# Commercials I'm hatin' right now **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052 "2005-12-10T17:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/21 "2005-12-11T01:28:35Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > The Coca-Cola commercial with e polar bears and penguins. > Hello, McFLy? Think for a minute. Polar bears = north, penguins = south. :mad: I hope this is a joke. It’s a cartoon. Suspension of disbelief. I’ve heard polar bears and penguins don’t actually drink colas either. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/22 "2005-12-11T01:32:32Z")
> [@Talon Karrde](#): > > The AOL commercials that talk about all the security features. They make me feel like I’m being talked down to. Know your audience. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/23 "2005-12-11T01:35:23Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > The Coca-Cola commercial with e polar bears and penguins. > Hello, McFLy? Think for a minute. Polar bears = north, penguins = south. :mad: Maybe they’re supposed to be great auks. At least, that’s what I tell myself. That commercial also vexes me beyond calculation. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/24 "2005-12-11T01:36:11Z")
Oh yeah, there’s that [Stopsign.com](http://Stopsign.com) ad where the European women asks me if I think I have worms. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/25 "2005-12-11T01:37:21Z")
Bella, Bella, Bella Dancerella My husband and I hope you die from salmonella ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/26 "2005-12-11T01:37:23Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > Yeah, are my wife and I the only ones slightly creeped out by this commercial? I think you’re supposed to think the guy is a bit odd, to say the least…creepy, if you want. Why they think customers would want to be associated with him i’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![ms.deanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@ms.deanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ms.deanna)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/27 "2005-12-11T03:39:14Z")
Those Jenny Craig commercials with Kirstie Alley. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/28 "2005-12-11T05:05:43Z")
That one for Applebee’s or TGIFriday’s or some similar restaurant where the husband’s out with the guys and he sees his wife there with her friends. Suddenly, he goes from having a great time to acting all pissy that she’s not stuck at home. I just _love_ how he asks what she did with the kids. Hey, A-Hole, did anyone ask YOU that when you went out on the town? No. But you assume your wife is too selfish and careless to find appropriate child care. _And_ it ticks me off to see Grandma there with all the kids. Not because a mom doesn’t enjoy spending time with her children. But if she’s there for a little time off, it ain’t happening if they’re in the same room, whether or not someone else is caring for them. The kids ARE going to come and want to eat off your plate, ask if they can have dessert, and whine to be taken to the potty! Yeah, yeah,I know it’s just an ad–but it’s one that irritates me no end! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/29 "2005-12-11T08:15:40Z")
> [@milquetoast](#): > > Relative to the speed of dark. Hey, [The Speed of Dark](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345481399/qid=1134288665/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/002-6963658-3900859?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) is a really good book. I recommend it highly. **Chanteuse** , I agree about that commercial. The worst part is, it was originally ran last year. They need to retire it. And I hate the one where the guy is humming Karma Chameleon for the downloading phone. It just really irritates me. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/30 "2005-12-11T10:12:06Z")
Hey, this thread came just in time. Kraft just introduced a product called Crumbles (little cheese bits to sprinkle on food). The music for the ad is a rewritten version of EMF’s “Unbelievlable” where an imitator sings “You’re Crumbelievable”. And it starts out with the Wrestlemania announcer shouting “Let’s Get Ready to Crumblllllle!” I’d have to say I’m hatin’ that one right now. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/31 "2005-12-11T15:15:23Z")
The KFC commercial where the woman and man compare lunch and then she laughs and laughs and he says “Why is that funny” and she says “Because _you’re_ the rocket scientist.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/32 "2005-12-11T16:56:47Z")
For sheer, mind numbing volume of repetition, I nominate **[DiTech.com](http://DiTech.com)** and **[Vehix.com](http://Vehix.com)** commercials. All of them. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/33 "2005-12-11T17:51:05Z")
All of the IonicBreeze (Sharper Image) adverts. Especially since Consumer Reports rated this thing a worthless piece of crap. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/34 "2005-12-11T18:10:41Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > That one for Applebee’s or TGIFriday’s or some similar restaurant where the husband’s out with the guys and he sees his wife there with her friends. Suddenly, he goes from having a great time to acting all pissy that she’s not stuck at home. I just _love_ how he asks what she did with the kids. Hey, A-Hole, did anyone ask YOU that when you went out on the town? No. But you assume your wife is too selfish and careless to find appropriate child care. Ohhh, you beat me to it. This is the one I was gonna post about. I hate it! The whole thing wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for that condescending “how dare you leave the house without my permission” tone the husband has. I also hate Mr. Dyson Vaccum cleaner and all his talk of “thuction” and how he “just thinks things should work properly”. All that’s missing is an indignant sniff there at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/35 "2005-12-11T18:32:38Z")
I hate those Sprint commercials with the “yes-man”, where they think they can just redefine commonly understood terms as a substitute for wit. “If getting my projects done on time and under budget with this amazing Sprint package makes me a child molester, I’m a child molester”, followed by a snide “I’m wittier than Oscar Wilde” expression. Aargh! ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/36 "2005-12-11T19:35:41Z")
That commercial for something, I don’t know what, that uses Dust in the Wind as its jingle. I used to actually like that song, and now I can’t stand it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/37 "2005-12-11T19:36:49Z")
> [@Phèdre nó Delaunay](#): > > That commercial for something, I don’t know what, that uses Dust in the Wind as its jingle. I used to actually like that song, and now I can’t stand it. That would be the Subaru B9 Tribeca ad. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/38 "2005-12-11T20:26:09Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > That one for Applebee’s or TGIFriday’s or some similar restaurant where the husband’s out with the guys and he sees his wife there with her friends. Suddenly, he goes from having a great time to acting all pissy that she’s not stuck at home. I just _love_ how he asks what she did with the kids. Hey, A-Hole, did anyone ask YOU that when you went out on the town? No. But you assume your wife is too selfish and careless to find appropriate child care. > > _And_ it ticks me off to see Grandma there with all the kids. Not because a mom doesn’t enjoy spending time with her children. But if she’s there for a little time off, it ain’t happening if they’re in the same room, whether or not someone else is caring for them. The kids ARE going to come and want to eat off your plate, ask if they can have dessert, and whine to be taken to the potty! Amen, this is #1 on my list. Even tho I’ve seen the thing at least 100 times it still gets under my skin. And when she tells him the kids are with her mom he says “Well, OK” like she needs his permission to leave the kids with the grandparents. Class A1 JERK!!! ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/39 "2005-12-11T21:10:28Z")
> [@ms.deanna](#): > > Those Jenny Craig commercials with Kirstie Alley. Amen. Granted, she’s half the sow she used to be, but still a sow. Don’t get me wrong, I love curvaceous women, but don’t obnoxiously spout off about how skinny you are when, obviously, you ain’t. I could park my double-wide in those hips! (If I actually owned a double-wide) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052/40 "2005-12-11T21:23:30Z")
> [@Broken Wind](#): > > Amen. Granted, she’s half the sow she used to be, but still a sow. Don’t get me wrong, I love curvaceous women, but don’t obnoxiously spout off about how skinny you are when, obviously, you ain’t. I could park my double-wide in those hips! (If I actually owned a double-wide) When she gets down to the size she was in Star Trek II, lemme know. She was smokin’ in that Starfleet uniform. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-im-hatin-right-now/335052.md?page=3)