Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[HighMaintenance]

The one for Lotrimin with the guy looking like he spankin' it under the covers is weird.

Edited April 21, 2015 by HighMaintenance

[riley702]

My first reaction was irritation with wifey acting like it would be the most horrible thing ever if he was masturbating. It's his body, lady, and it's not like there are only so many erections in his life and they all belong to you now. My second was the story of someone who got ringworm (actually a fungus) from a patient, treated it and then reinfected themselves because they'd scratched it with a wooden backscratcher, which can apparently harbor the fungus even if you think you've cleaned it.

 

Edited April 21, 2015 by riley702

[Cobalt Stargazer]

My first reaction was irritation with wifey acting like it would be the most horrible thing ever if he was masturbating. It's his body, lady, and it's not like there are only so many erections in his life and they all belong to you now. My second was the story of someone who got ringworm (actually a fungus) from a patient, treated it and then reinfected themselves because they'd scratched it with a wooden backscratcher, which can apparently harbor the fungus even if you think you've cleaned it.

 

 

Someone at that ad agency has seen American Beauty.

[Prevailing Wind]

 

That hair serves no purpose other than being gross and ending up in places you don't want it.

I read somewhere, many mango seasons ago, that it acts as a "dry lubricant" (whatever oxymoronish thing that is.)

[riley702]

I actually haven't, Cobalt.

[erikdepressant]

Each to his own.  At the risk of giving too much personal information, I actually like being able to tell who has and hasn't finished puberty.  It's what separates the men from the boys, so to speak.

But, there is a difference between Abe Lincoln and Duck Dynasty.

[Brattinella]

I always thought that pubic hair was there to protect/cushion delicate parts.

[janie jones]

I find this kind of advertising to be rather patronizing. You DON'T go around telling people what they should or shouldn't do with their bodies. It's none of their business -_-.

Well yeah, but by that reasoning half of all commercials wouldn't exist.

 

Because pubic hair in the back of your throat is nasty?

I knew this guy once who was one day saying how he "shave balls" because he doesn't want to floss his teeth with pubes, so he's going to extend the same courtesy to his partner.  But this dude had hair coming out the top of his collar.  To this day I don't understand:  Is he this hairy beast except around his junk?  Is that attractive to people?  In my opinion, one shouldn't have less hair on one's junk than what is emerging from one's shirt.

[Janet Snakehole]

My first reaction was irritation with wifey acting like it would be the most horrible thing ever if he was masturbating. It's his body, lady, and it's not like there are only so many erections in his life and they all belong to you now. My second was the story of someone who got ringworm (actually a fungus) from a patient, treated it and then reinfected themselves because they'd scratched it with a wooden backscratcher, which can apparently harbor the fungus even if you think you've cleaned it.

 

Meh, as a very light sleeper who takes forever to fall asleep, I would be annoyed. It is just as rude as turning on the tv or talking on the phone when someone is sleeping in the same room. Take it somewhere else.

[Betelnut]

I don't think the amount of sex in the world would drop by one iota if all women, everywhere, were to suddenly stop shaving or even bathing.

[legaleagle53]

But, there is a difference between Abe Lincoln and Duck Dynasty.

 

I was talking about BODY hair, not facial hair.  That's a separate issue, as I prefer men to be clean-shaven.

[Jamoche]

"This is not ice cream. This is not ice cream in a cone. This is not ice cream..."

 

http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7i3y/dreyers-frozen-custard-not-ice-cream

 

Oh, shut up. Frozen custard is ice cream, just like soda is pop.

[Watcher0363]

I don't think the amount of sex in the world would drop by one iota if all women, everywhere, were to suddenly stop shaving or even bathing.

Then that would shift the well kempt, well bathed call girl from mandatory. To a paid extra service feature. Not Cool at all.

[erikdepressant]

But, there is a difference between Abe Lincoln and Duck Dynasty.

 

I was talking about BODY hair, not facial hair.  That's a separate issue, as I prefer men to be clean-shaven.

At the risk of getting banned, I was talking about body hair.

[erikdepressant]

"This is not ice cream. This is not ice cream in a cone. This is not ice cream..."

 

Oh, shut up. Frozen custard is ice cream, just like soda is pop.

"This is not a commercial I ever want to see again.  This is not a product I will ever buy now."

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Oh, shut up. Frozen custard is ice cream, just like soda is pop.

 

No. Pop is the guy married to Mom.

[kassa]

Oh, shut up. Frozen custard is ice cream, just like soda is pop.

 

 

I beg to differ.  Frozen custard is not ice cream, and neither is gelato.  Bleccch.

[erikdepressant]

I will also add that the medium shot of Dan as a tall man in his peppy suit will probably give me nightmares.  Can you imagine encountering such a creature walking around?  *shudder*

[SmithW6079]

That is a crime, to both his chest and the bathroom. Leave it alone, fellahs! It's okay to be a furry man!

This is where I mention that when I was a kid, I half thought that if you used that Scrubbing Bubbles stuff, ACTUAL CLEANING BUBBLES not unlike the ones in the commercial would come out of the can and clean your bathroom. I'm terribly sad that at some point, reality slapped me hard on the face and there are no actual "scrubbing bubbles".

As a man who is proudly hairy, I agree. Likewise with the scrubbing bubbles. 

 

I had an actual nightmare about the "scrubbing bubbles" and I have no idea why. They were out to get me for real.

I hear they moonlight as "clean-up" men, if you catch my meaning. :-)

[Rick Kitchen]

I detest this ad, especially the girlfriend at the end:

 

 

Especially since they run it all the freakin' time.

 

BUT ...

 

Then they replaced it with one with a girl driving that consists of nothing but the ring tone repeated over and over again, which is equally annoying.

[LoneHaranguer]

 

I guess men don't have to do anything to their hairy man parts.

The product is intended for shaping. If you just want to trim things up (or mow it down) other products are sufficient.

[pandora spocks]

Just some ads that set my teeth on edge:

Love doesn't make a Suburu a Suburu. It takes a plant, materials, and a workforce knowledgeable in making the product. Love does make an eternal topic for songs, however.

The young woman with the vocal fry who proclaims that WiFi in a car is the dream should go away ASAP. This only makes her dream one of spoiled self-entitlement.

All Taco Bell breakfast ads piss me off, especially the couple from Nashville. No, you don't represent the South because neither of you have a southern accent! The ads are just douchey on so many levels.

[bilgistic]

I don't think the amount of sex in the world would drop by one iota if all women, everywhere, were to suddenly stop shaving or even bathing.

From your typing fingers to God's eyes.

[TeapotDiva]

The young woman with the vocal fry who proclaims that WiFi in a car is the dream should go away ASAP.

Thank you, Pandora Spocks!  Every time I hear her stupid voice, "That's the dream, WiFi in the carrrrr . . . ." I scream, "WHY?!  So you can check Facebook while you're driving?!  Why do you need WiFi in the CAR?!"  Sheesh.  My dream is a car that starts every time I turn on the ignition.

[OmegaX123]

I beg to differ.  Frozen custard is not ice cream, and neither is gelato.  Bleccch.

Excuse me? Did you just 'blecccch' gelato? Clearly you've never had the right gelato. There's a place near me, called Humani-T Cafe, that makes and sells their own gelato (and vegan gelato, and sorbetto - somewhere between 'dairy-free gelato' and 'sorbet/sherbet', sherbet in the North American meaning rather than the powdery confection that is British sherbet), and it is better than ice cream by a factor of at least 5.

[90PercentGravity]

Culver's sells frozen custard here and their staff gets all pissy if you call it ice cream. They also get pissy if you ask for small instead of short.

[FormerMod-a1]

I believe (but can't find the source again so I may be wrong) that what we call "frozen custard" in the US is what the rest of the world calls "ice cream". 

[DeLurker]

Excuse me? Did you just 'blecccch' gelato? Clearly you've never had the right gelato.

There's a huge disparity in gelato which makes me feel like I am playing (and paying to do it) Russian Roulette.  I tend to avoid it for that reason.

 

Culver's sells frozen custard here and their staff gets all pissy if you call it ice cream. They also get pissy if you ask for small instead of short.

I love Culver's frozen custard, but haven't noticed them getting pissy about how you refer to it or their sizing.

 

Really don't like the new Subaru commercial where the kids are talking about the Mitchmobile.  I strongly prefer the dog ones.

[Jamoche]

I believe (but can't find the source again so I may be wrong) that what we call "frozen custard" in the US is what the rest of the world calls "ice cream". 

I'd never heard anything called "frozen custard" before that ad started. Wikipedia says the distinction is eggs; well, I've made a lot of recipes labelled "ice cream" and nearly all of them have eggs.

[proserpina65]

Thank you, Pandora Spocks!  Every time I hear her stupid voice, "That's the dream, WiFi in the carrrrr . . . ." I scream, "WHY?!  So you can check Facebook while you're driving?!  Why do you need WiFi in the CAR?!"  Sheesh.  My dream is a car that starts every time I turn on the ignition.

So is mine.  Well, that and one which doesn't have a  non-functioning headlight/turn signal and a ginormous dented fender from my encounter with a idiot in a parking lot.

 

But wifi in the car?  No way would I want that.

[funkopop]

So is mine.  Well, that and one which doesn't have a  non-functioning headlight/turn signal and a ginormous dented fender from my encounter with a idiot in a parking lot.

 

But wifi in the car?  No way would I want that.

 

My car is old and still has a radio cassette player but would WiFi make it easier for people with Satellite radio?  I use a cassette adapter to play tunes from my Ipod but I could stream music/podcasts from a WiFi enabled car.  That would be my biggest use of that.

Edited April 22, 2015 by funkopop

[Prevailing Wind]

I thought new cars *came* with Sirius or XM or whatever the hell it is.  Mine's 8 years old & has a port to plug in the iPod to play through the sound system.

[OSM Mom]

For passengers on road trips, yeah WiFi would be nice to have. But around town and for drivers? Oh please. Drive and pay attention to what your doing for a change. And exactly how do you pay the WiFi and through what provider does it go?

[erikdepressant]

In the coming years we'll see more emojis like "In a car accident" and Facebook status updates like "Just killed a family."

Edited April 22, 2015 by erikdepressant

[LoneHaranguer]

 

For passengers on road trips, yeah WiFi would be nice to have.

Depends on the passengers and what they're doing with it. There used to be a car ad that bragged about the built-in dvd player for passengers in the back seat. It showed a couple of kiddies letting out a screech (at what they were watching) that could have been very distracting to a driver IRL.

[janie jones]

I thought new cars *came* with Sirius or XM or whatever the hell it is.  Mine's 8 years old & has a port to plug in the iPod to play through the sound system.

They do.  Or at least some do.  And then they come with a month of free satellite radio to try to entice you to pay for the subscription.  I bet they do the same thing with the wi-fi.

Edited April 22, 2015 by janie jones

[TeapotDiva]

Really don't like the new Subaru commercial where the kids are talking about the Mitchmobile.  I strongly prefer the dog ones.

 

Oh, but I can't help but crack up when the kid says, "Does your dad know about my hamster having babies in the back seat?" and little Mitch says, "That's just normal wear-and-tear, dude."  Something about the way he says it just makes me laugh.

Edited April 23, 2015 by TeapotDiva

[Prevailing Wind]

I was at a red light behind an SUV with one of those back-seat DVD players.  There weren't kids in the back seat.  Full grown adults, riding through town, watching porn (clearly visible through the rear window and my windshield).

[bilgistic]

And this is where I sign out of humanity.

[slensam]

I was at a red light behind an SUV with one of those back-seat DVD players.  There weren't kids in the back seat.  Full grown adults, riding through town, watching porn (clearly visible through the rear window and my windshield).

Hopefully that's all they were doing. Just watching.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

I was at a red light behind an SUV with one of those back-seat DVD players.  There weren't kids in the back seat.  Full grown adults, riding through town, watching porn (clearly visible through the rear window and my windshield).

 

I live in NC, in a fair-sized city, and we've got people who don't "just" drive SUVs, they've got Hummers, as if we're living in the damn outback or something. No one needs that much vehicle if you live in the city. Any city.

[Sandman87]

I was at a red light behind an SUV with one of those back-seat DVD players. There weren't kids in the back seat. Full grown adults, riding through town, watching porn (clearly visible through the rear window and my windshield).

"That's just normal wear-and-tear, dude."

[bilgistic]

I live in NC, in a fair-sized city, and we've got people who don't "just" drive SUVs, they've got Hummers, as if we're living in the damn outback or something. No one needs that much vehicle if you live in the city. Any city.

YES, and this is how I feel about foglights. This is Charlotte, FFS, not the West Virginia Appalachians. I can't see with your lights in my eyes!!

[xls]

Too little, too late. A killer whale (actually the largest species of dolphin) with a partially collapsed dorsal fin is not "thriving".

[sofaslug]

Sheesh. My dream is a car that starts every time I turn on the ignition.

YES! Preach it, sister!

[Ubiquitous]

That "trimming the bush" ad was... eww.

 

 

Well, then, bunky...you'll appreciate this. I was looking at Toyota inventory online (for work, I actually kind of loathe Toyotas) and lo and behold, the banner at the top of the page has a picture of Jan and the message "All Toyota vehicles are Jan tested and Jan approved"

 

Because, you know, she's like Consumer Reports and NHTSA all rolled into one!

Does she perform the crash testing as well?

[Ubiquitous]

Might as well do a commercial with guys standing around holding hot dogs in their hands.

Or jingle bells.

[xaxat]

I was going to rant about the pretentious ads for Jay Z's music service Tidal, but found that New York Magazine did it better than I could.

 

The pitch for Tidal ended up sounding like nothing more than the world's worst charity appeal: "Your $20 a month could help a megastar like Madonna renovate the kitchen in her fifth home. It could help send a global phenomenon like Beyoncé to the Riviera for the summer. Won't you give now?" The music-consuming public, understandably, has answered "no."

 

[Muffyn]

Does she perform the crash testing as well?

We can only hope. 

[bilgistic]

I was going to rant about the pretentious ads for Jay Z's music service Tidal, but found that New York Magazine did it better than I could.

I loathe those commercials. The one where Madonna is just yapping on about something makes me dislike her even more than I already did, which is a pretty impressive feat. The other one w/her air-kissing whoever and the guy from Daft Punk(?) sitting there with a fucking helmet on make me incredibly ragey. I'm such a cranky old lady.