# Commercials You Hate, circa March 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079 "2010-03-28T03:08:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/101 "2010-04-15T17:59:45Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > In fact, because of this, one company even promotes as a **positive alternative** an IV infusion that you have to go to your doctor’s office to have administered. So apparently they are So Not Kidding about the “sit or stand up ramrod straight, don’t bend over at all” instructions. Actually I took actonel for about 8 months while dealing with my hyperparathyroidism issues, and no shit it is that bad. I was feeling under the weather and figured that once wouldn’t hurt, and I had the worst heartburn of my life, I think that if anything they underplay the dangers. Did you know the uninsured cost of actonel is $225 per pill :eek: ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/102 "2010-04-16T00:42:47Z")
IV infusion is all the rage, they bulldozed a beautiful hillside behind me to build an IV Infusion Emporium for all kinds of ailments. I know that Boniva pill can give you a bad reaction, so maybe its easier getting an IV for some people. I love the pothole commercial voice, I think it’s adorable! I thought it sounded like Brittney Murphy. It’s been viewed over a million times on You Tube. Well, to each his own. There are people who guffaw over Captain Morgan commercials, so… ---
**Author:** ![Dolly\_Madison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Dolly\_Madison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolly_Madison)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/103 "2010-04-16T18:44:05Z")
Toyota Sienna Minivan Mom: in order for people to mistake you for the hot babysitter, it would help of you were 1. younger 2. actually HOT. ---
**Author:** ![Dolly\_Madison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Dolly\_Madison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolly_Madison)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/104 "2010-04-16T18:48:50Z")
Also George Takei screaming “oooooohhhhhhh myyyy” in a creepy semi-orgasmic manner at the stupid Quattttttron TV (wow it has yellow now!!!). His bizarre speech patterns have always bugged, but I was safe if I didn’t watch Star Trek. Now he is on my TV every 5 min. NOOOO! ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/105 "2010-04-16T19:02:00Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > “WOW! THATS A LOW PRICE!!” > > My ears may start bleeding. Yep yep. I don’t even know what it’s advertising, I always mute or switch channels as soon as I detect it. It’s the top of my list of hated commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/106 "2010-04-16T19:39:59Z")
> [@IaMoDiNaRy](#): > > Glad somebody mentioned the Progressive commercials! Can’t stand her or her whiny voice… and they play some kind of jingly tone periodically all during the commercial that makes my stomach hurt for some reason. I haven’t liked her from the start, especially since she is up against Erin Esurance, the hottest toon ever. But I’m not to fond of the latest Esurance commercial. More Erin please, less fat mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/107 "2010-04-16T20:04:48Z")
> [@Dolly\_Madison](#): > > Toyota Sienna Minivan Mom: in order for people to mistake you for the hot babysitter, it would help of you were 1. younger 2. actually HOT. The Sienna Minivan Dad who gets all bent out of shape when he takes his kids on a play date and sees that another dad is “copying his style” by not only buying a Sienna but an identical car seat. Then, as he’s putting everything back in the car he talks about how he “just has to be the better man”. In fact, all the Sienna commercials seem to be trying to establish that Sienna owners are self-absorbed assholes. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/108 "2010-04-16T23:18:34Z")
There’s some really annoying Pepsi commercial (that I only seem to notice running on the local “urban” tv station) that just keeps saying, over and over “One tribe, y’all! One tribe, y’all! One tribe y’all! One tribe y’all!” I can not hit the mute button fast enough. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/109 "2010-04-17T00:32:37Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I haven’t liked her from the start, especially since she is up against Erin Esurance, the hottest toon ever. But I’m not to fond of the latest Esurance commercial. More Erin please, less fat mechanic. That fat mechanic freaks me out. He’s just so damn … eager about fixing their car and emailing them photos. I get a creepy stalker vibe from him. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/110 "2010-04-17T03:22:57Z")
DiGiorno pizza, where the pizza is so heavy that it falls through the floor and into the apartment below. The guys down below think it’s so cool that they’ve scored some free pizza and the guy upstairs, who now has this BIG GAPING HOLE right smack-dab in the middle of his living room floor, only seems to care about getting his damn pizza back! The guys downstairs don’t seem to mind having a big hole in their ceiling, either. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/111 "2010-04-17T23:38:53Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > The guys downstairs don’t seem to mind having a big hole in their ceiling, either. Skylight! ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/112 "2010-04-18T02:55:00Z")
> [@Countrypolitan](#): > > Oh yes–that stupid Verizon one where the mom is letting the daughter off in the mall with her friend, by themselves!! Mom looks SOOO worried! But wait, mom can track them with her phone, so the boogieman can’t get her! The kid is like 13 for cripes’ sake. I was WAY younger than that when my mom let me go off unaccompanied anywhere. Hoo boy, I fucking hate this one as well, for so many reasons. First, doesn’t the mom look about 10 years too young to be that girl’s mother? I have a hard time buying her as a real mom to a kid that age. Plus she looks a little like the Octomom. I think silently to myself, “Why aren’t you at home watching your other fifteen kids?” Then she’s got the smug half-smile/smirk on her face. Ultimately, the stalking service offered by Verizon just strikes me as way too 1984-ish. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/113 "2010-04-18T18:48:43Z")
> [@Loisseau](#): > > The “Beggin Strips” commerical, where a madhousedog runs amok for a food that is supposed to be bacon for dogs. Smells a bit like bacon, but with all the bacon lovers in the world, someone was destined to make a BLT from this stuff. the result–[Steve Don’t Eat It but Does](http://www.thesneeze.com/steve-dont-eat-it/) I always wondered what happened to Steve. Maybe the tree-brain got him. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/114 "2010-04-18T18:59:58Z")
Most recent hates: That wrinkle farm who has OCPD or whatever the fuck and runs around blowing on shit. Prilosec OTC: At the beginning of the commercial, there’s a crawl on the bottom that says “This is an ad for Prilosec OTC”. No shit? Then, at the end, there’s another crawl that says “This ad was sponsored by Prilosec OTC.” WTF? I mean, honestly, WTFF? It wasn’t sponsored by Doritos? ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/115 "2010-04-18T20:47:55Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I still have a VCR. :eek: My fifteen-inch tv has a BUILT-IN VCR! Win! ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/116 "2010-04-19T01:30:51Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > My fifteen-inch tv has a BUILT-IN VCR! Win! Yeah, well, my **thirteen** -inch TV has a built in VCR! I’m on the cutting edge I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/117 "2010-04-19T03:40:02Z")
I hate all commercials, but generically the ones that play at 3 times the volume of the show you were just watching. Also, the ones with just the right tone to piss me off. The new Allstate commercials with the pseudo-Hispanic (or whatever) guy have a few that softly plays their jingle at the beginning and grows all the way through it, but that first tone is at the pitch that makes dogs clear the room. The Subway ones that clip all their spokespeople together sounds like a stuttering rifle. Everybody shut up and pick a voice, please. KFC has the same style. There’s another one that does it but it escapes me at the moment. All the Comcast Xfinity commercials. And all the Dish ones. In fact, all those that, rather than focus on their own bonuses / plus factors whatever, focus on the negatives of their competitor. Remember when they used to try to be funny? Not just the ones during the Super Bowl, either. Any brand that tells me “I MUST ACT NOW OR…” The AT&T ones with what’s his first name Arquette. I hate his voice. And he looks almost like he’s animatronic. All the screaming ones. Pappa John’s comes to mind. As well as the “THAT’S A LOW PRICE” one. There are so many more… ---
**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:** [April 19, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/118 "2010-04-19T12:56:38Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > There’s some really annoying Pepsi commercial (that I only seem to notice running on the local “urban” tv station) that just keeps saying, over and over “One tribe, y’all! One tribe, y’all! One tribe y’all! One tribe y’all!” > > I can not hit the mute button fast enough. You left out the “best” part: Let’s get amnesia Fuhgeddabout all dat evil Dat evil dat dey feedja ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/119 "2010-04-19T13:09:17Z")
I too hate the VW commercials _except_ I’ve got to admit to laughing out loud when the salesman makes the baby cry and when the guy asks Stevie Wonder “How do you do that?” and waves his hand in front of his face. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/120 "2010-04-19T16:17:25Z")
There’s one commercial that airs during the local morning news (on WRAL, if you’re interested) that plays above the “normal” volume level. It plays this horrible screeching fast-tempo “music” while showing an orange peeling itself. I have no clue what the commercial is for; I always cut the cable box off when it comes on (cutting the cable box off is faster for me that time of day than trying to locate the mute button). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079.md?page=7)