# 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:** 7
**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:** [April 16, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/121 "2015-04-16T19:29:37Z")
Complaints about the string of side effects for medications seem a little unfair since, if the drug companies had their way, they sure as hell wouldn’t include them. I’m not saying that listing the side effects is a bad thing (I’d rather they didn’t direct advertise prescription medications at all) but they’re not there because of a creative misfire. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/122 "2015-04-16T19:34:55Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Really? I find him to be unbearably smarmy and sarcastic. National Car Rental already had the coolest Patrick in the world. Eh, I kinda enjoy the one where he steals a flask of coffee off the counter, then goes out to the rental lot and says “…and I don’t have interact with anyone if I don’t want to…(breezes by a couple of smiling attendants)…and I don’t want to.” But I suspect my smarmy and sarcastic nature has something to do with 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 16, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/123 "2015-04-16T20:18:43Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Thank you on behalf of all the rest of us New Yorkers. > > Most of us don’t even OWN cars. The idea that I would have a few cars sitting around that I would be interested in donating is…fucking WEIRD. So why does this pop up every morning on the radio when I’m trying to get the day’s weather report? This plague has spread to California a long time ago, so don’t feel special. Notice that they never say what the money for your car is going to do for kids? Except pay to run more horrible commercials? It really would work well as an ad for duck tape - as in using some over their mouths. ---
**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 16, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/124 "2015-04-16T20:20:30Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > And BOOBS! weren’t enough, they then had to up their game by putting her on a horse so they could get some nice bouncing boob shots and when that wasn’t enough they had to have her getting out of a bath so she could have some wet fabric clinging to them. Now, you’re not even pretending this is about a game anymore. I read that these ads have done really well for them in that downloads of the game have skyrocketed. So expect more. As for me, since I’d never download or play the game or any like it, I figure an ad for such a thing with Kate Upton is far superior to one without her of someone like her. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/125 "2015-04-16T20:24:16Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Can’t remember what it’s for, but the one with Mindy Kaling where she thinks she’s invisible. She starts perving on some guys playing basketball and then gets pissy when they don’t want her touching them. Groping someone without consent is still sexual assault even if you are a pretty girl doing the assaulting. Since when is the irritating, endlessly self-promoting and annoying Mindy “pretty”? ---
**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 16, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/126 "2015-04-16T20:44:19Z")
In the Bay Area we have been getting radio ads from a financial service company (whose name I have expunged from my memory) saying don’t be a sucker with a money market account, use our system which will get you 10 - 14% return with “no market risk” - just like Warren Buffett. I actually went to the website of the company and found no clue what they are pushing. But high interest rates with supposedly no risk is one of the ways we got into the recession. The home equity people - “take free money out of your home!” are equally evil. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/127 "2015-04-16T21:45:15Z")
I’m fairly certain everyone must hate the Buick ads, whether it is the little old lady squealing an orgasmic “Oh My!” upon seeing the inside of the vehicle, or the people who comment that their neighbor must have gotten a raise because they bought a Buick, or the one where the woman cannot find their friend’s Buick in the lot because they have fixed notions about how dull and uninteresting Buicks are. I get it. But what an odd advertising pitch this is. _The reason to buy a Buick is to impress others and the new models really aren’t ugly like the old ones were._ ---
**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:** [April 16, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/128 "2015-04-16T22:14:19Z")
The other thing that the Buick ads suggest is that Buicks are now indistinguishable from every other car in the market. Is that something to be proud of? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/129 "2015-04-16T22:34:49Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The other thing that the Buick ads suggest is that Buicks are now indistinguishable from every other car in the market. Is that something to be proud of? And Buick is aggressively chasing the youth market also- _like every other car manufacturer_. Ignoring the fact that the over 50 demographic is large and wealthy. ---
**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 16, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/130 "2015-04-16T22:44:54Z")
There’s an ad for some medication – not sure what it is, but by taking it the lady is able to travel all over the place. The ad illustrates this by showing the lady smiling vapidly in front of various landmarks…and it’s painfully obvious from the camera angles that she’s just standing in front of a green screen. I don’t really expect the whole crew to travel to each location just for a few seconds of film…but when a local car dealership can afford better green screen work than a pharmaceutical company, something is wrong. ---
**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 16, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/131 "2015-04-16T22:51:39Z")
The drug company must use the same travel agent as the Daily Show. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/132 "2015-04-17T02:01:21Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Eh, I kinda enjoy the one where he steals a flask of coffee off the counter, then goes out to the rental lot and says “…and I don’t have interact with anyone if I don’t want to…(breezes by a couple of smiling attendants)…and I don’t want to.” > > But I suspect my smarmy and sarcastic nature has something to do with it. I’m sick and tired of his NAPA Can of Know How ads. Also Sick of the Midas Talking Yellow Hand. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/133 "2015-04-17T02:11:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Since when is the irritating, endlessly self-promoting and annoying Mindy “pretty”? Ugly, attractive, annoying, whatever. If the genders were swapped I have serious doubts that ad would ever have gotten the green light. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/134 "2015-04-17T02:15:23Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > The one where I did a 180 was Botox for migraines. The fine print says it’s for folks with more than 14 “headache days” a month. I’ve never had a migraine but I can imagine if I had them for at least half the month, I would be willing to try poisoning myself with botulism. Chronic migraineur here. You. Cannot. Imagine. I had between 20 and 25 headache days a month and was in the walk-in-clinic for treatment to break particularly awful ones about twice a month. Botox is a life-saver for me. And the only side effect I’ve had is a wrinkle-free forehead, and a bit of a brow lift. However, I’m unable to move my eyebrows and indicates, um, thought. :dubious: /hijack ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/135 "2015-04-17T03:18:30Z")
Good to hear it is working for you! ---
**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:** [April 17, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/136 "2015-04-17T03:27:27Z")
The ones with the guy who makes the very tall hats; the red-headed woman who clones herself; the librarian who’s still alive and active at age 180+. Funny, I remember all these bizarre gimmicks, but have no idea what the commercials are for. So what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/137 "2015-04-17T03:56:50Z")
This will be local to Northern California, but I hate the Toyota commercial where every car is the “Buster Posey” of it’s class. They just keep repeating it. I love the Giants and Posey is a great player, but that commercial is really, really annoying. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/138 "2015-04-17T03:57:10Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The ones with the guy who makes the very tall hats; the red-headed woman who clones herself; the librarian who’s still alive and active at age 180+. > > Funny, I remember all these bizarre gimmicks, but have no idea what the commercials are for. So what’s the point? Yeah, the one with the sunshiny hand talking to the guy in the car is creepy, but I can’t remember what’s it’s for either. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/139 "2015-04-17T12:13:35Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > “I’m often told I have the best pair of legs in the room.” > > Or really Chico’s lady? Do they also mention that you look like you’re eight and half feet tall and about as sexy as a rake handle in the last shot? I always think of Chico’s as the store that caters to overdressed ladies of a certain age. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/140 "2015-04-17T12:39:56Z")
People eating burgers as big as their heads … in slow motion… Yeah, shove that oversized hunk of meat in your flapping yap and let’s watch you chew like a squirrel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=8)