# I think I'm falling for the scare tactics of the big brands. Again!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 2, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473 "2024-01-02T00:45:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/1 "2024-01-02T00:45:14Z")
Ok. Little Troy with your lovely hair! What you sayin’?
I got _microbes_ on my head? The hell you say.
Now, I don’t want buggy-boos on my head or shoulders (😏) either.
Do I gotta buy that brand?
How do I know I’m even infested?
Has that brand gotten any better?
My Daddy used it and it smelt pretty awful. His hair was really short military style, so he didn’t need hair that needed taming or styling. Can I, maybe allow myself to believe it will work as well as…the …umm, expensive brand I stole from the lil’wrekkers shower.(shhh)
Also, doesn’t all that over processing I’ve had done the last few years nuked the little beasties? It nearly kills me. It lots of ways.
Lady Clairol where are you when I need you?
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### Author:  [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/2 "2024-01-02T01:39:18Z")
You got buggy boos all over the place. Especially in your guts, but also in your eyelashes.
I think it’s awesome. YMMV.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/3 "2024-01-02T02:52:52Z")
I know. I make Ivy try it. She tries everything! 😊
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### Author:  [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/4 "2024-01-02T06:24:48Z")
Try thinking of them as your little pals! They’re helping you out!
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/5 "2024-01-02T06:28:59Z")
Tiny Troy says they need to go.
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### Author:  [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/6 "2024-01-02T15:09:00Z")
Tiny Troy will say any stupid damn thing to get your money.
I don’t want to bug you out (heh), but you are more than 50% not-you. If you got rid of those microbes, you would literally be half-kulling yourself.
> **[Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991899/)**
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> Reported values in the literature on the number of cells in the body differ by orders of magnitude and are very seldom supported by any measurements or calculations. Here, we integrate the most up-to-date information on the number of human and...
> Thoroughly revised estimates show that the typical adult human body consists of about 30 trillion human cells and about 38 trillion bacteria.
If the cells of “you” took a vote, the cells with your DNA would be voted off the island.
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### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/7 "2024-01-02T15:15:01Z")
Yep, it’s an amazing fact that most of the cells within the “me” city limits don’t share my DNA. I still try to bathe regularly, though. No reason to have a bunch of extra little guys on the outside.
@Beckdawrek , would this product be solving a problem you were concerned with before the commercial brought it up? If not, you probably don’t need it.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/8 "2024-01-02T15:17:43Z")
> [@gnoitall](#):
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> I don’t want to bug you out (heh), but you are more than 50% not-you. If you got rid of those microbes, you would literally be half-kulling yourself. -
“I’m not fat! It’s bacteria!”
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/9 "2024-01-02T15:24:13Z")
Little Troy? Big brands buggy boos
All y’all are bugging out what in Tarantino is this all about? Linky poo?
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/10 "2024-01-02T15:48:29Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kja46NfmB1o/maxresdefault.jpg "Patrick Mahomes and "Tiny" Troy Polamalu In A New Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kja46NfmB1o)
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/11 "2024-01-02T16:17:18Z")
The brand name is right in my opening post.😊
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/12 "2024-01-02T16:18:09Z")
That explains a lot! Makes me almost miss commercial TV.
Two high profile black dudes in their commercial yet they missed the opportunity for marketing H&S Royal Oils collection of shampoo/conditioners for textured curly hair?
Flag the play!
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### Author:  [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/13 "2024-01-02T17:20:27Z")
> [@chela](#):
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> Two high profile black dudes
I think Troy Polamalu is fully Samoan-American.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/14 "2024-01-02T18:10:04Z")
What happened to Lil’Sweet? The Dr. Pepper guy. He was fun.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/15 "2024-01-02T20:32:58Z")
I really gotta wonder if Troy made some bad investments or is otherwise financially ruined that he had to humiliate himself by doing theses commercials.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/16 "2024-01-02T21:08:09Z")
He’s getting big bucks from whoever makes head and shoulders shampoo.
Maybe he’ll recoup.
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### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-falling-for-the-scare-tactics-of-the-big-brands-again/995473/17 "2024-01-02T23:26:19Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I really gotta wonder if Troy made some bad investments or is otherwise financially ruined that he had to humiliate himself by doing theses commercials.
I’m financially just fine, but I’d do them in a heartbeat for little compensation. Though, my having a skullet would probably throw the comedy factor to a place where the commercial wouldn’t sell much shampoo.