# 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:** 15
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/281 "2015-05-14T21:51:47Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > 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_ And where did you FIND those lyrics? ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/282 "2015-05-14T22:04:38Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > And where did you FIND those lyrics? > **[Nelly - Ride Wit Me Lyrics | AZLyrics.com](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nelly/ridewitme.html)** > > Nelly "Ride Wit Me": Where they at? Where they at? Where they at? Where they at? Where they at? Where they at? Where they... ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/283 "2015-05-15T09:22:25Z")
A suggestion: I’ve noticed when watching shows online or on demand, if you wait a little longer than just one day, some of the commercials drop out of the video stream. I guess some of the advertisers pay for a specific placement within a specific time frame. I’m sure it’s not that way with all shows, but at least some of them you can avoid the commercials if you exercise a little patience (or if you’re too busy to hop on a show the day after first airing). Hope this helps lessen the suffering out there. ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/284 "2015-05-17T16:11:53Z")
What’s the deal with the commercials that repeat a tag line over and over? “Why would you say that? Why would you say that? Why would you say that?” from an office supply store and “Get it, use it! Get it, use it! Get it, use it!” from a travel site. It just makes me lunge for the remote. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/285 "2015-05-23T21:56:14Z")
Ugh, they’ve recently brought that damn giant baby (that’s really a car) back. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/286 "2015-05-23T22:25:17Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > What’s the deal with the commercials that repeat a tag line over and over? “Why would you say that? Why would you say that? Why would you say that?” from an office supply store and “Get it, use it! Get it, use it! Get it, use it!” from a travel site. It just makes me lunge for the remote. The first one is because she’s wired on caffeine which led to the suggestion of decaf. ---
**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 23, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/287 "2015-05-23T22:55:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The first one is because she’s wired on caffeine which led to the suggestion of decaf. Yeah, that’s actually pretty funny. ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/288 "2015-05-24T13:21:05Z")
Sorry if this one’s been hated on already, but I’m not going back through the whole thread. That Captain Obvious guy, the bearded one in headphones in a gym, creeps me the hell out. I don’t know what he’s selling, because I usually have commercials muted, but I’m not buying it whatever it is. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/289 "2015-05-24T13:29:31Z")
Some Milky Way candy bar commercial has people screwing up their job (painting highway lane lines, giving a tattoo, etc) and responding to the criticism with an exasperated “I was _eating_ a Milky Way!” (Hey, there’s at [least two](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF4bGNocwV8) [of them](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ-6Aoq1zyo)) Milky Way: The candy bar that makes you an incompetent asshole. ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/290 "2015-05-24T13:41:39Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Ugh, they’ve recently brought that damn giant baby (that’s really a car) back. Actually, I like that commercial, because I understand the feeling of viewing the car as one’s baby. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/291 "2015-05-24T14:42:05Z")
This new [Poise commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5WJ80rBkk) just moved to the top of my Most Hated list. Pee pads … period pads… I know, let’s have an arts and crafts challenge! WHO WRITES THIS STUFF? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/292 "2015-05-24T15:03:05Z")
I have to wonder if the symbolism in the Koch ad I just saw during Face The Nation was subconscious. “Every day you’re getting it done” the image is a woman literally spinning her wheels on an exercise bike. And “American worker” seemed associated with toilet paper coming off the line. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/293 "2015-05-24T19:05:47Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Some Milky Way candy bar commercial has people screwing up their job (painting highway lane lines, giving a tattoo, etc) and responding to the criticism with an exasperated “I was _eating_ a Milky Way!” (Hey, there’s at [least two](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF4bGNocwV8) [of them](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ-6Aoq1zyo)) > > Milky Way: The candy bar that makes you an incompetent asshole. Yeah, I dont get it. :dubious:😕 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/294 "2015-05-24T19:20:43Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Some commercial (Pediasure?) starts off with “Children are like sponges” which always makes me mentally respond with “Disgusting and germ ridden? Mainly good for doing dishes?” Okay, that made me laugh out loud. I don’t care who you are, that’s funny, right there. 😃 ---
**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 24, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/295 "2015-05-24T19:25:53Z")
St. Jude Children’s Hospital has a donation commercial that starts out with a narrator asking, “How would you feel if your doctor told you your child had cancer?” The first time my son heard this he asked, “How the hell does my doctor know my kid has cancer? 'Your prostrate is fine, Mr. Bigboy, but I can feel your son has leukemia.” ---
**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 24, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/296 "2015-05-24T22:59:54Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yeah, I dont get it. :dubious:😕 Neither do I; years ago Milky Way had a commercial with a rural telephone operator. The only thing bright about her was her eyes, which shone as if they were electrified. “What do they all want to talk about?” she said cluelessly. ---
**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 25, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/297 "2015-05-25T00:03:35Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > This new [Poise commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5WJ80rBkk) just moved to the top of my Most Hated list. > > Pee pads … period pads… I know, let’s have an arts and crafts challenge! WHO WRITES THIS STUFF? Actually, the use of pads and tampons as craft items has been around a long time. I always assumed (hoped?) it was meant as a joke though. > [@running\_coach](#): > > The first one is because she’s wired on caffeine which led to the suggestion of decaf. Oh! I do like the one where the employee wants to know the appropriate microwave cooking time for fish (specifically, I think it was cod). Nothing can clear out a break room faster… ---
**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 25, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/298 "2015-05-25T16:20:45Z")
Wanna bet? I once overcooked popcorn! Think about it! :eek: ---
**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 25, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/299 "2015-05-25T21:59:30Z")
I’ve smelled overcooked popcorn…specifically, overcooked artificial butter-flavored popcorn. It’s a whiff of fresh air compared to microwaved fish. Artificial butter popcorn smells like pee to me… ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/300 "2015-05-26T01:54:37Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > 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. Hear, hear! I saw that and said to my husband, “Donner Party Mini-Wheats?” It’s weird enough that someone thought that commercial up, but even weirder that someone, somewhere along the way, didn’t say, “Ya know, this may not be the best way to advertise our product…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=16)