Ghost of TWOP Past

Last night as I was just about to go to bed I had the happy thought, "Hey! For the first time in weeks I have not been subjected to BurgerKingGuyWhoCan'tSing today!" And right then, there he was. At least it was just the once. Usually it's 4-6 times per day. A couple of days ago he came on and I instantly switched away, as I always do, and there he was again, on another channel.

'People using this product saw a 25% improvement!' -- Prevailing Wind (real person, not an actor, unpaid endorsement)

You know that annoying boner pill ad that's on all the time? "They are trying to shut down this legal loophole... " It's an AI voice. I just heard it used to narrate some Youtube vids. That insufferable smarmy tone is someone's intentional choice.

Much like COVID, Burger King guy that can't sing just lingers on and on and on and...

With the label that says customers did not pay for the ad? How could that possibly be true? Customers ultimately pay for everything. I don't understand what that claim is supposed to mean.

I don't get the service that alerts you to subscriptions you didn't know you were paying for. Is everybody but me so rich that you don't read your billing statements?

"They are some of the hottest videos on social media!" No, they weren't back then and they sure as hell aren't now that this commercial has been around for 5 or so years.

There's a commercial with a kid singing to his mother (I think) in Spanish. Is it my imagination or is this commercial significantly louder than others? It seems like it, anyway, and the kid has kind of a piercing voice. Between the two, I can't switch away from it fast enough.

Burger King's Guy Who Can't Sing is back. Maybe he's like slasher movie monsters and has to be killed 3 times?

That's why they're telling you in the wee hours: to give you time to drive there when they open.

The latest Burger King ad does not use The Guy Who Can't Sing. Is it possible his reign of terror has ended?

Or they're forming a flash mob to go purge the enemies of Wegovy.

There's an ad for a weight loss drug. People are going about their business, then see others walking down the street, so they stop what they're doing and walk down the street, too. Why? Where are they going? What are they going to do when they get there? How do they know what the walkers are doing and if it's something they want to join?

I only caught part of it but there was some face cream stuff which the huxter crowed "Only takes a nanosecond to apply!" Yes, please give me the cream I can apply one billion times per second.

What's with the Safelite car window repair bit with the two frenetic guys? They say the first part of the catch phrase and when the worker says the other part, they both shriek with delight as if this is the most exciting thing they've ever experienced. Is it really a feat for the guy to know the slogan of the company he works for?

As the one billionth Burger-King-with-guy-who-can't-sing came on, I dropped my remote in the haste of my blazing hatred and could not click away before hearing part of the lyrics. "Eat like a king who's on a budget." If you're on a budget, idiot, you are not eating like a king. SO. MUCH. HATE.

I currently have one paid job and I'm involved with one volunteer project. I do not currently know who my boss is at either one. My paid job tends to change my responsibilities without telling me, sometimes even announcing them to the public before remembering to inform the staff. I'm not sure which company owns the volunteer project anymore. Human institutions tend to be run very badly.

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this, but what's going on with this site discontinuing articles? There aren't any shows I currently watch so it's fine with me that they say the forum will remain, but this is the first I'm hearing of the writing staff all leaving. What happened?

So there's this "cordless" thing that's a combination fan and light. You just screw it into normal light sockets. Which have wires/cords. So the "cordless" term is just thrown in there to make it sound fancier. Oy.

Burger King is not backing down with that fucker who can't sing. I only watch a couple of hours of tv per day, to clear my head before bed and sometimes while eating lunch, but I'm still being subjected to this god damned thing 2-4 times per day. I can't switch away from it fast enough but often just run into it on the channels I'm fleeing to. I'm building up some real hatred for that brand which is going to last a long time.

Because Jimmy Dean was already busy.

Astepro! It's insufferable, bro!

Am I supposed to "side hug" my kid so people don't think I'm perving on my own children? Or is the kid supposed to be embarrassed by parental affection? Because the kid in the commercial does not look awkward. Can't people just hug their kids and not make something creepy out of it?

DIE BURGER KING DIE HIRE SOMEONE WHO CAN SING ENOUGH ALREADY FUCK FUCK FUCK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was feeling blah the other night and needed to just put moving colors on my screen while I sat in front of my tv, so I tried Comcast streaming the first installment of Shogun. The first half hour was okay, but then the breaks started coming more and more often. They'd cut in before a scene was fully finished and it was very jarring. And they were very repetitive. They played the same 2 spots for Disney merchandise, back-to-back as a pair, SIX TIMES. Among the other adverts were 4 faily lengthy ones for Shogun. Yes, they were interrupting the show I was trying to watch to run commercials for the show I was trying to watch. It's been years since I tried the cable service's own streaming and I think I'm done with it. Besides, the show wasn't thrilling me even when it was on.