Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[slensam]

2 hours ago, Bastet said:

That commercial, well, cracks me up.

It sucks ass!

[Jaded]

11 hours ago, bubbls said:

So, Oreo Powers That Be, you want your new product associated with a grunting rapper who makes your commercial sound like something out of a porn flick? Really? Because nothing says yummy Oreos like the sounds of humping and rutting. 

I was surprised when I saw Christina Aguilera in those weird Oreo commercials earlier this year. The one airing now with that Notorious B.I.G. song made me go WTF were they thinking? I mean it gets the attention of people who recognize the song without the words needing to be included but it sure has made me not to want to purchase Oreos. I haven't purchased any in years and had a hankering for some vanilla ones recently luckily that passed though.

[bubbls]

3 hours ago, Jaded said:

I was surprised when I saw Christina Aguilera in those weird Oreo commercials earlier this year. The one airing now with that Notorious B.I.G. song made me go WTF were they thinking? I mean it gets the attention of people who recognize the song without the words needing to be included but it sure has made me not to want to purchase Oreos. I haven't purchased any in years and had a hankering for some vanilla ones recently luckily that passed though.

So that's who the grunter is!! It's nasty sounding. I don't get the grunt-grunt, rut-rut grossness of rap, but to mix those sound effects with food.....no thanks, Oreos! It certainly got my attention but not in the way they were anticipating. 

[iMonrey]

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I'm indifferent to most of the Progressive commercials with Flo -- and I think the ones with her sidekick Jamie are kind of cute -- but I absolutely detest the ones with Flo's family, where the actress plays all the parts.

It's time for Progressive to retire Flo. I was OK with her as a quirky throwback to 1950s pitch-women - she seemed to be styled as such anyway with the bouffant hair-do and the big ribbon. But the actress isn't so compelling I want to see her playing different characters. And those spots have sort of moved off-message - they're more about "Flo" being some kind of pop culture phenomena than about the Progressive brand and why you should pay for it. They seem self indulgent and pointless. 

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This is surprising.  I would assume Ancestry would do SOME research into the truth it sells.

Me experience with Ancestry.com is somewhat limited because I come from a long line of no-accounts so there's scant information about my family on there. But it's really not much more than a search engine that matches to census records, birth records, war records, etc. That's really all there is to it - you plug in a name and it pulls up whatever matches it finds in those records. There isn't anything for them to "research" except whether those records are genuine, I suppose. It doesn't tell you "Hey, your father is so-and-so and your grandfather is so-and-so!" - it just brings up a list of matches, and you have to look at them and determine if those are correct matches - i.e. whether those are your relatives listed in those records.

Edited July 5, 2017 by iMonrey

[ennui]

On 7/3/2017 at 2:44 PM, LilWharveyGal said:

The first is access to actual official records, such as censuses, birth, marriage, and death records, immigration data, military records, etc.

I can't remember where it was, but someone said that Ancestry had contacted them for permission to use their family information in their database. I commented that it was odd for Ancestry to ask permission on something that was public information. 

[proserpina65]

On ‎07‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 5:54 PM, Brattinella said:

Because they make a profit.  They sell a service and should have some integrity.

The family tree part of Ancestry used to come with the disclaimer that others have supplied the information, and that there could be errors.  The fee they charge is mainly for access to the records.  They are not a research organization, and if they were, they'd charge a lot more than they do.

 

That said, I generally find their commercials profoundly annoying.

Edited July 5, 2017 by proserpina65

[Maverick]

15 hours ago, Jaded said:

I was surprised when I saw Christina Aguilera in those weird Oreo commercials earlier this year. The one airing now with that Notorious B.I.G. song made me go WTF were they thinking? I mean it gets the attention of people who recognize the song without the words needing to be included but it sure has made me not to want to purchase Oreos. I haven't purchased any in years and had a hankering for some vanilla ones recently luckily that passed though.

 That's ok.  They're advertising Oreo Thins.  Which are stupid.  And not real Oreos.   I don't care what song you set the commercial to, no one's gonna eat that shit.

[Brattinella]

10 minutes ago, Maverick said:

 That's ok.  They're advertising Oreo Thins.  Which are stupid.  And not real Oreos.   I don't care what song you set the commercial to, no one's gonna eat that shit.

Amen!

[mmecorday]

This commercial for birth control:

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wwqo/kyleena-get-about-remembering

The woman at the end annoys me. I think because she reminds me of Giada d'Horrendous without the bear trap mouth and huge boobs. Also, she's clomping around in Jan Brady platforms and the guy she meets is wearing something he bought from a yard sale at Sonny Crockett's house. Maybe MeTV has its own line of vintage TV fashions now?

[ennui]

That's not the kind of dress you wear to get laid. Imho.

[bilgistic]

The look the guy at the end gives the woman is super creepy. Then the face she makes--what even?

The whole concept of that commercial is stupid. Those women have the IUD already, so why would they be freaking out about "forgetting" to take the pill?

[Amethyst]

1 hour ago, Maverick said:

 That's ok.  They're advertising Oreo Thins.  Which are stupid.  And not real Oreos.   I don't care what song you set the commercial to, no one's gonna eat that shit.

You can send your unwanted Oreo Thins my way, because I love them!  Perfect ratio of cream to cookie.  Especially the mint versions.

[theatremouse]

11 hours ago, bilgistic said:

The whole concept of that commercial is stupid. Those women have the IUD already, so why would they be freaking out about "forgetting" to take the pill?

I don't think they do. I think the premise is "instead of worrying about forgetting your pill, go get this IUD". They don't already have it. I do think it's a stupid ad because the text is worded super awkwardly, but I don't think they're saying those women already have the IUD. Or if they are they're saying "you're so used to worrying about forgetting, now you don't have to so you can drop the habit." Or something.

[Bastet]

4 hours ago, theatremouse said:

I don't think they do. I think the premise is "instead of worrying about forgetting your pill, go get this IUD". They don't already have it. I do think it's a stupid ad because the text is worded super awkwardly, but I don't think they're saying those women already have the IUD. Or if they are they're saying "you're so used to worrying about forgetting, now you don't have to so you can drop the habit." Or something.

But they're presented as if they do have it.  They do the "Did I take/pack my pills?" panic, and then relief washes over their face as they presumably realize they have the IUD and don't have to worry about taking a pill every day at the right time.  Which makes them look rather stupid, that they can't even remember what form of birth control they use.  But, benefit of the doubt, maybe they've used birth control pills for years and years and just recently switched, so they think about the pill as a matter of habit and then remember they now have an IUD.  Because I have to give them the benefit of the doubt, though, I don't think it was a good concept to have it be the same women in each scenario having pill panics one moment and IUD contentment the next; better to contrast one woman thinking about her pills with another woman who doesn't have to because she has an IUD. 

[Brattinella]

I can't even understand how someone can forget to take ONE PILL every day.  It ain't that hard, folks.  I have one pill I take every day, I never forget it.  People are always putting something in their mouth, food, vitamins, coffee.  How hard is it to take The Pill every morning with your coffee?

[theatremouse]

I am responding to this in the small talk thread.

[ennui]

I regularly forget my vitamins, even though I dole them out the night before. 

The part about the IUD commercial that gives me pause is that it lasts for five years. That seems like a long time. Have they done enough testing? 

[chenoa333]

19 hours ago, Amethyst said:

You can send your unwanted Oreo Thins my way, because I love them!  Perfect ratio of cream to cookie.  Especially the mint versions.

Those sound delicious to me. With a glass of cold milk. I'm going to have to try them.

[Brattinella]

Yeah, I don't want Oreo Crackers.  Give me Double Stuff!

[TattleTeeny]

Haha, I just saw some point-missing, silly (to me, anyway) commercial slamming almond milk for having only a small percentage of almonds in it. I don't know about anyone else but I use almond milk not to get more almonds, but to get less (or, rather, no) dairy! 

[FormerMod-a1]

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[proserpina65]

12 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

Haha, I just saw some point-missing, silly (to me, anyway) commercial slamming almond milk for having only a small percentage of almonds in it. I don't know about anyone else but I use almond milk not to get more almonds, but to get less (or, rather, no) dairy! 

I think the commercial is aimed not at people who drink it to avoid dairy, but at people who think it's automatically better for them than regular milk because they've been told that by almond milk commercials.  Nothing wrong with drinking it because you want to or you're avoiding dairy, but if someone is drinking it just because they think it's more nutritious, they're somewhat misguided.

[TattleTeeny]

I figured that's what they're going for (not that it's true), but they are veering off so sideways! It's more like, "You suckers thought you were getting so much almond, but oh no you ain't!" I think for many, it's more what you are not getting (hormones, a certain allowance of pus [PUS!], gnarly belly aftermath, and/or a guilty conscience).

Though, speaking of dairy substitutes, the almond-milk coconut yogurt I just tried for the first time tastes not unlike the way a candle smells, if that makes sense. So far, I have found only one acceptable dairy-free yogurt brand. Feh.

Edited July 7, 2017 by TattleTeeny

[peacheslatour]

17 hours ago, chenoa333 said:

Those sound delicious to me. With a glass of cold milk. I'm going to have to try them.

They are excellent for making chocolate crumb crusts for chocolate mousse pie. Mmm... chocolate.

Edited July 7, 2017 by peacheslatour

[Jamoche]

1 hour ago, TattleTeeny said:

I figured that's what they're going for (not that it's true), but they are veering off so sideways! It's more like, "You suckers thought you were getting so much almond, but oh no you ain't!" I think for many, it's more what you are not getting (hormones, a certain allowance of pus [PUS!], gnarly belly aftermath, and/or a guilty conscience).

Though, speaking of dairy substitutes, the almond-milk coconut yogurt I just tried for the first time tastes not unlike the way a candle smells, if that makes sense. So far, I have found only one acceptable dairy-free yogurt brand. Feh.

Ah, but almonds suck up a lot of California water, so your guilty conscience isn't off the hook ;)

[TattleTeeny]

Damn those almond assholes!

[friendperidot]

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Did you know that there's a testosterone crisis in America? Eagle 2020 at GNC wants to give every man in America a free sample! I am female, so I'm not going to have a testosterone crisis, but I have a male friend who is over the age of 60 and he was telling me about a problem he had with taking a testosterone supplement, I confess, I was only half listening so I don't remember what the problem was, lol. But maybe there's a reason why American men today have less testosterone than their fathers who had less testosterone than their fathers, maybe it has to do with no longer conquering continents and the relative soft lives of many American men? Maybe too much testosterone was a problem. I really don't know, I'm just throwing things out, I've never even googled what the purpose of testosterone is, nor do I particularly care. But the commercial irritates the snot out of me.

[Prevailing Wind]

My 73 year old brother gets testosterone (apparently, a monthly injection) and my SIL says she can tell by his behavior when the time for another dose is approaching - he gets more befuddled & lethargic. After the shot, he's good again. She's amazed at the transformation. He's too befuddled to notice he's befuddled when it's time.

[xaxat]

 

I'm sure Apple was going for "heartwarming" with this ad, but I get depressed.

That poor old man. All alone. Probably making minimum. Walking around on bad hips because his shitty insurance won't pay for a replacement. On call 24/7/365. Forced to watch other people's happy memories. . . 

[legaleagle53]

8 hours ago, friendperidot said:

Did you know that there's a testosterone crisis in America? Eagle 2020 at GNC wants to give every man in America a free sample! I am female, so I'm not going to have a testosterone crisis, but I have a male friend who is over the age of 60 and he was telling me about a problem he had with taking a testosterone supplement, I confess, I was only half listening so I don't remember what the problem was, lol. But maybe there's a reason why American men today have less testosterone than their fathers who had less testosterone than their fathers, maybe it has to do with no longer conquering continents and the relative soft lives of many American men? Maybe too much testosterone was a problem. I really don't know, I'm just throwing things out, I've never even googled what the purpose of testosterone is, nor do I particularly care. But the commercial irritates the snot out of me.

Then I don't particularly care what estrogen and progesterone do or what the big deal about menopause is.  Commercials that emphasize female health issues annoy me just as much as this one that emphasizes male health concerns seems to annoy some women.  If it isn't all about me, I don't care one whit about it.

Edited July 8, 2017 by legaleagle53

[SoSueMe]

On 7/6/2017 at 11:06 PM, aquarian1 said:

 

 

On 7/6/2017 at 11:06 PM, aquarian1 said:

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Hah, it always reminds me of this:

 

(Sorry about the double quote)

1 hour ago, xaxat said:

 

I'm sure Apple was going for "heartwarming" with this ad, but I get depressed.

That poor old man. All alone. Probably making minimum. Walking around on bad hips because his shitty insurance won't pay for a replacement. On call 24/7/365. Forced to watch other people's happy memories. . . 

I don't like it either and I'm sure I'm in the minority here but I don't like this version of Unchained Melody at all.

[Maverick]

 I'm in an even smaller minority.  I don't like Unchained Melody at all.

[bilgistic]

12 hours ago, friendperidot said:

Did you know that there's a testosterone crisis in America? Eagle 2020 at GNC wants to give every man in America a free sample! I am female, so I'm not going to have a testosterone crisis, but I have a male friend who is over the age of 60 and he was telling me about a problem he had with taking a testosterone supplement, I confess, I was only half listening so I don't remember what the problem was, lol. But maybe there's a reason why American men today have less testosterone than their fathers who had less testosterone than their fathers, maybe it has to do with no longer conquering continents and the relative soft lives of many American men? Maybe too much testosterone was a problem. I really don't know, I'm just throwing things out, I've never even googled what the purpose of testosterone is, nor do I particularly care. But the commercial irritates the snot out of me.

I'm female working in a male-dominated industry and workplace (actually, "dominated" isn't a strong enough word), and I'm here to tell you there's no testosterone crisis.

How about solving cancer, scientists? I think that's a bit more important than testosterone and E.D.

[friendperidot]

legaleagle, just because I don't care doesn't mean that some people don't have a problem, with my friend, we were driving somewhere when he was telling his story and I was concentrating more on our surroundings than on him. He tells a lot of stories I only half listen to, he rambles. There are a great many men's health issues that do matter and are important and healthcare/insurance should cover them, because they are people issues, but I still don't have to particularly care. You don't have to care about women's healthcare issues, but they still are people issues and should be covered. But the testosterone supplement isn't going to be covered by any insurance, at least this one advertised on tv isn't because it's from GNC. I can buy supplements at GNC and they aren't going to be covered by insurance either. As someone else said, their brother needs an injection and if he does and he can get it and it's covered by his insurance, great, if not covered by his insurance then boo. If they can afford to get the injection without bankrupting their family, great. I still don't care for personal reasons, but for human reasons, good, glad he can get it. 

[TattleTeeny]

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Did you know that there's a testosterone crisis in America? Eagle 2020 at GNC wants to give every man in America a free sample! I am female, so I'm not going to have a testosterone crisis, but I have a male friend who is over the age of 60 and he was telling me about a problem he had with taking a testosterone supplement, I confess, I was only half listening so I don't remember what the problem was, lol. But maybe there's a reason why American men today have less testosterone than their fathers who had less testosterone than their fathers, maybe it has to do with no longer conquering continents and the relative soft lives of many American men? Maybe too much testosterone was a problem. I really don't know, I'm just throwing things out, I've never even googled what the purpose of testosterone is, nor do I particularly care. But the commercial irritates the snot out of me.

Is that the product that touts "man-boosting"? What a weird way to put it!

[Brattinella]

I just don't get it.  I don't understand the importance. *shrug*

[janie jones]

The thing about testosterone advertisements is that they'll say something like, "a decrease in testosterone doesn't have to do with getting old," but then within 15 seconds say "men's testosterone starts to decrease after age 30."  Well if those two aren't the same thing, then explain why they're different.

[legaleagle53]

2 hours ago, friendperidot said:

legaleagle, just because I don't care doesn't mean that some people don't have a problem, with my friend, we were driving somewhere when he was telling his story and I was concentrating more on our surroundings than on him. He tells a lot of stories I only half listen to, he rambles. There are a great many men's health issues that do matter and are important and healthcare/insurance should cover them, because they are people issues, but I still don't have to particularly care. You don't have to care about women's healthcare issues, but they still are people issues and should be covered. But the testosterone supplement isn't going to be covered by any insurance, at least this one advertised on tv isn't because it's from GNC. I can buy supplements at GNC and they aren't going to be covered by insurance either. As someone else said, their brother needs an injection and if he does and he can get it and it's covered by his insurance, great, if not covered by his insurance then boo. If they can afford to get the injection without bankrupting their family, great. I still don't care for personal reasons, but for human reasons, good, glad he can get it. 

Hmm -- I must have forgotten to engage the "tongue in cheek" font in my post.  Sorry about that!

[legaleagle53]

2 minutes ago, janie jones said:

The thing about testosterone advertisements is that they'll say something like, "a decrease in testosterone doesn't have to do with getting old," but then within 15 seconds say "men's testosterone starts to decrease after age 30."  Well if those two aren't the same thing, then explain why they're different.

It's not as dramatic a drop as the level of estrogen in women after menopause is, so we don't think of it as tied to aging the way menopause is considered a sign of aging in women.  But if our testosterone levels drop sufficiently -- and they actually do start dropping afte a certain age -- such a drop can lead to a loss of not only sex drive, but also muscle tone and energy level in general, since testosterone also governs the development of muscle mass and contributes to our overall energy level.  That's why athletes for decades used steroids (basically testosterone derived from non-human sources) to enhance their performance levels in sports until steroid use was banned decades ago (not that that stops some athletes from trying to cheat with them anyway!).

[legaleagle53]

9 hours ago, bilgistic said:

I'm female working in a male-dominated industry and workplace (actually, "dominated" isn't a strong enough word), and I'm here to tell you there's no testosterone crisis.

How about solving cancer, scientists? I think that's a bit more important than testosterone and E.D.

It's possible to care about more than one thing at a time.

[frenchtoast]

Let's get back to talking about annoying commercials and not research priorities. Please and thank you.

[Prevailing Wind]

21 hours ago, Maverick said:

 I'm in an even smaller minority.  I don't like Unchained Melody at all.

What's really bizarre as it's supposed to be this great love song, but it's from a prison movie!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unchained_(film)

[Brattinella]

Unchained Melody is on most Top 100 or Top 500 songs of all time.  I just looked at a British publication last night; it was number Four of all time.  The Righteous Brothers.  One of MY top ten, anyhow!

[chenoa333]

I hate the song unless sung by Leanne Rimes. However, if a commercial is playing ANY song I dislike..I don't care what they're selling, I 'm not listening.

[smittykins]

I got burned out on Unchained Melody at the time the movie Ghost was popular.  Not only was it playing on the oldies stations, but the regular stations had also picked it up due to its rerelease as a single, and then there was a remake of the song on the charts at the same time.  

[Maharincess]

Unchained Melody is a favorite of mine. My parents loved The Righteous Brothers so I went to about 7 of their concerts during my childhood. All of the other kids that were dragged there by their parents looked miserable while I was standing in my seat singing along. 

[chenoa333]

CarMax new commercial: something about "WeBeC Devo". I couldn't stand to watch the whole annoying commercial (with the very annoying actors) to even try to get what the meaning of that shorthand word might be.

Unchained Melody IS a beautiful song but I'm just kind of picky about who sings it. It's kind of like the "My Heart Will Go on" song of a different place and time. 

[QuinnInND]

There's a commercial for Lyrica (I think) or some medicine of that type. Anyway, part of it shows a woman who is doing crossing guard duty at a grade school. All the kids cross the street, except for a special snowflake kid who needs a special sticker before she can go to school. Ugh. 

[LoneHaranguer]

I've been seeing some new versions of the Dominos ads cutting some time from the originals to show the delivery guy. Why is Non-Ferris in the habit of ordering two pizzas for himself, and it seems a little rude to be ditching his girlfriend like that and not inviting her to come with (unless she hates Dominos pizza).

[cpcathy]

Maybe he's about to call Cameron and force him to come over for pizza!