# The most vile, disgusting commercial EVER **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746 "2012-05-22T19:24:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 23, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/21 "2012-05-23T02:46:31Z")
A foot callus sander? How about a pimple vacuum! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6XsX4wvoeEQ/hqdefault.jpg "Blackhead pimple treatment control by suction") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XsX4wvoeEQ) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/22 "2012-05-23T02:50:29Z")
I’m really not seeing what the problem is here. It does what it is designed to do. If you can’t handle a little skin, then the world is truly a disgusting place for you. You have my sympathy. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/23 "2012-05-23T03:09:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It does what it is designed to do. Actually, after reading amazon reviews, I don’t think it does. If you apply more than an extraordinarily light amount of pressure, the device stops completely. I could see a product like this being useful with a stronger motor, though. Like a ped-egg (which I love) without the need to use so much force. Unfortunately, it falls short. In those videos, it looks like they let white glue dry on the models’ feet and that’s what was coming off in huge single-piece swaths. Dry skin doesn’t come off like that, it comes off in little flakes and chunks. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/24 "2012-05-23T04:01:16Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > In a rational world, people probably _would_ consider a diaperload of babyshit more disgusting than the sole of a pretty woman’s foot. This is not, however, a rational world. > > Yes haters, I _do_ think you’re reacting to the women’s feet in the Pedispin ad. If it really _was_ the crap being dumped out of the appliance that squicked you, where were you when the bug zapper ad ran and they dumped dead bug material out into the trashcan? Hmmmmm? I think what people are reacting to is the fact that skin is coming OFF OF the foot in large quantities. Something that was like ‘yay, remove your skin with something that looks like a belt sander mated with a cheese grater!! :D’ would freak me out too. Which is why I am not even watching the damn thing. Trust me, if ladies’ feet bothered me I would not (as a lady) go barefoot around the house all the time. I love my feet, I think they’re one of my best physical features(, no I’m not posting pictures,) and I would like the calluses on them to stay there so that I can walk around without it hurting. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/25 "2012-05-23T04:08:11Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > OMG, it’s a teeny tiny orbital sander for your feet! > > I honestly need one. I bet it’s underpowered, though. I have one. It’s not underpowered, IMO. If you get one, be careful about using that filing disc, as it can be extremely effective. I got mine at Walgreen’s, by the way. Mostly I use the smoothing disc. I go to a podiatrist about every two or three months, and he takes care of the worst of my calluses, and he uses a Dremel to do it. I just use this tool to take care of things in between appointments. I also had a really thick callus on one of my elbows, and this tool took care of it. It WILL draw blood if you aren’t careful with it. ---
**Author:** ![kjbrasda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kjbrasda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjbrasda)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/26 "2012-05-23T04:09:10Z")
I could swear that one late night commercial about menstrual pads that had the line “It’s like they become one with your underwear!” I could barely believe my ears, but I never saw the commercial air again and haven’t found it anywhere else either. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/27 "2012-05-23T04:17:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You have my sympathy. Thank you. I’d rather it be empathy but I’ll take what I can get. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/28 "2012-05-23T06:22:32Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > In a rational world, people probably _would_ consider a diaperload of babyshit more disgusting than the sole of a pretty woman’s foot. This is not, however, a rational world. > > Yes haters, I _do_ think you’re reacting to the women’s feet in the Pedispin ad. If it really _was_ the crap being dumped out of the appliance that squicked you, where were you when the bug zapper ad ran and they dumped dead bug material out into the trashcan? Hmmmmm? I have a foot fetish, and even I think it’s gross. Body droppings always are. And that’s why none of your other crap has the same problem. Bug parts are nowhere near as gross as something that came from another human being. Even those who like swallowing after blow jobs probably don’t want to deal with a sock full of semen. Plus, let’s not forget how uncomfortable anything that sands off your skin actually can be. Just thinking about that part of it is enough to bother me. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/29 "2012-05-23T06:28:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Plus, let’s not forget how uncomfortable anything that sands off your skin actually can be. As long as it’s only abrading the dead tissue, it’s actually kind of pleasant. If it hits live tissue, yeah, that’s uncomfortable, at the very least. But getting that dry, dead tissue off is a relief, because it usually itches like hell. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/30 "2012-05-23T12:22:19Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’m really not seeing what the problem is here. It does what it is designed to do. If you can’t handle a little skin, then the world is truly a disgusting place for you. You have my sympathy. This. The rest of you guys are obviously too young to need this product, but many people do. Just wait. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/31 "2012-05-23T12:31:15Z")
I’d rather smell cat food than watch that commercial. Wonder if you could use it to grate parmesan cheese? d:r ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/32 "2012-05-23T14:12:41Z")
> [@FrancisCastle](#): > > Ugh, that was seriously gross to watch! Should skin peel off your feet like that?! I don’t know about should, but when I was younger and growing rapidly, I’d have issues wit the skin on my feet drying out and cracking. The callussed, tough skin would indeed peel off in large sheets just like a snake. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/33 "2012-05-23T14:28:33Z")
Not only disgusting, but also cuts into the profits of your local [fish spa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doctor_fish2.jpg) (photo not safe for lunch). And won’t someone think of the guppies? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/34 "2012-05-23T14:30:22Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I have one. It’s not underpowered, IMO. If you get one, be careful about using that filing disc, as it can be extremely effective. I got mine at Walgreen’s, by the way. Mostly I use the smoothing disc. So would you recommend it? I might have to make a trip to Walgreen’s… ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/35 "2012-05-23T15:23:50Z")
Sure, I recommend it, and I also recommend using it with caution. Especially that grating disc. I wish I’d had something like this when I was a sales clerk, and spent at least 8 hours a day on my feet. Man, I really had some serious calluses, with deep cracks in them. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/36 "2012-05-23T15:27:59Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > That does it; I’m never eating anything again. Ever. Why do you hate love? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/37 "2012-05-23T19:36:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Why do you hate love? I don’t hate love in and of itself. I just hate biting down on a chunk of love in my fettucine Alfredo. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/38 "2012-05-23T19:48:57Z")
_"Shut_ the front _Door!"_ is more disgusting IMO. Last time my 11 year old grandson was here for a visit, we were watching tv when that commercial came on, and he looked at me and said, “I know what he’s _really_ sayin’.” Q ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/39 "2012-05-23T19:56:49Z")
It’s gross, but I’m more bothered by the commercial for [Kayak](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/avert-your-eyes-kayaks-crazy-dilated-pupils-guy-140617) (WTF is Kayak, anyway? I don’t know and don’t really care, but I know for sure I’ll never buy anything from them) with the guy who dilates his eyes so he can see better. It’s not only visually disturbing, it doesn’t make any sense. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746/40 "2012-05-23T23:33:41Z")
Ok, let me revise my OP: This very well may _not_ be the most vile, disgusting commercial **ever** but it’s certainly up there. Definitely top five. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746.md?page=3)