# Current ads that grate on you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122 "2010-12-22T21:34:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/41 "2010-12-23T17:45:44Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > They’re awful. “You can’t pass inspection with little white pieces left behind.” Wait, _what?_ Are they saying that there are toilet papers that fragment like that, and that there are households wherein children are subjected to bum-wiping inspections and punished because of the sub-standard frag paper that their parents provided for them? That’s horrifying on many levels. Actually, I think it’s worse than that. I’m pretty sure the commercial says “You can’t pass inspection with pieces left behind.” The spouse and I have speculated before that, like most of this horrible commercial series, the TP “pieces” are actually a metaphor for…something else. So basically they’re telling you that you should use their product because if you don’t, you’ll walk away with dingleberries stuck to your ass. Yeah, give me a lot of that. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/42 "2010-12-23T18:00:17Z")
The Toyota commercials with “regular, every day, ordinary” Americans. Which basically means they’re obese and talk about working hard for a living. Every single one of them is obese and they’re sitting on a couch while doing the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/43 "2010-12-23T18:12:54Z")
**A DUI arrest turns men into boys.** If you seen it, you know. The authoritarian asshole voice-over is bad enough, but apparently only men drive under the influence. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/44 "2010-12-23T18:13:01Z")
I’ll be glad when they either stop making Bing ads, or at least make different ones. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/45 "2010-12-23T18:39:27Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Normally I like the State Farm commercials where the insured sings “Like a good neighbor State Farm is there…” and an agent appears to handle the claim (“Can I get a hot tub!” slays me every time..), . . .\ Really? The same State Farm company that denied all those claims after Katrina? It’s like the Exxon commercials after the Valdez spill, trying to be all warm and fuzzy. I always mute those, as it’s my only revenge on the bastards. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/46 "2010-12-23T18:51:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > They’re all for the same product - Miller Lite. They also do those commericals about the two delivery guys who mock everyone for not being manly enough. Technically, the delivery guys are for Miller High Life, not Miller Lite. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/47 "2010-12-23T19:11:53Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I’ll be glad when they either stop making Bing ads, or at least make different ones. Those ads scare me. Kind of like the movie “The Happening” but, you know, scary. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/48 "2010-12-23T19:24:51Z")
There’s a really obnoxious snoring ad, dunno what the product is as I switch it off as fast as I possibly can. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/49 "2010-12-23T19:33:03Z")
The one where people are looking at shelves full of analgesics trying to decide which one to buy and their paramount, most important, number one criteria is “how many pills will I have to take”. God forbid you might have to take 2 every 4 hours instead of one every 6. That’s sooo much more important than price, safety, and effectiveness. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/50 "2010-12-23T19:36:28Z")
> [@maladroit](#): > > There’s a really obnoxious snoring ad, dunno what the product is as I switch it off as fast as I possibly can. Probably one of the two NyQuil commercials featuring football players. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/51 "2010-12-23T19:43:16Z")
I’m adding my voice to the “I hate the Charmin commercial” contingent. Not only is the whole concept disgusting but it’s just plain stupid. Bears don’t use toliet paper. Sheesh, people. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/52 "2010-12-23T19:44:46Z")
I’m not the target audience for these - but there’s some series of beer ads where the beer orderer is not sufficiently specific about his choice of beer, and the waitress insults him. The point of the ad is supposedly “drink our beer, so you won’t be humiliated” when it’s actually conveying “drink some other beer, and you’ll have a really good excuse for not tipping the bitch behind the bar.” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/53 "2010-12-23T19:55:14Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I’ll be glad when they either stop making Bing ads, or at least make different ones. > [@El\_Gui](#): > > Those ads scare me. Kind of like the movie “The Happening” but, you know, scary. While watching those ads I always wonder, will the people stay like zombies until they die because they’ll just stay in place, not moving for food, drink, sleep, or going to the bathroom? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/54 "2010-12-23T20:08:28Z")
He went to Jared! (The worst. Always and forever.) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/55 "2010-12-23T20:23:52Z")
The Orbit commercial(s) with the ditzy blond British girl who has unnaturally white teeth. ETA: Ditto on the Jared ad. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/56 "2010-12-24T22:00:45Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > You should have stopped there. > > ANY Kay jewelry ad makes me stabby. Hey, how about the one where there’s a storm and lightening scares a _grown woman_ so badly she has to cringe into the chest of her big strong man. You pathetic bitch. Yeah, I know, they all suck, but that one in particular bothers me the most. I will admit to not liking thunderstorms myself (thunder makes me jumpy), but the fear isn’t so crippling that I have to run into my man’s arms every time I see lightning. I put on my big girl panties and deal with it. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/57 "2010-12-25T01:30:22Z")
That Trojan vibrator ad really makes my sack sweat. A new bride is getting a shower by some of her friends, and a few of them apparently have given her the aforesaid vibe. And it’s not just the expected girlish giggles that annoy me, (Oh my gawd it’s a VIBRATOR! TeeHee!) it’s the groom-to-be’s reaction. He’s far, far too excited that his fiancee got a vibe for a gift. It’s like, “ALRIGHT! I don’t have to worry that I can’t bring my wife to orgasm anymore! I’m going to go masturabate now!” Ugh ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/58 "2010-12-25T03:17:04Z")
There’s a commercial right now for Kohl’s (a store I generally like) in which a smug woman is talking about her family’s gift exchange, for which they drew names. “The rule was one gift each,” she says, “but with all the money I saved, I had to break the rules.” NO YOU DIDN’T, YOU FUCKING TWATHAMMER. People like you are why drawing names sucks a bowl of dicks in some families\*. If the rule was one gift each, buy one goddamned gift! If you saved money, good for you! - Namely mine. They draw names and set a $20 limit, which I strictly adhere to, then they all go over that and buy stuff for everybody anyway, so I end up looking cheap. If you have rules, goddammit, stick to them! ---
**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:** [December 25, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/59 "2010-12-25T04:58:24Z")
Has anybody mentioned those idiotic Toyota ads with the has-been celebratoids? Eric Estrada!! I thought you were in a halfway house!! Seriously, could they not dredge up somebody at least remotely current instead of raiding the crypts? ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122/60 "2010-12-25T05:19:25Z")
The one for some Lysol product or whatever that’s all about the horrors of touching a dirty soap pump. Oh God, don’t let the children near it! Listen up, asshats. If you are touching the soap pump, it’s because you’re about to WASH YOUR FUCKING HANDS!!!1! That commercial makes me want to bash my head against the wall. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-ads-that-grate-on-you/565122.md?page=4)