# 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:** 63
**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:** [December 25, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1241 "2016-12-25T03:23:44Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I couldn’t find a link to it, but the current McDonald’s commercial with the young couple speaking as if they just ingested and are now vomiting up the Urban Dictionary (and are joined by a third regurgitator at the end) makes me want to provide a little projectile emesis myself. > mmm That reminds me of this one where I just want to smack those screaming brats. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR0Apx\_wJMs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR0Apx_wJMs) ---
**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:** [December 25, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1242 "2016-12-25T09:58:49Z")
It just occurred to me that I haven’t seen the coffee + [unintentionally?] implied incest commercial this year. Did Folger’s finally realize the commercial was a bit off? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1243 "2016-12-25T18:01:42Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > It just occurred to me that I haven’t seen the coffee + [unintentionally?] implied incest commercial this year. Did Folger’s finally realize the commercial was a bit off? No, but there’s a MacDonald’s(?) commercial that shows a split screen with a young boy on one side and a young girl on the other. He bounces a basketball off his screen and she picks it up, and they do some other slightly flirtatious behavior, then he hands her a chicken mcnugget and slides over onto her side of the screen and it turns out to be her dad. OK, I know they were trying to be heart-warming, but the interpretation of the previous interactions as flirtatious gives it sort of an oogy feeling. Or maybe it’s just me. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1244 "2017-02-18T18:52:04Z")
What’s with these super-annoying [E\*trade commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe4zY-JEztE&spfreload=10) (yes, there are others)? Who had the lame idea that the way to attract new customers is to annoy the hell out of them? If I already had an account with them, I’d pull my money out immediately. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1245 "2017-02-18T20:41:31Z")
There’s some commercial Reese’s is running about some combined Peanut Butter Cup/Pieces thing. I’m not 100% sure that’s what it is, because the noise that starts playing when the commercial comes on is so awful I’d rather rip my ears off than listen to it. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1246 "2017-02-19T00:00:03Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > The one that comes to mind - actually there are several - are the ones by law firms looking for people who have had faulty “trans-vaginal mesh” or “pelvic sling” surgeries. They say it over and over, and put it up on the screen, and then to make matters worse, they usually show the commercial twice, back-to-back. I don’t know, and don’t want to know, what the problem is, and I despise lawyers who engage in this kind of ambulance chasing. Along the same vein “Did you or a loved one experience spontaneous bleeding after taking XYZ blood thinner? Call us today to sue” Wait what? It’s a blood thinner, of course there is the risk of bleeding. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1247 "2017-02-19T00:42:16Z")
I’ll join the chorus from earlier in the thread, and say I absolutely hate the Sonic commercials, with those two idiots in the care. I always change the channel or lower the sound. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1248 "2017-02-19T00:53:47Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > There’s some commercial Reese’s is running about some combined Peanut Butter Cup/Pieces thing. I’m not 100% sure that’s what it is, because the noise that starts playing when the commercial comes on is so awful I’d rather rip my ears off than listen to it. This is it. It is definitely as annoying as hell. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlweQCau_u0) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1249 "2017-02-19T00:57:49Z")
The Dole fruit cup commercials with the drinkers versus drainers makes me all stabby with the smugness of the ‘drinkers’. “Oh, they’re _drainers_.” “We don’t drain it, we drink it!” _sip_ ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1250 "2017-02-19T01:23:29Z")
[quote=“Rick\_Kitchen, post:1248, topic:717663”] This is it. It is definitely as annoying as hell. [/QUOTE] This is indeed it. WARNING: TURN YOUR SOUND OFF BEFORE CLICKING LINK Or even just don’t click, it’s not a particular good or notable commercial other than the audio disaster. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1251 "2017-02-19T23:30:01Z")
Wonder if that Reese’s commercial was created by the same group responsible for [this monstrosity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIq8hY_vfEo&feature=plcp&context=C4b7dee3VDvjVQa1PpcFNqpMmr6f3iamsi_VgntDRONm7yFF0HgR0=). ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1252 "2017-02-21T18:49:36Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > The Farmer’s Insurance commercial with J.K. Simmons who tells the customer to “know the gaps” in their car insurance policy. > > First, the ad is actually hostile toward Farmer’s – why did they sell me a policy that had big “gaps” in coverage? Because you didn’t want to spend $2000 a month for car insurance? > [@](#): > > Second, the damage incurred by the car rolling down a hill is all damage that is covered by comprehensive policies – maybe it’s a $500 of $1000 deductible, so why would someone buy gap insurance for an accident that is covered by regular insurance? Again, negative advertising for Farmer’s. Because regular insurance only covers the value of the car at the time of the accident, not the cost to buy a new car. That’s the “gap” that gap insurance is covering. Say you buy a new 2017 car, and get insurance to cover it. Great, but just driving the car off the lot gave you depreciation - loss in value of the car. Now drive the car for five years. The value of the car drops. Now have a car accident. The car is worth $5000 but to buy a new car is going to cost you ~ $20,000. But that brings up Liberty Mutual, and their “You picked the wrong insurance plan. No, I picked the wrong insurance _company_.” “With Liberty Mutual full cost plan, …” Wait, is full cost in every Liberty Mutual plan, or is that a special feature? Because if it’s a special feature, then it’s exactly like the other insurance company that offered you “gap insurance” that you didn’t take. > [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > I saw a commercial over the weekend (I can’t recall the product), that had a series of statements like this. If there’s a claim, stake it. If there’s a rule, break it. etc. It didn’t truly impinge on my consciousness, however, until they said “if there’s a trail, blaze it.” Well, excuuuuse me, but if there is already a trail, someone has already blazed it. Yep, annoying. Maybe they think “blaze” means travel it really fast or something? [quote=“Baker, post:1120, topic:717663”] Now, has anyone seen the Squatty Potty commerical? [/QUOTE] _Vomit_. Okay, I like the cartoon for showing why the Squatty Potty is helpful, but the beginning of the ad has a unicorn pooping rainbow icecream into cones. GAH! > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 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. The Christmas one starts with a train set, then the kid imagining herself driving the train, then looking over to see a car driving next to the train, then the camera follows the car as it drives away from the train track. WTF? The girl is now imaging herself flying over the car? > [@Kimballkid](#): > > What I don’t understand about that one is: Navigation was in the back seat, why couldn’t Ariana (one ‘n’) just switch places with him? Why does she get booted out of the car? Navigation is in the back seat because it is running “in the background” on the phone. But when the battery alert goes off, she has to turn off the music app to save power. Ergo, Ariana gets the boot. > [@Jennshark](#): > > “Dump Cakes!!!” This is a made-for-tv product that – I guess – lets us dump some cake batter in a cheapass pan and BAKE IT! OMG, the bestest invention ever! > > … > > Besides the fact that people have been baking cakes in pans since fire was invented and we’ve had access to Betty Crocker mixes for 75 years, what an awful, awful product name. “Dump cakes” are what I learned as a quick and easy cobbler recipe. You put a bucket of fruit pie filling in the bottom, then spread the cake mix over it, then add a hint of moisture (we used butter). Bake. She seems to be selling a recipe book for dump cakes, which seems really stupid, as it’s all basically the same thing. But she’s not selling some “Dump cake” mix. > [@Morbo](#): > > There’s a radio station in Portland called “Charlie FM” - not KYCH, not 97.1, just “Charlie FM.” It’s a pretty good station (lots of 80’s and 90’s music). > > However, constantly during the broadcast they play little sound bites, supposedly from actual listeners, that pretend Charlie is an actual person or something and they’re…leaving voice messages to him, I guess. > … > > Every one of these stupid “Charlie is a person” sound bites is horribly unfunny. I don’t understand any of it. Sounds like “Jack FM” in our area. It’s a radio station using computer program to select music, no live DJs. So the commercial is talking to Jack as if he’s a person. 😕 > [@Honey](#): > > Those stupid Viagra single pack commercials. The men look like they could not be less interested in the women. What I love about the ad, you can take Viagra with you now. So we see the happy couple going onto a cruise ship for a week long ride, and he’s taking a single pack. What, does he only want one boner the whole trip? Here’s one that annoys the piss out of me. It’s a local car dealership ad, that says: “Everyone has enough to worry about. A car shouldn’t be one of them.” Drives me batty every time. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1253 "2017-02-21T19:33:00Z")
The American Beauty pasta ad where they talk about all of the good things about America, and American wheat is “one of them”. Shouldn’t it be American wheat is “some of them”? Wheat isn’t a countable noun. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1254 "2017-02-21T21:13:24Z")
There’s a radio commercial on the air in my area where some idiot says (paraphrased) “I’d like to buy something, but I’ll pay you in three days.” The store owner says “no.” And then the first person says “But that’s what credit cards do.” It then goes on to sell some kind of service where you get paid right away rather than waiting. This leaves me screaming at the radio “the problem isn’t with the amount of time it takes to get money. it is because I don’t trust you’ll come back with the money in three days, you twit. VISA is going to pay me. Some smart ass off the street that I’ve never seen before who is trying to get me to delay payment for three days without the offer of collateral is almost assuredly not.” ---
**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:** [February 21, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1255 "2017-02-21T21:27:36Z")
_“I have no idea what’s in this Sea-weed wrap…”_ Really? It’s fucking sea-weed, you twat! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1256 "2017-02-21T21:48:13Z")
I just heard a commercial for Fidelity Investments and I’ll be damned if that isn’t [A Message to You Rudy](https://youtu.be/IbqiCxEIeEo) by The Specials playing in the background (a ska cover of an older Dandy Livingstone rocksteady song). They tied it into the commercial for their financial services by playing the line “Better think of your future!” But not the next line “Or else you’ll wind up in jail.” So we’ve reached the point where a rocksteady song about a Rude Boy delinquent in the poverty-laden streets of Trenchtown, Jamaica is being used to promote diversifying your investment portfolio. Lovely. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1257 "2017-02-21T21:51:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > _“I have no idea what’s in this Sea-weed wrap…”_ > > Really? It’s fucking sea-weed, you twat! Plus it’s a wrap, not something she’s going to put into her body, like the vitamins she’s shilling. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1258 "2017-02-21T23:15:30Z")
Not hateable as much as baffling. Starbucks using “Stay With Me” on a commercial where they show how they have good social programs. The song is about someone begging a one night stand to spend the whole night rather than taking off right away. It’s not exactly clear why I want to associate that with Starbucks and/or community service. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1259 "2017-02-22T04:23:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The American Beauty pasta ad where they talk about all of the good things about America, and American wheat is “one of them”. Shouldn’t it be American wheat is “some of them”? Wheat isn’t a countable noun. The “countable” noun here is “things”. American wheat is one of those things. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1260 "2017-02-22T04:43:00Z")
Here’s the pasta ad. She actually says “American wheat is one of the best in the world.” Nope, that’s still wrong. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PSHbsJvOVwc/maxresdefault.jpg "Discover the beauty of American Beauty®") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSHbsJvOVwc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=64)