# 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:** 74
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1462 "2017-06-26T18:21:24Z")
Have y’all noticed how gross everything has gotten or is it just me? There are so many ads that literally cause me to avert my eyes. I don’t want to see cockroaches, or people with food smeared on their faces, or open wounds, or what have you. The worst one lately is (I think) an ad for some place like IHOP; they’re showing all the yummy waffle/fruit/whipped cream breakfast stuff, and then they show the happy family chowing down, and then the little girl lifts up her head and you can see all the food and gunk encrusting her neck. :eek: I’m gagging right now. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1463 "2017-06-27T20:14:17Z")
> [@Chiffon](#): > > Jamie lee Curtis life portrayed in an activia yogurt commercial please NO! Is that the one where one of the ‘real life’ nobodies bleats ‘Ac-tiv-i-AH’ in a sing-songy voice (reffing back to an earlier Activia commercial) - god I hate that! Shut up, stupid nobody. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1464 "2017-06-29T14:25:03Z")
There are just too many ads featuring owls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22\_qdfPTOxk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygn3NAGzD74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPybavTSjCc I need not link to the Tootsie-Pop ad, do I? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1465 "2017-06-29T14:31:23Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > [PuppyMonkeyBaby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql7uY36-LwA) has returned. I saw it last night but I forget which channel. Why did I click on that link? Do not click on that link. NSFW. NSFA (Anywhere). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1466 "2017-06-29T14:46:17Z")
Maybe it’s more the relentless repetition every five minutes than the commercial itself, but “The Story of Green Mountain Coffee and Fair Trade” is pushing me toward specifically seeking out coffee grown and harvested by brutally overworked child slaves under the watchful eyes and whips of sadistic overseers. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1467 "2017-06-29T16:25:23Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > [PuppyMonkeyBaby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql7uY36-LwA) has returned. I saw it last night but I forget which channel. In the off-chance no one was aware/forgot… The reason the commercial was made in the first place is because Mt. Dew did extensive research on which Super Bowl commercials rated the highest. They discovered that commercials with puppies, monkeys and babies did the best. So they combined them into one giant supermoneymaker and thus was born the Puppymonkeybaby ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1468 "2017-06-29T17:30:26Z")
Yeah, what is it with all the fucking Owls? Those things are heartless killing BASTARDS! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1469 "2017-07-01T00:27:26Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > There are just too many ads featuring owls. I was thinking the same thing, and I hadn’t even seen a couple of those. “Triple A Auto - So Cheap, So Easy, So Switch” ARGH! That’s not parallel structure! [/grammar NAZI] I guess, though, they were inspired by the classic “No shirt, No shoes, No service”. A) Wait, are you saying you don’t sell shirts and shoes or give any service? B) Come on, I had shoes on, your sign says as long as I’m wearing either shoes or a shirt, I’m okay. C) But I’m wearing a shirt and shoes. Your sign days nothing about pants! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1470 "2017-07-10T22:25:08Z")
What is it with kids making giant messes and Moms- instead of getting mad and punishing the kid- get all happy and smiley? Like the Nissan ad where the kid spills black paint on the driveway and the mom actually high-fives the kid for this mess. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1471 "2017-07-10T22:43:19Z")
[Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka6JDgbru7k)’s a commercial for the credit reporting firm Experian. The commercial tries to scare the viewer, saying something like, “Your information could be out there – just waiting to be auctioned off on the dark web. We monitor the dark web globally, and let you instantly protect your Experian credit file from identity thieves. Visit [Experian Dark Web Scan](http://Experian.com/protect) now to get comprehensive identity theft protection free for thirty days.” So this company is offering us the opportunity to pay them (because you just know that the free thirty days of protection is followed by a fee-based service) to protect the data that they’ve collected on us. The same data that they sell at a profit to other companies. Isn’t it their job to ensure that this data is secure? Why should we pay them a fee to protect it? The commercial sounds like extortion. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1472 "2017-07-10T22:46:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > What is it with kids making giant messes and Moms- instead of getting mad and punishing the kid- get all happy and smiley? Like the Nissan ad where the kid spills black paint on the driveway and the mom actually high-fives the kid for this mess. > > [Nissan America's Best Sales Event TV Spot, 'Midnight Edition: Tricycle' [T2] - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wqCw/nissan-americas-best-sales-event-midnight-edition-tricycle) Because they _finally_ have a product that can clean it up! It’s why I now celebrate any time my dog takes a shit on the carpet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1473 "2017-07-11T00:20:29Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Like the Nissan ad where the kid spills black paint on the driveway and the mom actually high-fives the kid for this mess. I hate this commercial for another reason: the mom and the kid exchanging increasingly smug looks at each other, as if riding a tricycle or driving a Nissan made one a superior being. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1474 "2017-07-11T00:40:51Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I hate this commercial for another reason: the mom and the kid exchanging increasingly smug looks at each other, as if riding a tricycle or driving a Nissan made one a superior being. Yes, that’s another good reason. :mad: I mean it’s a fucking _Nissan_ fercriekeiesakes. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1475 "2017-07-11T15:03:37Z")
“Don’t be the you that covers up your plaque psoriasis.” Show it off? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1476 "2017-07-11T15:57:46Z")
There’s one lately for some toothpaste for people whose gums bleed. Here’s an idea: go to a fucking dentist and get your nasty teeth cleaned! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1477 "2017-07-11T16:16:55Z")
Two words: Mike Lindell ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1478 "2017-07-11T16:22:50Z")
For some kind of windshield replacement service. Mom and kids are playing a sort of street hockey. My god, that’s the politest family I’ve ever seen. If we were doing it there would be paramedics required On the other hand, I LOVE the guy who got a new putter and didn’t tell his wife. And leaves the seat up on purpose ---
**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:** [July 12, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1479 "2017-07-12T12:14:33Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > There’s one lately for some toothpaste for people whose gums bleed. > > Here’s an idea: go to a fucking dentist and get your nasty teeth cleaned! Is that the one with the lady who’s spitting large amounts of bloody nastiness into the sink? [we need a puking smiley] ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1480 "2017-07-12T12:39:21Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > On the other hand, I LOVE the guy who got a new putter and didn’t tell his wife. > > And leaves the seat up on purpose Love that guy! They’re all in their digital cocoons while he chauffeurs them around and he spends the money he saves on car insurance on a new putter. Love the toilet line. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1481 "2017-07-12T12:43:26Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > On the other hand, I LOVE the guy who got a new putter and didn’t tell his wife. > > And leaves the seat up on purpose That one makes me laugh everytime. Absolutely cracks me up!!! His tone of voice is so perfect! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=75)