# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/41 "2015-02-03T01:55:25Z")
Touchscreens on laptops are nice. I wouldn’t willingly but a laptop that didn’t have a touchscreen these days. After having had one, I really like it ---
**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 3, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/42 "2015-02-03T04:49:56Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > If the commercial in question is the one I think it is, I would shoot myself in the face before listening to that shit. You still go on the List. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/43 "2015-02-03T10:10:56Z")
The thing I like most about that song is that I can’t understand a word they’re saying, and then suddenly they drop in an English phrase Nega che cha lage… BILLION DOLLAR BABY! Microsoft should really stop trying to compete with Apple in making cool ads; it just makes them lot a bit desperate. I will admit to liking this song quite a bit, though. Have you heard it [mashed up with “Gangnam Style”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_LJYpr2kw)? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/44 "2015-02-03T10:57:21Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > 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”). So if I go fishing and catch a cat, then that’s a gato pescado? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/45 "2015-02-03T14:01:02Z")
I had no idea what commercial the OP is referring to but after having following the link I cannot agree more. Fuck me, what an irritating song. And he’s right, it does come on all the damn time. Now, being a geezer, I don’t have that new fangled technology where I can disappear all the commercials. I just usually tune them out and do something else until my story resumes. But that piece if crap I can never seem to tune out. For me it’s not the beat or style of music but that whiny voice, shouting. . . whatever it is she’s shouting. I would voluntarily watch a four day long loop of Mr. Astley if I was guaranteed to never have to hear that song again. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/46 "2015-02-03T15:07:38Z")
Are we talking about the song that sounds like a _Gangnam Style_ ripoff? ETA: based on **Dervorin** ’s post I’m guessing yes. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/47 "2015-02-03T15:25:15Z")
Thought it was pretty funny that during the Super Bowl, every time the camera showed Brady sitting on the sideline during the game, one of the hugeass [Microsoft Surface recharge stations](http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/543d358beab8ea84688e9627-1200-632/01-596.png) was sitting right behind him with the side panels open. Besides all the docks for the Surface tablets, there are also some regular 120V receptacles in there. One of which proudly sported the distinctive white cube and cable of an iPhone charger. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/48 "2015-02-03T16:02:02Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > So if I go fishing and catch a cat, then that’s a gato pescado? Yep. Or if you catch a cat in flagrante delicto, we also use _pescar_ for that. Then again, when a cat does it it’s not a crime, whatever it was. If you get the cat out of a full bathtub, after it fell in while trying to catch the yellow ducky, it’s a twice-_pescado_ cat 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/49 "2015-02-03T17:59:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Are we talking about the song that sounds like a _Gangnam Style_ ripoff? Yup, except it came out in 2011, a year before Gangnam Style. And the [girls singing it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7_lSP8Vc3o) look a hell of a lot better than Psy. ---
**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 3, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/50 "2015-02-03T18:04:00Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > And the [girls singing it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7_lSP8Vc3o) look a hell of a lot better than Psy. Damn! That ain’t half bad with the sound off! ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/51 "2015-02-03T18:14:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Damn! That ain’t half bad with the sound off! That’s it, baby steps! You’ll be a raver in no time. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/52 "2015-02-03T18:46:21Z")
2NE1 is awesome! Probably the best of the Korean girl groups. Good for them to get some nationwide exposure over here. But I have to wonder what Microsoft was thinking when using their music. I thought their American presence is very low. Do they get any airplay at all in the US? Does MS expect Americans to Shazam the song? Or did YG simply give MS a good price to get more American exposure? ---
**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, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/53 "2015-02-03T23:26:12Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Touchscreens on laptops are nice. I wouldn’t willingly but a laptop that didn’t have a touchscreen these days. After having had one, I really like it I find it utterly useless, and only serves to annoy when I go to brush some dust or speck of debris off the screen. I finally went into device manager and disabled the thing. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/54 "2015-02-04T00:41:28Z")
> [@Dervorin](#): > > The thing I like most about that song is that I can’t understand a word they’re saying, and then suddenly they drop in an English phrase > > Nega che cha lage… BILLION DOLLAR BABY! > > Microsoft should really stop trying to compete with Apple in making cool ads; it just makes them lot a bit desperate. I will admit to liking this song quite a bit, though. Have you heard it [mashed up with “Gangnam Style”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_LJYpr2kw)? Ha Ha!!! I just watched the video that Troutman linked to, and they really do say Billion Dollar Baby!! HA! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/55 "2015-02-04T00:51:30Z")
I have to do this for those who may not know. Alice Cooper with Donovan. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XevqGHKkOcY) ---
**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 4, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/56 "2015-02-04T03:58:56Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > That’s it, baby steps! You’ll be a raver in no time. Now you’re just _trying_ to make the List. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/57 "2015-02-04T04:28:23Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > like hot showers, make any situation better. Mmmmm, hot shower and sharing an ice cream sundae. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/58 "2015-02-04T04:45:50Z")
I’m convinced that the best thing about being a singer in Korea or Japan has to be the costumes. Just don’t hug her while she’s walking the dog. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/59 "2015-02-04T09:38:26Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > I say from here on out whenever anybody responds to **gatopescado** , they throw a link to some [dubstep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVmu6yttiw#t=27s) in the post. Hide it, too. Something like “While I agree that Republicans are not as fiscally responsible as they claim to be, I find [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLyH94jNau0#t=44m22s) to be highly informative.” > > 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). I looked that up a while back, too. He caught a dogfish, not a catfish. At least, that’s what [these guys](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1785349) say about _gato_ being used for a fish. Plus giving you that link lets me point out the funny comments about eating catfish. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402/60 "2015-02-04T09:39:27Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Yup, except it came out in 2011, a year before Gangnam Style. And the [girls singing it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7_lSP8Vc3o) look a hell of a lot better than Psy. And Gangnam Style was a parody, so the similarities are intentional. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-can-shove-that-surface-pro-thing-commercial-up-its-fucking-ass/711402.md?page=4)