# Microsoft can shove that Surface Pro thing commercial up its fucking ass! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402 "2015-01-31T04:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/21 "2015-01-31T23:45:22Z")
Maybe because the song is not in English? Is she singing in Muslim? I bet that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/22 "2015-02-01T00:14:34Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Maybe because the song is not in English? Is she singing in Muslim? I bet that’s it. Are…are you seriously suggesting there is a language called Muslim? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/23 "2015-02-01T00:50:56Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Are…are you seriously suggesting there is a language called Muslim? Oh, he’s being serious all right. You can tell because he’s willing to back up his opinion with a wager. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/24 "2015-02-01T01:09:35Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Are…are you seriously suggesting there is a language called Muslim? It’s called Jihadese. Whooshish Jihadese. Ne challa gee, challa ga! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/25 "2015-02-01T01:33:00Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Are…are you seriously suggesting there is a language called Muslim? (Dude what? No…) ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/26 "2015-02-01T01:45:53Z")
[quote=“The\_Second\_Stone, post:12, topic:711402”] I kinda like that tune, and I’m old and like to fart. But I really think they should have gone with: [/QUOTE] OMG. No. Please no. No. Nada. Nyet. Nein. I am over 60 years old and I beg you: PLEASE DO NOT PLAY THAT AGAIN. I would rather watch The Weather Channel 24/7 than to experience that again. (Besides, that link offers up this ad during…“I stopped my hair loss for $39.99.” during the video. Yeah that’s why I do a buzz-cut myself with $15 clippers every two weeks). And I like the tune the OP is dissing…kinda catchy it is. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/27 "2015-02-01T02:27:11Z")
Ok. The music’s kinda annoying, although you might also catch me putting the stereo on “11” in my car, depending on my mood. The commercial itself is just stoopid. Microsoft, no matter how hard they try, will not ever be Apple. Synth-pop doesn’t make the argument that they are miraculously cool now, and their OS still doesn’t work nearly as smoothly and intuitively for mobile devices, like tablets. I, too, kill it as soon as I see it. For the stoopid. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/28 "2015-02-01T03:35:39Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > P.S. While “gato” and “pescado” may mean “cat” and “fish” respectively in Spanish. The Spanish word for “catfish” is [“bagre”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSHmQtTTDn4#t=29m). That’s It! You!\*\* _List!_\*\* > [@carrps](#): > > I’m a geezer, and I think it’s kinda catchy. You know what you and the Costa Concordia have in common? You both\*\* _LISTED!_\*\* > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I was right with you until that last bit. > > You dare to speak of the future Mrs. Kabong in such an insolent manner? > > Pistols at dawn, sir. Or broadswords at sunset. Whatever. Yeah, okay. Lily is kinda hot, but still a bitch. We like that, though apparently. A different list for you. > [@TimeWinder](#): > > Actually, at the $1000+ portable kinda tablet/kinda laptop range, I think whiny old geezers are _exactly_ the target market. Those snowboarders don’t have the cash. This! A Thousand times _This!_ I can shake my couch cushions out and buy a fucking Baker’s Dozen of these _right now_, but am so offended by THE FUCKING NOISE I won’t buy one _EVER!_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/29 "2015-02-01T04:19:57Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > OMG. No. Please no. No. Nada. Nyet. Nein. > I am over 60 years old and I beg you: PLEASE DO NOT PLAY THAT AGAIN. > I would rather watch The Weather Channel 24/7 than to experience that again. > > (Besides, that link offers up this ad during…“I stopped my hair loss for $39.99.” during the video. Yeah that’s why I do a buzz-cut myself with $15 clippers every two weeks). > > And I like the tune the OP is dissing…kinda catchy it is. 🆒 You’ve made my ever-lovin’ day! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/30 "2015-02-01T04:47:15Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > P.S. While “gato” and “pescado” may mean “cat” and “fish” respectively in Spanish. The Spanish word for “catfish” is [“bagre”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSHmQtTTDn4#t=29m). If we’re going to be picky, that’s one of them, and it refers to a specific type of catfish (catfish is actually a generic name for a bunch of different species). Food is one of the subjects where things tend to have a lot of different names, and this is more common to items which “don’t travel well”, items that weren’t commonly traded around until very recently. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/31 "2015-02-01T05:46:26Z")
Do you like the [Cosmopolitan Hotel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMyNLVJ-3T8) commercial? The music certainly catches my attention, but I have no idea what the commercial has to do with a hotel. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/32 "2015-02-01T06:35:01Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > If we’re going to be picky, that’s one of them, and it refers to a specific type of catfish (catfish is actually a generic name for a bunch of different species). Food is one of the subjects where things tend to have a lot of different names, and this is more common to items which “don’t travel well”, items that weren’t commonly traded around until very recently. If we’re going to picky, the word may be [“siluro”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JOJcmbU2gg#t=5m). Anyway, “catfish” is not "gato … “pescado” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/33 "2015-02-01T16:52:13Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Do you like the [Cosmopolitan Hotel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMyNLVJ-3T8) commercial? The music certainly catches my attention, but I have no idea what the commercial has to do with a hotel. That’s not so bad. No list for you! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/34 "2015-02-01T16:56:08Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > If we’re going to picky, the word may be [“siluro”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JOJcmbU2gg#t=5m). Anyway, “catfish” is not "gato … “pescado” You just made the TOP of the list, Buster! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/35 "2015-02-01T16:56:13Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > If we’re going to picky, the word may be [“siluro”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JOJcmbU2gg#t=5m). Anyway, “catfish” is not "gato … “pescado” Among other things, because if anything _gato pescado_ would be fished cat (a _pez_ is alive; a _pescado_ is not; _pescado_ can also mean “gotten, obtained”). How is any of that relevant to the rest of the thread? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/36 "2015-02-01T20:02:35Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > How is any of that relevant to the rest of the thread? Wait… you’re not taking this thread seriously, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/37 "2015-02-02T20:55:17Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Are…are you seriously suggesting there is a language called Muslim? It’s what people who are born muslim speak. > [@Ignorance, hatred, stupidity ruin cultural awareness day at my son's school.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-hatred-stupidity-ruin-cultural-awareness-day-at-my-sons-school/711289/59): > > …just because they happened to be born Muslim. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18094140&postcount=59](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18094140&postcount=59) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/38 "2015-02-02T23:24:58Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Wait… you’re not taking this thread seriously, are you? Dammit! You’re already at the top of the list! I can’t move you any higher! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/39 "2015-02-03T00:16:12Z")
If the commercial in question is the one I think it is, I would shoot myself in the face before listening to that shit. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/40 "2015-02-03T00:38:27Z")
Eh. I guess I’m in the commercial’s target age group, but it fails for me because – in my eyes, anyway – it’s comparing two dissimilar products. Touchscreens are certainly nice on portable devices, but I don’t miss that feature on my laptop or desktop. (Also, I selected a MacBook after years of frustration with Windows…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402.md?page=3)