# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/41 "2016-02-03T16:08:41Z")
Any Geico ad ALL Political ads right now. Especially the Jeb Bush one that has the Marco Rubio weather vane. The only thing I got out of that ad was wondering why there was a penis in the clouds. (While trying to find an example to link to, it seems there is a new version that changed the cloud background) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/42 "2016-02-03T16:56:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I hate any Sonic commercial with those two guys talking about their food. Especially where the one is mimicing a judge. These commercials got better when I made up my own backstory about the guys; the dark haired one is a cancer survivor, smoking pot to help with the side effects of chemo, and the other one is a hallucination of a friend who died several years ago. ---
**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 3, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/43 "2016-02-03T16:59:33Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I think the Geico Peter Pan commercial is refreshing because the role is played by a real boy and not an adult woman. I like that ad, because I suspect that’s what Peter Pan would have been like in real life. Whoever mentioned the diet ads, YES. I really am tired of hearing Oprah Winfrey almost have an orgasm because she has bread EVERY DAY! Yeesh. I like bread too, but not that much. Are there really diets, other than Atkins, that won’t let you eat bread? don’t most legitimate diets just restrict portions, so you can eat bread every day, just not a whole loaf? Also, it’s my understanding that most of the diet programs advertised are nutritionally sound, but they cost money. If people could afford to pay for them for life, they could keep the weight off, but they can’t, so they can’t. They pay the money until they get down to their target weight, and then quit. What people need to do is go to a nutritionist (which most insurance plans will pay for if the person is overweight) who will teach them to create meals themselves that are healthy and under whatever calorie count the nutritionist prescribes. Then when they hit their target weight, they can up the calorie count a little, but not a lot, and they will know how to do it. They will also know what their target weight should be, so it will be realistic, and they will be trying to get down to 145lbs., not 105lbs. ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/44 "2016-02-03T17:09:17Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > I’ll bet the guy in the Land Rover commercial will think twice before offering to take an icy-looking blonde woman and her team of sled dogs across an obviously shallow Alaskan river again. The dogs showed more gratitude for his help than Miss Frostycrotch did. They are probably more pleasant in bed, as well. YES - I hate that one. > [@Baker](#): > > I hate any Sonic commercial with those two guys talking about their food. Especially where the one is mimicing a judge. I actually liked the earlier ones in this series when they would sometimes have a woman. I had read that the actors are improv comedians and are just put on the set and filmed and they pick the good stuff. I think they ran out of good stuff if that is true. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/45 "2016-02-03T17:10:15Z")
I’m hating on the ad for some sort of new-fangled nasal irrigator. It’s a machine the pumps the water up your nose and drains it out into a transparent tank, supposedly so you can admire your nasal effluvia before dumping it. I think it’s the blank smiling face of the model using it that gets to me. ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/46 "2016-02-03T17:25:31Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’m hating on the ad for some sort of new-fangled nasal irrigator. It’s a machine the pumps the water up your nose and drains it out into a transparent tank, supposedly so you can admire your nasal effluvia before dumping it. > > I think it’s the blank smiling face of the model using it that gets to me. I didn’t start hating the commercial until I did some research on the product to see if it would be useful for my sinus problems. It uses a proprietary pack of saline solution, which the company is happy to sell you at two for a buck and has to be changed after each use. The thing plus a saline solution starter supply is like a hundred bucks. I’ll wait for the proprietary pack patent to expire. ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/47 "2016-02-03T17:28:41Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’m hating on the ad for some sort of new-fangled nasal irrigator. It’s a machine the pumps the water up your nose and drains it out into a transparent tank, supposedly so you can admire your nasal effluvia before dumping it. > > I think it’s the blank smiling face of the model using it that gets to me. The one that’s about the size of a toaster oven? and is supposed to be so convenient? It looks like it weighs more than both my cats together. That commercial is about as pleasant as cracking an egg and getting a chick embryo. Dammit, they’re supposed to screen for that. Especially the kosher ones. A certain kosher certifying agency got a very strongly worded letter. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/48 "2016-02-03T17:34:55Z")
> [@funky\_little\_lee](#): > > Same thing goes with mascara commercials. “This stuff will give you power-pumped lashes five inches long and as thick as the fringe on your tablecloth!” Really? So why is there that little message explaining that J-Lo is wearing false lashes? Why doesn’t she do an ad for the people who make the false lashes instead? Why don’t they advertise false lashes anyway? I’ve been wondering how the models do that without being a hairy person. Yeah, my eyelashes look like that when you put mascara on them, I also have a hairy chest. > [@MeanJoe](#): > > “Brocabulary” - That creepy-as-frak commercial of the two bros working out in the gym discussing I don’t even know what that has to do with insurance. Bro-stupid, bro-disgusting, bro-DIE-F\*CKERS!!! I’m starting to think that Geico (or commercials in general) are shooting for the “OMFG that was uncomfortable to watch” levels of _Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!_. OTOH, I’m starting to really enjoy just shouting back responses to all questions posed in commercials. So unless I’m just tired of that questionnaire, they’re still almost watchable. ---
**Author:** ![Nefario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Nefario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefario)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/49 "2016-02-03T17:58:50Z")
The idiot women in the green van that loudly proclaim, “Butts Stink!”. Usually during mealtime. That’s one of a very few I flip channels or mute to avoid. I don’t care what the product is, this is disgusting and I resolve to actively AVOID any company that uses bright green in it’s logo. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/50 "2016-02-03T19:40:59Z")
> [@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. I remember that one and every time I said - often out loud- “_there ARRRRRRE_???” in a dopey voice. :smack: ---
**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 3, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/51 "2016-02-03T20:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > My hated commercial is the one with the car company that uses “Fight Song” as its music. It played during EVERY SINGLE commercial break during the X Files Premier. I used to like that song. The song was used in the ad long before it was getting radio air play. ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/52 "2016-02-03T20:17:50Z")
I can’t stand the new Heineken commercial which (a) ruins “I Need A Hero” song for me and (b) implies that all men are drunken louts who can’t keep themselves from binge-drinking beer until they pass out, leaving their ladies in the lurch. As a man, I find the commercial incredibly sexist. ---
**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 3, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/53 "2016-02-03T20:24:18Z")
> [@Runestar](#): > > I can’t stand the new Heineken commercial which (a) ruins “I Need A Hero” song for me and (b) implies that all men are drunken louts who can’t keep themselves from binge-drinking beer until they pass out, leaving their ladies in the lurch. > > As a man, I find the commercial incredibly sexist. You haven’t seen the Newcastle ad, have you? [Brewer’s Hands](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7k2h/newcastle-brown-ale-brewers-hands) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/54 "2016-02-03T20:29:10Z")
I recently saw [this](https://youtu.be/tmT1xFAlM8k) horrible piece of shit commercial for knee braces from Medicare, with Grade Z animation. Those mouths - ugh. Everything about it is a disaster. I especially like the “zoom-in” animation where grandma is riding a skateboard, but animating wheels was too expensive so it looks like she’s gliding on a piece of wood. If you make it that far, you’re treated to a robotic repetition of their phone number so many times you want to throw something. Oh, and upon finding it, I discovered from the comments they’ve made the same one specifically with [black animation and actors](https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ) for BET. And the phone number is completely different. ---
**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 3, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/55 "2016-02-03T20:42:33Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I recently saw [this](https://youtu.be/tmT1xFAlM8k) horrible piece of shit commercial for knee braces from Medicare, with Grade Z animation. \*\* Those mouths - ugh.\*\* Ever been exposed to [Clutch Cargo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHg1-mpcUY)? ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/56 "2016-02-03T20:46:17Z")
I hate the Chevrolet commercials with the moderator and a focus group with the “gotcha” at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/57 "2016-02-03T20:59:48Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I hate the “[Dealdash.com](http://Dealdash.com)” commercial with the heat of a thousand suns. For some reason, they run ads promoting an auction site for morons on channels like BBC America and the Science channel which are, at least in my fond imagining, aimed at a slightly more intelligent audience. And they run the damn advertisement constantly. It’s like the goddamn Zika virus of commercials. > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > That’s a pretty bad one. You could pull people off the street and chances are they’d have better acting skills, plus that one woman has one of the worst wigs I’ve ever seen. Now, it’s none of my business if a person wants to wear a wig, but I’d think that in the case of a TV commercial, costuming would put her in a more convincing one. The stupidest part of that one is the first part that goes: Ad guy: ‘How much do you think you’d pay for this smartphone?’ Woman: ’ I don’t know, a few hundred?’ Guy: ‘That’s top of the line! More like $425.’ Dumbass, $425 is a few hundred! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/58 "2016-02-03T21:21:42Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > YES - I hate that one. > > I actually liked the earlier ones in this series when they would sometimes have a woman. I had read that the actors are improv comedians and are just put on the set and filmed and they pick the good stuff. I think they ran out of good stuff if that is true. There was one Sonic commercial a few years ago that was obviously unscripted and just cracked me up. Pete (the dark haired guy) was eating tater tots and saying something and just as the tot gets to his mouth, TJ reaches over and slaps it out of his hand and yells “Rejected!” And Pete has this total “WTF was that!?” look on his face. But yeah, nine out of ten Sonic commercials are pretty lame. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/59 "2016-02-04T23:50:39Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I wish for a hundred cars to fall on top of the head of the Hormel Pepperoni (Pepperon-a) guy one hundred times! It’s a mortal sin to change the blessed pepperoni to pepperon-a, as if we don’t get the “My Sharon-A” connection. He’s constantly out of tune and looks like Waldo on meth. > > Maybe I should blame The Knack. My post from another current thread about commercials > [@Commercials backfiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-backfiring/745057/28): > > The current ads for Hormel where they totally and shamelessly rip off Weird Al’s parody My Bologna (even down to having an accordion player singing the song) certainly isn’t going to have me rushing to buy their “pepperona”. > > Before anyone says, oh well, ripoff of a ripoff, it’s different in many ways from what Al did when he parodied My Sharona. Al gets permission (baring a few cases of miscommunication regarding artists vs labels) even if as parody he doesn’t strictly need to. Further, Al actually changed the song into being about something new, from being about pining after a girl, to a silly tribute to a luncheon meat. All Hormel did is change which variety of processed meat is being sung about. Ripoff, not parody. And unless I’m mistaken, the original song by the Knack didn’t have an accordion arrangement, that was all Al’s doing, mainly because that’s the only instrument he knew how to play and it was before he had a full band to back him up. Rip. Off. Fuck you, Hormel. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/60 "2016-02-05T00:00:56Z")
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