# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/161 "2015-04-20T17:08:48Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > So I guess the whole “Don’t text and drive” thing doesn’t count if your car has wi-fi, huh? I weep… yeah - saw a commercial for a car that had “respond to texts while you drive” feature. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/162 "2015-04-20T17:34:16Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Whatever. He sounds really creepy. “I don’t eat puppies for breakfast because I get paid to, but because I want to.” Well, it would really be “I don’t eat puppies for breakfast because I get paid to, but because they taste guuuuuud.” ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/163 "2015-04-20T17:35:43Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > So I guess the whole “Don’t text and drive” thing doesn’t count if your car has wi-fi, huh? I weep… Is it possible it’s voice activated? The texts are read aloud and you respond by voice and it converts it to a text and sends it? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/164 "2015-04-20T18:00:32Z")
Another minor pickup truck rant. I noticed on the tube last night that the slogan for one brand is Guts. Glory. Ram. Uh, no. It’s a pickup truck, not an armored personnel carrier. Unless you’re actively piloting your pickup truck full of miscellaneous plumbing accessories through a war zone, there’s no guts or glory involved and no amount of macho posturing is going to make me think otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/165 "2015-04-20T18:29:07Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > 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. I didn’t know the word “migraine” when I was a teenager, just that I got these really, really bad headaches. Usually, they’d start around 4pm, and last all evening, but be gone in the morning, although I’d feel slightly hungover. I’d miss dinner, and not get my homework done. Teachers didn’t accept “I had a headache” as a reason for letting you hand in your homework a day late. Then I had one that lasted 3 days. I don’t know why I had never tried to explain how really, really awful those headaches were. I got them maybe once every six to eight weeks, so it wasn’t completely disruptive, but my gawd, that one that was still there in the morning-- it made me cry, and I wouldn’t get out of bed. I finally got a trip to the doctor’s after that. Not that there were good medications at the time, but the darvocet took the edge off, and the anti-nausea medicine made a big difference. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Is it possible it’s voice activated? The texts are read aloud and you respond by voice and it converts it to a text and sends it? I hope it’s better than my text-to-voice on my phone. I got a call from the center for “out is in” once (autism), and my mother called me about her “cat wrecked” surgery (cataract). ---
**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:** [April 20, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/166 "2015-04-20T18:33:32Z")
Maybe it’s because I don’t text (don’t have a smart phone, don’t want one) that I don’t get the urgency of texts. Maybe it’s because I survived most of my 61 years not feeling as if I have to be constantly available to whoever wants to reach me. Maybe I’m just an old grouch… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/167 "2015-04-20T18:34:02Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Part 2 of the dream is a bridge abutment in your engine comparment and the engine in your lap as you fiddle with your tablet on the highway. But on the bright side, Liberty Mutual will buy you a whole new car! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/168 "2015-04-20T18:59:54Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I hope it’s better than my text-to-voice on my phone. I got a call from the center for “out is in” once (autism), and my mother called me about her “cat wrecked” surgery (cataract). No kidding. My secretary called in sick today, and my voicemail-to-email system told me “missionary not showing walnut from insurance”. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Maybe it’s because I don’t text (don’t have a smart phone, don’t want one) that I don’t get the urgency of texts. Maybe it’s because I survived most of my 61 years not feeling as if I have to be constantly available to whoever wants to reach me. > > Maybe I’m just an old grouch… 😛 If texting disappeared tomorrow, I’d survive. But right now it’s an important tool for coordinating my life, including last minute changes to my daughter’s schedule. I was totally against texting- until I started doing it and I find it unbelievably more useful than phone calls or emails combined. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/169 "2015-04-20T19:38:10Z")
Between text and voice mail, I’ll take text any day. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/170 "2015-04-20T23:00:34Z")
Let me add another car ad - not sure what company, but it’s the one about the Kings and Queens of America. Yeah, that makes me want to run out and buy your car, whatever it is… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/171 "2015-04-21T02:03:38Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > 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._ I’d hazard a guess that Buick’s marketing department did some research and realized that to most Americans, “Buick”, like “Chrysler” and “Cadillac”, suggests four tons of gas-guzzling American steel, driven by the sort of old men who listen to Sinatra and wear fedoras unironically. Their ads are attacking that image - I like the one of the valet who can’t find the Buick that’s parked directly behind him. It gets the message across - “hey, we’re not making stodgy old-guy cars anymore”. I think it works, as an ad. Slight hijack, but _Consumer Reports_ just put out their car issue, and they actually rated Buick higher than Honda. According to them, Buick is making some very good cars right now. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/172 "2015-04-21T05:08:55Z")
I think that the Chico’s lady doesn’t say " I HAVE the best pair of legs in the room" but "I AM the best pair of legs in the room, which makes me even more stabby. Other than that, another hate vote for the Liberty Mutual ads, especially “Newsflash” woman who apparently doesn’t understand how insurance works. My newest hated one is cheerios girl who guilts her father into getting her a puppy because her mother is pregnant. Great parenting there! And stop trying to rename lunchtime “half-time”. It’s lunch. Oh and the Kayak commercials bother the heck out of me because if you have it hooked up so you can type simultaneously on 5 computers, you will be typing the SAME THING on each computer which means you are only getting one result anyway and not searching multiple sites simultaneously so it’s not going to give you multiple results. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/173 "2015-04-21T05:48:27Z")
> [@Marine\_One](#): > > 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. THANK YOU! And when I made a thread about this people refused to believe me and accused me of drunk posting! And they are usually super models with a weird burgersexual vibe, which only emphasizes how disgustingly big the burger is. Also now making me wonder if there is porn out there which involves burgers, since they seem to be pitching to that demo.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/174 "2015-04-21T12:53:43Z")
CenturyLink’s “How long does it take to download a movie?” commercial is fine, until guy says “Now, let’s download the sequel”. The screen is showing Captain America: The Winter Soldier. There won’t be a sequel for another frigging year. Pedantic, I know, but still annoys me. The Chevy “That’s the dream, to have wifi in my car” - the cadence in how she says it strikes me as weird, and it bothers 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:** [April 22, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/175 "2015-04-22T06:07:24Z")
Haven’t read the entire thread. Has anyone mentioned the current Arnold Palmer commercial? Is that Palmer’s actual voice, or is he dubbed by some kind of android? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/176 "2015-04-22T06:17:45Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’d hazard a guess that Buick’s marketing department did some research and realized that to most Americans, “Buick”, like “Chrysler” and “Cadillac”, suggests four tons of gas-guzzling American steel, driven by the sort of old men who listen to Sinatra and wear fedoras unironically. Their ads are attacking that image - I like the one of the valet who can’t find the Buick that’s parked directly behind him. It gets the message across - “hey, we’re not making stodgy old-guy cars anymore”. I think it works, as an ad. Well except that the youth market is heavily fought over, and the oldsters have the money. Buick would be best chasing after sort of old men who listen to Sinatra and wear fedoras unironically. Hey wait-\*\* I \*\*listen to Sinatra and wear a fedora… ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/177 "2015-04-22T11:56:49Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Haven’t read the entire thread. > > Has anyone mentioned the current Arnold Palmer commercial? Is that Palmer’s actual voice, or is he dubbed by some kind of android? I can’t say I hate that commercial, but it IS weird. Are we supposed to believe that Arnold Palmer, Kevin Nealon and Brian Vickers are golfing buddies? I guess the intention is that everyone will identify or like at least one of them, but it just comes off as strange. And, yes, Palmer sounds odd. Like they told him to act jovial, but he comes off like a deranged cartoon character. ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/178 "2015-04-22T12:16:09Z")
The Lowe’s Foods commercial featuring the guy running through the parking lot with a flaming shopping cart…WTH??? Even more confusing is that some of the people in the parking lot look at the cart, and others ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/179 "2015-04-22T12:23:18Z")
I can’t stand the little girl who lectures us about some babysitting website. The babysitter has to love “fashion” (ie, dress-up), and her cat, Mr. Tickles, who looks like he’d rather be anywhere else. The kid has a really annoying voice, and an attitude that will have people quitting the service in droves. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/180 "2015-04-22T12:43:19Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’d hazard a guess that Buick’s marketing department did some research and realized that to most Americans, “Buick”, like “Chrysler” and “Cadillac”, suggests four tons of gas-guzzling American steel, driven by the sort of old men who listen to Sinatra and wear fedoras unironically. Their ads are attacking that image - I like the one of the valet who can’t find the Buick that’s parked directly behind him. It gets the message across - “hey, we’re not making stodgy old-guy cars anymore”. I think it works, as an ad. Or it’s reminding potential car-buyers that Buick has long been synonymous with dull stodgy tanks for seniors, but now it makes cars that look like everyone else’s. I’m not sure it’s a winning strategy. Hell, they had Tiger Woods driving one in ads about a decade ago, and that apparently didn’t convince people that Buicks were hip and edgy. Anytime you have to focus on stuff like our-model-isn’t-crap-amymore, or we’re-just-as-good-as-foreign-cars-really, the implied inferiority complex swamps your message. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=10)