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heebiejeebie

heebiejeebie

I'm sure eHarmony wants me to watch that commercial and think, "Oh, how wonderful - eHarmony matches people so well they're still hot for each other after years of marriage," but instead I'm sitting there thinking, "So eHarmony puts ill-mannered people together, doubling the obnoxious factor and subjecting the world to uncouth pairings.  Thanks a lot, creepy old dude."

 

What makes me laugh after I once again get annoyed, is that the commercial is trying to convey a desired effect.  Instead the two come off as two fetish-oriented people.  Real adults.  No matter how sexually attracted to each can exhibit self control  in fact self control and privacy are elements of heightening a healthy sex life.  But you know who can't "control" themselves you perverted Leering old Liar of an EHarmony Schiller in Chief?  Rapists and perverts.  So yeah.  Good job matching the two future victims of the next Craigslist sexual predator.  And the mussed clothes and lipstick all over the guy's face?  It;s like he thinks couples aspire to an old episode of I Dream of Jeannie.

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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that this is the wrong 470 page forum thread for you.  lol

Eliot
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Speaking of "awful and cruel" ads, the one for that home healthcare company, Brightstar I think it's called, makes me want to scream and throw things at the TV. It's narrated by a woman whose mother i

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Liberty Mutual isn't unique in accident forgiveness either.

Accident forgiveness just means that the company is charging enough up front to cover the costs of the claims they'll be forgiving. The alternative is to charge less and raise your rates if you have an accident, so that they can get their money back and cover future claims now that you've "proved" you're a risk.

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TattleTeeny

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There is a bunch of asthma-remedy commercials that make no sense to me. They start out with the person just saying a random thing ("I love camping!" or "Birthdays are my favorite time of year!" or "Hooray for boats!" or some shit) that makes no difference to the viewer. Then, all of a sudden, "...when my asthma came back, blahdy-blah-blah."

 

"Came back"? Never before in the commercial did the person mention that s/he had asthma to begin with. What the hell?

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RealityGal

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There is a bunch of asthma-remedy commercials that make no sense to me. They start out with the person just saying a random thing ("I love camping!" or "Birthdays are my favorite time of year!" or "Hooray for boats!" or some shit) that makes no difference to the viewer. Then, all of a sudden, "...when my asthma came back, blahdy-blah-blah."

 

"Came back"? Never before in the commercial did the person mention that s/he had asthma to begin with. What the hell?

What I love is the implied idea that your asthma has ever gone away.  When a chronic illness is under control, you still have it.  

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Cobalt Stargazer

Cobalt Stargazer

What I love is the implied idea that your asthma has ever gone away.  When a chronic illness is under control, you still have it.  

That's why they have all those commercials where people talk about 'managing their symptoms.' Whether its asthma or Crohn's disease, its like luggage, you don't just get rid of it.

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TattleTeeny

TattleTeeny

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To be fair, they may say "when my symptoms came back." My issue is just that they're all talking like I am already aware they had those symptoms, then apparently didn't. Why not just say, "When I was diagnosed with..." or some kind of backstory before telling us about the return of something viewers never knew existed?

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xls

xls

I normally don't have a problem with the hotels.com Captain Obvious ads, but their new one is disgusting.  Captain Obvious is sitting in a bar and a hot woman is looking at him, so naturally, as you do, he pulls out his cell phone and makes a reservation for a hotel room before he's even talked to this woman.  And then she walks past him to talk to a guy behind him, so he has to cancel the hotel room.

 

gtfo.

Very "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" of him.

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riley702

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I hate the ads for some breathing medication (Dulera? Breo? Singulair? whatever). And the people taking the drug always have to demonstrate that they can blow now. Blowing out candles. Blowing bubbles with the grandkids, blowing chalk dust off a picture. Yes, yes, we get it. Very subtle.

 

Also, which drug is it that is supposed to improve your symptoms, but isn't for asthma that's well controlled? In fact, you should quit using it when your asthma gets under control because it can cause respiratory failure and death. That's a helluva side effect for a respiratory medication.

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RealityGal

RealityGal

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I hate the ads for some breathing medication (Dulera? Breo? Singulair? whatever). And the people taking the drug always have to demonstrate that they can blow now. Blowing out candles. Blowing bubbles with the grandkids, blowing chalk dust off a picture. Yes, yes, we get it. Very subtle.

 

Also, which drug is it that is supposed to improve your symptoms, but isn't for asthma that's well controlled? In fact, you should quit using it when your asthma gets under control because it can cause respiratory failure and death. That's a helluva side effect for a respiratory medication.

 

I love the side effects portion of drug commercials.  I most loved the ones for Latisse, that treatment that gave you longer lashes.  I think one of the potential side effects was temporary blindness, and the permanent discoloration of your eye.  

 

I'm no Alanis Morrisette, but I feel like it might be ironic to use a product out of sheer vanity and then not even be able to see the resulting beautiful long lashes.

 

LMAO @ showing people blowing, they all just sound like show offs :)

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SoSueMe

SoSueMe

Re: Jack and Emma and eHarmony. Just when I thought it couldn't get any creepier (after Carowine) I get to watch these two exhibitionists with poor impulse control and their appreciative audience. I just don't understand how the founder, Neil Warren Clark, aka creepy grandfather, can justify this crap, being an evangelical Christian and all. I guess it's all about the Benjamins.

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janie jones

janie jones

What I love is the implied idea that your asthma has ever gone away.  When a chronic illness is under control, you still have it.  

I get why they'd do that though.  "Before I heard about Drug X, I had used some drug that I thought made my condition go away forever, but I was WRONG, because it came back.  But now I know about Drug X..." leading to the implied conclusion with Drug X will make your condition go away (or be under control) FOREVER.

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Prevailing Wind

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I see this one on an online site, but I only see the first 30 seconds or so, up until she just STARTS to stick ribbons on everything...

 

What the hell?  Man, she is annoying and the concept of the razor is stupid, too.  What if I already HAVE moist skin?  This makes me want to eat ice cream out of my skull. Or not touch the yogurt.

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Cobalt Stargazer

Cobalt Stargazer

I see this one on an online site, but I only see the first 30 seconds or so, up until she just STARTS to stick ribbons on everything...

 

What the hell?  Man, she is annoying and the concept of the razor is stupid, too.  What if I already HAVE moist skin?  This makes me want to eat ice cream out of my skull. Or not touch the yogurt.

At first I thought it was Sarah Silverman, and then she started to sing. WTF is she singing about shaving her legs? Didn't Deana Carter do that already? And is sticking ribbons on things the equivalent of putting a bird on it? So. Obnoxious.

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friendperidot

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I love the side effects portion of drug commercials.  I most loved the ones for Latisse, that treatment that gave you longer lashes.  I think one of the potential side effects was temporary blindness, and the permanent discoloration of your eye.

 A lot of prescription ads do this - I particularly like the one for overactive bladder that may effect your ability to have bladder flow. I can't remember the exact words though.

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Stella MD

Stella MD

Thank the lawyers, and damn fool clients who think its perfectly appropriate to sue a bladder medication for affecting their bladders. Same with the anticoagulants that may cause bleeding - who knew?

The wording that I always love is 'did medication X cause blah blah blah side effects OR DEATH? If so, call 1-800-ambulancechaser right away, you may be entitled to a large settlement!' Well, let me just pick up my phone from beyond the grave and find out more about this cash...

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Prevailing Wind

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I don't understand what ribbon bombing, whatever the hell that is, has to do with shaving one's legs, anyway.  When I went to YouTube to find the ad, they identify her as Brittani Louise Taylor - the woman whose videos have the most subscriptions on YouTube.  Um...again...WHY?????  I understand spook houses, etc., that people like to get scared, but why would they like to be annoyed?

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Bruinsfan

Bruinsfan

I think part of the problem with antidepressants is that in some cases they can give you more energy and improve your determination before they improve your mood enough to counter feelings of hopelessness. Giving you more get-up-and-go is bad when it's just motivating you to go through with suicide plans.

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Bastet

Bastet

I never fail to have a WTF moment when the side effects for anti-depressants include "suicidal thoughts". Really? Isn't that akin to a cancer drug having the side effect of causing tumors?

 

No, it's akin to a cancer drug causing additional tumors, that likely wouldn't have developed if not for the drug.  The potential side effect in some of those anti-depressants isn't failing to curb suicidal thoughts that already exist, it's causing suicidal thoughts.

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RealityGal

RealityGal

I see this one on an online site, but I only see the first 30 seconds or so, up until she just STARTS to stick ribbons on everything...

 

What the hell?  Man, she is annoying and the concept of the razor is stupid, too.  What if I already HAVE moist skin?  This makes me want to eat ice cream out of my skull. Or not touch the yogurt.

 

Well, I made it 35 seconds in.  No thank you, my skin could be as dry as the Sahara, I can't buy this product because then they will think they did a good job with this ad campaign, and in the words of Hall and Oates....I can't go for that.

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merylinkid

merylinkid

God the Spork guys are annoying.   The one who complains his Nana sends him a check for $5 every year and "it's a pain to cash."   Hey moron, grown ups have this thing called a "bank account," this allows us to deposit checks of any amount with ease.   But since you are still clearly a child, your Nana sends you a check appropriate for a child, so stop complaining.

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Stella MD

Stella MD

I think her little speech at the end is possibly more annoying than the song itself. What a psycho. And who sits in the bathtub wearing a towel?

 

Also, not to be completely catty, but she appears to have twice as many teeth as regular people.

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SoSueMe

SoSueMe

No, it's akin to a cancer drug causing additional tumors, that likely wouldn't have developed if not for the drug.  The potential side effect in some of those anti-depressants isn't failing to curb suicidal thoughts that already exist, it's causing suicidal thoughts.

Gosh, when you put it that way I think I will tough it out on my own if I ever get that depressed....
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riley702

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I see this one on an online site, but I only see the first 30 seconds or so, up until she just STARTS to stick ribbons on everything...

 

What the hell?  Man, she is annoying and the concept of the razor is stupid, too.  What if I already HAVE moist skin?  This makes me want to eat ice cream out of my skull. Or not touch the yogurt.

I have to admit I laughed. But then it went on way too long.

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RealityGal

RealityGal

Can somebody tell me why this kid that looks at least 16 years old is wilding out in a friggin baby car seat?  Yesterday I had to endure this piece of crap at least 40 times during a show I was watching and by the end of the show this girl started to look more and more stupid to me. She's the last one shown.

  http://youtu.be/F5PaVRO2O0U

Hey, word up to the car seat industry for creating a need.  I think I was in a car seat for maybe the first two scenes when I was growing up.  With a little marketing directed at helicopter moms I could totally see a car seat for 17 year olds.

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ethalfrida

ethalfrida

I hate that, after all the noise about how unhealthy e-cigarettes are, now there is an ad for some develped by "health specialists". The health specialists are no more than big tobacco getting in a a profitable market. 

 

E-cigs were an instant fix for my smoking habit of nearly 50 years. The minute the one I ordered was delivered I never smoked a real cigarette again. 30 days later I wasn't smoking the e-cig either. That was nearly four years ago and I've forgotten that I've even smoked! All I did was join the forum that covered all questions, brands and laws connected with them. The forum members were absolute geniuses when it came to usage. 

No matter what any "expert" who is against them says there shouldn't be that much concern over using them. It is a mixture of propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, nicotine, and flavorings, while others release a flavored vapor without nicotine. 

 

This is not an advert for use. It's just that I hate it when consumers get taken for a ride and then the "driver" is the one who corrupts the product and issue. 

At one Los Angeles city council meeting some nut job parent stood up and said e-cigs were dangerous because kids will find a way to use them for illegal substances. That is ridiculous because kids, so sadly, use illegal substances without ec-cigs and they smoke real cigarettes. 

 

If anyone is interested the e-cig forum is at http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/

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SyracuseMug

SyracuseMug

Currently the ad I hate most has a woman reading a magazine on the couch while the husband/boyfriend says something about the heat, and she replies (in a very grating tone) "I'm not turning down the thermostat."

 

Then the guy pretends to cuddle her while trying to get the cat to swat at the thermostat controls, after which a lot of commotion ensues and the cat runs away screeching, breaking a piece of china or crystal.

 

I loathe this commercial on so many levels that I don't know where to begin. For me the woman is no better than the Yoplait chick; and the man needs assertiveness training. It's certainly not a relationship I would care to be involved in.

 

The Marie Osmond ad also drives me nuts. "I was fifty pounds overweight. I needed to do something, but what?"

 

Every time she asks that question, I want to answer: "How about going to the gym and stop eating so much?" It's not rocket science.

 

And my prize for the most disgusting commercial ever goes to a Quiznos spot from several years ago. A well-dressed man and woman in business suits are walking down the street in Manhattan. The woman sees a Quiznos sandwich wrapper in a trash can, and pulls it out to lick off the food residue. I just about hurled.

 

I saw this commercial only once and never again, which isn't surprising, but it still left a lasting impression on me. The problem is that it wasn't a good one.

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RealityGal

RealityGal

In a world where kids can get high off of whip cream, which can be bought at the grocery store I think that parents should probably focus more on what is making their kid want to get high more than trying to wipe everything off the face of the earth that can get a kid high.  But congrats on your success with e-cigs!

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Brattinella

Brattinella

A law was passed here overwhelmingly to ban e-cigs everywhere that real cigarettes are banned, bars, restaurants, even outside!  This propaganda scheme to outlaw e-cigs was JUST THAT.  It was and is bullshit.  They were wailing that they were just as dangerous as real cigs with NO PROOF.  There is, in fact, proof that they are NOT!  I must state that I smoked for 25+ years, and I quit 8 years ago or so.  I am just tired of organizations wanting to control other people's lives.

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Tunia

Tunia

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Hey, word up to the car seat industry for creating a need. I think I was in a car seat for maybe the first two scenes when I was growing up. With a little marketing directed at helicopter moms I could totally see a car seat for 17 year olds.

 

Hmmm...not sure "the car seat industry for creating a need" is the problem here - it's more about those damn pesky state laws that require a child to be in a car seat until the age of 8 (up to age 12 in some states) or the height of 57 inches that seem to be the creator!

 

http://www.dmv.org/ma-massachusetts/safety-laws.php

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smittykins

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Hey, word up to the car seat industry for creating a need.  I think I was in a car seat for maybe the first two scenes when I was growing up.  With a little marketing directed at helicopter moms I could totally see a car seat for 17 year olds.

Well, the seat's model name is "4ever," so I wouldn't put it past them...

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wovenloaf

wovenloaf

Can somebody tell me why this kid that looks at least 16 years old is wilding out in a friggin baby car seat?  Yesterday I had to endure this piece of crap at least 40 times during a show I was watching and by the end of the show this girl started to look more and more stupid to me. She's the last one shown.

  http://youtu.be/F5PaVRO2O0U

 

I hate this commercial to a really irrational level. Between the grating music, the stupid dancing, how old that last girl is, and how often it is played, I can't even handle it. The music/dancing for the last 2 girls makes me experience a special level of rage@#!

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Cobalt Stargazer

Cobalt Stargazer

A law was passed here overwhelmingly to ban e-cigs everywhere that real cigarettes are banned, bars, restaurants, even outside!  This propaganda scheme to outlaw e-cigs was JUST THAT.  It was and is bullshit.  They were wailing that they were just as dangerous as real cigs with NO PROOF.  There is, in fact, proof that they are NOT!  I must state that I smoked for 25+ years, and I quit 8 years ago or so.  I am just tired of organizations wanting to control other people's lives.

My mother, who tried to quit smoking for approximately a thousand years, started to use e-cigs as a last resort because gum and patches didn't work. They helped her kick the habit, and now she doesn't need those either. Who are these people who succeeded in banning them, and how on earth did they get so much support?

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ethalfrida

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My mother, who tried to quit smoking for approximately a thousand years, started to use e-cigs as a last resort because gum and patches didn't work. They helped her kick the habit, and now she doesn't need those either. Who are these people who succeeded in banning them, and how on earth did they get so much support?

 

That is really great for your mom!

 

You know, some of us are like lemmings... put the info out there and some follow without question. The average hater is hatin' off of wrong information and hysteria created to detract people from making the effort.

 

And e-cigs are so cool with all the great flavors and nicotine levels. When I ordered mine I thought it was an extension of the real cigarettes so I got menthol. But then at the forum found out about margaritas, Cowboy, chocolate, lemon, caramel, etc and had an absolute ball. Now I have a fridge full of those flavors and haven't touched them shortly after buying them. If anyone wants them you are welcome to them.

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Brattinella

Brattinella

When I decided to quit, I used the Chantix for about 3 days before I never wanted to smoke again.  Then, I used the Nicotine Lozenges (mint flavor 4mg) for about a year.  Then, just quit totally.  I see the ads for the e-cigs, and all the vaping flavors, makes me want to try them!  Our local shop has 200 flavors!

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