# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/681 "2015-06-22T21:06:29Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > **Milk** cows usually do. There are many types of cattle and not all have bony hips and rumps. Fat cattle for instance are rather … fat. I’d never heard the term “fat cattle” before and searched it. The images do show bulky animals–but the bulk is in the belly area. No big fat rumps show up in the first couple of hundred images. I did some more searching and found that the fat-rump cow is the Lactaid mascot: [http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1SanTAok7Z0/maxresdefault.jpg](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1SanTAok7Z0/maxresdefault.jpg) [https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qvW-lAFmZ7c/hqdefault.jpg](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qvW-lAFmZ7c/hqdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/682 "2015-06-22T21:21:41Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Didn’t know there were transgendered cows. 😃 Apparently you’re not familiar with the Barnyard [movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnyard_(film)) or [TV show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_at_the_Barnyard). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/683 "2015-06-22T21:25:01Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > (Why the commercial-cow annoys me, I’m not sure. :dubious:) The Rule 34 community has already got hold of the Lactaid mascot. Maybe she’ll go the way of Erin Esurance. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/684 "2015-06-23T01:31:42Z")
Dad is just a little too late dropping kid off for the school bus, and evil bus driver gives a smirk as he drives off without the kid. Dad and son exchange a glance, and Dad, in his 215 or so horse-power Nissan Altima manages to just barely beat the bus to school. Yeah, I’m impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/685 "2015-06-23T03:16:25Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Dad is just a little too late dropping kid off for the school bus, and evil bus driver gives a smirk as he drives off without the kid. Dad and son exchange a glance, and Dad, in his 215 or so horse-power Nissan Altima manages to just barely beat the bus to school. > > Yeah, I’m impressed. Heh. Especially since the bus probably stopped 20 times on the way to school. A riding lawn mower should have beaten the bus. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/686 "2015-06-23T15:01:27Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’d never heard the term “fat cattle” before and searched it. The images do show bulky animals–but the bulk is in the belly area. No big fat rumps show up in the first couple of hundred images. Really? You don’t think the rump on [this](http://www.cattleinmotion.com/product/lot-13-red-northline-reba-341s-x-red-northline-fat-tony-605u-2-embryos) cow (first image) is quite a bit larger than the rump on [this](http://www.rockridgedairy.com/products/organic-cow-milk-products/) milk cow (scroll to bottom)? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/687 "2015-06-23T15:15:10Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > They had some ads fairly recently with the actual Wendy Thomas. Wendy Thomas did the right thing by getting out of their commercials. She looks like she had many a burger at the restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/688 "2015-06-23T19:50:40Z")
I’m not reviewing the whole thread to see if this one’s been mentioned. Those “Our Time” over fifty dating website commercials. Who are they kidding? They feature “real ‘Our Time’ members”! Yeah, right. The actors look about 35 or so. They’re either (a) lying, or (b) photoshopping the bejesus out of these folks. I’m sure if I looked at the Our Time website I’d see a bunch of far more typical old geezers like me. But pictures of real folks our age would make an unappetizing commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/689 "2015-06-24T02:05:39Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Those “Our Time” over fifty dating website commercials. Who are they kidding? They feature “real ‘Our Time’ members”! Yeah, right. The actors look about 35 or so. They’re either (a) lying, or (b) photoshopping the bejesus out of these folks. You mean these? > **[OurTime.com TV Commercials](https://www.ispot.tv/brands/di7/ourtime-com)** > > Watch, interact and learn more about the songs, characters, and celebrities that appear in your favorite OurTime.com TV Commercials. Watch the commercial, share it with friends, then discover more great OurTime.com TV commercials on iSpot.tv I’m not seeing 35 year olds. Maybe that first guy looks youngish, and one of the blonds might have had a facelift. All the others look at least 50 - attractive, but in the correct age range. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/690 "2015-06-24T21:38:45Z")
Legit-a-master. Dude, you’re wearing a suit in a pool. What a maroon. Subaru commercial where dad is cleaning out the car to pass it on. He pulls out a crayon from when his daughter was in kindergarten, an armband from a hospital visit in middle school, a flower from her prom. Why was all that crap still in the car, and why bother digging it out now if you haven’t until this point? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/691 "2015-06-30T00:14:12Z")
My new hate. Allstate commercial, stupid girl says" Didn’t you say men drive better than women? then how did I get a safe driver check?m did they make a mistake?" It makes me want to start telling her in the most condescending way possible, that a single counterexample doesn’t disprove a statement about group averages, and that if she is that stupid, then yes, they made a big mistake. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/692 "2015-06-30T01:57:23Z")
I nominate Education Connection. What really blows my mind is why the ad agency who designed this commercial thought that having a window cleaner be the pitchman for connecting a student to a school was a good idea. The implied message is that the window cleaner used Education Connection (as he clearly knows about it), but that means he got a college degree and is now a window cleaner. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3SRdNjBPnzQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Brand New Education Connection COMMERCIAL-2014") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SRdNjBPnzQ) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/693 "2015-06-30T16:05:42Z")
Apparently it let’s you use [Match.com](http://Match.com) for free. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/694 "2015-06-30T16:20:50Z")
I see they resurrected the eHarmony commercial with Beth and her ‘14 online dating sites’. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/695 "2015-06-30T18:19:54Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Yoplait has one where the trippy woman is having a conversation with a milk cow. Not sure why, but she refers to the beast as “milk cow” just so we know that this big cow-shaped animal with an udder and teats is one that makes milk. > > The milk cow has a male voice. > > Didn’t know there were transgendered cows. 😃 I noted that one but I was far more annoyed by the supposed “mime”\* that speaks with a horrible French accent. I’m sure I posted it in one of these commercial threads. \*I tried to look up to see who she was to see if she was actually French and the info I found about the commercial refers to her as a mime. She doesn’t actually speak but she does do a voice over in that annoying accent. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/696 "2015-06-30T22:40:42Z")
Can the Volkswagen commercial with the destructive brats in the convenience store please go away already??? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/697 "2015-07-03T07:48:27Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > My new hate. > Allstate commercial, stupid girl says" Didn’t you say men drive better than women? then how did I get a safe driver check?m did they make a mistake?" Speaking of car insurance, how about the ad where some Asian woman talks about how you (the audience) named your car “Brad,” and did everything together, and then the insurance company called, and “you do your happy dance.” First of all, WTF does any of that mean? And second of all, do they really think that a lot of people will identify with it? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/698 "2015-07-03T15:33:36Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Speaking of car insurance, how about the ad where some Asian woman talks about how you (the audience) named your car “Brad,” and did everything together, and then the insurance company called, and “you do your happy dance.” > > First of all, WTF does any of that mean? And second of all, do they really think that a lot of people will identify with it? That (half) Asian woman was hot so it really doesnt matter what she said. 😉 She meant that she loved her car and the IC replaced it with a minimum amount of hassle. ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/699 "2015-07-03T15:42:01Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > My new hate. > Allstate commercial, stupid girl says" Didn’t you say men drive better than women? then how did I get a safe driver check?m did they make a mistake?" > > It makes me want to start telling her in the most condescending way possible, that a single counterexample doesn’t disprove a statement about group averages, and that if she is that stupid, then yes, they made a big mistake. I disliked that commercial the first time I saw it. After the second hundred, I just want to take a sledge hammer to that woman’s car and let her spend her bonus check on getting it fixed! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/700 "2015-07-05T15:42:12Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > She meant that she loved her car and the IC replaced it with a minimum amount of hassle. I think the implication is also that she got a big enough check to make her okay with letting Brad go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=36)