# Commercials may have finally hit rock bottom **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198 "2022-10-13T17:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/361 "2024-03-22T01:16:50Z")
Not that I have sympathy for ectoparasites, but I find the new Simparica ad revolting. It’s an oral med given to dogs to prevent flea, tick and worm (including heartworm) infestations. The ad shows a heroic dog running an agility course full of parasite obstacles. After slaloming through a line of giant fleas, the dog blasts through enormous ticks (which explode) and for a finale, gets gobbled up by a gigantic intestinal worm but successfully navigates through its bowels. Victory! [Here’s Scout in action](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnGOkPXO2Yc). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/362 "2024-03-22T01:19:45Z")
Oh. Me too. I actually use that for the dogs. But that ad is just gross. Remember the Raid commercial were bugs looked like they were crawling on the TV screen. Yucked me out more that once. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/363 "2024-03-22T01:20:32Z")
They have that. Venus shavers ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/364 "2024-03-23T09:37:12Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > gets gobbled up by a gigantic intestinal worm but successfully navigates through its bowels. Yeah, the part where the worm’s innard spew out as it deflates is a bit much. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/365 "2024-03-23T13:51:47Z")
I admit, this appeals to my warped sense of humor, too. In fact, I’m tempted to take it a step further up the embarrassment scale. How about sticking a label on an air-horn placed conspicuously in the bathroom with the product name, **Man Grow** —_a treatment for men with small penises._ When one of the men at your fancy dinner party excuses himself to the bathroom, explain the joke to the other guests, then wait for the toot. I believe the guy will climb out the window, rather than face the jeering guests. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/366 "2024-03-23T15:40:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > You’ll be getting a visit from the Charmin police. No chance; they only chase assholes… > [@teelabrown](#): > > I can’t remember what product it was, but now there’s an animated commercial with a woman sitting and grunting on the shitter, and the next shot is an X-ray showing her intestines with all the little hard turds lodged therein. > > I couldn’t change the channel fast enough. Is that what that was? I thought she was shooting practice balls for Wimbledon… \< Thock…! \> \< bounce \> \< bounce \> \< bounce \> ( And lets not forget Lume Deodorant. Because your cooter, your junk and all your brown eyes… stink and draw flies… ) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/367 "2024-03-25T00:22:25Z")
How about the ads that pop up on streaming services for Hims. Nothing like trying to watch a movie with the nephew and niece and having to sit through an ad for weak boners and premature ejaculation. Good times all around! ---
**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, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/368 "2024-03-25T14:30:29Z")
I’d rather see that than this weirdness about hairy balls. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vYS__QY6-iw/maxresdefault.jpg "MANSCAPED® Presents "The Boys" - Give Your Boys The Love They Deserve (Extended Cut)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYS__QY6-iw) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/369 "2024-03-25T19:03:46Z")
Consider the future resume of the character on the lower right. > Acting Credits > > - Extra caveman on Geico insurance ad 2022 > - Voice over on Crest toothpaste radio spot 2023 > - Left Testicle of main actor on Manscaped video ad 2024 Not a good career progression. Not at all. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/370 "2024-03-26T11:11:25Z")
Yep, I’ve seen better left testicles, than him … ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/371 "2024-03-26T19:10:08Z")
I haven’t seen those commercials in the wild and had to look them up. I find them hilarious. I’m not sure why. 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/372 "2024-03-26T19:12:47Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I’m not sure why. Because you’re watching them with the expectation that they are little comedic short films. If you had to watch them every 8 minutes in an hour long streaming TV show, you wouldn’t be laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/373 "2024-03-26T19:18:54Z")
I suppose. That’s how I feel about Balance of Nature. I read that BoN isn’t supposed to be able to advertise anymore. Someone forgot to tell them. At least the “boys” commercials _try_ to be funny. BoN is just boring, repetitive snake oil pitching. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/374 "2024-03-26T19:23:14Z")
Actually, according to your logic you do need deodorant on your crotch. My disfunction is that why is this suddenly a problem now and not 130 years ago when deodorant was invented? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/375 "2024-03-26T19:39:57Z")
Because the makers/inventors of Lume decided it was and other deodorant manufacturers are following suit. Simple. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/376 "2024-03-26T19:44:18Z")
We make fun of the stair lift commercial that says the answer to falling is to: “Just not fall.” Hubster has taken many problematic falls. Neither of us ever thought that he should: “Just Not Fall.” 🙄 Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/377 "2024-03-28T01:54:57Z")
They have ads for the treatment of Peyronie’s syndrome, which is one thing I’m grateful I cannot get. I first heard of it in the late 1990s, when I worked at a low-income health clinic that had a lot of recent Bosnian-refugee immigrants as patients. The men ALWAYS had this regardless of age, evidence of torture. [Peyronie disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/peyronies-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20353468#:~:text=Peyronie%20)(pay%2Droe%2DNEE,is%20not%20caused%20by%20cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/378 "2024-03-28T03:09:39Z")
The bent carrot is just too wrong. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/379 "2024-03-28T04:13:31Z")
What is you get Dupuytren’s Contracture and Peyronie disease at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/380 "2024-03-28T05:22:49Z")
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