Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[LoneHaranguer]

18 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Who made JD Power the authority on whatever the fuck they are the authority of? For all we know Chevy is paying them.

They are. JD Power doesn't allow their name to be used in ads unless the company pays them a fee. Being named in the ad as though they're some sort of authority also carries some value. There's no quid pro quo, so JDP isn't really whoring themselves out by giving all those awards; it's more like they're in the "escort" business.

[proserpina65]

On ‎10‎/‎09‎/‎2017 at 10:32 PM, Silver Raven said:

Oh, look, a quirky girl singing an annoying quirky girl song in her annoying quirky girl voice.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wKbd/apple-iphone-8-plus-portraits-of-her-song-by-the-shacks

I don't mind the song, but I hate this commercial.  The actress is just so weird looking, like her head is too big for her body and her cheekbones look like famine-victim cheekbones.  And that hat makes her head look pointy.  Giant pointy head.  (I will confess to loving the shirt she's wearing, though.)

[proserpina65]

On ‎10‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 10:43 PM, mojoween said:

I haaaaaaate that Chili’s ad.  The monotone monotony is grating.  Also it seems with the new pared down menu they took out the things I eat there so bye Chili’s.

They still have some of the things I liked, but I'm pissed that the pork tacos and the Mexican bowls are gone.  And the ad is mega-annoying.

On ‎10‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 9:16 PM, Brattinella said:

I would TOO!  You would have to be brain-dead not to know that!!

You'd be surprised.

[proserpina65]

On ‎10‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 6:14 PM, Silver Raven said:

Green Giant is running a line of cauliflower masquerading as rice, now.  When did "yummy" ever get associated with cooked cauliflower?  Now raw cauliflower is a different matter.

I love cooked cauliflower, particularly mashed.  But it is not mashed potatoes - they are too separate yummy things.  Oh, and the commercial for her soup line tries to tell me that butternut squash is a substitute for a big hunk of cheddar in the broccoli-cheddar soup.  No, it most surely isn't.  I make a very tasty butternut squash soup (which tastes nothing like squash, btw) but it in no way would take the place of cheddar if that was what I wanted.

[bilgistic]

5 hours ago, Moose135 said:

Kale is a thing alright, a thing you toss out before having real food.

This made me laugh, because kale is gross. I've been mildly successful "hiding" it in smoothies, but the beginning product makes my skin crawl. I like a good salad with "baby greens" once a quarter or so, but don't try to pass off that dry tree parasite known as kale as delicious.

(Yeah, I know it doesn't grow on trees. It just looks like tree barnacles.)

[TattleTeeny]

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I love cooked cauliflower, particularly mashed.  But it is not mashed potatoes - they are too separate yummy things.  Oh, and the commercial for her soup line tries to tell me that butternut squash is a substitute for a big hunk of cheddar in the broccoli-cheddar soup.  No, it most surely isn't.  I make a very tasty butternut squash soup (which tastes nothing like squash, btw) but it in no way would take the place of cheddar if that was what I wanted.

I am not kidding, I have a recipe for butternut squash-based mac and "cheese" that can fool my omnivore relatives*, who not only mock me (a person who never ate a single meal without cheese, but for sushi) for not eating dairy but also accused me of falling off the (trendy, unhealthy, and dirty hippie) wagon while eating this recipe. There are blended cashews in the recipe too, which I think might be the key.

* Usually uncles who think posting a picture of ice cubes with a caption that says "Happy Vegan Thanksgiving" is soooo funny!

 

 

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This made me laugh, because kale is gross. I've been mildly successful "hiding" it in smoothies, but the beginning product makes my skin crawl. I like a good salad with "baby greens" once a quarter or so, but don't try to pass off that dry tree parasite known as kale as delicious.

I'm fine with it cooked and also in smoothies, but whoever claimed that it can be made into "chips" is a loon! Unless "chips" means dry leaves that one can barely touch, much less transport to one's mouth, before it crumbles into a green poof of dust. (Also, I am aware that maybe I just suck at making these so-called chips.)

Edited October 17, 2017 by TattleTeeny

[iMonrey]

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I don't mind the song, but I hate this commercial.  The actress is just so weird looking, like her head is too big for her body and her cheekbones look like famine-victim cheekbones.  And that hat makes her head look pointy.  Giant pointy head.  (I will confess to loving the shirt she's wearing, though.)

Oh good - it's not just me! I came here to say the same thing. She looks like an alien and she freaks me out. Even her sparkly dress looks alien.

[bilgistic]

7 minutes ago, TattleTeeny said:

I'm fine with it cooked and also in smoothies, but whoever claimed that it can be made into "chips" is a loon! Unless "chips" means dry leaves that one can barely touch, much less transport to one's mouth, before it crumbles into a green poof of dust. (Also, I am aware that maybe I just suck at making these so-called chips.)

Trader Joe's has kale chips. I think about buying them, and then I put tortilla chips in my buggie.

[TattleTeeny]

I feel like those would be a better choice. At least if I hate them, I didn't waste my time (and my kale!) to get them!

[Silver Raven]

4 minutes ago, bilgistic said:

Trader Joe's has kale chips. I think about buying them, and then I put tortilla chips in my buggie.

Trader Joe's has seaweed chips.  I bought them once.  It was literally like chewing styrofoam.

[Jaded]

6 hours ago, janie jones said:

I can't find a video of it, but I saw a new Volvo commercial with these people driving down the road, and I think they're doing another series that they're airing out of order to confuse people.

Is it that weird one where the guy seems like he drops off a woman to a place that makes it seem like she's works in the space industry? At the end he's looking up at the sky. 

[Prevailing Wind]

5 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

Trader Joe's has seaweed chips.  I bought them once.  It was literally like chewing styrofoam.

You may have mistakenly bought the rice cakes. Now THAT's something styrofoam-like!

[SoSueMe]

4 hours ago, Jaded said:

Is it that weird one where the guy seems like he drops off a woman to a place that makes it seem like she's works in the space industry? At the end he's looking up at the sky. 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wKpF/2018-volvo-xc60-embrace-the-future-drop-off-song-by-feral

 

I frickin' can't stand these %#$#@@!$ Volvo commercials.

[janie jones]

5 hours ago, Jaded said:

Is it that weird one where the guy seems like he drops off a woman to a place that makes it seem like she's works in the space industry? At the end he's looking up at the sky. 

No, but I bet it's the same series.  The one I saw had him driving her somewhere.  I thought he was picking her up from somewhere, but he could be dropping her off.

[Ubiquitous]

I am really starting to enter hate territory with this douche:

[mmecorday]

WTF is Houzz? The commercials make it look like it's a website that will help a consumer with home renovations, but it also looks like it's a DIY show like you'd see on HGTV.

[Brattinella]

1 hour ago, mmecorday said:

WTF is Houzz? The commercials make it look like it's a website that will help a consumer with home renovations, but it also looks like it's a DIY show like you'd see on HGTV.

What it actually is, famous and rich people are using this to renovate their family's houses.

[smittykins]

“Liberty stood with me when this guy had a flat tire in the middle of the night.”

Which is all well and good, but you also could’ve taught him to change the tire...

(Just a thought.)

[Fairfax]

I believe the Chevrolet ads that tell me "these are real people, not actors", if only because actors would do a better job of pretending to be surprised/thrilled by mundane revelations about the vehicle of the moment.  So I wonder:  do these real people receive residuals (as actors typically do) whenever one of their wildly annoying ads is broadcast (which seems to be endlessly)?  Or did they sign away all rights to compensation when they agreed to participate in a focus group & squeal loudly on cue?

[Jamoche]

28 minutes ago, Fairfax said:

I believe the Chevrolet ads that tell me "these are real people, not actors", if only because actors would do a better job of pretending to be surprised/thrilled by mundane revelations about the vehicle of the moment.  So I wonder:  do these real people receive residuals (as actors typically do) whenever one of their wildly annoying ads is broadcast (which seems to be endlessly)?  Or did they sign away all rights to compensation when they agreed to participate in a focus group & squeal loudly on cue?

One of them was interviewed about the experience on Jalopnik

 

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The person was offered $200 and told to come to the Los Angeles Convention Center, and that the “market research” would take about two hours. There was no indication this would be to film a Chevy advertisement, or that it had anything to do with the automaker at all.

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"We never retook a take, but you felt really bad about saying something negative about Chevy because there were 50 cameras on you, and it was just this one guy. He did this magic trick of making it seem like you were hurting his feelings if you said anything bad about Chevy. You didn’t want to see this guy stop smiling. It was really bizarre."

[riley702]

Can you do that? Film someone for a focus group and then use it in a commercial without even telling them?

[bilgistic]

I'm no entertainment lawyer, but that sounds hinky.

[chessiegal]

My experience is you can't be filmed for something that will be broadcast without consent. Without belaboring specifics, I was filmed, knowingly, for a documentary, and had to sign a consent. My understanding this is standard practice.

[Fairfax]

The Jalopnik article cited above states:  "The person was offered $200 and told to come to the Los Angeles Convention Center, and that the 'market research' would take about two hours. There was no indication this would be to film a Chevy advertisement, or that it had anything to do with the automaker at all."

But the offer of $200 probably (almost certainly) included a written agreement setting forth terms & conditions under which the offer was made & accepted, such as consent to being filmed & having the film used (over & over, forever & ever, without end).  The person may have accepted the $200 & signed the agreement without reading it, but that doesn't mean "there was no indication" of the agreement's terms.

[Jamoche]

6 hours ago, Fairfax said:

The Jalopnik article cited above states:  "The person was offered $200 and told to come to the Los Angeles Convention Center, and that the 'market research' would take about two hours. There was no indication this would be to film a Chevy advertisement, or that it had anything to do with the automaker at all."

But the offer of $200 probably (almost certainly) included a written agreement setting forth terms & conditions under which the offer was made & accepted, such as consent to being filmed & having the film used (over & over, forever & ever, without end).  The person may have accepted the $200 & signed the agreement without reading it, but that doesn't mean "there was no indication" of the agreement's terms.

With 50 cameras they knew they were being filmed. They probably weren't told it was a Chevy ad until the end, though.

[Haleth]

And if they signed a non disclosure they certainly knew it was a commercial.  (Assuming they read what they were signing.)

[LoneHaranguer]

5 hours ago, Haleth said:

And if they signed a non disclosure they certainly knew it was a commercial.  (Assuming they read what they were signing.)

I'm sure the agreement was so broad they had no idea what would happen. The company probably could have quoted a few words out of context in a print ad and it would have been covered.

[ari333]

"nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea..." and they point to the body parts. Make it stop

[xaxat]

21 hours ago, smittykins said:

“Liberty stood with me when this guy had a flat tire in the middle of the night.”

Which is all well and good, but you also could’ve taught him to change the tire...

(Just a thought.)

Speaking from experience, changing a tire on the roadside can be a harrowing experience. Especially at night. Personally, I would call roadside assistance.

In addition, a third of new cars don't have spare tires.

[Silver Raven]

Ye gods, the caterwauling in this ad is annoying af.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AZIh/yves-saint-laurent-beauty-black-opium-tunnel-song-by-emma-louise

[Silver Raven]

And another annoying breathy female singer.  And from the title of the ad, The Story of Lucy: Just the Beginning', it sounds like this is the beginning of an entire arc.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w61V/windex-the-story-of-lucy-just-the-beginning

[Brattinella]

2 hours ago, xaxat said:

Speaking from experience, changing a tire on the roadside can be a harrowing experience. Especially at night. Personally, I would call roadside assistance.

In addition, a third of new cars don't have spare tires.

I saw this news about no spare tires and was appalled.  Not even a donut tire!  If I was in the market for a new car, I would make the deal and then insist on a full-size spare gratis.

[peacheslatour]

31 minutes ago, Brattinella said:

I saw this news about no spare tires and was appalled.  Not even a donut tire!  If I was in the market for a new car, I would make the deal and then insist on a full-size spare gratis.

Insist, then make the deal.

Arrghh, I just saw that stupid Ancestry commercial where the woman goes "People always asked about my nationality and I always said hispanic" O.k., first of all "hispanic" Is NOT a nationality if she meant heritage that would be something and B. She is a fucking American. 

[LoneHaranguer]

13 minutes ago, Brattinella said:

I saw this news about no spare tires and was appalled.  Not even a donut tire!  If I was in the market for a new car, I would make the deal and then insist on a full-size spare gratis.

What happened to the run-flat tires that were supposed to become standard equipment? LM's ad talking about roadside assistance for a flat tire is something that should seem old-fashioned by now.

[peacheslatour]

3 hours ago, xaxat said:

Speaking from experience, changing a tire on the roadside can be a harrowing experience. Especially at night. Personally, I would call roadside assistance.

In addition, a third of new cars don't have spare tires.

Yes it can be more than harrowing, a friend of mine's dad was hit by a car and killed changing a tire on the roadside.

[riley702]

That's horrible!

[peacheslatour]

22 minutes ago, riley702 said:

That's horrible!

Yep, left a wife and seven kids. They had to rent out their house and move in with her parents for a while.

[Ohwell]

44 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Yes it can be more than harrowing, a friend of mine's dad was hit by a car and killed changing a tire on the roadside.

That's so sad, but unfortunately, that's not the first time I've heard something like that. 

I would definitely call roadside assistance.

[Jac]

On 10/10/2017 at 7:01 AM, peacheslatour said:

"Research shows that you're eleven times more vulnerable to identity theft." Eleven time more vulnerable than WHAT?? WHEN?!? Last week? Ten years ago? WTF?

I’ve never seen this ad but as an epidemiology student I am angry about its existence.

[Jaded]

I saw the US version of this Godiva commercial today on Food Network. I'm posting the UK version so you don't have to go to the ispot site. The only difference between the two is in the US it's a more American sounding woman's voice at the end and the end of the UK one has an British sounding woman.
 

Edited October 20, 2017 by Jaded

[janie jones]

On 10/18/2017 at 2:39 PM, smittykins said:

“Liberty stood with me when this guy had a flat tire in the middle of the night.”

Which is all well and good, but you also could’ve taught him to change the tire...

(Just a thought.)

Several years ago, I got a flat tire on a rainy day, so I called AAA.  It was a long wait, and after a certain point I wished I hadn't called and had just changed the tire myself.  I later was telling my dad about it, and he was like, "I don't pay for AAA so that you have to change tires."  (He gets everyone in the family AAA for Christmas every year, plus he knows I know how to change a tire, since he taught me himself.)  Since then I almost feel bad if I never use AAA because I feel like I'm wasting my dad's money.  So the comment in the commercial doesn't bother me, because it makes me feel like they're getting their money's worth!

[Brattinella]

1 minute ago, janie jones said:

Several years ago, I got a flat tire on a rainy day, so I called AAA.  It was a long wait, and after a certain point I wished I hadn't called and had just changed the tire myself.  I later was telling my dad about it, and he was like, "I don't pay for AAA so that you have to change tires."  (He gets everyone in the family AAA for Christmas every year, plus he knows I know how to change a tire, since he taught me himself.)  Since then I almost feel bad if I never use AAA because I feel like I'm wasting my dad's money.  So the comment in the commercial doesn't bother me, because it makes me feel like they're getting their money's worth!

What a great dad!

[Jamoche]

10 hours ago, LoneHaranguer said:

What happened to the run-flat tires that were supposed to become standard equipment? LM's ad talking about roadside assistance for a flat tire is something that should seem old-fashioned by now.

They still exist. They're expensive and have to be replaced more often, but having had freeway blowouts on both kinds, I'll take runflats. I didn't even know I'd demolished the runflat until the insurance adjuster reported the damage. Some people think they don't handle as well, but I've got a Mini Cooper JCW - as sporty as a Mini can get - and I have no complaints.

[Haleth]

9 hours ago, janie jones said:

Several years ago, I got a flat tire on a rainy day, so I called AAA.  It was a long wait, and after a certain point I wished I hadn't called and had just changed the tire myself.  I later was telling my dad about it, and he was like, "I don't pay for AAA so that you have to change tires."  (He gets everyone in the family AAA for Christmas every year, plus he knows I know how to change a tire, since he taught me himself.)  Since then I almost feel bad if I never use AAA because I feel like I'm wasting my dad's money.  So the comment in the commercial doesn't bother me, because it makes me feel like they're getting their money's worth!

Yup, I keep my adult children on the account just in case.  Even if someone only needs it once it's worth the money.

[mmecorday]

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Arrghh, I just saw that stupid Ancestry commercial where the woman goes "People always asked about my nationality and I always said hispanic" O.k., first of all "hispanic" Is NOT a nationality if she meant heritage that would be something and B. She is a fucking American. 

Seriously, what is so exotic about this woman that makes people so intrigued about her background? She just looks like the average Target shopper browsing clearance items.

Edited October 20, 2017 by mmecorday
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[riley702]

17 hours ago, Jaded said:

I saw the US version of this Godiva commercial today on Food Network. I'm posting the UK version so you don't have to go to the ispot site. The only difference between the two is in the US it's a more American sounding woman's voice at the end and the end of the UK one has an British sounding woman.
 

The only thing annoying me about this ad is that I now want chocolate.

[margol29]

That Pink commercial for Jeep!!!! The song has nothing to do with Jeeps. And Pink is not from Michigan!! Yeesh!

[iMonrey]

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Arrghh, I just saw that stupid Ancestry commercial where the woman goes "People always asked about my nationality and I always said hispanic"

And where the hell does she work or visit where she runs into so many rude people? Imagine going up to someone and asking "So, what are you anyway?"

[xaxat]

6 hours ago, Haleth said:

Yup, I keep my adult children on the account just in case.  Even if someone only needs it once it's worth the money.

Back when he was still playing in the NFL, I heard an interview with Peyton Manning. Somehow they started discussing what he kept in his wallet and Manning mentioned that he had a AAA card. The interviewer was surprised that someone with his wealth would be a member and Manning said his mom made him.

[Jamoche]

29 minutes ago, iMonrey said:

And where the hell does she work or visit where she runs into so many rude people? Imagine going up to someone and asking "So, what are you anyway?"

My personal theory - she's being the worst kind of stereotypical Bad American Tourist and the locals are going "Where are you from?" with the subtext of "and were you raised by wolves there?"