# Commercials you hate #31,686 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325 "2011-10-02T03:48:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/1 "2011-10-02T03:48:30Z")
I’m about to murder the bitch wife of the guy that just got unlimted mobile to mobile minutes for his family. “Where’s _that_ money coming from, Steve?” “They were free.” Boom! And her head explodes. Bitch. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/2 "2011-10-02T03:50:45Z")
The new Prius commercials where people are piled up to make other people. If you’re making a commercial that uses a butt to make a nose then your life has gone down a wrong path. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/3 "2011-10-02T03:58:59Z")
Agreed. That commercial freaks me out! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/4 "2011-10-02T04:00:03Z")
Inexplicable Halo ripoffs fighting and interrupted by a Kia driving up and dumping dancing hamsters out. The worst part? They look like they have giant loads in their pants. And the Uncanny Valley babies, but that’s been covered here. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/5 "2011-10-02T04:14:40Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I’m about to murder the bitch wife of the guy that just got unlimted mobile to mobile minutes for his family. > > “Where’s _that_ money coming from, Steve?” > > “They were free.” > Boom! And her head explodes. Bitch. I don’t suppose you have a link handy…? I’ve seen references to this commercial several times on the Dope, but my Google-fu must be lacking because I can’t find a video showing it. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/6 "2011-10-02T04:20:56Z")
[Here it is.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwtz2Au6BGQ&feature=player_embedded) ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/7 "2011-10-02T04:21:12Z")
“Thanks for the falcon.” ---
**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:** [October 2, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/8 "2011-10-02T04:22:14Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > I don’t suppose you have a link handy…? > > I’ve seen references to this commercial several times on the Dope, but my Google-fu must be lacking because I can’t find a video showing it. [Here you go.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwtz2Au6BGQ) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/9 "2011-10-02T04:26:18Z")
I love [this commentary](http://alphapersona.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/what-is-this-shit/). ---
**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:** [October 2, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/10 "2011-10-02T04:27:46Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I’m about to murder the bitch wife of the guy that just got unlimted mobile to mobile minutes for his family. > > “Where’s _that_ money coming from, Steve?” > > “They were free.” > Boom! And her head explodes. Bitch. Oh yes. That one’s awful. I always feel really, _really_ bad for the guy, like he’s an abused child or something. Do not like. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/11 "2011-10-02T07:39:25Z")
Any of those McDonald’s dollar menu ads where someone is put in a “situation”. They then think how brilliant they are for choosing from the dollar menu, so they’re smart enough to figure things out. I really hate the most recent one. Some guy is sitting with his girlfriend. She says something like, “My sister’s new boyfriend thinks that Sundays are only for watching Football.” The guy thinks about how smart he’s been choosing from the dollar menu, so he replies with, “He’s a jerk.” WTF? I’m no sports fan, but if a guy wants to watch football all Sunday, what’s wrong with that, and why is he a jerk? If the woman’s sister wanted to set aside one day for a book club or knitting or whatever, would that make her a jerk? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/12 "2011-10-02T09:46:45Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Any of those McDonald’s dollar menu ads where someone is put in a “situation”. They then think how brilliant they are for choosing from the dollar menu, so they’re smart enough to figure things out. > > I really hate the most recent one. Some guy is sitting with his girlfriend. She says something like, “My sister’s new boyfriend thinks that Sundays are only for watching Football.” The guy thinks about how smart he’s been choosing from the dollar menu, so he replies with, “He’s a jerk.” > > WTF? I’m no sports fan, but if a guy wants to watch football all Sunday, what’s wrong with that, and why is he a jerk? If the woman’s sister wanted to set aside one day for a book club or knitting or whatever, would that make her a jerk? Because many women feel that once they are in a relationship, you have got to do absolutely everything except take a crap together. nobody is allowed to have separate friends and hobbys. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/13 "2011-10-02T10:06:36Z")
Agreed on the unlimited calling one. There’s a local one for a car dealership - the owner gives the spiel. This seems common with car dealers, I can’t understand why they don’t appreciate the importance of professionals. There’s one for State Farm right now, the details elude my poor memory, but since I have had State Farm for 30 years and I find this one to be so bad, I often think when I see it that they are close to driving me to to switch. (But then, almost all of the auto insurance adverts annoy me, so I don’t know who I’d switch to.) The McDonalds ad where the moron goes on about chicken Mcnuggets. I can’t remember when last I had fast food, so I know I’m not their target audience, but if I were, I’d definitely stop eating McNuggets. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/14 "2011-10-02T10:42:20Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Any of those McDonald’s dollar menu ads where someone is put in a “situation”. They then think how brilliant they are for choosing from the dollar menu, so they’re smart enough to figure things out. > > I really hate the most recent one. Some guy is sitting with his girlfriend. She says something like, “My sister’s new boyfriend thinks that Sundays are only for watching Football.” The guy thinks about how smart he’s been choosing from the dollar menu, so he replies with, “He’s a jerk.” > > WTF? I’m no sports fan, but if a guy wants to watch football all Sunday, what’s wrong with that, and why is he a jerk? That’s the point: like you, the guy _ **also** _ doesn’t see anything wrong with that; unlike you, the guy is brilliant enough to choose from the dollar menu and so can puzzle out that he should say _“he’s a jerk”_ despite thinking _“WTF?”_ ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/15 "2011-10-02T10:49:44Z")
Actually many of the current AT&T commercials bug the crap out of me. [Jennifer is so pretty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-cKpTMGd1g) [Flash mob asshole](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd8ppk0UCx8) And of course the one already mentioned. Greenhouse bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Male](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Alpha\_Male](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Male)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/16 "2011-10-02T12:15:08Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Because many women feel that once they are in a relationship, you have got to do absolutely everything except take a crap together. nobody is allowed to have separate friends and hobbys. The shit end of that, though, is that if you and the woman don’t work out she will tell/be convinced by all her friends that you made her recluse and you never let her have friends. Even though she’s the one who had to spend every waking moment of existence together, you will be the one -when all is said and done- who was \*so controlling \*that she couldn’t have a life outside of you. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/17 "2011-10-02T14:16:42Z")
The one for some car where the people are pulled into an impromptu press conference. I don’t know what it is about it, but it makes me switch the channel or leave the room if I’m watching live. Otherwise, thank goodness for TiVo. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Male](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Alpha\_Male](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Male)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/18 "2011-10-02T14:28:55Z")
The new smart car commercial where everyone can only say big and then some loser sees a smart car and says, “Small… SMALL!” My least favorite part is the end where it says, “Unbig. Uncar.” - They should add, “Unnotthegayestcaryoucouldbuy” They say that car holds up in a crash and is just as safe as any other vehicle. Yeah right ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/19 "2011-10-02T14:55:46Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > [Here it is.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwtz2Au6BGQ&feature=player_embedded) Thanks! Jeez, you guys weren’t joking. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/20 "2011-10-02T14:56:28Z")
Progressive commercials. Flo was bad enough, then they added a dirty looking homeless guy who offers unsolicited insurance advise. But the ones who I detest most are the two white embarrassments in the light blue sports coats. When the fattter embarrassment rides a grocery cart through Flo’s store, the other guy twists his face up and snivels: “he’s my ride”. I’d pay to give that guy a taste of the back of my hand. BTW, when did riding grocery carts become commercial maker shorthand for wild and craziness- I’ve seen the activity in at least 3 different commercials. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325.md?page=2)