# 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:** 57
**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:** [November 3, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1121 "2016-11-03T04:09:48Z")
[quote=“Baker, post:1120, topic:717663”] She’s not a Brit. Originally from Scotland she’s now living and attending school in Utah, at BYU. Or she was, when the commercial was made. Here’s a TV interview with her. [/QUOTE] I thought someone from Scotland was a Brit; not English, but still British. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1122 "2016-11-03T20:05:46Z")
It must be something about the music, but these two are the latest to pluck my nerves Uncle Ben’s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWZl2IQHRwY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWZl2IQHRwY) Geico [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sMcTfwq3HM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sMcTfwq3HM) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1123 "2016-11-03T20:50:43Z")
It’s better than that dicky-dicky-dicky shit Target was running. _removes fingers from ears_ Oh, hey, is it over? ---
**Author:** ![NIKI50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/958977/32.png) [@NIKI50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NIKI50)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1124 "2016-11-03T21:19:00Z")
Wow, that’s really bad Sent from my LG-K428 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1125 "2016-11-04T22:17:55Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > It’s better than that dicky-dicky-dicky shit Target was running. _removes fingers from ears_ Oh, hey, is it over? Ugh, I haven’t heard that one for a while. You should put your fingers back in your ears for this one [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2UzZeJPTGI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2UzZeJPTGI) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1126 "2016-11-04T23:49:06Z")
I didn’t realize that V.I.Poo is made by AirWick…I thought it was made by some random novelty company. _devil’s donuts_ ---
**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:** [November 10, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1127 "2016-11-10T19:56:11Z")
Both of the Subaru commercials currently in rotation are awful. In one, a woman is riding in a Subaru and dreaming that she’s riding in the train next to her, living the joyous life of a railroad hobo. This tells me that their cars are so miserable that you’d rather be in an empty boxcar heading to who-knows-where than in a Subaru. In the other, a couple are in their Subaru and come to a fork in the road. They envision what might lie down each path. The unpaved road leads to a skunk on top of your sleeping bag, taking a dump with no toilet paper and a shovel, and being confronted by burly woodsmen. The paved road leads to buying khakis! Dear God, let that sink in for a moment; KHAKIS! In revulsion, they take the unpaved road. Do I even need to explain what’s wrong with this? Plus, the burly woodsman who says “good mornin’” sounds too much like a radio DJ. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1128 "2016-11-10T20:19:30Z")
The ones that bug me (I can’t remember which car it’s for) are the ones that show the driver doing some activity that takes their attention off the road (like singing badly while they fantasize about being on one of those singing-contest shows) and then being jolted back to reality by their car’s electronic anti-collision or anti-drifting features preventing them from becoming road pizza. Most drivers are already inattentive enough, without giving them technology and advertising that encourage them to be _more_ inattentive because their car will save their asses. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1129 "2016-11-10T20:47:43Z")
The latest Allstate “Mayhem” commercial is just sort of confusing and dull. He drives with giant foam fingers? And ran over a car? I mean… I guess I sorta get it… distracted sports fans might run into me? We’ve fallen a long way since _“I’m a raccoon!”_ though. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1130 "2016-11-10T21:01:02Z")
I’m just glad all the bloody election commercials are over. But if I was going to complain, I’d say I don’t need to see any more ads for Cox Cable. They’re killing us right now with that “Push a little button” song. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1131 "2016-11-11T05:32:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Both of the Subaru commercials currently in rotation are awful. > > In the other, a couple are in their Subaru and come to a fork in the road. They envision what might lie down each path. The unpaved road leads to a skunk on top of your sleeping bag, taking a dump with no toilet paper and a shovel, and being confronted by burly woodsmen. … The Gal with The Stone Face! By the way, those “burly woodsmen” were gonna pull a _Ned Beatty_ on the dude! Not sure that makes me want to buy a car. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1132 "2016-11-11T06:20:14Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > By the way, those “burly woodsmen” were gonna pull a _Ned Beatty_ on the dude! I know, but anything’s better than khakis! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1133 "2016-11-11T08:22:32Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > The Gal with The Stone Face! By the way, those “burly woodsmen” were gonna pull a _Ned Beatty_ on the dude! Not sure that makes me want to buy a car. BTW, is the girl in the Suburu ad the same one playing ring toss in the Pepsi commercial with Odell Beckham? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1134 "2016-11-11T18:39:54Z")
For comparison, [here’s the Pepsi Odell Beckman ad.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3cmukF-ZS8) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1135 "2016-11-11T19:13:15Z")
Pretty close. Not sure. No “beauty mark” near the corner of the mouth. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1136 "2016-11-11T22:34:06Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > It’s better than that dicky-dicky-dicky shit Target was running. _removes fingers from ears_ Oh, hey, is it over? I go back ad forth on that one. Sometimes I find it super annoying (like when I’m buying video games in Target and all their TV’s start playing it-- WHY? I’M ALREADY SHOPPING HERE YOU STUPID IDIOT! ) Other times, I even replay it on my DVR. I don’t get it. Must be some sort of mind contol embedded. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > My current hate is the iPhone7 commercial with the balloons and that horribly twee song. The song that shows it isn’t just women that attempt to sing in that breathless style. The song that sounds like Buddy Elf wrote it on the fly. (I love you I love you I love you). On that I do not waver at all. (It’s awful it’s awful it’s awful). ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1137 "2016-11-13T00:43:29Z")
This one is ostensibly heartwarming, but a) it’s a Christmas commercial, and b) it’s dumb. The commercial shows a family “starting a new tradition” by driving out to the wilderness with their Xmas tree on top of the car. The tree has a large rootball wrapped in burlap. The family stands in the falling snow looking at the replanted tree and the adorable little girl says “See you next year.”. Anyone see any problems with this? Ever try to dig in frozen ground? It’s like concrete. Also, a rootball for an eight foot tree probably weighs 150 pounds. So Dad isn’t gonna be standing there with a garden shovel, smiling at the newly planted tree. He’d be completely exhausted, pissed off, and that would be the very last year of this new tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1138 "2016-11-13T02:50:09Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > The ones that bug me (I can’t remember which car it’s for) are the ones that show the driver doing some activity that takes their attention off the road (like singing badly while they fantasize about being on one of those singing-contest shows) and then being jolted back to reality by their car’s electronic anti-collision or anti-drifting features preventing them from becoming road pizza. > > Most drivers are already inattentive enough, without giving them technology and advertising that encourage them to be _more_ inattentive because their car will save their asses. There’s another one in where the kids in the backseat are playing “I spy” and naming every random thing that Mom would be plowing right into, except the car is paying more attention than she is. My takeaway is that Mom’s such a terrible driver that her 5-6 year old kids have already lost all sense of fear. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1139 "2016-11-13T02:59:20Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Anyone see any problems with this? Ever try to dig in frozen ground? It’s like concrete. Also, a rootball for an eight foot tree probably weighs 150 pounds. So Dad isn’t gonna be standing there with a garden shovel, smiling at the newly planted tree. He’d be completely exhausted, pissed off, and that would be the very last year of this new tradition. That one drives me bonkers every time I see it, not just because of the hard frozen ground issue, but because after they’ve “planted” the tree it has the same even, clean blanket of snow underneath it as the open ground. anyone dumb enough to try digging a hole would turn the ground into muddy slush in no time. Given the weight of the rootball compared to the rest of the tree, it seems like a really bad idea to have that kind of unbalanced weight on top of a large SUV… ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1140 "2016-11-13T14:54:37Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > I saw this for the first time last night and still can’t believe it’s not some kind of horrible joke. “Even V.I.P.s have to V.I.Poo”. > > [V.I.Poo: the pre-poo toilet spray](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L37-3v7DyYs) I just got hit with an ad for Unicorn Gold, by the same people who brought us the Squatty Potty. V.I.Poo can’t be any worse than this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=58)