# Latest stupid commercial thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102 "2012-07-23T02:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/201 "2014-01-12T21:37:46Z")
It’s creepy ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/202 "2014-01-12T23:35:20Z")
There’s a series of beer commercials (for Coors or Coors Light, I think) that show people ice climbing and mountaineering and such, and then they’ll pop through a door and it turns out they’re just delivering a couple beers to bar or convenience store. Forget about it; I don’t want to put someone to that much trouble. “I’ll have a Coors. Oh, a guy has to climb all the way up a mountain to bring it here? Just bring me something else.” ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/203 "2014-01-12T23:58:36Z")
There’s a radio PSA running constantly about quickly recognizing the signs of stroke. One woman asks her friend multiple times about what’s wrong with her, while the other woman can’t speak but you overhear her thought “I’m having a stroke”. First off the first woman sounds like a total idiot. Secondly the phrase “I’m having a stroke” gets repeated so many times it verges on comedy. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/204 "2014-01-13T00:56:25Z")
I must be watching too much tv – I know all the commercials you’re mentioning and I pretty much want to kick all those people to death. But the most deserving by far are these two, courtesy of the Georgia Lottery. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DSiBx5NMhPM/hqdefault.jpg "GA Lottery Commercial 10/13") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSiBx5NMhPM) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/205 "2014-01-13T01:12:53Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > There’s a radio PSA running constantly about quickly recognizing the signs of stroke. One woman asks her friend multiple times about what’s wrong with her, while the other woman can’t speak but you overhear her thought “I’m having a stroke”. First off the first woman sounds like a total idiot. Secondly the phrase “I’m having a stroke” gets repeated so many times it verges on comedy. I hate the “buzzed driving” radio PSA where these two airheads get into an accident and the one breaks her arm, then pretends she didn’t because her idiot friend was only buzzed. There are similar ads on TV sometimes, but this one is just extra annoying because of the fake “in pain” sounds the girl is making in the ad. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/206 "2014-01-13T20:00:21Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Uh, well, that might make sense, if I had any clue the Lincoln was an electric hybrid. But that is conveniently not mentioned. So I’m left with wondering what “gas model” is supposed to mean. Okay, so I actually paid attention this time, and they do say at first something about hybrids. So the “gas model” comment does make sense. That’ll teach me to pay attention to commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/207 "2014-01-13T20:45:57Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Hey, maybe he’s the mysterious 5th Golden Girl, since he’s always hanging out next door to them anyway… I think you’re thinking of [Empty Nest](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094455/) not The Golden Girls. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/208 "2014-01-13T20:56:49Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I think you’re thinking of [Empty Nest](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094455/) not The Golden Girls. He was also in The Golden Girls. I had to look it up, I swear! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/209 "2014-01-13T21:32:27Z")
You’re right. And it looks like he played two different characters, including the same one he played in Empty Nest. But, it looks like he was only in two episodes though. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/210 "2014-01-13T22:09:52Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > There was a commercial for a dustbuster-type appliance a while back… maybe it was the Dustbuster. There are some women sitting around a table with a bowl of popcorn. Some of the popcorn spills on the table and the hostess runs for the Dustbuster to vacuum it up!! Isn’t that what the dog is for?😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/211 "2014-01-13T22:25:52Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I would guess you’re talking about a guy named [Pitbull](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitbull_%28entertainer%29). I can’t say why exactly, but he creeps me out. Yeah, he’s the kinda guy the French police round up when they say “the usual suspects” the guy you dial 911 on if you see him loitering near a playground, etc. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/212 "2014-01-13T22:27:56Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > T > > b. A manta ray swimming through the same luxury car. Just let it be said that if you’re ever in a situation where a manta ray is swimming through your car, something has gone terribly, terribly wrong. You owe me a new keyboard, damn you. 🆒 ---
**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:** [January 13, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/213 "2014-01-13T23:24:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > There’s a series of beer commercials (for Coors or Coors Light, I think) that show people ice climbing and mountaineering and such, and then they’ll pop through a door and it turns out they’re just delivering a couple beers to bar or convenience store. Forget about it; I don’t want to put someone to that much trouble. “I’ll have a Coors. Oh, a guy has to climb all the way up a mountain to bring it here? Just bring me something else.” Plus the fact that it basically says that you should drink their beer ice ice ice cold so that you can’t taste the shittiness. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/214 "2014-01-13T23:44:57Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Isn’t that what the dog is for?😛 Yes but then you need to pick up the popcorn later on in the yard. Much easier to use the dustbuster. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Paul\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_H)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/215 "2014-01-13T23:53:39Z")
Those Budweiser adds that encourage superstitions , e.g. , going into the basement causes your team to score . Are not the people of the United States not already so stupid and illogically superstitious without being encouraged by a brewer of bad beers ? " It’s only weird if it doesn’t work . " Foisting THAT on an ignorant America is a crime ! ---
**Author:** ![Haldurson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Haldurson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haldurson)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/216 "2014-01-15T02:26:57Z")
I hate most ads, but I really hate those commercials for the credit cards with points that make it seem like the points are free. There’s a few of them, one where two girlfriends are talking and one of them says that the boyfriend is just using you so that he can get more points on his credit card. The other one where a father has agreed to buy all of these tickets to a show and they should invite more people so that he can get more points. Does anyone not realize that the points are equivalent to a percent or two off of your purchase price? ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/217 "2014-01-15T03:54:12Z")
> [@Paul\_H](#): > > Those Budweiser adds that encourage superstitions , e.g. , going into the basement causes your team to score . Are not the people of the United States not already so stupid and illogically superstitious without being encouraged by a brewer of bad beers ? > " It’s only weird if it doesn’t work . " Foisting THAT on an ignorant America is a crime ! …therefore, keep drinking our tasteless swill in hopes that your pathetic vicarious thrills can be fulfilled. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/218 "2014-01-15T05:45:33Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > …therefore, keep drinking our tasteless swill in hopes that your pathetic vicarious thrills can be fulfilled. better hope nobody falls on a bottle of Budwieser during the superbowl while their team is winning. Bend over, this buds for your. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/219 "2014-01-15T12:49:21Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I hate the “buzzed driving” radio PSA where these two airheads get into an accident and the one breaks her arm, then pretends she didn’t because her idiot friend was only buzzed. There are similar ads on TV sometimes, but this one is just extra annoying because of the fake “in pain” sounds the girl is making in the ad. “Owwww, my arm! I think it’s broken!” “Can you bend it?” “It’s already bent…_in the wrong direction_!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/220 "2014-01-15T17:54:49Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Plus the fact that it basically says that you should drink their beer ice ice ice cold so that you can’t taste the shittiness. Well, it \*is \*beer. D & R. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=12)