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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 30, 2019 17:42:27 GMT
How about Chantix may make you have suicidal thoughts. Sign me up! I will never understand how anyone would want to put something into their system that "could cause suicidal thoughts", yet people buy up this shit. "Hey Alexa, I took these pills to fight my irritable bowels and now want to hang myself, what should I do?"
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 30, 2019 17:43:25 GMT
looks like a hamster wheel for humans. I've seen quite a few serving as coat racks and ad hoc clothes dryers
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Post by bluerisk on Nov 30, 2019 18:17:02 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
Germans and David Hasselhoff: Lidl tries it too:
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Post by masterofallgoons on Nov 30, 2019 18:50:37 GMT
Then there's all of the TAKE THIS MEDICINE ads followed by 5 minutes of a list of assorted ways that you might die if you take it and advise that you be sure to tell your doctor what is wrong with you in the first place ! Including the classic : Stop taking “Suckalex” if you are allergic to “Suckalex”. Thanks voice over lady, couldn’t have figured that out for myself. Or the best one yet : Suckalex may induce early death. Fantastic. I’ll take two ! Or 'inform your doctor if you have AIDs, terminal cancer or have had a traumatic brain injury.' Because, ya know, that's not the kinda thing your doctor would generally be aware of. |
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Nov 30, 2019 18:59:47 GMT
Commercials I hate:
The Aaron Rodgers State Farm ones.
That AIDS prep drug, I think it’s Truvada? I still don’t get what it does that condoms don’t.
The insurance that uses the shittily animated The General.
In PA the lottery ones are terrible, most use this crappy cgi gopher thing and they all suck.
Any yogurt commercial where the woman has an orgasm from one spoonful of it.
Probably others but can’t think of any right now.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 30, 2019 19:13:39 GMT
Commercials I hate: The Aaron Rodgers State Farm ones. That AIDS prep drug, I think it’s Truvada? I still don’t get what it does that condoms don’t. The insurance that uses the shittily animated The General. In PA the lottery ones are terrible, most use this crappy cgi gopher thing and they all suck. Any yogurt commercial where the woman has an orgasm from one spoonful of it. Probably others but can’t think of any right now. "Gary, Gary, Gary". the Capital One ad with Samuel L. in the backseat of "Gary, Gary, Gary's" car. I like Sam L., but I'd shoot him if he hid in my backseat and chastised me. That and they have run it for 19,999 years.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 30, 2019 19:17:50 GMT
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 30, 2019 19:22:05 GMT
Commercials I hate: The Aaron Rodgers State Farm ones. That AIDS prep drug, I think it’s Truvada? I still don’t get what it does that condoms don’t. The insurance that uses the shittily animated The General. In PA the lottery ones are terrible, most use this crappy cgi gopher thing and they all suck. Any yogurt commercial where the woman has an orgasm from one spoonful of it. Probably others but can’t think of any right now. The insurance one with the general is General insurance. And it's not a CGI groundhog. It's a puppet but yeah, it's annoying. Personally I hate Flo and the Progressive ads but I have to admit their insurance coverage is pretty damned good.
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 30, 2019 19:23:35 GMT
The best delivery insurance is don't order Domino's garbage pizza...or Papa Johns or Pizza hut for that matter.
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Post by millar70 on Nov 30, 2019 19:25:35 GMT
Some of the worst happen when there's actually one that's funny, and then they just start making more and ramming the same joke down our throats.
The gecko, Flo, the knights in the bud-light commercials, friggin Aaron Rodgers, friggin Baker Mayfield, friggin Peyton Manning.....ARRRGH!!!!
Here's another one, enough with the Dylan song "The Man in Me". When the Coen brothers used it in The Big Lebowski, it was really cool because that's not one of Dylan's most well known songs, but at this point I hear it about 45 times a day in various ads.
And enough with Rickie Fowler! Win a God Damn tournament, then give me all the commercials.
Ok, rant over....
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 30, 2019 19:27:00 GMT
Linda Cohn is my least favorite human being in the universe.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 30, 2019 20:38:29 GMT
Commercials I hate: The Aaron Rodgers State Farm ones. That AIDS prep drug, I think it’s Truvada? I still don’t get what it does that condoms don’t. The insurance that uses the shittily animated The General. In PA the lottery ones are terrible, most use this crappy cgi gopher thing and they all suck. Any yogurt commercial where the woman has an orgasm from one spoonful of it. Probably others but can’t think of any right now. The insurance one with the general is General insurance. And it's not a CGI groundhog. It's a puppet but yeah, it's annoying. Personally I hate Flo and the Progressive ads but I have to admit their insurance coverage is pretty damned good. I hate to admit it, but I like Flo.
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 30, 2019 21:17:03 GMT
The insurance one with the general is General insurance. And it's not a CGI groundhog. It's a puppet but yeah, it's annoying. Personally I hate Flo and the Progressive ads but I have to admit their insurance coverage is pretty damned good. I hate to admit it, but I like Flo.
The early commercials were fine but now with her annoying "family" and the even more annoying Jaime character suck.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Nov 30, 2019 21:28:50 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
It is funny that you bring this up because I just watched this movie and saw this scene a couple of nights ago. And frankly, I found this to be the one and only funny scene out of the whole movie. What also makes it funny to me is that Joe tells him he has to do 30 mph in 15 minutes because it is really damn hard to get a bike up to 30 mph!
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Post by WarrenPeace on Nov 30, 2019 21:32:41 GMT
Commercials I hate: The Aaron Rodgers State Farm ones. That AIDS prep drug, I think it’s Truvada? I still don’t get what it does that condoms don’t. The insurance that uses the shittily animated The General. In PA the lottery ones are terrible, most use this crappy cgi gopher thing and they all suck. Any yogurt commercial where the woman has an orgasm from one spoonful of it. Probably others but can’t think of any right now. I hate them all equally because I just really hate all mainstream advertising and am never influenced by it. The only exception for ads I like and will stop the DVR to watch is Mayhem for Allstate. As for Rodgers and State Farm.. yeah, they used to be funny with that Cheesehead guy who would show up at the end but now they have jumped the shark IMO.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Nov 30, 2019 21:39:07 GMT
No, the dumbest commercial is the one where there is a woman(presumably the wife) with a baby, a guy in a construction helmet, and another person all talking about how great a guy this guy is then we see the guy crossing the street with an approaching car then they pan to the 3 people singing his praises all crying for some reason or another then back to the guy who avoided being hit by the car which had stopped because it had automatic braking. Toyota I think. But what was the point of the crying? As for the Pelaton commercial, the wife might have wanted one. And if you wanted something where the people do need to lose weight, The Biggest Loser. And there aren't many ads that aren't stupid. I met a real Madison Avenue ad executive once and asked him why they make dopey ads. He asked me to name one. I brought up an old ad campaign from the early 80's for Goodyear Vector tires. You seen a single tire bopping all over and idiots saying "Hiya Vector". Guess it was supposed to mean you liked and trusted the tire. The Ad guy said "20 years later, you still remember the brand, the company and the message the ad wanted to convey. All it had to do it stay in your mind, good or bad. Sounds like a brilliant ad campaign to me." I guess he was right. The bike looked like a surprise. She might have hinted but, to me, its one step ahead of buying my wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas. And she didn't need it.
Sure it gets stuck in your craw but what good does it do if it turns you off from the product to buy it? The one and only times I was ever influenced to buy things from TV commercials as an adult was for beer. One of them because I did like the funny ads and it turned out to be good beer. Another one let me know that one of my favorite beers was available in town, which is now gone again.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 30, 2019 21:45:59 GMT
I hate to admit it, but I like Flo.
The early commercials were fine but now with her annoying "family" and the even more annoying Jaime character suck. The best Progressive ad of all was Jamie at home with the gorgeous house lovely kids. And the look on their faces when his wife showed up. That’s what makes the ads good. They go in different directions. The store and the price tool would have got stale years ago. Loved the maid one too. But Jamie can get irritating. I think he’s supposed to be
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Post by WarrenPeace on Nov 30, 2019 22:27:12 GMT
The Peloton Bike commercials are creepy as hell. It's brilliant marketing. Looks like a cult rides them. The woman has this expression on here face throughout the commercial as if she's experiencing things like the joy of marriage, having her first child, getting her first big promotion, buying her first home. There's another one with a Chinese guy around Christmas too - his kid wakes up and comes downstairs and sees his dad on the Peloton - the guy has an expression on his face like he just got done having sex.
They're brilliantly odd, creepy and eerie. So what they are doing is using the old thing of "Sex sells" for something that doesn't have to do with sex and is a hell of a lot more expensive than a Fleshlight. Since I already ride around on a real bike that I paid a lot of pennies for, I'll go with the Fleshlight option if I want a cheaper toy to help me get off. Wouldn't it be funny if they put out an ad for vibrators and they do everything to sell it except mention the sexual pleasure it brings? Don't get me started on commercials. Many things are blamed for division in this country, such as politics, mainstream media, social media, but for some reason no one ever brings up Madison Avenue. There are plenty of commercials that totally portray white men as being stupid dolts while the smart children and/or minorities are portrayed as those who have to figure everything out for us. You know, because what have white men ever accomplished in this world? It's not paraded right in front of you, but if you read between the lines, you can see commercials offering a fantasy world that just doesn't really exist. I agree. Commercials are so fucking fake and manipulative which is another reason I hate them. They try and make you forget that the people in them who appear to be really happy using the product are just pretending to like it and probably don't use it in real life. You really think those actors would wanna be caught dead in the Snuggie? I doubt it. And that King drinking Bud Light? Miller is his prefered beer. Etc....
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Post by WarrenPeace on Nov 30, 2019 22:29:48 GMT
The early commercials were fine but now with her annoying "family" and the even more annoying Jaime character suck. The best Progressive ad of all was Jamie at home with the gorgeous house lovely kids. And the look on their faces when his wife showed up. That’s what makes the ads good. They go in different directions. The store and the price tool would have got stale years ago. Loved the maid one too. But Jamie can get irritating. I think he’s supposed to be I like the one with the Boy Band and now the one with the figure skating show and the way they put themselves down during them.
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Post by amyghost on Nov 30, 2019 22:35:31 GMT
How about Chantix may make you have suicidal thoughts. Sign me up! I will never understand how anyone would want to put something into their system that "could cause suicidal thoughts", yet people buy up this shit. "Hey Alexa, I took these pills to fight my irritable bowels and now want to hang myself, what should I do?" Almost as good as the commercials for anti-depressants (or even better, pills that are supposed to boost your anti-depressant meds) which warn as a side effect the possibility of said drug inducing suicidal thoughts or behaviors. There'd seem to be a little bit of inherent conflict going on there, but OTOH, I suppose blowing your brains out could be construed as a cure for depression.
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