# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/481 "2015-08-03T20:17:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There’s a new Marathon Gas commercial that really irks me. It mentions buying a “full tank of freedom.” I hadn’t realized that freedom is sold by the gallon. Perhaps they’re claiming that the gasoline is 100% domestic? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/482 "2015-08-03T20:25:02Z")
A bit of searching has revealed that Marathon means the freedom of the open road. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/483 "2015-08-03T21:09:37Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There’s a new Marathon Gas commercial that really irks me. It mentions buying a “full tank of freedom.” I hadn’t realized that freedom is sold by the gallon. Automobile as freedom is a longstanding metaphor, so it’s not a horrible extension. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/484 "2015-08-04T09:50:30Z")
The Invesco commercial, where a group of people are annoyingly yapping away. I can take annoying commercials; I can’t take commercials that are DELIBERATELY annoying. This is the only commercial that makes me change the channel. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/485 "2015-08-09T00:13:29Z")
There’s a current commercial for Gold Peak Tea that says something like: “There’s nothing like the home-brewed taste of Gold Peak Tea.” So in one sentence they are saying their tea tastes like something else but doesn’t taste like anything else. It is a koan. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/486 "2015-08-09T04:31:20Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > […] > Is not the products themselves in most cases, it’s the advertiser’s choice in how to present them that is getting the thumbs down. > […] > People love cars, but hate Dodge guy and his “don’t touch my car”. […] This reminds me of something from a book _Manners Can Be Fun,_ by Munro Leaf, from about 80 years ago. He wrote. “THE PIGS [referring to a category of ill-mannered children]. They have all sorts of toys but they won’t let other kids play with them. They just squeal THAT’S MINE”. Maybe this Dodge owner is descended from one of those “pigs.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/487 "2015-08-09T13:29:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There’s a new Marathon Gas commercial that really irks me. It mentions buying a “full tank of freedom.” I hadn’t realized that freedom is sold by the gallon. Only in the US. In other countries, it’s sold by the litre. So, um, our freedom is bigger than theirs? 😃 ---
**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:** [August 9, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/488 "2015-08-09T15:18:14Z")
I once read, in a book of math exercises and puzzles, about “various kinds of endlessnesses.” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/489 "2015-08-09T18:13:35Z")
Toshiba and their back-to-back-to-back-to-back “slash” commercials can go straight to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/490 "2015-08-12T03:43:50Z")
[This local commercial enrages me every time it comes on.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OWbkV8wRIXs) First the clown music in the background, and then the face “mom” makes as the bitch waits for the fireball that burns her husband. Cunt. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/491 "2015-08-12T18:13:31Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Toshiba and their back-to-back-to-back-to-back “slash” commercials can go straight to hell. Hate them with the fire of a thousand suns. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/492 "2015-08-13T15:12:46Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Hate them with the fire of a thousand suns. Heck, _one_ sun can burn them to a crisp. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/493 "2015-08-13T17:16:18Z")
The Lending Tree _faux_ muppet. Awkward. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/494 "2015-08-13T17:30:07Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Hate them with the fire of a thousand suns. Never seen one. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/495 "2015-08-13T17:53:12Z")
There’s a Red Lobster ad about a crab leg special, and the voice-over says something about being a crab addict. I swear, it sounds like he’s saying “crap addict” - which, as far as I’m concerned, works for Red Lobster. Except for their cheddar biscuits - those thing ROCK!! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/496 "2015-08-13T18:50:49Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Toshiba and their back-to-back-to-back-to-back “slash” commercials can go straight to hell. Haven’t seen them. Are they in this list? > **[Toshiba Search Results - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/search/toshiba)** > > Find, watch, and share all of your favorite TV > commercials about Toshiba right > here on iSpot.tv, the leader in TV Ad measurement and TV Attribution. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/497 "2015-08-13T18:52:55Z")
Oh, do you mean these? What’s particularly annoying about them? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/498 "2015-08-13T19:42:51Z")
Don’t nobody crap on the new Flo commercial with lactose intolerant Jamie. It’s the best. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/499 "2015-08-13T20:13:13Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Don’t nobody crap on the new Flo commercial with lactose intolerant Jamie. It’s the best. I won’t, as long as you don’t criticize the new GEICO one with the Kraken. (If the Geico Gecko’s voice actor asks for a raise, they could always threaten to have the Kraken eat him…) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/500 "2015-08-13T20:31:44Z")
There’s one for a burglar alarm company called SimpliSafe. The voiceover says something like “most alarm systems rely on vulnerable landlines, but SimpliSafe is cellular for a more reliable connection”. Landlines are vulnerable to what, exactly, greedy, thieving gophers? I don’t recall landline phones needing a display to show if they have a connection or not, they just always do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=26)