# More very hate-able commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663 "2015-04-14T17:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/241 "2015-05-06T21:18:35Z")
I hate the commercial in which multiple women are walking around on a city street in their black underpants. I couldn’t tell you the brand, because I always change channels to avoid seeing it. I suppose they’re a new kind of anti-peeing-in-your-pants brand. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/242 "2015-05-07T00:08:25Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > The model’s name is [Hannah Davis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Davis_%28model%29) and if you do a Google image search you’ll find many pictures of her in various states of undress. > > Apparently they’ve ditched Rob Lowe for [Hannah and her horse](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/directv-ditches-rob-lowe-hannah-davis-and-horse-shamelessly-silly-new-ads-163973). Oh, THAT Hannah Davis! From the barely-wearing-anything Sports Illustrated cover. I guess there’s not much left to see. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/243 "2015-05-07T00:39:31Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Apparently they’ve ditched Rob Lowe for [Hannah and her horse](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/directv-ditches-rob-lowe-hannah-davis-and-horse-shamelessly-silly-new-ads-163973). [Maybe because the Rob Lowe commercials were a pack of lies.](http://deadline.com/2015/04/directv-ads-rob-lowe-national-advertising-division-1201406089/) Shame because I loved those commercials. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/244 "2015-05-07T19:36:26Z")
> [@funky\_little\_lee](#): > > I hate that bitch! Not just because she’s so smug but because her hair is the color of the tomato sauce in Chef Boyardee ravioli. > > I call dibs for the right to punch her in the face should I ever actually meet her. Expect a line… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/245 "2015-05-07T23:22:12Z")
Am I the only one who sees the “Jake from State Farm” commercial and wonders why the woman doesn’t flip out at the end because her husband is clearly having phone sex with another guy. I thought that they were going to address it in the sequel where they go to therapy but they just keep ignoring the big gay elephant in the room. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/246 "2015-05-07T23:44:14Z")
How about the State Farm one where the guy is shown saying “I’ll never do that [date, get married, have kids, move to the suburbs, buy a minivan]”, only to be shown doing that exact thing in the next scene. The commercial ends with him looking at his sleeping family and saying, “I’m never letting go.” By the logic of this ad, he’s either about to slaughter them or file for divorce. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/247 "2015-05-07T23:59:06Z")
I like that State Farm commercial; it’s kind of sweet. Edited to add, [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Z91YkPatw) it is. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/248 "2015-05-08T02:12:45Z")
I just don’t like the Verizon Mother’s Day campaign. Especially since I had to sit through the same damned commercial _ten_ times while watching iZombie and The Flash online. There are at least four versions of this ad, but I had to see the exact same version ten times in the course of watching two shows. C’mon, can’t they mix it up? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/249 "2015-05-08T12:39:04Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Am I the only one who sees the “Jake from State Farm” commercial and wonders why the woman doesn’t flip out at the end because her husband is clearly having phone sex with another guy. I thought that they were going to address it in the sequel where they go to therapy but they just keep ignoring the big gay elephant in the room. I wonder why he’s on the phone at 3 in the morning talking to his insurance company. Couldn’t it wait until business hours? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/250 "2015-05-08T12:50:30Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > How about the State Farm one where the guy is shown saying “I’ll never do that [date, get married, have kids, move to the suburbs, buy a minivan]”, only to be shown doing that exact thing in the next scene. The commercial ends with him looking at his sleeping family and saying, “I’m never letting go.” By the logic of this ad, he’s either about to slaughter them or file for divorce. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I like that State Farm commercial; it’s kind of sweet… I like the ad, it is indeed kinda sweet. But, I have had the exact same reaction to the last line. It should just show the sleeping family and fade to black. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/251 "2015-05-08T15:02:07Z")
The one where people are oohing over how the vehicle they’re looking at is just as luxurious as a Lexus or a Mercedes and then act all surprised and shocked that it’s a Chevy. You mean you couldn’t tell from all the GM badging all over the fucking thing? It’s right on the steering wheel for cripes sake. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/252 "2015-05-08T15:14:23Z")
> [@BrianJ](#): > > My ‘favourite’ is the kid that says the truck driver would own a ‘german shepard dog’. Yeah that’s totally not scripted. :rolleyes: Yes. A million times yes. I hate that commercial so much. I would actively not buy a Ford pickup truck even if I needed one, just because of that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/253 "2015-05-08T16:47:32Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Yes. A million times yes. I hate that commercial so much. I would actively not buy a Ford pickup truck even if I needed one, just because of that commercial. I love my Verizon service. But I despise the new Verizon ads so much I am thinking of switching. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/254 "2015-05-09T00:05:35Z")
I don’t know if this has been mentioned, but Comcast has appropriated the Brady Bunch song “It’s a Sunshine Day" in one of their ads. I hate that song and I always have. When I hear it I want to cancel Comcast. Problem is that I live in BFE, and Comcast is my only HD option. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/255 "2015-05-09T01:15:50Z")
I only watch five TV shows, and I watch them online, the day after they air. Three shows on The CW (iZombie, Arrow, and The Flash); one on FOX (Gotham), and one on NBC (The Blacklist). Just this week, I have been forced to watch the exact same Verizon commercial more than 20 times. It’s not a “bad” commercial, it’s a “lame” commercial. It’s the one with the two brunettes talking about their husbands giving them a Samsung Galaxy S6 for their birthdays, and they call their mothers. What makes me _hate_ that commercial is the fact that there are at least three other commercials in the same campaign, and yet I’ve been served up this one particular version of the commercial over 20 times over the course of four 1-hour shows (FOX lets me watch Gotham with my ad-blocker on; CW and NBC won’t show me anything with my ad-blocker on). ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/256 "2015-05-11T13:17:03Z")
Energizer Eco-Advanced batteries: Kid is working on a box that “takes old things and makes them new”. So they shove an old tired kid’s truck in and an ATV comes out. They shove in a plastic dinosaur and out comes an apatosaurus that starts browsing in the back yard. So…the eco-advanced innovation --it’s got to be super damned cool, yes? And it sorta is. Batteries made from recycled materials. Yeah for the environment! Then the asterisk. Batteries are made from 4% recycled materials. Um…meh? Don’t get me wrong, I applaud what Energizer is doing in at least trying to recycle their batteries, and a little research indicates that they’re trying to increase that percentage to up to 40% over time. But…4 percent? Let’s just say that the magic box that makes dinosaurs is overselling things just a tad. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/257 "2015-05-11T17:14:24Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Then the asterisk. Batteries are made from 4% recycled materials. Um…meh? > > Don’t get me wrong, I applaud what Energizer is doing in at least trying to recycle their batteries, and a little research indicates that they’re trying to increase that percentage to up to 40% over time. But…4 percent? Let’s just say that the magic box that makes dinosaurs is overselling things just a tad. Yep. I mean- 40%, sure. But 4%? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/258 "2015-05-11T17:29:22Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > It took me a while to really get a hate on for this one, but I have learned to despise the superior attitude of the red-headed Wendy’s chick who apparently does nothing all day but stuff her face with fast food and act like that makes her better than the rest of us. (and of course, never gains an ounce). > > Yes, thank you, I DO feel better getting that off my chest! lol With one front tooth missing she would be Alfred E. Neuman’s long-lost sister. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/259 "2015-05-11T17:51:55Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Part 2 of the dream is a bridge abutment in your engine comparment and the engine in your lap as you fiddle with your tablet on the highway. With your WHAT??! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/260 "2015-05-12T06:21:25Z")
I hate the miserable castrato who sings falsetto in the Doctor Pepper commercials. I don’t know where your testicles are, but see if you can’t locate them and have them surgically reattached, will you? Falsetto. Jeez! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=14)