# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/881 "2016-04-19T14:55:02Z")
Not a fan of the new trimmer ad showing three women in bikinis standing in front of a swimming pool, trimming tiny, strategically-located…er…bushes. I think they’re trying too hard. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/882 "2016-04-19T14:56:46Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Not a fan of the new trimmer ad showing three women in bikinis standing in front of a swimming pool, trimming tiny, strategically-located…er…bushes. > > I think they’re trying too hard. Not even original. [Mow The Lawn.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC0uGcorAl0) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/883 "2016-04-19T15:09:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Not even original. > [Mow The Lawn.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC0uGcorAl0) Oh, my. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/884 "2016-04-19T16:38:54Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > An auto parts chain is running a series of commercials that are designed to appeal to manly, manly men: > > ``` > Closeup of some mechanic's manly grease-covered hands doing something with a wrench, accompanied by a gravel-voiced narrator from a Viagra commercial. > > "Are the these the hands of a man who would use a (spits in disgust) *discount card*?" > > ``` What’s really bad about it, is it seems to me the product they are selling is a buyer’s reward program. In other words, a form of discount card. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/885 "2016-04-19T22:46:16Z")
Oh joy, there’s a new Snyder’s commercial. Something about smashing up the pretzels??? > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > …she holds up her finger, like, “Don’t bother me, little person who doesn’t have a degree.” I hadn’t picked up on that! (Is this a bad time to point out that a traditional university’s library would likely have better hours than wherever she is, and also accommodations for distance learners? 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/886 "2016-04-27T15:58:39Z")
[Toyota Prius, the Choice of Bank Robbers?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFkVsiDYI3c). Not just one commercial either, it seems to be a whole series. I know Toyotas are considered boring vehicles, but why in the world does Toyota want to associate their vehicles with bank robbers and outlaws being hunted by police? And in what universe is a Prius a good getaway vehicle? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/887 "2016-04-27T16:46:46Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > [Toyota Prius, the Choice of Bank Robbers?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFkVsiDYI3c). Not just one commercial either, it seems to be a whole series. I know Toyotas are considered boring vehicles, but why in the world does Toyota want to associate their vehicles with bank robbers and outlaws being hunted by police? And in what universe is a Prius a good getaway vehicle? I think it was intended as such, and I must congratulate the ad people for making the dumbest car commercial ever. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/888 "2016-04-27T17:19:06Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I think it was intended as such, and I must congratulate the ad people for making the dumbest car commercial ever. Yes, and the robbers are portrayed as the heroes. Really fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/889 "2016-04-27T17:26:24Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > [Toyota Prius, the Choice of Bank Robbers?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFkVsiDYI3c). Not just one commercial either, it seems to be a whole series. I know Toyotas are considered boring vehicles, but why in the world does Toyota want to associate their vehicles with bank robbers and outlaws being hunted by police? And in what universe is a Prius a good getaway vehicle? While I do think the ad is stupid, and certainly not worthy of being an ongoing series of commercials, I understand why they made the ad (sort of). The Prius has a reputation for being an utterly boring driving experience that appeals only to people who only care about getting from Point A to Point B cheaply, or who are tree huggers trying to use less gas. I guess they are trying to shake up that reputation by showing it being used by reckless drivers who do care about manuevering and speeding. The real problem with the ad campaign is that anyone who decides to take a test drive based on these commercials is going to quickly discover why it only appeals to the former groups. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/890 "2016-04-27T18:00:52Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > The one I’m hating right now is for (I think–I keep blocking it out) LG phones? Some Android cell phone. The one with the creepy bearded guy whose face is on everybody in the commercial. It starts out in a subway car, and eventually he ends up standing astride a couple of bulls in a “running of the bulls” thing. I don’t know if I’m supposed to know who he is, but I don’t, so I just find him annoying and the commercial thoroughly moronic. The music’s annoying too. > > Okay, I hunted it down. [Here it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOpsnNf9Wj0). I don’t know what it is about this specific commercial, but it really rubs me the wrong way and every time it comes on I have to switch the channel. I think it’s the dumb oompah band music, but I haven’t been able to sit through it long enough to determine exactly why I hate it. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/891 "2016-04-27T18:20:03Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > I don’t know what it is about this specific commercial, but it really rubs me the wrong way and every time it comes on I have to switch the channel. I think it’s the dumb oompah band music, but I haven’t been able to sit through it long enough to determine exactly why I hate it. I don’t hate it (I rather like the music), but I have no idea how that commercial is supposed to convince me to buy that phone. If I buy their phone, will Jason Statham pop up everywhere? Will I turn into Jason Statham? Will I start singing “Watch Me Now” over and over again? Does the phone let me do motorcycle stunts? Is this the phone for people who live like action movie stars and if so, why? I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/892 "2016-04-27T19:44:34Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > As covered upthread, more and more prestigious Universities are offering online degrees. > > And, let’s not call names, Phoenix is not a diploma mill. That’s true. Diploma mills give you a worthless diploma for your money. U of P milks you for as long as they can before you eventually get a diploma - if ever. A great insult would be “so stupid he got rejected by the University of Phoenix.” > [@](#): > > Finally most companies dont really care. My company - and every company I’ve ever worked for - would laugh a U of P grad right out the door. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/893 "2016-04-27T19:46:40Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > While I do think the ad is stupid, and certainly not worthy of being an ongoing series of commercials, I understand why they made the ad (sort of). The Prius has a reputation for being an utterly boring driving experience that appeals only to people who only care about getting from Point A to Point B cheaply, or who are tree huggers trying to use less gas. I guess they are trying to shake up that reputation by showing it being used by reckless drivers who do care about manuevering and speeding. > > The real problem with the ad campaign is that anyone who decides to take a test drive based on these commercials is going to quickly discover why it only appeals to the former groups. My Prius accelerates just fine. My Prius has no trouble doing 80 or 85 on I5. However there are plenty of people who do assume that anyone driving a Prius is a little old lady in driving habits. So I see the reason behind the ads. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/894 "2016-04-27T19:55:45Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > My company - and every company I’ve ever worked for - would laugh a U of P grad right out the door. Then, I sure as fuck dont want to work for any company that makes decisions like that. My companies would all consider such a applicant, based upon their merits. Experience being far more important than where they got their degree from. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/895 "2016-04-27T20:40:10Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I don’t hate it (I rather like the music), but I have no idea how that commercial is supposed to convince me to buy that phone. > If I buy their phone, will Jason Statham pop up everywhere? Will I turn into Jason Statham? Will I start singing “Watch Me Now” over and over again? Does the phone let me do motorcycle stunts? Is this the phone for people who live like action movie stars and if so, why? I don’t get it. The song is by Jamaican dancehall star Busy Signal. > **[Busy Signal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_Signal)** > > Reanno Devon Gordon (born 24 January 1979), better known by his stage name Busy Signal, is a Jamaican dancehall reggae artist. > Reanno Devon Gordon, also known as Busy Signal, was born in Saint Ann Parish, living in areas in West and East Kingston such as Tivoli Gardens, Papine, and Spanish Town. He is a past student of Brown's Town Comprehensive High School. Known as one of the artists leading the contemporary dancehall movement, Busy Signal has been a large part of the scene since 2003, and ... ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/896 "2016-04-27T21:34:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Not even original. > [Mow The Lawn.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC0uGcorAl0) Notice the bald cat at :52? 😃 ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/897 "2016-04-27T22:37:53Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I don’t hate it (I rather like the music), but I have no idea how that commercial is supposed to convince me to buy that phone. > If I buy their phone, will Jason Statham pop up everywhere? Will I turn into Jason Statham? Will I start singing “Watch Me Now” over and over again? Does the phone let me do motorcycle stunts? Is this the phone for people who live like action movie stars and if so, why? I don’t get it. It also sounds like it’s sampling [Loituma’s Ievan Polkka](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozClbmYgD14), which gained minor fame due to the ‘leekspin’ meme from years ago. So when I hear the ad come on, all I can think of is a cartoon character with a leek. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/898 "2016-04-27T22:55:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The song is by Jamaican dancehall star Busy Signal. > > [Busy Signal - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_Signal) The song is called “[Everybody Move](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2lIcBvQdvw)” and it has a sample of the Hatsune Miku [cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mkfFdvREw) of Ievan Polka ([originally](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4om1rQKPijI) by Loituma) I recognized the Loituma sample instantly. And I’ll throw in some “[Leekspin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wnE4vF9CQ4)” just for you, **Jeep’s Phoenix**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/899 "2016-04-28T13:27:30Z")
The Entresta commercial where the old guy is singing “Tomorrow” to the baby. Creepy! He looks like the Grim Reaper :eek: ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/900 "2016-04-28T15:18:37Z")
OK, I don’t usually post in “bad commercial” threads (and I haven’t looked very far back in this one so I don’t know if this ad has already been mentioned), but… there’s one now that, for me, goes beyond simply annoying to genuinely offensive. It’s the Cure Auto Insurance ad in which a guy is sitting by his father’s deathbed. The father whispers, “Son, there’s something I have to tell you.” The guy looks up and there’s a hot nurse in the doorway. He ogles her for a few seconds and then you hear the father’s heart monitor flatline, and the guy looks down and says, “Dad?!?” This is followed by a graphic saying “Avoid distractions” and something relating this concept to Cure auto insurance. So, to sum up: 1. Bad topic to joke about 2. Bad joke 3. Little if any discernible relation of joke to product [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=46)