# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/121 "2010-04-20T11:25:48Z")
Is there a way to find which products were shipped by truck, car, donkey, magic carpet, or something NOT FREIGHT RAIL so I can preferentially avoid the last to punish them for buying obnoxious commercials every five minutes? ---
**Author:** ![trawnist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@trawnist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trawnist)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/122 "2010-04-20T12:14:45Z")
Ones that repeat the words over and over, I shout out “Shut Up” and Progressive Insurance with that dumb woman always pitching the insurance with silly gadgets and an annoying voice that is almost hysterical. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/123 "2010-04-20T12:57:37Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Is there a way to find which products were shipped by truck, car, donkey, magic carpet, or something NOT FREIGHT RAIL so I can preferentially avoid the last to punish them for buying obnoxious commercials every five minutes? Are you referring to CSX? Exactly why would they need to advertise, anyway? I would think that if you own a business that has rail facilities that you would already be aware of it. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/124 "2010-04-20T13:40:04Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > 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. > [@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. These, and the one with the mom relaxing all day in the minivan before she will open up her frigid cootch. I swear, these ads make Sienna drivers look so bad I think they were made by a competitor. These are doing more then the recall issues to kill the Toyota brand. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/125 "2010-04-22T00:33:21Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > You left out the “best” part: > > Let’s get amnesia > Fuhgeddabout all dat evil > Dat evil dat dey feedja Well, like I said, I hit the mute button. I must never have gotten that far into it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/126 "2010-04-22T07:37:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The Geico commercial where the guy with the deep voice says: Can Geico save you 15% in 15 minutes or less? Can Charlie Daniels… or some other stupid thing. I have to turn that one off. Why stop there? Any Geico commercial is enough to make ya puke. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/127 "2010-04-22T08:16:59Z")
Any Geico commercial or Progressive commercial with Flo. I have an irrational hatred of gekkos, cavemen, talking potholes and cashiers named Flo dressed in white with a strange hairstyle and burning red lipstick. I mute and/or change the channel immediately. The commercial theme I currently hate is the Swiffer (I think it’s Swiffer) series with the mop and broom falling in love after meeting in the closet. :rolleyes: I also hate the Burger King “king” breaking into McDonalds for the sausage muffin sandwich. Subway commercials that still feature Jared. I haven’t purchased a subway anything because of that ad campaign. Fuck you, Jared! ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/128 "2010-04-22T13:38:31Z")
> [@Ataraxy](#): > > I hate the new Corona commercial. It is a sequel to an earlier one. In the original, a couple is sitting on a beach and a hot chick walks by and the guy watches her the entire time. As the hot chick goes off frame, the girlfriend squirts a lime at the guy. I actually thought that was funny. In the new one, some beefcake walks by and the girl ogles him. When her head is turned, the guy grabs the beer closest to her and shakes it and puts it back. Beefcake leaves, and the girl reaches across and grabs the beer closest to her guy and opens it. It irritates me that he couldn’t get his revenge and reinforces the “guys are dumb, girls are smart” idea that is everywhere. While I agree with you in spirit (would have been awesome to see the guy get his revenge) you realize that chicks essentially rule the world with the awesome power of ta-tas and poonanny, right? It’s not a good reproductive strategy to humiliate the hot chick, no matter how well deserved it might be. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/129 "2010-04-22T13:57:56Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Are you referring to CSX? Exactly why would they need to advertise, anyway? Indeed – the stupidity of it just makes their incessant drumbeat even more annoying. ---
**Author:** ![boocat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@boocat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boocat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/130 "2010-05-04T01:09:14Z")
Does anybody know the name of the earworm tune a woman sings in the new Kia commercial? I couldn’t tell you which car model it is. The song drones on to a refrain that is always: Do do do do do do do do do duh do do do do do do. I can’t get that stupid thing out of my head. It was originally played on the radio briefly in ? maybe the late '90s (not sure) Thanks for your time! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/131 "2010-05-05T12:53:32Z")
Marvin Windows and Doors. They run a commercial during the Today Show. Filthy rich, childless yuppies sitting in their McMansion planning a big elaborate glass window, with arches “just like the ones we saw in Italy”, looking out over a vast piazza. Wonder how many piazzas they’re selling these days. I hate that couple with a dull, bitter hate. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/132 "2010-05-05T13:00:24Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > I’m a little bothered by the Musinex commercials, which is odd, because I’m usually not opposed to getting rid of sinus and chest congestion. It’s just that the animated mucus in the commercial is just an ordinary working class schmo. He’s got a wife and kids, he goes out dancing on weekends, he and his family stay at these fleabag hotels on vacation, he’s got a big extended family. I just sort of feel for the guy, because he doesn’t have much going for him. He’s mucus, for God’s sake! How’s he going to make something of himself being mucus? Coughing him out just seems like kicking a guy when he’s down. OMG Mucinex bugs the crap out of me! Also, the whole analogy of mucus being these cartoon green blobs doesn’t really hold together. I remember one version of the commercial where mucus checks into a Mucinex hotel. Umm… why? It’s like a Jew checking into Nazi-oven Motel. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/133 "2010-05-05T13:05:12Z")
> [@AmericanMaid](#): > > OMG Mucinex bugs the crap out of me! Also, the whole analogy of mucus being these cartoon green blobs doesn’t really hold together. I remember one version of the commercial where mucus checks into a Mucinex hotel. Umm… why? It’s like a Jew checking into Nazi-oven Motel. Well thanks a lot, but everyone knows that Mr. Mucus is actually Fred Phelps. I am developing a loathing for the flower sellers whose ad shows Mom getting stupid talkative flowers in a box which she shoves down the garbage disposal, because she wants flowers in a vase. Talk about spoiled. And if an asteroid hits the Rightnows family and they never watch another stupid DVD, that’s fine with me. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/134 "2010-05-12T00:16:33Z")
That annoying Pepsi commercial I mentioned before seems to be on more channels now than it used to be. GRRRR Also annoying, this new commercial for Alieve with people standing around the painkiller aisle in the grocery store getting all shocked that if they take 2 tylenol 4 times a day for 10 days OMG THAT’S EIGHTY PILLS!!!~!~!!!1111```11111111111!!! ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/135 "2010-05-12T00:40:12Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Are you referring to CSX? Exactly why would they need to advertise, anyway? I would think that if you own a business that has rail facilities that you would already be aware of it. Maybe they’re trying to sell stock… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/136 "2010-05-12T02:32:31Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Maybe they’re trying to sell stock… If they have to advertise, wouldn’t that make you want to not buy stock? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/137 "2010-05-12T03:36:31Z")
The [FreeCreditReport.com](http://FreeCreditReport.com) commercials finally seem to have bit the dust-they’ve been replaced by a much more staid (read: no singing idiot in a pirate costume or the like) series of ads for a “new” website (note that the ads are so boring that I cannot recall the URL) which is nonetheless run by Triple Advantage anyway (same disclaimer at the end). Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Scruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Scruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruff)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/138 "2010-05-12T08:58:58Z")
I’m visiting me Mum in England this week, and there’s an ad for an insurance company (gocompare) with a pseudo-Italian opera singer. [Meet Gio Compario](http://www.gocompare.com/gio-compario/) You may thank me later… ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/139 "2010-05-12T12:55:16Z")
[\](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DUSyOMrEqw) Late last night I woke up sweatin’ in mah bed That danged air conditioner it was completely daid So I called Morris-Jenkins and they very kindly said You’ll have cool air in your home tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079/140 "2010-05-12T16:26:11Z")
The Taco Bell commercials where guys ask for the cashier who gave them the special deal on something, which isn’t so special. Derrrrr, Derrrr, dumb guys…derrrrr. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-hate-circa-march-2010/534079.md?page=8)