to believe he is), Harvard’s school of Ed. sucks rotten eggs. But the medical school, law school, and divinity school are still top notch. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/268 "2016-03-31T19:41:25Z")
I came in to see if anyone had mentioned [Puppy Monkey Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql7uY36-LwA). What a weird and creepy ad. All I know is I will never ever buy that drink. And that guy lets it lick him instead of jumping up and going “What the fuck is that?!?!?” ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/269 "2016-04-01T02:39:55Z")
> [@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. I see that point, though in the context of that song it’s odd. “A degree is a degree; you’re gonna want someone like me.” If a degree is a degree, then what the hell is so special about her? Some degrees are more valuable than others, certainly. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/270 "2016-04-01T02:51:04Z")
[Psycho looking blonde](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/AZFY/levin-law-xarelto-legal-helpline) who does a crap-load of similar ads for class action lawsuits. This particular one, she looks half normal. :eek: ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/271 "2016-04-01T03:11:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Psycho looking blonde](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/AZFY/levin-law-xarelto-legal-helpline) who does a crap-load of similar ads for class action lawsuits. > This particular one, she looks half normal. :eek: Always looks like a guy in a wig to me. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/272 "2016-04-01T04:05:43Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > […]why go to the time and bother and anguish to apply to a real university when you can sign up for UofP. […] That’s a nice snobbish attitude. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [June 7, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/273 "2016-06-07T23:51:51Z")
Speaking of class action ads: “[Not tonight, Trip, I have a headache.](https://d6u22qyv3ngwz.cloudfront.net/ad/A6Xk/davis-and-crump-pc-ovarian-cancer-large-3.jpg)” ---
**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:** [June 8, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/274 "2016-06-08T00:05:08Z")
Two commercials with obnoxious women. The first is a Clorox commercial with kids singing on stage and one mom asks the other, “Which is yours?” And the other answers, “The one in white” and then looks all superior and snide because her kid’s shirt is more white than the others. And the Snyder pretzel lady. Is she trying to intimidate me into eating her fucking pretzels? If I met her in real life, I’d have to jack her up. Don’t you threaten me, you pretzel pushing bitch! ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/275 "2016-06-08T05:32:24Z")
The Snyders Pretzels woman looks like she needs a riding crop to smack ominously against her thigh as she chooses the victim of the day for torture. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/276 "2016-06-08T06:57:44Z")
Not me, but my wife HATES Jan from the Toyota commercials because “she clips her T’s”. Me? I think she’s hot. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/277 "2016-08-07T19:06:23Z")
I know how I feel about McDonalds’ new Time After Time commercial. The thing that I’m most upset about is that I’m pretty sure that Cindy Lauper did not get enough money from McDonald’s for letting them rape her song. > **[The "Time After Time" Cover In McDonalds’ Olympics Commercial Is By A Man Who...](https://www.bustle.com/articles/177120-the-time-after-time-cover-in-mcdonalds-olympics-commercial-is-by-a-man-who-really-serenades)** > > As a long time fan of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" (I was a big fan of easy listening radio as a child), I was struck by McDonalds' new commercial that features of a cover of the '80s hit. Who was singing that "Time After Time" cover and… This is going to have to be one of the ads to avoid. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/278 "2016-08-07T20:28:44Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > I know how I feel about McDonalds’ new Time After Time commercial. The thing that I’m most upset about is that I’m pretty sure that Cindy Lauper did not get enough money from McDonald’s for letting them rape her song. > [http://www.bustle.com/articles/177120-the-time-after-time-cover-in-mcdonalds-olympics-commercial-is-by-a-man-who-really-serenades](http://www.bustle.com/articles/177120-the-time-after-time-cover-in-mcdonalds-olympics-commercial-is-by-a-man-who-really-serenades) > > This is going to have to be one of the ads to avoid. There’s something creepy about it, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/279 "2016-08-07T20:35:57Z")
Wonder if it was put together by the same ad group responsible for that creepy Folger’s Christmas commercial? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/280 "2016-08-08T02:04:50Z")
(Re: [Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com) ads) > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I’m not against Americans celebrating their heritages, or enjoying old country traditions that have been passed down, but it seems a little silly for me to go hunting for them. You know, to not be raised with a practice, and not even know whether your direct ancestors did it in the old country, but to start doing it here just because being ethnic is trendy, or something. [Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com) ads don’t bother me. The guy who switches from lederhosen to kilts seems to be having fun “celebrating his heritage” either way. I certainly wouldn’t advocate remaining ignorant of your ethnic makeup just because you haven’t been following its practices. Anecdotal evidence: Me. (sample set of one) Anyhow, we’ve always been Swiss. My dad loved that he was “a Schweitzer”. His pride got us kids a trip to ‘Die Mutterland’ (Ye Olde Countrie, featuring the little ski village where all the Digspiels come from). Where we met third-cousins and I got hand-written into the Big Book of Swissiness. So I’m all official, I could get a Swiss passport if I want, and we make fondue and root for the Swiss soccer and Olympic teams (Go, Heidi Diethelm Gerber in the “Luftpistole” event!) and we have a bigass cowbell on our mantle … you get the idea. But I’m sixth generation, and I just the other day thought “Hey, wait, there are a lot of non-Schweitzers in the family tree”. So, on a lark, I asked my (Scottish/English) mom if I was predominately British or Swiss, and she casually said “Oh, no, you’re probably mostly Dutch.” _WHAAAAAT?_ (or rather, _“Vut?”)_ Well, it’s a little jarring, but I guess it doesn’t really change anything. Especially my ingrained cravings for chocolate. But I certainly don’t mind knowing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=15)