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Zevious Zoquis
Zevious Zoquis

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

Eliot
Eliot

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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Going by the thread title no matter how many games he might win, I find Peyton Manning a charmless walking talking giant scrotum.  Who drops to closer and closer to life's knees as every year goes by.  Just find him a douche and I can totally see why he is buds both professionally and personally with Dick For Life Pizza guy with the every changing face and hairline.

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Cobalt Stargazer

Cobalt Stargazer

 I hate the latest Viagra commercial where we have a beautiful woman lounging on a bed, looking like a phone sex ad who says that something 50 percent of men over 40 have ED problems. Could be the worst Viagra ad ever.

 

Is she the one with the brown hair or the blonde lady? They used to have this blonde who would, like, magically appear to fill up the entire screen and start talking about erections. It was creepy.

merylinkid

merylinkid

I love Peyton Manning.   He owns Papa John's franchises because Papa John's paid a lot of money to be an official sponsor of the NFL.   It's a good investment for his 100 million dollars he makes.    I don't think he personally likes the pizza or the founder.   He just needed some place to stick his money so it would make more money.   Better than the wine bar that Vick invested in because one of his friends thought it would be a great idea.   

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Janet Snakehole

Along the same lines of being mad about Monsato ads, I hate the new McDonald's ad with the signs addressing tragedies and community togetherness. It pisses me off because it is emotionally manipulative and after reading Fast Food Nation, I really can't feel warm and fuzzy about MacDonald's.

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6 MeowMeowBeenz

Carrie Underwood Almay ads:  

 

"America rules! yes, we're Americans and we rule! Our country is awesome and we totally rule! And by extension, American makeup RULES! For amber waves of grain and purple mountains!! USA! USA!! Woot!!"

 

God Almighty. What the HELL does being American have to do with makeup????

 

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-beauty/news/carrie-underwood-pink-lipstick-makeup-almay-campaign-2015131

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erikdepressant

erikdepressant

Carrie Underwood Almay ads:  

God Almighty. What the HELL does being American have to do with makeup????

That was barf-worthy.  Really.

 

I remember when every company and country music star jumped on the patriotic bandwagon after the 9/11 attacks.  If this ad campaign had come out a decade ago, they would have reminded women who felt confident and stopped wearing makeup that they were letting the terrorists win.

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Enjay

Enjay

I like that one (but, then, I usually like Peyton Manning's commercials ... except with that asshat from Papa John's), and I sing along with him.  "Losing feeling in my toes."

 Chicken parm you taste so good.

 

Thanks, thanks a lot.  This will be in my head for the rest of the day.  And I want chicken parm.

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bilgistic

bilgistic

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I wear Almay mascara and usually buy two at a time when they are on sale at Ulta and I have a coupon. I happen to have an unopened package on hand, but forgot about seeing that nauseating commercial last night until y'all reminded me. The packaging says, "Made in the U.S. with U.S. and NON-U.S. COMPONENTS. Nice try, Almay.

I wear the mascara because as a vegetarian, it's one of incredibly few "inexpensive" mass-market brands that doesn't test on animals. It owns Revlon or vice-versa, and they don't either. But that commercial was tripe, and I knew as soon as I saw it. Plus Carrie Underwood bugs me a lot.

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Aquarius

Carrie Underwood Almay ads:  

 

"America rules! yes, we're Americans and we rule! Our country is awesome and we totally rule! And by extension, American makeup RULES! For amber waves of grain and purple mountains!! USA! USA!! Woot!!"

 

God Almighty. What the HELL does being American have to do with makeup????

 

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-beauty/news/carrie-underwood-pink-lipstick-makeup-almay-campaign-2015131

 

Not to mention, America is apparently the only place where people can aspire and achieve their dreams.  Cuz the rest of the world is a dung heap, and everyone wants to be Muhrican, dontcha know.  Haaaate that attitude.

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bmasters9

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This is the latest ad for what Charter calls its "Charter Spectrum Triple Play," and I've seen it quite a few times (albeit not in the version presented in this clip, which had a number for a different market), and it is out-and-out uber-annoying (enough to where when it comes on where I live, I'm very desperate for a way to tune it out):

 

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TattleTeeny

TattleTeeny

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I wear the mascara because as a vegetarian, it's one of incredibly few "inexpensive" mass-market brands that doesn't test on animals. It owns Revlon or vice-versa, and they don't either. But that commercial was tripe, and I knew as soon as I saw it. Plus Carrie Underwood bugs me a lot.

 

Revlon has been sold in China for years, which means animal testing is mandatory (though I believe I read that they may be pulling out of the Chinese market). Almay tests "when required" (I have no idea what that means though). But there are quite a few inexpensive drugstore-sold brands that don't test on animals or contain any animal products, E.L.F. (though they may use animal hair in their makeup brushes*), Physician's Formula, and Wet & Wild (I think), to name a few. 

 

As for Carrie Underwood, the part in her hair in these commercials is so far to the side that it looks ridiculous and uncomfortable.

* ETA: E.L.F.'s "essentials" line brushes are cut horse hair; the "studio" line is synthetic hair. As for inexpensive, I believe E.L.F. mascaras (which are pretty good!) run about $4.00.

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backformore

Plus Carrie Underwood bugs me a lot.

 

An off-topic tangent here, but yeah, I remember following TWOP American Idol boards, and posters uncovering how Carrie Underwood's backstory was re-invented once she made the show, even deleting webpages advertising her previous singing appearances. .  They  took a girl who had gone away to college and then had a fairly substantial career in singing with some big names in Branson and Nashville, and changed her into a country "never been off the farm"  hick wearing overalls and singing to the chickens. 

It had many people, including myself, convinced that the season was completely rigged for her. 

 

I've never trusted any product she has endorsed since knowing that.  (got back on topic there) 

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bilgistic

bilgistic

Revlon has been sold in China for years, which means animal testing is mandatory (though I believe I read that they may be pulling out of the Chinese market). Almay tests "when required" (I have no idea what that means though). But there are quite a few inexpensive drugstore-sold brands that don't test on animals or contain any animal products, E.L.F. (though they may use animal hair in their makeup brushes*), Physician's Formula, and Wet & Wild (I think), to name a few. 

 

As for Carrie Underwood, the part in her hair in these commercials is so far to the side that it looks ridiculous and uncomfortable.

* ETA: E.L.F.'s "essentials" line brushes are cut horse hair; the "studio" line is synthetic hair. As for inexpensive, I believe E.L.F. mascaras (which are pretty good!) run about $4.00.

It's hard, but I try to be really careful about what I use. AFAIK, animal testing is mandatory on those products/lines in China, not here in the U.S. I've tried E.L.F. mascara and it kind of sucked, and Physicians Formula gave me an eye infection the one time I bought and used their mascara. I might try a more "prestige" (read: more expensive) brand soon. I need to do some research. That Almay commercial bugged me enough to want to not use it anymore.

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SoSueMe

SoSueMe

There is an ad running with a guy sitting at a bar drinking, and thinking more and more stupid things as he drinks more and more, and the tag line is "buzzed driving is drunk driving", which, okay, except that the background is punctuated by the really, really, really annoying sound of hands clapping along with the rhythm of the background music.  It's really annoying.  And the worst part is, when they run this ad, they always, every time, run it TWICE at each commercial break.  It's getting to the point that I'm going to have to reach for the remote to mute it when it comes on.

Your comment made me remember how annoyed I get when I hear the Kyocera commercial. The background guitar music is Aralia Spinosa by Tango Alpha Tango. I know this because I googled it, it was driving me so crazy (short trip, hehe). Good song I guess, not really one I was familiar with though. I am fine until the hootenanny hand clapping stuff starts. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. Maybe it is because the commercial is for business products and the yee-haw vibe just doesn't work for me there. Sorry, Tango Alpha Tango fans, I know I'm in the minority on this. I'm even a little surprised at how much it irritates me. :)

TattleTeeny

TattleTeeny

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It's hard, but I try to be really careful about what I use. AFAIK, animal testing is mandatory on those products/lines in China, not here in the U.S. I've tried E.L.F. mascara and it kind of sucked, and Physicians Formula gave me an eye infection the one time I bought and used their mascara. I might try a more "prestige" (read: more expensive) brand soon. I need to do some research. That Almay commercial bugged me enough to want to not use it anymore.

 

OH MY GOODNESS, an eye infection! Blech and yikes! So far, so good, for me with the PF stuff (I like their mascara too but it goes on very wet at first, but I like very subtle lashes--just enough to color in the blond ends, so those thinner ones work well for me. And I love the BB powder, though it goes on heavy if you're not careful!). And don't feel bad about crazy Revlon; it was a surprise to me too, not too long ago and I admit that the China stuff is tough to decipher. It can be a real clusterfuck trying to figure it out, man--all we can do is try. Just to not go too far astray topic-wise, if you want to PM me, I have a few sources bookmarked that seem to really help in the sometimes-exhausting research part of it. 

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Cobalt Stargazer

Cobalt Stargazer

Here's an ad that is on ALL THE TIME in my area -   As soon as the guy started making those puking sounds I was done.   Who comes up with this crap?  a bunch of 4th graders? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvp2bsFUQMc

 

I loathe that ad. If your furniture is always on the verge of making you barf, you have issues a new living room set isn't going to solve.

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Bastet

Bastet

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I know there's some company working on a means of recycling disposable diapers into other products, with the hope similar techniques will work for doing the same with pads and tampons.  But I'm not aware anything has come of it, certainly not to the point we'd see commercials about it.  And I know someone in ... Kenya, maybe? ... came up with a pad that is reusable, so that girls too poor to avoid traditional pads don't have to stay home from school every time they have their period (or use potentially dangerous materials as makeshift pads).  But that's different.  So, basically, you have me quite curious as to what was being advertised!

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janie jones

janie jones

Well, they don't mean recycling like you do used pop cans.  They just mean "use for something other than the intended purpose."

 

But before I watched the ad just now I thought it was an ad for some service like they have for cloth diapers for babies where they take away your dirty ones and bring back laundered ones.  Which is just fine, in my opinion.

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Bastet

Bastet

I think the ad is silly, because the obvious answer to "what to do with these regular pads I've been using for bladder leakage once I switch to the special Poise pads?" is to donate them to a shelter rather than ... whatever the hell she is doing with them in this ad ... but I find it pretty benign within the TV commercial landscape.

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CarpeDiem54

CarpeDiem54

I think the ad is silly, because the obvious answer to "what to do with these regular pads I've been using for bladder leakage once I switch to the special Poise pads?" is to donate them to a shelter rather than ... whatever the hell she is doing with them in this ad ... but I find it pretty benign within the TV commercial landscape.

I'm glad you explained that ad. I thought they were telling you to make origami alligators out of your used pee pads.

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spaceytraci1208

spaceytraci1208

Have y'all seen the new Honey Maid graham cracker commercial? There's a family walking down the street and the lady says "We're a mixed family..." (she's black, her husband is white). I start paying closer attention, wondering what the ad was for, and they show a box of Honey Maid. "WTF does being a mixed family have to do with graham crackers?!" you ask? I did too...then they reveal the chocolate and vanilla flavors they're selling. BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

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