# Things that make me want to kick the TV **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146 "2004-02-14T02:03:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/21 "2004-02-15T22:09:14Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > The commercial that shows the top of a glass of beer in a way that sort of makes it look like the moon. Text appears saying “No one remembers the name of the second man to walk on the moon.” > > Uh, Buzz Aldrin? Hellllooooo, Buzz Aldrin? I could be wrong here, but do you think it might perchance be Buzz fucking Aldrin? If I’m wrong, can I take just one more guess? I think it might be goddam motherfucking Buzz freakin’ Aldrin, you ignorant sacks of pus whose crappy watered down piss I will never buy. > > But I’m not bitter, really. A beer company is invoking Buzz Aldrin, _a recovering alcoholic_, to sell product? WTF? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/22 "2004-02-15T22:31:28Z")
What, y’all ain’t “cruckin” like rooster and lovin’ it? Bahdupbahbahbah, shut the fuck up! ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/23 "2004-02-15T22:37:21Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > The new McDonalds slogan “I’m lovin’ it”. > > That is all. Really? I love this ads! The thought of walking into a McDonalds and seeing loads of depressed people with “I’m Lovin’ it” on their t-shirts seems to strike a chord with me. though my mates and I often play ‘spot the “I love my job - please shoot me” people’. Anyway, ads I hate - all the ambulance chaser ones. Most seem to go along the lines of ‘Did you fall over? Sue someone!’ and ‘Where there’s blame, there’s a claim’. ffs. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/24 "2004-02-15T23:15:14Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > This statement applies to the vast majority of adverts on SKY (UK) most of them are loan ads. They are either patronizing, obnoxious, arrogant, or just plain crap (sometimes all 4) Don’t forget stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I know they pander to the lowest common denominator, but man, is that lowest common denominator ever low. I mean, I know the average guy is stupid, but these ads just rub my nose in it. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/25 "2004-02-16T01:30:54Z")
> [@Chotii](#): > > I hate them. > They make me change the channel. > This is the opposite of successful advertising. This is my opinion too. I don’t always change the channel, but looking at those things does not make me hungry…it has actually the opposite effect. What were they thinking? ---
**Author:** ![grisham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@grisham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grisham)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/26 "2004-02-16T04:58:12Z")
No the tele evangelists are the ones that i truly loathe. Praise god who lived in poverty on this earth. Now please send me a check for ten grand. I mean wtf? Not only do they make me want to kick the tv they make me want to stab it just to watch it bleed. ---
**Author:** ![Coulbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Coulbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coulbean)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/27 "2004-02-16T12:12:25Z")
I’m in total agreement for those damn diet pill commercials. I hate the whole genre of weight loss commercials. You don’t need a machine or a pill! You need to get off your ass and walk around the neighborhood or go swimming or play an impromtu sport of any kind with some friends or do some jumping jacks or numerous other things that don’t involve spend money. Sheesh. And the Truth commercials are equally disgusting. How about all the anti-drug commercials out there? Now, I would pass a drug test, but I went through my phase and I can tell you that: 1. Smoking weed will not make you pick up a gun and shoot yourself. If it does, you deserve to be shot. (You may now exit the gene pool. I hope you enjoyed your stay.) 2. Smoking weed does not get you pregnant. Sex does. And smoking weed is more likely to make you NOT want to have sex. That ad is more pertinent to alcohol, a _legal_ drug. 3. Asking your kid what he’s doing tonight will not keep him from doing drugs. 4. And if you’re lucky enough to have a kid that is honest enough with you to have admitted to smoking weed, don’t ground him! It’ll only make him lie to you! How about an anti-drug ad warning of the dangers of the date-rape drug? Something that is far more dangerous than a little weed. I swear, it’s like everyone thinks we are stupid. Oh wait, that’s what the advertising industry is all about. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/28 "2004-02-16T12:56:03Z")
I hate the ones for Orbit gum. You know, some moron smiles through a mouthful of dirt or mud, showing off his sparkling white smile and fresh breath, due to the gum. Can’t stand it. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Scarlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlet)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/29 "2004-02-16T13:06:12Z")
ugh the quiznos ads creep me out! Is it just me, or do those “things” look like frozen rats (if you have snakes and feed frozen rodents, you know what I’m talking about)… ick. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/30 "2004-02-16T13:17:13Z")
As already mentioned, the new Quiznos ad that makes absolutely no sense to me is pretty shitty. The ad that’s really burning me up this week though, is the McDonalds “i’m lovin it” one with rollerblading basketball? WTF? Yep, looks like an average day in da hood to me. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/31 "2004-02-16T13:22:09Z")
> [@Scarlet](#): > > ugh the quiznos ads creep me out! Is it just me, or do those “things” look like frozen rats (if you have snakes and feed frozen rodents, you know what I’m talking about)… > ick. They look like dead stuffed rats to me. Like something you’d see in a taxidermist’s. That Quizno’s as is really unappealing. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/32 "2004-02-16T13:31:44Z")
I can’t beleive it. 31 posts and I’m the _first_ to say that I want to take a baseball bat to those two stupid fucking morons that can’t function if they have to buy food from anywhere other than Sonic? Those guys should be forced to eat that crap every day. Bubba ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/33 "2004-02-16T13:31:46Z")
I hate the McD’s commercial where the guys run out of gas, and then push their car through the drive thru to spent their last few bucks on McD’s instead of gas. Priorities, folks. “I’d rather have food right now than have gas for a week. Thanks!” And those anti-drugs ads. Remember the ones about how if you buy pot, you’re supporting terrorists? When I lived in TX, I had some pot-head friends who informed me that most of the weed came from about 100m north, except for the dirt weed from Mexico. Buy USA! Howzabout the ones telling you “1 out of three reckless drivers tested for drugs tested positive for marijuana.” What about the others? What did they test positive for? ALCOHOL? Anyone have any studies about who kills more people - potheads or drunks? Then there’s the “One joint contains as much cancer-causing tar as 4 cigarettes.” Well . . . this one got me in a “what a crappy study” kind of way. What kind of cig? Non filter, full flavor, ulra light? As for the pot, what if you smoke it another way? Pipe, bong, gas mask, wtfever. Not to mention most people don’t smoke 20 joints a day (or 5, or however would be neccessary to equal a pack of cigs). Would 4 cigs a day for a few years (since I think most potheads are in a pothead phase, not life-long pot smokers) cause cancer as much as a pack a day for 20 years? That damn Arby’s ovenmit. The one I hate is where he’s exercising, and they’re on a treadmill or something, and he says that he’s not feeling it. I turned to the Cody when I saw this: “Was that supposed to be funny?” “Ummm . . . I think so.” “Swing and a miss.” Celebrity Justice. The things these stupid people sue over makes me want to throw things at the TV. Elimidate. More specifically, the guys who want to make out with all three girls, and then eliminates the one who won’t. I want to ring their neck. She’s not really on a date with you, she might never see you again, and you want her to shove her tongue down your throat? Asshats. “I just wasn’t feeling a connection” = “I don’t think I’m gonna get laid tonight.” Sigh. There’s more, I know there is. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/34 "2004-02-16T14:37:14Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Do you mean Taco Bell? Or do you live somewhere that still has Del Taco? I haven’t seen a Del Taco since the very early 80s here in the South. Del Taco is still in business on the West Coast. ---
**Author:** ![zztzed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eb9ed0/32.png) [@zztzed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zztzed)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/35 "2004-02-16T14:54:37Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > What really makes me kick the TV are the new Pepsi adds. The jist of the ads are for kids to be able to d/l music again by supporting Pepso only this time legally… > > …all the while they sing “I fought the law and the law won”. > > Which makes me feel like Pepsi is breathing down my neck or atleast that they have sold enough Mr Pibb to be the strong arm of the law. Mr. Pibb is actually a Coke product. 😛 The Pepsi/iTunes commercial(s?) irritate me too, but mostly because of the girl’s accent and voice. ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/36 "2004-02-16T17:06:45Z")
ARGH! I hate these. Change-the-channel hate these. Guy one: Are you gellin’? Guy two: Like Magellan. Me: WTF? What does Magellan have to do with shoe inserts? OR G1: Are you gellin’? G2: Like a fellon. Me: [again]WTF??? ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/37 "2004-02-16T18:26:13Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > Mike Ditka’s Levitra ads. Gives new meaning to the name “Iron Mike.” Saw a new diet drug that was being advertised on the basis that is cost $159.00 a month, so it **must work great!** I’m sure the fine print mentions limiting calories and exercise as part of the money-pack program. Actually, most stuff makes me want to kick the TV. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/38 "2004-02-16T19:02:27Z")
What irks me? I just tuned in to TNT for a **Law & Order** marathon that was advertised to be on all day today. Instead I found cars driving fast in a circle. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/39 "2004-02-16T19:29:23Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > A beer company is invoking Buzz Aldrin, _a recovering alcoholic_, to sell product? WTF? Technically, no (but good point). They are invoking nobody. Because nobody remembers whatzisname. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146/40 "2004-02-16T19:42:14Z")
Mine’s on the radio (paraphrased): > [@](#): > > \*\* > Fake caller: My son doesn’t get much daily physical activity. He sits on the sofa and plays video games. > > Fake host: Sounds like your son is suffering from _inactivity_. > > Caller: Gee, you may be right. > > Host: Encourage your son to be active. > > Caller: Thank you _sooo_ much. I’ll try that! \*\* So, the guy says his son isn’t active and, shocker of shockers! He’s suffering from INACTIVITY! Whew. I’m glad they 'splained that to me. Julie [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-me-want-to-kick-the-tv/229146.md?page=3)