# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/261 "2015-05-12T13:00:39Z")
Bud Light – when your commercial contains the line “Now this once in a lifetime event is happening again”, your copywriters really aren’t paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/262 "2015-05-12T13:06:00Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > 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. Well, the fine print on the screen at the beginning of the ad _does_ say “Fictionalization,” so I don’t know what you were expecting. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/263 "2015-05-12T14:41:26Z")
Damn, I can’t find a link to this commercial, but I see it about six times a day and it always fills me with anger. * * * It starts out with a nice happy song, and two guys scuba diving above a coral reef. Sweet! But then: \* bang bang bang\*. They look at each other and hear it again: _bang bang bang_. They look over and see a woman standing in a living room, knocking on the glass of the huge aquarium they’ve been swimming in. Loud and slow, she hollers, “WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR DIN-NER?” One of them looks around, spots a lobster on a rock, and holds it up for her to see. She huffs impatiently and leaves the room, saying in an exasperated voice, “Unbe_liev_able.” * * * It’s a commercial for the Florida Lottery. The first few times I saw it, I merely thought, “What a bitch.” But after repeated viewings I want to hunt that woman down and kill her. I mean, one, what’s her problem with lobster? Was she expecting the scuba divers to pantomime a desire for meat loaf? Two, if she’s fortunate enough to be married to a lottery winner who can afford to scuba dive in the living room, maybe it would behoove her to get her ass off her shoulders? When she asks what they want for dinner, I usually say, “A new wife!” or “Your head on a stick!” ---
**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 12, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/264 "2015-05-12T15:12:21Z")
I got my head on a stick, sittin’ on a rainbow… 😃 ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/265 "2015-05-12T19:42:36Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Bud Light – when your commercial contains the line “Now this once in a lifetime event is happening again”, your copywriters really aren’t paying attention. Or, they’re blitzed on Bud Light. I hear that can happen if you drink twenty-five or thirty of them. ---
**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 13, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/266 "2015-05-13T23:51:23Z")
“Clorox knows that, to make a big meal, you have to make a big mess.” No. No you don’t. I feed around 100 people every day, breakfast and lunch. No big mess. Frakkin’ amateurs. ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/267 "2015-05-14T00:03:21Z")
I do love the Clorox commercial where the older person is entertaining the children by stringing up raw, whole chickens and making them “dance” on the coffee table. It’s just so freakin’ _bizarre_. ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/268 "2015-05-14T00:25:52Z")
There’s an antiperspirant commercial that declares, “A woman’s body changes 500 times a day!” This is how I discover my true, shape-shifter heritage? Do I change into 500 different forms, or just toggle between two settings? Even if they’re referring to body temperature, the woman shown is a firefighter. If she goes out on a call, the strongest antiperspirant in the world isn’t going to make a difference. ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/269 "2015-05-14T00:28:01Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > “Clorox knows that, to make a big meal, you have to make a big mess.” > > No. No you don’t. I feed around 100 people every day, breakfast and lunch. No big mess. > > Frakkin’ amateurs. I clean up after our meals all the time and I never use Clorox. Bleach is bleach, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/270 "2015-05-14T08:49:48Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I do love the Clorox commercial where the older person is entertaining the children by stringing up raw, whole chickens and making them “dance” on the coffee table. It’s just so freakin’ _bizarre_. That’ll teach them to hire Peter Gabriel as a party entertainer. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/271 "2015-05-14T11:22:25Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > 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. Is this the one where various amazed individuals describe the Chevy as “boss” or “dope”? What, no one thought it was “groovy” or “gnarly, dude”??? How about “the bee’s knees” or “the cat’s pajamas”?? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/272 "2015-05-14T13:34:19Z")
The Honey-Nut Cheerios ad with the bee dancing to Nelly’s Ride With Me. What does a nutritionally balanced breakfast have to do with smoking a blunt in the back of a Benz? ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/273 "2015-05-14T14:01:34Z")
The bite size Frosted Mini Wheats that have maniacal grins and jump into the cereal bowl and eat other mini wheats just creeps me out. They are mini wheats eating other mini wheats, and grinning like crazy. That’s cannibalism, pure and simple, Kelloggs. Knock it the hell off. I like Frosted Mini Wheats, but the commercial makes me uneasy about it. ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/274 "2015-05-14T15:44:31Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > smoking a blunt Assuming facts not in evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/275 "2015-05-14T17:17:28Z")
> [@Tess](#): > > … Even if they’re referring to body temperature, the woman shown is a firefighter. If she goes out on a call, the strongest antiperspirant in the world isn’t going to make a difference. It could if it’s flammable. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/276 "2015-05-14T17:32:58Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Is this the one where various amazed individuals describe the Chevy as “boss” or “dope”? What, no one thought it was “groovy” or “gnarly, dude”??? How about “the bee’s knees” or “the cat’s pajamas”?? What a swell post! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/277 "2015-05-14T19:26:56Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > smoking a blunt > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Assuming facts not in evidence. I’d say the lyrics are pretty clear on that ‘fact’. _If you wanna go and get high wit me Smoke a L in the back of the Benz-y_ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/278 "2015-05-14T19:34:15Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > What a swell post! Shucks, golly gee, thanks! ---
**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:** [May 14, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/279 "2015-05-14T20:01:56Z")
There’s a couple different commercials for GTE financial, all about their online banking app. One is a kid who complains that now that his parents bank online he can’t run rampant around the house all the time and now has to do his homework. This brings up a lot of questions; 1. Why the hell are his parents at the bank constantly? 2. Why did they leave him home alone when they were at the bank all the time? 3. How much homework does that kid have that he can never do anything else? The other commercial is about a dog complaining that his people use the app. This rings very untrue because dogs don’t want to be left alone. Also, how does a dog know his people are at the bank and don’t these people actually work? So wouldn’t they actually be at work more than at the bank? Maybe they rob banks and they just found a way to do it online? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/280 "2015-05-14T20:06:05Z")
Maybe they are so rich that they go to the bank to wallow in their money Scrooge McDuck-style. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=15)