# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/361 "2012-01-27T12:39:43Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I hate the Trojan vibrator commercials with women walking around with their hair blown back (as well as a few guys). My problem with that commercial is that it makes no damn sense. Presumably these women arrived at the party, were greeted by the hostess and the other women, chatted a bit, and then eventually sat down to open the gifts. And no one noticed their freakish hair before then? They were all suddenly surprised by these crazy blown back heads of hair when these women simply leaned forward into view of the camera? :rolleyes: I know it’s a sight gag for the viewer, but it just makes no sense. Unless these women had their own vibrators tucked away between their legs and each achieved orgasm silently while the one woman began to open her gifts. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/362 "2012-01-27T14:43:36Z")
What’s up with the Arby’s commercial for (I think it’s a fish sandwich) with the guy at the end standing on a boat and yelling through an autotune “I’m on a boooat, I’m on a boat!” Is it some kind of reference to the video from the movie _Stepbrothers_ where Will Ferrell and John C. Riley make the _Boats-n-Hos_ video? Or a reference to Andy Samberg’s video _I’m On a Boat_? I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/363 "2012-01-27T15:26:45Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Not the normal “WTF have you been telling your friends about our sex life”, or “WTF? how much do your friends think you jerk off?” or a thousand other appropriate responses… no he screams out “SWEET!”, like he’s glad he’s finally getting some help down there; I don’t know…speaking as a guy, I’d be closer to the “SWEET!” reaction than anything else. I’m not deluded…I know that it’s common for women to talk about their sex lives just as often as guys do. I don’t see a women getting/using sex toys as any sort of insult to my “manhood,” or whatever. I think it’s hot. I want to use it with them, and watch them use it, and think about them using it, and…uhhh…I’ll be in my bunk…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/364 "2012-01-27T16:35:26Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I can’t wait for the Ronco “Pocket Pussy” to be sold on those infomercials. Or the anal beads, or something just for the guys, like a “trojan blowjob!” (although that sounds a bit gay.) How about something like the “Blowjob Girlfriend”, for the couple who’s woman’s jaw gets too tired, or she can’t get her teeth out of the way. The guy will be thrilled, and she’ll yell “Sweet” when he gets a few at his bachelor party! You haven’t heard of the Fleshlight? There are also devices that are pussy simulators. So I hear. **Hampshire** , I haven’t seen it, but sounds like a pop culture reference to the SNL video for humor purposes. “I’m on a boat!” ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/365 "2012-01-28T04:17:16Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I don’t know…speaking as a guy, I’d be closer to the “SWEET!” reaction than anything else. > > I’m not deluded…I know that it’s common for women to talk about their sex lives just as often as guys do. I don’t see a women getting/using sex toys as any sort of insult to my “manhood,” or whatever. I think it’s hot. I want to use it with them, and watch them use it, and think about them using it, and…uhhh…I’ll be in my bunk…😉 I hear you. But that’s your (and my) guy mentality… I find it hard to believe that women would buy each other real sex toys… joke ones, sure. but advertised ones? When the shower is being filmed, and the old relatives are there? No. Not going to happen. Unless anyone wants to share any real experiences with us, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/366 "2012-01-28T19:58:31Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > The new JC Penney commercial with the shoppers all screaming NOOOO! when they encounter confusing sales at other retailers. I can’t hit “mute” quickly enough for this one. You know, I don’t get the hate for this one. Sure, it’s annoying, and that final lady’s scream-face looks like something out of a Bosch painting (she haunts my nightmares still), but I’ve seen plenty worse mind-numbing stoopid commercials. The screaming doesn’t bother me (or my cats) that bad, especially with the operatic music behind it, but obviously YMMV. Now what I do hate is that moronic “Good Mood Food” guy on the Arby’s commercials. There’s one where the ad starts with him jerking awake to the sound of screeching tires, and he says, “Don’t let this happen to you! Avoid food comas.” Seriously? Arby’s Beef n Cheddar won’t make you sleepy? Does it have added caffeine or something? Plus his hairstyle is so smarmy, and he has an R.B. name tag sewed on his shirt. I get it, RB=Arby. I hate you, R.B. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/367 "2012-02-10T00:55:59Z")
The Infiniti one that says, “If no one ever challenged the status-quo, the earth would still be flat.” You mean it was flat once and somebody changed it? Ridiculous. If the company can’t even phrase a thirty-second commercial correctly, how can I trust that their car is reliable? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/368 "2012-02-10T13:57:55Z")
Coupon Suzy, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/369 "2012-02-10T14:19:03Z")
Not a commercial, per sé, but every morning while I’m coming to, CBS news plays a jingle. It’s catchy, and earwormy, and I wish it were a full song. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/370 "2012-02-10T14:37:43Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Coupon Suzy, anyone? She looks like an alien. I look at her and think, “I would take your advice, _why_?” ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/371 "2012-02-10T15:02:27Z")
The one where the man gives the pregnant lady his seat on a subway but they’re yelling everything: “EXCUSE ME!!! TAKE MY SEAT!!!” “THANK YOU!!!” “I’M GOING TO NAME MY DAUGHTER AFTER YOU!!!” The message is “if more people did good deeds it wouldn’t be so obvious” or something, but the yelling hurts my brain. Plus I see people giving up their transit seats for others as a normal daily occurance of common courtesy, not a big huge “look I did a good deed!!” thing. Same with the radio spot by Lisa Loeb: “I’m going to change a life today…I’m going to restore someone’s faith in humanity…there, I did it. I held a door open.” WTF happened to basic common courtesy if we need ad spots to remind us of it?! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/372 "2012-02-10T15:13:36Z")
The commercial for bleach (Clorox?) where the kid comes running out saying “Mommy, Mommy, I made poo poo” to which she says as she follows him into the bathroom, presumably to behold his creation " that’s great honey. . .(looks around) where?" So gross and annoying on so many levels. I mean really, the advertisier couldn’t think of a more unappealing, asinine example of the many uses for its product? There’s also one for contact lenses or lens cleaner or some such where the chick says “my contacts are soooo annoying” only it comes out as “show annoying”. Jeez, find an actress who can enunciate, would ya. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/373 "2012-02-10T15:45:43Z")
Hmmm…two commercials I’m not fond of. One that they show on BBC America all the time has an abrasive Al Pacino wannabee saying “Whatever happened to cars? They have all these convenient features when all I’m concerned about it what’s under the hood?” He’s advertising some no-doubt undrinkable tequila. The other commercial I’m increasingly disliking is the Heineken beer commercial where this smug douchebag and his very attractive date dance and schmooze their way through the backstage of a Chinese restaurant before sitting down and enjoying a frosty beer. I started out kind of liking the commercial (mostly for the music), but the more I watch it, the more I think everyone in the restaurant secretly hates this guy, but he’s probably the rich spoiled son of the local head honcho, so they have to put up with his crap, even though he’s just manhandled everyone’s meals with his unwashed hands and then crashed through an expensive paper screen. Also, they don’t show the girl enough, and she is very pretty. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/374 "2012-02-10T17:55:23Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > The commercial for bleach (Clorox?) where the kid comes running out saying “Mommy, Mommy, I made poo poo” to which she says as she follows him into the bathroom, presumably to behold his creation " that’s great honey. . .(looks around) where?" So gross and annoying on so many levels. I mean really, the advertisier couldn’t think of a more unappealing, asinine example of the many uses for its product? Oh, I can top that. [Luvs diaper commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlwOVHP7ngM&feature=related), where animated tots compete in an idol-like game show to see who can fill their diaper the most. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/375 "2012-02-10T23:32:21Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > The commercial for bleach (Clorox?) where the kid comes running out saying “Mommy, Mommy, I made poo poo” to which she says as she follows him into the bathroom, presumably to behold his creation " that’s great honey. . .(looks around) where?" So gross and annoying on so many levels. I mean really, the advertisier couldn’t think of a more unappealing, asinine example of the many uses for its product? > > There’s also one for contact lenses or lens cleaner or some such where the chick says “my contacts are soooo annoying” only it comes out as “show annoying”. Jeez, find an actress who can enunciate, would ya. This commercial reminded me of a real-life incident when I was working at a home improvement store and a little kid visited the display toilets in the plumbing section. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/376 "2012-02-11T05:44:45Z")
The [Adriana Lima](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWrJgFjxlS0) Valentine’s Day commercial is pretty vile. A very beautiful woman very sensuously gets dolled up for a night out and then delivers the tag line: “Men, Valentine’s Day isn’t that complicated. Give … and you shall receive.” Ah, got it. You’re a whore. I dunno – maybe it does perfectly capture the whole spirit of Valentine’s Day. But I’d prefer to think not. Oh, and she’s giving it up for a vase of flowers. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/377 "2012-02-11T06:16:30Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I hear you. But that’s your (and my) guy mentality… I find it hard to believe that women would buy each other real sex toys… joke ones, sure. but advertised ones? When the shower is being filmed, and the old relatives are there? No. Not going to happen. > > Unless anyone wants to share any real experiences with us, of course. I’ve only been to two bridal showers, both in the US, and both involved gifts of sex toys, although they were of the kind intended to share (feathers, edible underwear…). If you happen to know that the bride in question and her groom like using vibrators with/on/for each other, then giving one would make perfect sense. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/378 "2012-02-11T06:19:56Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > This commercial reminded me of a real-life incident when I was working at a home improvement store and a little kid visited the display toilets in the plumbing section. Do you live in the Seattle area? I have an acquaintance with an autistic son and a similar story. He was mortified. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/379 "2012-02-11T07:01:00Z")
> [@ENugent](#): > > Do you live in the Seattle area? I have an acquaintance with an autistic son and a similar story. He was mortified. No. I happened to work in the store, and I’m not even sure the parents ever found out. When it happened, the guy handling the dept. Thought he saw the kid sitting down out of the corner of his eye but didn’t make too much of it until a few minutes later he walked by it. The odor gave it away, since he was nice enough to put the seat down. Got to hand it to the kid for being so resourceful .. When you gotta go, you gotta go! This was also during a very different time in this country, when a four year old not tethered to a parent didn’t immediately require a store shutdown and announcement. Oh, and he peed too. The only thing he didn’t do was wipe (the display wasn’t set up for that) so the poor little guy had to walk around with his left-over junk in the trunk. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325/380 "2012-02-11T08:15:00Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Oh, and he peed too. The only thing he didn’t do was wipe (the display wasn’t set up for that) so the poor little guy had to walk around with his left-over junk in the trunk. ☹ Or wash his hands. So he’s by several counts perfectly prepared to work in an office building. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-31-686/598325.md?page=20)