# Words I never want to hear in a commercial again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642 "2010-07-05T22:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/41 "2010-07-06T19:09:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Bonus points if they add “or more!” to the end of it. > > Up to $400 or more? So, basically, my savings are the entire set of real numbers? Thanks, that’s some helpful information, there. Yet another case of commercials that lack specifics. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/42 "2010-07-06T19:32:06Z")
I sincerely doubt that anyone here has ever bought a car at a deal at a specific time because they were having a Toyotathon or Happy Hondadays or any such bunk. And if it hasn’t sold a single car, why-the-good-crap do they keep going back to this? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/43 "2010-07-06T19:38:35Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Bonus points if they add “or more!” to the end of it. > > Up to $400 or more? So, basically, my savings are the entire set of real numbers? Thanks, that’s some helpful information, there. i wouldn’t be doing my due doper diligence if i didn’t point out that it’s not the entire set, but it is an infinite set. the term ‘antioxidants’ annoys me, i don’t know why. +1 on the counter. i think i figured out it was a ruse when i was roughly… 6 years old? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/44 "2010-07-06T19:58:54Z")
There is a new circle being built in Hell specifically for marketers who advertise a 25% off sale as “Buy one, get a second for 50% off!”. It is made far more evil by being advertised as: Buy one, get a second for 50% off! I saw “In a world…” used in a theater pre-show ad two days ago for Lowes. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/45 "2010-07-06T20:05:18Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > It’s a regulatory requirement. They have to list the possible side-effects to cover themselves. yeah - get that - not the point - reality is - they are doing themselves a dis-service advertising at all - like I would try wonder drug - a) based on a tv commercial next to the “50% off in the next 30 seconds and we’ll save you up to 400$ if you owe back taxes in the millions” b) with the foreknowledge that it may cause bleeding from the eyes, rectum and erections that won’t go away, and death. Imagine if they had to add those same disclaimers for all products ? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/46 "2010-07-06T20:07:31Z")
When a commercial says their product is “clinically tested”, half the time I wonder if A. They used their own “clinics” B. They used a not so professional clinic who they paid for favorable results. C. They used some other shady, non-legit method ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/47 "2010-07-06T20:09:03Z")
> [@simster](#): > > yeah - get that - not the point - reality is - they are doing themselves a dis-service advertising at all - like I would try wonder drug - > > a) based on a tv commercial next to the “50% off in the next 30 seconds and we’ll save you up to 400$ if you owe back taxes in the millions” > b) with the foreknowledge that it may cause bleeding from the eyes, rectum and erections that won’t go away, and death. > > Imagine if they had to add those same disclaimers for all products ? I don’t know if it’s true, but my wife thinks that if a drug test is done, and even just one of the participants has some symptom, it has to be included as a possible side effect. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/48 "2010-07-06T20:19:09Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > You forgot the obligatory preceding phrase: > > “But wait…” “We’ll DOUBLE the order. Just pay separate shipping and handling.” My husband believes a lot of those ads. Awhile back he told me about these super-duper knives, and how you could get TWO!! sets for $39.95. I looked it up, and the separate S&H was $39.95. My quibble is the use of the word “quality” without a qualifier. “High” quality is assumed, but the product could just as well be low quality. (But it was okay when Denethor said it.) ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/49 "2010-07-06T20:31:32Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Bonus points if they add “or more!” to the end of it. > > Up to $400 or more? So, basically, my savings are the entire set of real numbers? Thanks, that’s some helpful information, there. Heh. There is a store here called **99 Cents or Less or More**. It cracks me up every time I see it. I think they got their store name from the same people who write those commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/50 "2010-07-06T20:33:28Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > He usually did it for movie trailers shown in the theater (not on TV), so you’d had to have to brought in a videocam, and risked getting arrested for piracy to get a sample. But you can still pretty much look at theatrical trailers for any movie out there through IMDB. Even movie trailers from the 80s and 90s are on there. Any trailer I should look at to hear this famous “in a world” line? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/51 "2010-07-06T20:41:13Z")
800-588-2300. Makes me stabby. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/52 "2010-07-06T20:51:03Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > I sincerely doubt that anyone here has ever bought a car at a deal at a specific time because they were having a Toyotathon or Happy Hondadays or any such bunk. And if it hasn’t sold a single car, why-the-good-crap do they keep going back to this? **You have been fined 1 credit for violation of the Morality Act.** :eek: It’s Marketing. It keeps the Toyota name out there. And if they are able to spend 1 million per day in making better cars (their latest ad, which brings tears of laughter to my eyes), a few mil on an ad campaign isn’t going to hurt. Especially when the dealers have to kick in…muahahahahahahaha ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/53 "2010-07-06T20:52:06Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > 800-588-2300. > > Makes me stabby. Empire…today…:o ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/54 "2010-07-06T20:53:49Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Empire…today…:o Sorry for the earworm. But I refuse to suffer alone. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/55 "2010-07-06T20:54:41Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > But you can still pretty much look at theatrical trailers for any movie out there through IMDB. Even movie trailers from the 80s and 90s are on there. > Any trailer I should look at to hear this famous “in a world” line? This one: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMGS7l0wT8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMGS7l0wT8) GEICO… Or this one: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h6vTbtKjTU0/hqdefault.jpg "DON LAFONTAINES LAST MOVIE TRAILER") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vTbtKjTU0) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/56 "2010-07-06T21:46:25Z")
Quoth **Sam A. Robrin** : > [@](#): > > Not just “decadent,” but “sinful.” Even when I was religious, I never for a moment believed that food is in any way a sin. I still boycott products that advertise themselves that way. Y’know, that’d be an interesting ad campaign, to have a priest on to explain that Dove bars or whatever eaten in moderation aren’t actually sinful, they just taste really good. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/57 "2010-07-06T23:13:44Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > **Decadent** - Just about anything with chocolate is being described as “decadent” lately. Fiber bars, pudding cups, even chocolate milk. Jello Mousse cups may be tasty, but I really don’t see them as providing [unrestrained gratification](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/decadent). Ever notice that the “decadent” verbiage is so often accompanied by imagery of some soccer mom-type orgasmically floating away on a cloud or somesuch while she clutches her individual portion cup, savoring each tiny bite of her low-calorie artifically flavored, colored, and textured “treat?” I always want to say, “look lady, if you’re so sensually deprived that a couple of ounces of ersatz chocolate goo makes you writhe in ecstasy, maybe you should re-think a few things, m’kay?” ---
**Author:** ![tattman40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tattman40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tattman40)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/58 "2010-07-06T23:28:18Z")
I see now that there is a 3D toothpaste…3D?? They add 3D and Hi-Def to everything now. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/59 "2010-07-07T02:33:18Z")
This isn’t a word I don’t want to hear again, but an image. Ever see those commercials where someone is eating something that everyone and their mother has eaten before and they get a look on their face like it’s the absolute most amazing thing they’ve ever tasted? In particular, I remember a Honey Nut Cheerios commercial from a few years ago where a lady took a bite, her eyes widened, and this slow smile took her face like she was taken aback at how surprisingly delicious (dare I say decadent?) this amazing cereal is. I like Honey Nut Cheerios and all, but they aren’t _ **that** _ good. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642/60 "2010-07-07T03:00:10Z")
See those Fabreze ads where something awesome is going on around a couple, but they’re too much in awe about a Fabreze air freshener that you plug into a wall? How lame does your life have to be that you get memorized by that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-i-never-want-to-hear-in-a-commercial-again/545642.md?page=4)