# Commercials that you hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419 "2010-08-25T17:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/21 "2010-08-25T21:44:19Z")
The Zappos puppets, definitely. Plus the current Kia “rap” radio commercial. Yeah, I’m so hip I’m going to buy a Kia. And then I’m going to have lunch with Katy Perry and Ke$ha. In my Kia. _And they play it on the oldies station!_ ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/22 "2010-08-25T22:45:44Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > With that in mind, I’ll say the same thing I said in the “commercials you love” thread…I hate the iPhone FaceTime ads. They are so unnatural sounding. Oh, I’m so proud of the restraint I showed in that other thread. I wanted to join you in shouting down those iphone commercials so badly, but I didn’t want to shit on the other posters choice. (no offense to you for being so bold.) But yes, yes, yes, I hate those commercials with the passion of a Roman army. It’s not the fact that they are so unnatural…it’s the fact that they really believe that they have NAILED natural. You can tell these motherfuckers think they have their finger on the button of earnest and hip and honest and vulnerable Americans, by god, and they are going to show us exactly who we are. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/23 "2010-08-25T23:00:57Z")
The frosted mini-wheats commercials where apparently the beginning of the school year is exactly like New Year’s Eve. Swear to god, if I hear “full and focused with my fiber” one more time, I’m going to throw something at my TV. Really, any ad that shows kids being excited to start school just seems so phony to me. I much prefer [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwcYbo7pjto) ad, which is not only more honest in terms of how kids (and parents) feel about back-to-school, but also because the holiday tune is used so brilliantly. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/24 "2010-08-25T23:25:20Z")
I hate all Old Navy commercials. Sure, I remember them, but I make it a point NOT to shop there because of their commercials. Same with GAP ---
**Author:** ![justafriend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@justafriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justafriend)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/25 "2010-08-26T03:14:18Z")
The Kia commercial with the rapping hamsters. Makes me want to punch a random hamster in the face! No, your ugly box car is not cooler than all of the other ugly box cars. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/26 "2010-08-26T03:18:26Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I hate all Old Navy commercials. Sure, I remember them, but I make it a point NOT to shop there because of their commercials. Same with GAP Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/27 "2010-08-26T03:30:39Z")
That hot dog commercial where they suggest changing the name to Queen Elizabeef’s! My brain automatically shortens it to Queefs, and I’m really not wanting those hot dogs at that point. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/28 "2010-08-26T03:36:40Z")
> [@justafriend](#): > > The Kia commercial with the rapping hamsters. Makes me want to punch a random hamster in the face! No, your ugly box car is not cooler than all of the other ugly box cars. I’d rather drive a toaster or a wheel any day. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/29 "2010-08-26T03:59:00Z")
I hate all commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/30 "2010-08-26T04:53:48Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I’ll just repost this from a recent thread: > > Here’s a new one I don’t understand, which plays on Hulu all the time: 5 Hour Energy drink. “Every get that 2:30 feeling?” Uh, no, I don’t. Who are these people that need a nap in the middle of the afternoon? Sure, maybe you have young kids or didn’t get enough sleep that night. But these ads make it seem like this is some sort of chronic epidemic, with people staggering around at their offices like the walking dead. That one pisses me off because, after the first few times I saw it, I started noticing a big-ass disclaimer about how the product technically doesn’t give you a SUGAR crash. It looks like the misleading jerks got a phone call from the government requesting a little clarification. But it’s also kind of amusing because MY 2:30 feeling is “It’s almost time for me to go to work.” ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/31 "2010-08-26T05:55:52Z")
Direct TV’s NFL Sunday Ticket campaign. Apparently, if you have the temerity to cheer a team other than the local one, your neighbors will: 1. Let their dog tear up your stuff and pee on your carpet. 2. Send over a meat and cheese tray calling you a jerk. 3. Serve you iced tea made from dirty dishwater. 4. Try to break your storm-door by throwing shovels of snow at it. 5. Set you up with a horny old woman. What are they selling? Order our programming and get attacked neigbors? NFL Fans are asshats? What? Where’s the joy of “I’ve got the Sunday Ticket”? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/32 "2010-08-26T09:42:02Z")
The Geico with the guy with the J. Pederman voice asking rhetorical questions: “Can Geico really save you money…?” . It actually makes me want to change my insurance company. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/33 "2010-08-26T11:37:30Z")
> [@txtumbleweed](#): > > Direct TV’s NFL Sunday Ticket campaign. > > Apparently, if you have the temerity to cheer a team other than the local one, your neighbors will: > > 1. Let their dog tear up your stuff and pee on your carpet. > 2. Send over a meat and cheese tray calling you a jerk. > 3. Serve you iced tea made from dirty dishwater. > 4. Try to break your storm-door by throwing shovels of snow at it. > \*\*5. Set you up with a horny old woman. \*\* > > What are they selling? Order our programming and get attacked neigbors? NFL Fans are asshats? What? Where’s the joy of “I’ve got the Sunday Ticket”? How old? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/34 "2010-08-26T11:38:00Z")
Yeah, count me in with the Kia Rap hamsters haters. I hate most of the Geico commercials. I detest the insurance guy who is supposed the “worlds best spokesperson”. (Not sure which company he works for.) ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/35 "2010-08-26T12:53:38Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > The Geico with the guy with the J. Pederman voice asking rhetorical questions: “Can Geico really save you money…?” . It actually makes me want to change my insurance company. No, he’s clearly the bastard son of Fred MacMurray. ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Lauren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@Ninja\_Lauren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Lauren)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/36 "2010-08-26T13:55:22Z")
My all time most hated ad was that frigging Dell commercial. “Lolly pop lolly pop, oh lolly lolly lolly lolly pop!” It was on every channel like seventy times a day! I always wondered why the guy in the beginning was snapping up his overalls as he was standing up. There is no reason for him to have his overalls undone in the middle of a factory! But thankfully I think they finally killed it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/37 "2010-08-26T14:30:48Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > > [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > > > The Geico with the guy with the J. Pederman voice asking rhetorical questions: “Can Geico really save you money…?” . It actually makes me want to change my insurance company. > > No, he’s clearly the bastard son of Fred MacMurray. His fourth son? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/38 "2010-08-26T14:38:29Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned the [FreeCreditReport.com](http://FreeCreditReport.com) commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/39 "2010-08-26T14:55:44Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > I’m surprised no one has mentioned the [FreeCreditReport.com](http://FreeCreditReport.com) commercials. Yeah, I hate them, but it has been a while since I have last seen one. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419/40 "2010-08-26T15:00:04Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > > [@joebuck20](#): > > > > I’m surprised no one has mentioned the [FreeCreditReport.com](http://FreeCreditReport.com) commercials. > > Yeah, I hate them, but it has been a while since I have last seen one. It is now [freedcreditscore.com](http://freedcreditscore.com). I think they got in trouble or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/551419.md?page=3)