# 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:** 9
**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:** [October 31, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/161 "2022-10-31T14:51:50Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Well, that didn’t take long…Lume is now showing a commercial depicting a doctor sniffing the armpits, feet, and backside of a patient. [Sniffology](https://www.cshl.edu/the-doctor-will-sniff-you-now/) is the medical field of the future. Of course, Labrador retrievers [are already recognized specialists](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01629-8). ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/162 "2022-10-31T14:56:46Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Don’t think it was used, but it was right up his alley. iswydt. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/163 "2022-10-31T22:32:38Z")
Prescription drug advertising being allowed in the U.S. approximate coincided with drastically improved treatments for HIV/AIDS, which makes me wonder if this was not coincidental. Anyway, I remember seeing a man who had AIDS interviewed, possibly even on “60 Minutes”, and he pointed out an ad for an AIDS med in POZ Magazine, or something similar, and it showed a group of young, happy people climbing a mountain. He said, “If you’re taking that drug, you’d better have a Porta-Potty every 50 feet or so along the trail, due to the diarrhea this drug causes.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/164 "2022-10-31T22:36:16Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > She’s shaving her underwear? That’s just weird. No, but she’s depicted shaving her inner thighs, and abdomen, immediately adjacent to her panties. Video link (spoilered just in case): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NL701eOdUU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NL701eOdUU) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/165 "2022-10-31T22:36:19Z")
Apparently it has been popularized by some porno actors. Yeah, I don’t get it either. Among other things, it sounds like it’s EXTREMELY painful! I have long collected vintage medical books, and I had one, from mid-century, about diseases of the colon and rectum that included a then-current treatment for chronic pruritus ani (anal itching). This treatment, which WAS done under regional anesthesia, was tattooing the area with cinnabar, which is an ore of mercury! It would cause the skin to slough off and be replaced by more normal skin, and there were photographs galore. I also considered copying THAT and sending it to Dave Barry. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/166 "2022-10-31T22:52:30Z")
I have been shaving down there, for a long time. Its very rare, no matter how slow I go, that I don’t end up getting nicked. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/167 "2022-11-27T21:11:12Z")
Putting this here. Yeah Geico, again. Takeoff of Alien, crew crawling through their ship, open a hatch, and see the monster-a guy in a green motion capture suit w/ ping poing balls. The “joke” being that the FX team forgot to overlay the graphics over the suit, and dub in the monster’s voice. What pisses me off is that the annoyed resigned reaction of the crew/actors would NOT happen in ANY conceivable scenario: 1. If it was a real event, they’d be all like “Who is that bozo?” 2. If it was for a film, they wouldn’t suddenly break character when spying the Serkis Folk doing his thang. The failure of the FX team would NOT be known to them _at the time of filming_. All they would be doing is pissing off their director and being forced to do another take. Again, Geico, but even for them this is incredibly stupid and nonsensical. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/168 "2022-11-27T21:25:45Z")
I bought some of this and I have to say, it really really does stop odor, at least in the armpits. I was impressed, I was moving house in the summer and at the end of the day didn’t smell like a rotting carcass. It certainly is no substitute for bathing. I guess it works on other body parts, too, which is the point. (not only armpits smell funky)…Now, no one has been near enough to me to sniff my buttcrack in decades, though I don’t see the point of applying it there. If you have to answer the call of nature, your privates are going to stink until the next shower no matter what you slather them with. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/169 "2022-11-28T01:01:23Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > If you have to answer the call of nature, your privates are going to stink until the next shower no matter what you slather them with. I have no sense of smell, and it’s statements like this that cause me to live in fear. 😬 ---
**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:** [November 28, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/170 "2022-11-28T01:10:23Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > [@salinqmind1](#): > > > > If you have to answer the call of nature, your privates are going to stink until the next shower no matter what you slather them with. > > **I have no sense of smell** , and it’s statements like this that cause me to live in fear. 😬 - Username explained. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/171 "2022-12-19T19:50:23Z")
The latest most annoying commercials to me are (1) the one with Jeff Bridges stumbling around in the woods with a guitar and trying to emote to a couple of confused horses. He should be embarrassed. And (2) a creepy guy and, I’m guessing, his wife dancing around the house for reasons that I’m assuming have to do with some drug being marketed. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/172 "2022-12-19T19:55:54Z")
Every single Jeep commercial claiming it is the most awarded vehicle in its class. Dudes. That phrase is not saying what you think it’s saying, and you’re driving me right around the bend with the constant repetition. For the record, my last two cars have been Subaru’s, and I love them. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/173 "2022-12-19T20:14:20Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Every single Jeep commercial claiming it is the most awarded vehicle in its class. By JD Power, right? Whose credentials for evaluating anything have always been suspect as far as I can tell. “We say it’s good, so believe it!” ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/174 "2022-12-19T20:15:30Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > e latest most annoying commercials to me are (1) the one with Jeff Bridges stumbling around in the woods with a guitar and trying to emote to a couple of confused horses. He should be embarrassed. And That’s like, your opinion, program. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/175 "2022-12-19T20:23:49Z")
No idea. I’m too busy cringing. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/176 "2022-12-19T20:33:33Z")
Yeah, I hate Jeep commercials for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/177 "2022-12-19T20:52:46Z")
J.D. Power does some good work - they’ve been rating vehicle quality for over 50 years now, based on buyer surveys. You’ll notice, though, that most ads tend to brag about their reports on the “Initial Quality Survey”, which a make can do pretty well on as long as it holds together for the first 90 days. The Vehicle Dependability Study, which measures problems after three years, tends to be bragged on rather less. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/178 "2022-12-20T02:49:49Z")
JEEP _‘Justifying Early Euthanasia Prodigiously’_ ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/179 "2022-12-21T06:58:32Z")
But didn’t commercials hit rock bottom from the very beginning? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-may-have-finally-hit-rock-bottom/973198/180 "2022-12-21T12:38:22Z")
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