# I keep hearing ads play, in Spanish **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 12, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901 "2011-12-12T13:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/61 "2012-09-25T17:19:34Z")
Just got another one for a drink called “Zico.” Music audible, no dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/62 "2012-09-25T17:42:22Z")
I came to report one for Madden13 in English in GQ and while I was here, I got one for Subaru in English. Screenshot sent. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/63 "2012-09-25T17:47:24Z")
RAGE FACE\*\*\*\*\*\* I just got this right now Here is the screen shot [![](https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/asahlin2/subaruautoplayadd9-25-2012.png) ](https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/asahlin2/subaruautoplayadd9-25-2012.png) it was an autoplayed Subaru ad in English. This has also been happening to me on a regualr basis, but I usually have my mute on. This time I was not so lucky. I heard an ad and had to scroll up the page to find out what the heck it was. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/64 "2012-09-25T18:07:14Z")
Serious reply: See if you can right-click and copy the link location and provide that to the SDMB so that they can reference that in the complaint. Does anyone know if the advertisers are tricky enough to capture the right-click and thereby make that debugging task problematic? Other reply: > [@What\_the](#): > > The OP mentioned spanish… my peeve is relative to any unwanted sounds that come up. Stop eating refried beans. Gosh, everyone else is getting things talking to them. No one talks to me. ☹ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/65 "2012-09-25T18:09:41Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > Serious reply: See if you can right-click and copy the link location and provide that to the SDMB so that they can reference that in the complaint. > Does anyone know if the advertisers are tricky enough to capture the right-click and thereby make that debugging task problematic? Mine have been Flash objects and right clicking doesn’t show any useful properties. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/66 "2012-09-25T18:13:24Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Mine have been Flash objects and right clicking doesn’t show any useful properties. Does anyone think viewing the source (Firefox: Tools\>Web Developer\>Page Source, IE: View\>Source) would provide useful information? ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/67 "2012-09-25T18:14:38Z")
hahahahahahahahah, IT JUST HAPPENED IN THIS THREAD!!! Curses… Screen shot: [![](https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/asahlin2/hyundaiautoplayad9-25-2012.png) ](https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/asahlin2/hyundaiautoplayad9-25-2012.png) ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/68 "2012-09-25T20:26:56Z")
I’ve recently been getting sound commercials too. Just a few moments ago (~4:22pm EST) I got my first one with both sound and video. It was a Skittles commercial about 20sec long. Somebody please tell 'em I hate Skittles! ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/69 "2012-09-26T00:08:20Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > I’ve recently been getting sound commercials too. > > Just a few moments ago (~4:22pm EST) I got my first one with both sound and video. > > It was a **Skittles** commercial about 20sec long. Somebody please tell 'em I hate Skittles! Another one at 8:02pm EST. **Mucinex** this time. Never use the stuff. Don’t need to: when I get mucous I close up one nostril with a finger and blow hard out the other one. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/70 "2012-09-26T01:37:19Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > Another one at 8:02pm EST. > > **Mucinex** this time. > > Never use the stuff. Don’t need to: when I get mucous I close up one nostril with a finger and blow hard out the other one. Just tried it and near complete success! Near only because our dinner guests seemed upset. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/71 "2012-09-26T02:18:38Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > 1. If possible, send a screen capture (a PNG with the Windows 7 snip tool is ideal) of the offending ad to tubadiva at straightdope dot com. Include enough of the surrounding context to confirm it was an SDMB or column archive page. Just a reminder for TPTB @ SDMB: On the Straight Dope front page (where Cecil’s latest column or re-print is shown, not the message board), TubaDiva’s e-mail address is still shown as being at aol dot com. That was pointed out here in ATMB several months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/72 "2012-09-26T17:29:56Z")
Just now, as I posted my “When do you have a dog put to sleep?” thread in IMHO, I got an Allstate “La Mala Suerte” commercial. That’s just kicking me when I’m down. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/73 "2012-09-26T17:55:11Z")
once again. Though I am not getting them in Spanish, just auto played when I’d rather not hear the ads without me purposely pressing the sound button. this thread just now [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15529822&posted=1#post15529822](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15529822&posted=1#post15529822) This is the screen shot, Amex ad autoplayed [![](https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/asahlin2/AMEXAD9-26-2012.png) ](https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/asahlin2/AMEXAD9-26-2012.png) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/74 "2012-09-26T19:24:47Z")
Just saw this [bestiality gem.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi0Ho1NVwJY) ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/75 "2012-09-26T22:13:40Z")
Ally Banking audiovideo 6:12pm EST. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/76 "2012-09-27T02:33:57Z")
Just about two minutes ago I had an ad with audio that autoplayed as soon as I opened [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15531383#post15531383). ETA: The ad is for Townhouse crackers. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/77 "2012-09-27T02:38:39Z")
Ha, that same ad (Tollhouse crackers) just autoplayed again in [a different thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15531448#post15531448) ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/78 "2012-09-27T02:51:19Z")
Yea, any update on this issue? It is getting rather obnoxious. An update would be nice 🙂 Thanks ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/79 "2012-09-27T14:42:35Z")
Why don’t the site admins and moderators see for themselves what we’re reporting for themselves? These self-starting full-motion full-sound advertisements are pervasive and prevalent. This last week, every page I’ve opened has had one of these ads in the jump between first post of the page and second. And they run consecutively; one ends, and the next begins in the same spot. Frankly, without extraordinary measures (AdBlock for example), you can’t avoid them. But we have to point out individual instances? The site management surely read the site, if only to moderate and administer the community. And they don’t have actionable information from that? 😕 This is my confused face. To put it baldly, why does it fall to the user community to police a business relationship between the site and its advertising contractors? ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901/80 "2012-09-27T14:45:31Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Why don’t the site admins and moderators see for themselves what we’re reporting for themselves? Paid members (and admins and moderators) don’t see the ads. They can see them if they’re viewing the Dope while not logged in, but I imagine most of them just stay logged in most of the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901.md?page=5)