# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/321 "2012-01-03T00:20:16Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > There’s a new series of truck (Ford, I think) commercials that feature the trucks, in CGI, doing unbelievable things, like having a plane landing it’s broken front gear in the bed or “snowboarding” down a mountain and doing a flip. I’m fine with stunts and exaggerations in car commercials, but it kind of misses the point when you’re saying “Look at all the cool stuff our trucks can’t really do.” The snowboarding truck is a Nissan. Not sure about the plane landing one – Ford’s commercials usually make some sense, so maybe that one’s also a Nissan. Yeah, what’s the point? Same with that Dr. Pepper commercial – the one that’s “not for women”. Then why not limit the ads to Spike TV? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/322 "2012-01-03T00:29:06Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Same with that Dr. Pepper commercial – the one that’s “not for women”. Then why not limit the ads to Spike TV? Because fewer women would see the ad. Being the [del]contrarian[/del] liberated creatures that they are, they will buy anything they are told they can’t/shouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/323 "2012-01-03T00:30:00Z")
I just caught a glimpse, but I think I may start to hate this one: a trailer for George Lucas’ Tuskegee Airmen film. A choppy, Michael Bay-style trailer. With motherfucking **dubstep soundtrack**! I don’t think they had that back in World War II… ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/324 "2012-01-03T00:54:37Z")
Yeah, those truck commercials are Nissan, not Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/325 "2012-01-03T01:59:21Z")
Crystal Light, I think. Two women are on an airplane. One orders Crystal Light to keep her bikini-ready figure. The other launches into a diatribe about how overworked they are and will never have the opportunity to be on a beach. Quick cut to the plane crashed on a island somewhere. Hunky guy asks which of the women wants to help him collect fresh water. Miss CL steps up and starts taking off her blouse. Because, really, what’s all that death and destruction if you get to meet a guy with great pecs? I kinda wish someone else had seen this commercial first. I feel disappointed that I can’t reach the level of humorous snark that it truly deserves. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/326 "2012-01-03T02:39:32Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I noticed the other night that it’s cheaper to save a dying African child (per Alyssa Milano) than it is to save an abused cat (per Sarah McLachlan). In fact, each cat is worth 1.2 African kids. Why does this make me think of turning starving children into cat food? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/327 "2012-01-03T04:40:32Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > [The Swedish Diet commercials.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9kndMkXC5Q) Yes, this is an all-too-real commercial that has started rotation recently. That’s a great commercial! The Britney wanna bes (with wigs - yes, it’s obvious), the dancing, the bathing suits that make an appearance. Yea! > [@Quimby](#): > > A new one that I hate. Forget what it’s for but some dopey guy is handed clothes to try on by his girlfriend that are obviously for women and the “joke” is when he comes out to show her he is wearing clothes that are obviously for women, a woman also comes out wearing the same clothes that are obviously for women. Ho! Ho! That one is just bizarre. She seems to be looking at him like she kinda knows they’re women’s clothes, and she’s smirking that he was dumb enough to be seen in them. Doesn’t he take a picture and send it to his friends for their comments? Who would do that? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/328 "2012-01-03T13:05:33Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Doesn’t he take a picture and send it to his friends for their comments? Who would do that? I think the [guy](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2804503/) in that commercial plays Badger, one of Jesse’s meth-head friends, on Breaking Bad, so I just assumed he was totally baked when he put on that outfit and solicited comments. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/329 "2012-01-03T14:30:22Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The Kindle commercial where the woman and man snidely discuss why she bought two Kindles. I want to shove one of them down her throat, and the other one up… oh never mind. But she is hot, so it’s okay. I think of shoving something in those places, but it ain’t no Kindle. ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/330 "2012-01-04T16:03:31Z")
It’s not an awful commercial, but the Microsoft (I think) one with a father and son doing each other’s work grates at me. The kid’s exasperated because he can’t figure out his math homework. He’s figuring the square root of about six different three-digit numbers. A very basic calculator would spit out the answers, squaring a few two-digit numbers would lead him to the answer. Instead, dad brushes him aside and does the work. He doesn’t even try explaining the math to his kid. Kid uses his time to jazz up dad’s work presentation. Which is going to go over great, provided dad works for someone with the mentality of a 12-year-old who isn’t interested in actually getting information. Even if you ignore the graphics and effects, none of the graphs have legends and the music’s going to drown out anything he says. Success all around! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/331 "2012-01-06T00:52:26Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The Kindle commercial where the woman and man snidely discuss why she bought two Kindles. I want to shove one of them down her throat, and the other one up… oh never mind. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > But she is hot, so it’s okay. I think of shoving something in those places, but it ain’t no Kindle. Yes, I like those commercials, but it’s mainly because I’m imagining her undressed. One I hate is, I think, for Cheerios with some annoying brat running around saying “THAT’S FOR BABIES! THAT’S FOR BABIES” until stumbling upon Cheerios. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/332 "2012-01-06T01:15:59Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > [The Swedish Diet commercials.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9kndMkXC5Q) Yes, this is an all-too-real commercial that has started rotation recently. The product that Ikea forgot… ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/333 "2012-01-06T13:05:26Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > There’s a Folger’s commercial running right now that is supposed to feature a brother returning home from a trip to Africa _just_ in time for Christmas morning. He’s greeted at the door by his sister…except their interactions give off a very strong girlfriend/boyfriend vibe (to me, anyway). That commercial always creeps me out. > [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > This commercial is actually from last year and there was a long thread about the creepy “I totally want to jump my brother” subtext then too. If I recall right, a few people thought we were pervs for sullying a sweet brother/sister moment. > [@rhubarbarin](#): > > You’re not imagining things, I get weirded out every time I see that commercial. She is totally making bedroom eyes at him; and he gets flustered! Good thing their parents walk in right before they make out… This commercial ran in my TV market this Christmas season, with the eye-contact creepiness scene significantly shortened. It was still creepy, though. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/334 "2012-01-10T22:43:23Z")
I jsut saw one…chocolate people? And the song…“I’ll stop the world”? Not terrbile, but really strange. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/335 "2012-01-10T22:51:13Z")
The Hispanic scholarship fund commercial. “You WILL go to college” “NooOOoo mom” “Yes” “Nooooooooooo” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQuR5dMHpPs) ---
**Author:** ![Gabing\_Gaboing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b38774/32.png) [@Gabing\_Gaboing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gabing_Gaboing)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/336 "2012-01-11T01:16:52Z")
I cannot stand the one for I think Weight Watchers where the woman is sitting on the couch eating a stick of butter with the same gusto one would eat king sized Milky Way. It is just nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/337 "2012-01-13T02:29:06Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > The Hispanic scholarship fund commercial. “You WILL go to college” “NooOOoo mom” “Yes” “Nooooooooooo” > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQuR5dMHpPs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQuR5dMHpPs) But you’re completely missing the important message. Getting a college education ensures your wife is better looking. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/338 "2012-01-13T03:03:15Z")
The one with the dumb ass high school student and the engineer who were both inspired by their teachers. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/339 "2012-01-13T09:18:57Z")
There’s a really stupid one out for Abilify right now, the animated one where a woman’s depression is represented by a bathrobe. They used to use some dark blob for the depression, but now it’s a bathrobe for some reason. Whatever. The two maddening events in this commercial for me happen when she visits the doctor. First of all, her depression robe sits in a seat next to her _taking notes along with her_. WTF? Your depression is not like an annoying little brother you have to take along with you; it’s not sentient, and why in the hell would it want to take notes if it were? The second thing is that the doctor sits the woman and the depression robe down to show her a video…of THE SAME DOCTOR TALKING. Instead of just talking to her about Abilify, he had to record himself talking about Abilify and she goes to the trouble of visiting his office only to watch a damn video that she could’ve probably watched at home. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/340 "2012-01-13T12:16:23Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > The Hispanic scholarship fund commercial. “You WILL go to college” “NooOOoo mom” “Yes” “Nooooooooooo” > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQuR5dMHpPs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQuR5dMHpPs) The only difference in his life seems to be that he gets to have nicer stuff. Wife and kids looked just as happy when he was the HVAC technician who didn’t work 90 hours a week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325.md?page=18)