# Commercials that have the opposite of the intended effect. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843 "2002-10-25T15:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/1 "2002-10-25T15:45:10Z")
I am not really sure where to put this so I am putting it in MPSIMS as it is definately pointless. It could be IMHO because it could be read as a poll. Or it could be Cafe Society because it deals with TV. The commercial has a cartoony looking kid sitting at a conveyor belt and having machines forcefully make him smoke cigarettes while dollars fly out of his pockets down a toilet. Have you seen it? I am not a smoker but damn this commercial did exactly the opposite of what it was intending. It makes me want to smoke be cause it looks so cool. Damn them. I bet that stupid ad is even sponsored by Phillip Morris or one of the other big Cig companies. The kid looks completely euphoric while smoking. Damn that looks fun. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/2 "2002-10-25T15:58:25Z")
I like Mike’s Hard Lemonade but I’ll be damned if the ad running now where the guy gets the extra evil head doesn’t make me want to never look at the stuff again. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/3 "2002-10-25T21:47:18Z")
My favorite is a print ad for soy milk, with the big tag line being, **Trust us, it tastes good!** If you have to put that line in an ad involving any kind of food or beverage, the chances of me ever purchasing or consuming said food or beverage is a very high negative number. ---
**Author:** ![jonpluc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/4 "2002-10-25T21:50:43Z")
The gatorade ad where the athletes and whatnot sweat florecent gatorade out thier pores totally grosses me out and makes me not to ever want to drink that stuff ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/5 "2002-10-25T21:55:36Z")
The Aquafina Water ads where they ramble on about how their product is “nothing”. And the Mountain Dew ad with the fat men in skimpy underwear running around a beach. I’ll never drink Mountain Dew again. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/6 "2002-10-25T22:26:41Z")
Old Navy. I will never, ever spend one red fucking cent in Old Navy because of their retarded commercials. ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/7 "2002-10-25T23:09:19Z")
Any commercial with kids in it that tries to make me think “awww, isn’t that cute”. My real thought is either “that kid looks like he rides the short bus and gets beat up”, or in the case of kids misbehaving, “can we say spank the brat”. The best example of this is the commercial with the kid jumping up and down on a chocolate syrup bottle and getting on the new white shag carpet. It ain’t cute. It’s infuriating, and ever worse when the parents do nothing. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/8 "2002-10-25T23:29:44Z")
That new cottonelle commerce with the wiggling bottoms makes me shudder and want to flee the room. We’ll never buy cottonelle. ---
**Author:** ![vertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3ec8ea/32.png) [@vertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertigo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/9 "2002-10-25T23:31:43Z")
Any of the “Can you hear me now?” commercials from Verizon. Ugh. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/10 "2002-10-25T23:37:13Z")
Apple’s “switch” commercials. You couldn’t pay me to use an Apple after these annoying commercials. Progesso soup. Look, dickweed, I happen to LIKE Campbell’s soup and doing so does not make me immature. So there, nyah! ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/11 "2002-10-26T01:54:41Z")
Current political commercial in Ohio for Ohio Supreme court justices. Part of the commercial has a line that runs something like this. ‘Elect \ where they will make the courts work for the common man.’ In other words, they aren’t going to do their jobs. Their job if they are elected is to rule on the Law, not to make it, that is the legislatures job. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/12 "2002-10-26T02:02:01Z")
Cottonelle definitely needs a new ad agency. Before the current “butts” commercial there was the “butt lint” commercial. I’m sure they were trying to say that Cottonelle is anti-lint, but they’ll always be associated with butt lint in my mind. The Diflucan commercials are stupid & gross. Remember the “kiss your cream goodbye”? Yuck! Their current commercial is so stupid it’s not worth discussing. ---
**Author:** ![Spanky\_McSpankerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Spanky\_McSpankerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spanky_McSpankerson)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/13 "2002-10-26T02:09:42Z")
**C** ottonelle. I don’t want to see some bear’s poorly-animated facial expression as he wipes his ass!;j ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/14 "2002-10-26T02:10:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Progesso soup. Look, dickweed, I happen to LIKE Campbell’s soup and doing so does not make me immature. Progresso is good soup, but the ads are deceptive, in that they’re comparing apples and oranges – or rather, comparing Progresso ready-to-eat soups with the less expensive condensed soups from Campbells; of course they’re not the same. They should be comparing their soups to Campbell’s Chunky selection, a comparable product. There’s a current McDonald’s ad featuring Donald Trump. Looking at that boor’s face doesn’t make me want to buy cheeseburgers, and in fact makes me think about never eating again. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/15 "2002-10-26T02:32:59Z")
The singing bellybuttons. It’s so freaking GROSS!!! ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/16 "2002-10-26T02:40:59Z")
I also get a weird feeling when I see the same channel advertising two rival companies’ products. But it gets weirder. In Ohio, there’s a bill that will be voted on by the people of Ohio called Issue 1. It allows drug offenders to be put into treatment instead of jail time. While watching TV last night, I saw a commercial telling me to vote for it. The very next commercial was one telling me to vote against it. ??? ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/17 "2002-10-26T02:58:49Z")
Spanky, I know the guy who provided the bear’s voice for that commerical. I made him swear on pain of death that he would not be involved with another. That spot is evil and must be stopped! ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/18 "2002-10-26T03:12:24Z")
Excedrin Quicktabs- the commercial with the kid running aroung with a goldfish in his month. Pardon me if I find this – disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/19 "2002-10-26T03:24:21Z")
California Governor Davis has a campaign ad running where he proudly says that he’s been working to block all oil drilling in California. Great. We’ll just keep kissing the asses of Saudi Arabia and other countries that hate us as Gray Davis works against self-sufficiency. Now I don’t know who to vote for. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843/20 "2002-10-26T03:26:30Z")
**Ogre** , my friends and I were playing games, watchin’ tv, when an Old Navy ad came on, and one person said that that commercial made him swear to never shop there again. We all concurred. ALL local car commercials make me swear not to shop at the place. They are either incredibly insulting, loud, have idiotic jingles, or all 3. I would even pay MORE to buy a similar car from a place that did not have advertising. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-have-the-opposite-of-the-intended-effect/133843.md?page=2)