Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[Brattinella]

My closed captions translated it as "na-na-na" too!  I happen to have a hubby from that neck of the woods, and the correct pronunciation would be "nahn-nahn-nahn".

 

P.s. I am SO tired of H&R Block I could scream!

[OSM Mom]

Since I've seen this one a million times today.. SUPER BETA PROSTATE!!!! SUPER BETA PROSTATE!!!!! SUPER BETA PROSTATE!!!! I feel so much better now.

[brickthru the tv]

Is there one hour in the history of the world that Toyota never had a sale? AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO sick and tired of their stupid marketing tv ads and that dragon looking lady

[legaleagle53]

It's H&R Block.  You can get your Fed taxes for free, the state taxes for na-na-na.  (That's what closed captioning says - Na-Na-Na.)

 

I used TurboTax yesterday to file mine, and their basic tool let me file both State and Federal for free (in years past, I've had to pay for State, although Federal has always been free).  I'm even getting my biggest refund ever this year -- over $800.00 combined State and Federal!  :-)

[random chance]

Would it be too much to ask if  the GEICO Peter Pan could crash  the Walgreen's purple-dyed haired grannies' high school reunion to dis them for thinking THAT would make them look anything other than sad and desperate and not a MOMENT younger in appearance?

 

They aren't trying to look younger, they're just having fun.  Trying to look younger is a 40-something thing.  40-something with purple hair dye: a little sad and desperate.  60-something with the purple hair dye: whimsical.  90-something with purple hair dye: "wow isn't it great that she's still so youthful and cool!"

[Blergh]

They aren't trying to look younger, they're just having fun.  Trying to look younger is a 40-something thing.  40-something with purple hair dye: a little sad and desperate.  60-something with the purple hair dye: whimsical.  90-something with purple hair dye: "wow isn't it great that she's still so youthful and cool!"

 

 

random chance,

  I realize that this falls under the 'to each their own' category. However; IMO the older a person is trying to look like an 'edgy teen', the MORE sad and desperate they appear  - not 'whimsical and trying to have fun' (which  folks CAN achieve on their own without distorting their appearances). Moreover, IMO, someone with purple hair in their 90s would more likely evoke a 'they must have meant to dye their white hair BLUE and mixed up the rinse. They must be getting senile'. reaction.

 

   Back to the ad itself. I wonder if Walgreen's may have  overpurchased purple hair dye and was trying to rid its shelves of it by having the grannies use it?

[RCharter]

^^ I like to look for conspiracy theories in ads too :)

 

Interesting fact in that vein: So, low fat and non fat milk are so popular that they needed to find a use for the milk fat.....and voila!  suddenly there is an abundance of cheese and cheese based advertising.  Cheesy bites, pizza with cheese in the crust, mozzarella sticks at McDonalds for $1, Sargento cheese commercials, Kraft Cheese commercials, aisles in the grocery store dedicated to cheese!  I love cheese, so it isn't a problem for me, but still!  Cheese!

[Brattinella]

^^ I like to look for conspiracy theories in ads too :)

 

Interesting fact in that vein: So, low fat and non fat milk are so popular that they needed to find a use for the milk fat.....and voila!  suddenly there is an abundance of cheese and cheese based advertising.  Cheesy bites, pizza with cheese in the crust, mozzarella sticks at McDonalds for $1, Sargento cheese commercials, Kraft Cheese commercials, aisles in the grocery store dedicated to cheese!  I love cheese, so it isn't a problem for me, but still!  Cheese!

 

That's really interesting!  I ONLY buy whole milk, wouldn't have low-fat or non- in the house!  And I love cheese, too.

[mythoughtis]

Anyone else annoyed with the 'Beth, I hear you calling' car commercial?   Were Dad and the boys going out to get milk and got sidetracked for hours?  If so, seems to me that Beth wouldn't be brushing her teeth and be in a good mood when she finally hears from him.... she'd be wondering where her family was?  If not, then Beth has had all day to go get her own milk. 

 

I don't need my car to text anyone, my phone is synced to it and I can hands-free dial. 

[CarpeDiem54]

60-something with the purple hair dye: whimsical.

I'm 60 something, and if anyone showed up with purple stripes in their hair at a reunion, we'd think:

1 - Must have had an acid flashback while trying to cover their greys, or

2 - Must be early onset Alzheimer's, or

3 -Still an attention whore

[Prevailing Wind]

In my case, #3 would apply only to the Turner Twins, who showed up at the 20-year reunion STILL dressing alike.  The really weird part is they're fraternal twins, not identical.

[MaryPatShelby]

I hate Amanda Green, at any point in her life. You want to be stupid and start smoking and chain your life to cigarettes? Then do it, but shut up about it.

I'm old, or uncool, or uninformed, or something....who is Amanda Green?

[SmithW6079]

I'm old, or uncool, or uninformed, or something....who is Amanda Green?

It's from one of those antismoking commercials. A teen girl recites "her" name and says she's old enough to sign a contract, which turns out to be for smoking.

[random chance]

I'm 60 something, and if anyone showed up with purple stripes in their hair at a reunion, we'd think:

1 - Must have had an acid flashback while trying to cover their greys, or

2 - Must be early onset Alzheimer's, or

3 -Still an attention whore

Well, one of the great things about getting older is realizing that what people think of you doesn't actually affect your life all that much.

[brickthru the tv]

Church?

you're right - it's church - just after bingo and confessions:)

We in Wisconsin say "grilled out" all the time.  We don't call it "a grill out", like it's an event, but we grill out for dinner, grill out before the baseball game, 'come on over after work and we'll grill out'.

Its monday the 1st of Feb - it's going to be in the 40's and before the flakes fly we are going to Grill Out :)

[CarpeDiem54]

Well, one of the great things about getting older is realizing that what people think of you doesn't actually affect your life all that much.

Truth! My best friend once said, "One good thing about getting older is it doesn't matter if you look like a dork." However, neither one of us would dye purple streaks into our hair. There's a difference between being a dork and being a weirdo.

[CoyoteBlue]

Truth! My best friend once said, "One good thing about getting older is it doesn't matter if you look like a dork." However, neither one of us would dye purple streaks into our hair. There's a difference between being a dork and being a weirdo.

 

As soon as I no longer have to worry about maintaining a "professional appearance", I'm going to have brightly colored hair 'til the end of my days. It's such a fun, harmless way to express yourself. I think more parents should let their kids color their hair crazy because hair grows out and dye washes out and other forms of rebellion aren't always as reversible. :) [My pre-teen nephews sported green fauxhawks during soccer season, and I'm sure my brother suggested it!]

[proserpina65]

I wonder if there's such a thing as moderate to severe bread.

I think eating a full loaf of challah bread between shopping after work one evening and breakfast the next morning would count as moderate to severe.  (I have done that.  My name is Proserpina, and I am a bread addict.)

In that commercial he actually asks when was the last time we grilled out. As for "grilled out" maybe it is a southern thing or an ethnic thing, but I and just about every one I know since birth have been using the term grilling out, we went to a grill out, let's have a grill out for your birthday, we grilled out last night, and so on.

Huh, I have never heard that before.  I guess that makes a tv commercial educational.  (Where are you from?  I'm from Maryland, but that only counts as Southern in Canada, lol.)

We in Wisconsin say "grilled out" all the time.  We don't call it "a grill out", like it's an event, but we grill out for dinner, grill out before the baseball game, 'come on over after work and we'll grill out'.

Isn't Wisconsin a little chilly for grilling out?  :-)

 

Kinda looks like maybe we're the weird ones in MD.

Truth! My best friend once said, "One good thing about getting older is it doesn't matter if you look like a dork." However, neither one of us would dye purple streaks into our hair. There's a difference between being a dork and being a weirdo.

I might, if I actually let my hair go gray.  But for now, it gets dyed auburn until they pry the hair dye box out of my cold, dead hands.

Edited February 1, 2016 by proserpina65

[Cobalt Stargazer]

That's really interesting!  I ONLY buy whole milk, wouldn't have low-fat or non- in the house!  And I love cheese, too.

 

Yeah, we only get the two percent/whole milk too. Low-fat and whatever else is like drinking paint wash, and just ew.

 

I'm 60 something, and if anyone showed up with purple stripes in their hair at a reunion, we'd think:

1 - Must have had an acid flashback while trying to cover their greys, or

2 - Must be early onset Alzheimer's, or

3 -Still an attention whore

 

Mrs. Slocombe is looking at you with disapproval.

 

Edited February 1, 2016 by Cobalt Stargazer

[Brattinella]

Ah, Mrs Slocombe!  Just loved her and all the rest on that show! (Particularly John Inman!)

[backformore]

 

I might, if I actually let my hair go gray.  But for now, it gets dyed auburn until they pry the hair dye box out of my cold, dead hands.

I have a friend who made her husband promise that when she dies, he will have the funeral home touch up her roots to make sure there's NO GRAY.

[Bort]

Yeah, we only get the two percent/whole milk too. Low-fat and whatever else is like drinking paint wash, and just ew.

I get no-fat milk but I don't drink it, it goes in my cereal. The thickness of the milk consistency makes no difference to me when it's in cereal. I haven't actually drank a glass of milk since I was a teenager.

I have a friend who made her husband promise that when she dies, he will have the funeral home touch up her roots to make sure there's NO GRAY.

What if he goes first?

[chessiegal]

 

Kinda looks like maybe we're the weird ones in MD.

 I'm in MD and we say grill out all the time.

[riley702]

Maybe I've read the phrase "grill out" too much in the last few pages (and yes, we grill out in Indiana, too), but I just had a flash on grilling out meaning getting your grills redone, as in that obnoxious fake braces trend. 

[Brattinella]

Oh man, just shoot me. That singy-songy chipper girl head-bobbing with her praises for Doctor On Demand is BACK!  And she starts squeaking the first second of the commercial, so I have no shot at muting the damn thing.  ARGH!

[Jaded]

Just when you think this denture adhesive commercial has gone away it comes back like a bad case of herpes. 

[Muffyn]

random chance,

  I realize that this falls under the 'to each their own' category. However; IMO the older a person is trying to look like an 'edgy teen', the MORE sad and desperate they appear  - not 'whimsical and trying to have fun' (which  folks CAN achieve on their own without distorting their appearances). Moreover, IMO, someone with purple hair in their 90s would more likely evoke a 'they must have meant to dye their white hair BLUE and mixed up the rinse. They must be getting senile'. reaction.

 

   Back to the ad itself. I wonder if Walgreen's may have  overpurchased purple hair dye and was trying to rid its shelves of it by having the grannies use it?

They are dying their hair to match the school colors.  I don't mind this commercial.  then again, I know many people of many ages with hair dyed interesting colors. 

[Neurochick]

Anyone else annoyed with the 'Beth, I hear you calling' car commercial?   Were Dad and the boys going out to get milk and got sidetracked for hours?  If so, seems to me that Beth wouldn't be brushing her teeth and be in a good mood when she finally hears from him.... she'd be wondering where her family was?  If not, then Beth has had all day to go get her own milk. 

 

I don't need my car to text anyone, my phone is synced to it and I can hands-free dial. 

I just saw that commercial.  I interpreted as dad and the boys were giving Beth, mom, a break for the day; so when the husband calls, she asks him to get milk because she's probably been at the spa and chilling out all day, he's in the car so he can get the milk.  

[RCharter]

What if he goes first?

Then she shaves her head or gets her roots done and throws herself into the casket just like how the women used to do with the funeral pyre.....its really the only way.

I get no-fat milk but I don't drink it, it goes in my cereal. The thickness of the milk consistency makes no difference to me when it's in cereal. I haven't actually drank a glass of milk since I was a teenager.

 

Me neither, and now that I've discovered almond milk cows are dead to me.

[proserpina65]

I get no-fat milk but I don't drink it, it goes in my cereal. The thickness of the milk consistency makes no difference to me when it's in cereal. I haven't actually drank a glass of milk since I was a teenager.

What if he goes first?

She needs to put that in her will or some kind of advanced directive.  I wonder if you can specify such things when you make prepaid arrangements with the funeral home.  Hmmm . . . I might need to look into that myself.  ;-)

 I'm in MD and we say grill out all the time.

Where in MD?  Because I've lived here all my life and literally have never heard anyone say that.  And I know a lot of people who grill, although they're more likely to say they're having a cookout.  Maybe we're too isolated up here in the boondocks?  Or maybe it's a generational thing?  (Can you tell that I'm finding this whole grill out thing fascinating?)

Me neither, and now that I've discovered almond milk cows are dead to me.

 

Hmmm, dead cows!  Preferably grilled out.

Edited February 2, 2016 by proserpina65

[iMonrey]

 

Mrs. Slocombe is looking at you with disapproval.

 

And she is unanimous in that!

[Brattinella]

And she is unanimous in that!

 

PERFECT!  LOL!

[TattleTeeny]

They aren't trying to look younger, they're just having fun.  Trying to look younger is a 40-something thing.  40-something with purple hair dye: a little sad and desperate.  60-something with the purple hair dye: whimsical.  90-something with purple hair dye: "wow isn't it great that she's still so youthful and cool!"

 

I was about to click the thumbs-up...until I read that I was sad and desperate. Here I was thinking I was simply doing something I like to do with my hair. And if the older ladies are allowed, why are those of us in our 40s not?

 

Truth! My best friend once said, "One good thing about getting older is it doesn't matter if you look like a dork." However, neither one of us would dye purple streaks into our hair. There's a difference between being a dork and being a weirdo.

 

Oh, a weirdo too. Ha! There's a reason there are endless amounts of unnatural-colored hair dyes in the market: people like them. 

 

However; IMO the older a person is trying to look like an 'edgy teen', the MORE sad and desperate they appear  - not 'whimsical and trying to have fun' (which  folks CAN achieve on their own without distorting their appearances).

 

Who says anyone is trying to be anything like a teen (I do not want to do that again!)? If anything, people are probably doing what they want to do simply because we can--our choice, our money, our bathroom sink (and hands) to clean up later. I mean, I couldn't afford to drop a few hundred on beautiful tattoos when I was a teenager. But now, in my mid-40s, I can (and just did a few days ago). Sometimes"distorting [our] appearances" is what we find fun. Who cares?

Edited February 2, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[Lexxy]

Truth! My best friend once said, "One good thing about getting older is it doesn't matter if you look like a dork." However, neither one of us would dye purple streaks into our hair. There's a difference between being a dork and being a weirdo.

 

I am both a dork and a weirdo (blue hair and all) and I plan to continue on that path till the day I die. 

[Jaded]

To be honest I'm kind of finding all of the back and forth about hair coloring funny. I could care less what color hair someone has as long as they aren't harming anyone else. Maybe I have this kind of view because I've being judged for idiotic reasons in my own life. I see colored streaks as something fun to do without it being too permanent. 

[arejay]

The "See me" spots? Here's my take. The medication itself is named something that starts with a "C". So just as I would say "Beer me" to unsuspecting passers-by (with varying results, I might add), I believe the afflicted are begging us to "C" them. Ymmv, of course.

Edited February 2, 2016 by arejay

[random chance]

I was about to click the thumbs-up...until I read that I was sad and desperate. Here I was thinking I was simply doing something I like to do with my hair. And if the older ladies are allowed, why are those of us in our 40s not?

I am so sorry, I didn't mean that you or anyone else was sad and desperate, I meant that's how society perceives it. That's the hypocrisy (to me), a 40-something wearing a Hello Kitty t-shirt (or whatever) and people will tsk tsk tsk about how they should grow old with dignity for God's sake. But if a 90-year old is wearing one it's, "oh how cute and youthful!  You go, spirited granny!" (Although actually as I have learned in this thread, plenty of strangers will still be tsking at the granny.  But by the time you're 90 your judgey peer group will be mostly dead, so there's that.)  Anyway.  I am so sorry, I totally see that I should have worded that better. 

[NewDigs]

"I love bread. I love love love bread..."

Oprah, please go away.

[TattleTeeny]

I am so sorry, I didn't mean that you or anyone else was sad and desperate, I meant that's how society perceives it. That's the hypocrisy (to me), a 40-something wearing a Hello Kitty t-shirt (or whatever) and people will tsk tsk tsk about how they should grow old with dignity for God's sake. But if a 90-year old is wearing one it's, "oh how cute and youthful!  You go, spirited granny!" (Although actually as I have learned in this thread, plenty of strangers will still be tsking at the granny.  But by the time you're 90 your judgey peer group will be mostly dead, so there's that.)  Anyway.  I am so sorry, I totally see that I should have worded that better. 

No worries! Oh my goodness, I actually did not mean to sound so harsh there, so I should have worded more carefully too (inflection and semi-self-deprecation doesn't always translate in typing). I should have assumed that your first sentence was the "you" speaking, and the rest that dreaded society. And, yes to the tsk-ing (you see it a lot regarding Kyle's long hair in the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills thread). But I will tell you this: just wait until I am a granny (or granny-aged, at least--we have no kids); none of this half-assed-streaks business for me anymore--full on bright blue from roots to ends! And all of my so-called "appropriate" clothes will go in the trash with a dramatic flourish!

 

I am both a dork and a weirdo (blue hair and all) and I plan to continue on that path till the day I die.

 

 

Ha, me too (these tattoos of which I speak may or may not include a couple Star Wars ones)! Are you a Manic Panic Rockabilly Blue--that is my favorite!

Also, it's really hard to view something as weird when the hair color is made by mainstream big-name cosmetic companies now, haha! Though, I suppose I find really big faux nails kind of weird, so...(and that is in part because I'd probably gore myself daily).

Edited February 3, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[Joe Blow]

So, there are a lot of posts here about the Liberty Mutual woman whose pants are too tight.

I hate those commercials, #1, but I know nothing about what women consider good fashion, so I showed my wife the commercial, and she just said,

"Those are fitted pants, what?"

"Well, people online said they're too tight and don't fit."

"I don't see that.  They're totally fine."

"So, no?"

"No."

 

If they were too tight, I might have noticed it.  It's not like they're skintight, she just walks weird in her shoes..

Edited February 3, 2016 by Joe Blow

[riley702]

If they were too tight, I might have noticed it.  It's not like they're skintight, she just walks weird in her shoes..

 

Yeah, we snarked on that, too. She's trying to walk in soft dirt with heels, so she's got her weight forward trying to keep the heels from sinking in.. *facepalm*

[TattleTeeny]

So, there are a lot of posts here about the Liberty Mutual woman whose pants are too tight.

I hate those commercials, #1, but I know nothing about what women consider good fashion, so I showed my wife the commercial, and she just said,

"Those are fitted pants, what?"

"Well, people online said they're too tight and don't fit."

"I don't see that.  They're totally fine."

"So, no?"

"No."

 

If they were too tight, I might have noticed it.  It's not like they're skintight, she just walks weird in her shoes..

I always think I am seeing a different commercial than everyone is talking about; her pants look normal to me. She's walking on grass too, isn't she? I don't remember her shoes but that can be tricky with a skinny heel. In fact, I HATE when no one bothers to mention to wedding guests that an outdoor ceremony will be on grass--I had to lean on my BF while tippy-toeing in my fabulous stiletto-heeled Doc Marten oxfords, which are surprisingly comfortable otherwise (then I had to wipe the dirt off the heels with the bottom of the tablecloth--shhh! No one knew that until now).

 

Does anyone listen to Howard Stern? There is a commercial on it for some kind of super-nice sheets--Boll & Branch is the name. Anyway, the commercial is read by the husband and wife whose company it is, and oh my goodness, the wife's shrill yet mousy voice is absolutely unbearable.

 

ETA: I just looked to see if I could find it (you know, to share the horror). I couldn't but I did find a post on Reddit that calls the woman's voice "excruciating."

Edited February 5, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[RCharter]

There is a Bud Light commercial out with Seth Rogan/Amy Schumer.  And while I get that they are both very "hot" right now, this commercial just annoys me.  

 

All the jokes are just so tired and old....its a riff on the election (been done!), it has the requisite cock-us (caucus) joke (been done, by both of them....to death!), and the random celebrity appearance (Paul Rudd).  It's just so obvious from their choice of stars to the lame jokes in an attempt to spice up a beer that is universally panned among the sort of audience that Amy Schumer, Paul Rudd, and Seth Rogan attract.

 

* -- I am likely spelling her last name wrong, my apologies

[ari333]

All the Hardees commercials make me sick. It is all the slurping and smacking and cramming huge portions in their mouths bc they cannot contain themselves. . PLus I loathe their greasy food anyway.  

Am I thinking of Hardees or something else? Anyway, I don't enjoy any of them except Arby's and BK. I know. Im weird. ;-)

Is Education Connection that one that is so god awful with that chick rapping very badly and that creepy guy peeping in the window ? HATE.

[Brattinella]

There is a Bud Light commercial out with Seth Rogan/Amy Schumer.  And while I get that they are both very "hot" right now, this commercial just annoys me.  

 

All the jokes are just so tired and old....its a riff on the election (been done!), it has the requisite cock-us (caucus) joke (been done, by both of them....to death!), and the random celebrity appearance (Paul Rudd).  It's just so obvious from their choice of stars to the lame jokes in an attempt to spice up a beer that is universally panned among the sort of audience that Amy Schumer, Paul Rudd, and Seth Rogan attract.

 

* -- I am likely spelling her last name wrong, my apologies

 

I hate all three of these unfunny people.  I don't get the appeal at all.  You DID get the spelling right though!

[RCharter]

^^really?  color me shocked, I figured I was missing an s or a c or an e somewhere.  The commercial is everything you would hate about them.  The cock joke alone....has that not been overdone yet?  Just calm down, no one is Lenny Bruce, you're not shocking me by saying cock in a commercial and I feel like the only people that find the cock joke funny anymore are 12 year old boys who shouldn't be drinking in the first place.

[Blergh]

Well, if nothing else, the purple haired support re this Forum showed me that Walgreen's DID tap onto a market re that ad.

[DeLurker]

I always think I am seeing a different commercial than everyone is talking about; her pants look normal to me. 

 

There's probably a predisposition to snark on anything in one of the Liberty Mutual spots just because they are consistently idiotic and always on my tv.

[TattleTeeny]

Haha! If there's not something too egregious, we will create it on principle!

[Ubiquitous]

It's from one of those antismoking commercials. A teen girl recites "her" name and says she's old enough to sign a contract, which turns out to be for smoking.

Is that the ad campaign in which cigarettes are anthropomorphized as an abusive boyfriend?

 

Just when you think this denture adhesive commercial has gone away it comes back like a bad case of herpes. 

DREW BARRYMORE?!?!?!?!?!?!