# Commericals that bother you for silly reasons. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024 "2012-04-26T15:04:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/61 "2012-04-27T13:19:23Z")
Ah, those are FTC rules. They only apply in, you guessed it, the USA, and I suspect that for ads recorded abroad there may not be someone from the FTC checking that the ice cream is indeed ice cream. Also, your own cite says that the cone has to be real but the ice cream can be fake. IOW, if the product would end up being a horrible goop within minutes of being under the lights, you can fake it. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/62 "2012-04-27T13:44:29Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > If a strange girl popped up from my back seat I’d be more like, “Who the hell are you and how did you get in my car?” I’m with Anamorphic. If that girl popped up in my back seat I would definitely be asking her something more impure. People in commercials do seem overly accommodating to folks who pop up in their kitchen or behind their shoulder though. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/63 "2012-04-27T14:02:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I don’t even remember what the commercial’s about, but a guy says “potato, potahto,” and the gal says “no, it’s tomato, tomahto.” In the context of the song they’re quoting, this makes no sense at all. He should have said “potato, tomato,” and she should have said, “no, it’s potahto, tomahto.” I always think of the song “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”, but I don’t know what it has to do with the situation, so I agree it’s annoying. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/64 "2012-04-27T14:06:03Z")
That arthritis drug commercial where the woman is playing the piano that starts crumbling under her fingers bothers me in the sense that it creeps me out! I’m not sure why I find that imagery so disturbing. The one where the bike falls apart does not affect me the same way. But that piano…::shudder:: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/65 "2012-04-27T14:07:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I thought of another one. The stupid State Farm ad where the customer and agent say some lines from “Anyway You Want It” and then talk about having a Journey moment. I love the song, but those two saying the lines makes me cringe. > > Then the customer mentions going to a concert in '83 that was crawling with chicks, sees his wife looking at him funny, and says he has to go. What, his wife will be upset that he was into hot chicks in 83? I guess she’ll be downright pissed that he’s still into them now. I figured they were at the concert together, or married at the time. Two guys having a Journey moment isn’t something I want to think about. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/66 "2012-04-27T14:47:55Z")
> [@Rich\_Mann](#): > > On topic: > In general I don’t mind ads for legal firms trying to drum up clients for class-action suits, but I hate it when they try to sound sympathetic. You’re a bunch of money grubbers and everyone knows it. You’re not fooling anyone! > > And someone help them pick one pronunciation for ‘mesothelioma’. I also snigger when the voice-over guy says, “If you have been exposed to asbestos and are injured or killed, please call us at. . .” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/67 "2012-04-27T14:56:20Z")
In keeping with this post, is it Ambilify that has the “fatal reactions have occurred” warning? Well, _how in the world_ did that drug ever get on the market then? Just my humble O, but if somebody died from taking that drug, I’m sure as hell not going to ask for scrip! I mean, _damn_! 😕 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/68 "2012-04-27T15:24:04Z")
> [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > I hate the one where the two teenagers are standing around staring into the freezer and then call their mother’s cell phone to tell her that they’re dying. She calmly tells them that they’re only hungry and should make some crappy frozen pizza snacks. They respond that they don’t have any, in spite of the fact that they’re staring into a freezer in which the pizza snacks are one of only four or five objects. The mother responds by directing them to the snacks (“In front of you and to the left” or something like that) and they high five as a voiceover says “Great job, Mom!” > > Yeah. Great job raising not one but two idiots too stupid to tell the difference between hunger and death and who can’t find anything to eat while staring into a freezer that contains almost nothing but ice cream and junk food. Yeah, great job, Mom! I hate that one too. What gets me even more than that is that the mom somehow knows her blind and/or retarded children are staring into the freezer while on the phone with her and the\* put down the phone in freezer\*! Is it too late for the mom to have an abortion? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/69 "2012-04-27T15:41:56Z")
There is a new Verizon commercial for the Droid Razr with a mother and daughter crying and soaking incoherently. That phone could tie my shoes and slice my bread, but after that commercial I will never buy it. Whoever write it has serious Mommy issues and should get counseling instead of write commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/70 "2012-04-27T15:51:55Z")
Have y’all seen the public service ads with the people who’ve been severely “damaged” due to smoking? The first series shows folks with tracheostomies and electronic voice boxes. They all tell what not to do when you get a trach, such as not facing the shower head being careful when shaving, etc. The newest is the lady who had a stroke attributed due to her smoking, making her completely bedridden. It shows her son bathing her and he looks like he’s only about 16/17 year old. Sorry for the hijack, but this is an example of the other kind of commercial: the one that stays with you. Q ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/71 "2012-04-27T16:07:22Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > I hate [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwAcaXrTJrk) one for Honey Nut Cheerios, for a number of reasons: > > 1. Adults should never use the word “yummy” when speaking to anyone except a very young child. > > 2. The cereal is all the same, it’s stupid to pretend the waitress had it mixed up. > > 3. The server’s “I got that wrong, didn’t I?” just grates on my nerves! I’m with you on this one. I mean, I know it’s just a joke, but it’s a bad, stupid, and annoying joke in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/72 "2012-04-27T16:37:58Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > There is a new Verizon commercial for the Droid Razr with a mother and daughter crying and soaking incoherently. That phone could tie my shoes and slice my bread, but after that commercial I will never buy it. Whoever write it has serious Mommy issues and should get counseling instead of write commercials. I like that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/73 "2012-04-27T17:22:30Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > There was a commercial with women in it talking about how good something was. One woman said it was “dating a masseuse good”. Funny, she didn’t look lesbian- There’s one on now where a male is giving a massage and is called a masseuse. > > Masseuses are women, massaging men are masseurs. It’s simple: Masseurs have a penis. Masseuses have a vagina. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/74 "2012-04-27T19:28:43Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Yeup, right in the middle of the big red blotch. > > P.S. People in Nevada don’t have lines or don’t talk? That poll had ~10,000 respondents. It’s likely there weren’t any replies from that area of Nevada. > [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Some cheap toilet paper does shred during use. Cheapass (yes, that’s intentional) TP comes in two varieties, the kind that will shred if you look at it, and the John Wayne version (it’s rough, tough, and doesn’t take any shit from anybody). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/75 "2012-04-27T19:34:13Z")
> [@lisacurl](#): > > Not even muting the television helps that goddamn\* Jack-in-the-Box “marrying bacon” commercial. Those commercials bother me because they feel like a dig at the gay marriage issue. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/76 "2012-04-27T19:48:15Z")
That rhyming commercial for Discover cards. :mad: Q ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/77 "2012-04-27T20:01:34Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Have y’all seen the public service ads with the people who’ve been severely “damaged” due to smoking? The first series shows folks with tracheostomies and electronic voice boxes. They all tell what not to do when you get a trach, such as not facing the shower head being careful when shaving, etc. > > The newest is the lady who had a stroke attributed due to her smoking, making her completely bedridden. It shows her son bathing her and he looks like he’s only about 16/17 year old. > > Sorry for the hijack, but this is an example of the other kind of commercial: the one that stays with you. > > Q I hate those. Call me selfish, but I don’t use tobacco, and I don’t need to be watching my TV and have those commercials flash on my screen without warning. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/78 "2012-04-27T20:04:18Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > I hate [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwAcaXrTJrk) one for Honey Nut Cheerios, for a number of reasons: > > 1. Adults should never use the word “yummy” when speaking to anyone except a very young child. > > 2. The cereal is all the same, it’s stupid to pretend the waitress had it mixed up. > > 3. The server’s “I got that wrong, didn’t I?” just grates on my nerves! 1. That irritating rhythm guitar riff that stops for a couple beats every time the server tries to rectify the error. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/79 "2012-04-27T20:10:11Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Those commercials bother me because they feel like a dig at the gay marriage issue. In case this helps, it’s a play on the schoolyard taunt, “If you love _x_ so much, why don’t you marry [him/her/it]?” Not that this excuses how stupid the entire marketing campaign was. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024/80 "2012-04-27T20:10:24Z")
I also hate back to back commercials about the same product. That goofy looking guy on 21st Century Automobile Insurance, for instance. Of course, even irritating commercials have value, don’t they? I had no trouble just now remembering the product.:rolleyes:🙂 Quasi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commericals-that-bother-you-for-silly-reasons/620024.md?page=5)