Annoying Commercials

[33girl]

The open heart jewelry looks like a pair of nads.

Speaking of genitalia, any of the lawyer commercials that mention transvaginal mesh! Bleah!

[GammaGirl1908]

I HAAAAAAAAATE the sound of chewing, smacking, gulping, slurping, sucking, swallowing, crunching, et cetera. I have dumped perfectly nice men for chewing too loud. I have moved offices to get away from a loud gum-chewer.

So, any commercial with audible eating noises is tied for my least favorite.

The Kit Kat commercials with people crunching and smacking to the beat of the Kit Kat jingle seriously enrage me so much I have to change the channel.

There also are an INORDINATE number of cereal commercials that involve smacking and crunching. Gaaaaaaaahhh!!!!!! We get it! It's a commercial for food! MUST the soundtrack consist of noises we spend YEARS training our children not to make?!

[GammaGirl1908]

Originally Posted by 33girl

The open heart jewelry looks like a pair of nads.

I've heard more than a few people say the open hearts look like nothing so much as two butts nestled together. This, of course, means that any time I see that commercial, all I hear is, "If you keep your butt open, love will find its way in."

Good times.

[Sister Havana]

Oooh boy, do I have a lot of these. I'll add in votes for the Geico pig commercials, the EHarmony commercials (the founder gives me the creeps for some reason), Charmin bears, and Kay Jewelers - in fact, I'll expand that to all jewelry commercials.

Also:

• All Viagra/Cialis/Levitra commercials - and all "male enhancement" commercials
• ASPCA commercials. I have to change the channel every time one comes on. They upset me.
• All lawyer commercials. "Has anything bad ever happened to you or anyone you know? YOU ARE ENTITLED TO BIG MONEY."
• The Michael Bolton Honda commercials that ran this past Christmas. PLEASE DO NOT BRING HIM BACK.
• Victoria's Secret commercials
• Non-24 commercials. These are mostly on the radio. "You can't see me because I'm on the radio, and I can't see you because I'm totally blind." So if you weren't blind, you would be able to see me through the radio? There's also a newer one that starts "Here's something you don't hear on the radio very often - someone who can't see." Apparently I missed the memo that Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles songs were no longer being played on the radio.
• Party City commercials with jingles to the tune of "Mambo Number 5."
• T-Mobile commercial about breaking contracts sung to the tune of "Forget You" by Cee-Lo Green.

[GammaGirl1908]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

[*]ASPCA commercials. I have to change the channel every time one comes on. They upset me.[/LIST]

Oooooh, I forgot about those depressing nightmares. HAAAAAAAAATE. Virulent hate!

Please note, I like animals very much. I essentially adopted my cat off the streets, and he is here in my house even as I type, living a very cushy life. I have done my part. I will not feel guilty, and hearing Sarah McLachlan caterwauling behind shots of sick animals won't change that. Ugh.

[33girl]

The ASPCA and Humane Society commercials have gone from upsetting to enraging me. I bet that 90% of people do as SH and I do and immediately change the channel, which means that it's basically money down the toilet - money that could have gone to actually help animals. This is why they will never get a cent of my money and I will always keep my donations to local shelters. Betty White did lovely ads for them back in the day that were her in her living room with one of her rescued pets - I bet they got a lot more $ from that approach than from the emotional blackmail they practice now.

[ASTalumna06]

Oh, how could I forget…

The old, creepy, bald dancing guy in the Six Flags commercials! Are those even still on anymore?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

The ASPCA and Humane Society commercials have gone from upsetting to enraging me. I bet that 90% of people do as SH and I do and immediately change the channel, which means that it's basically money down the toilet - money that could have gone to actually help animals. This is why they will never get a cent of my money and I will always keep my donations to local shelters. Betty White did lovely ads for them back in the day that were her in her living room with one of her rescued pets - I bet they got a lot more $ from that approach than from the emotional blackmail they practice now.

Exactly. My significant other makes me change the channel when those commercials come on, or he leaves the room.

The thing about hurt, helpless animals is that most people don't have to see those animals to feel compassion and want to help. Some people are actually more inclined to assist an animal before they'd help another person!

They really don't have to show sad animals with depressing music playing in the background.

Damn Sarah McLachlan!

[LXA SE285]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Betty White did lovely ads for them back in the day that were her in her living room with one of her rescued pets - I bet they got a lot more $ from that approach than from the emotional blackmail they practice now.

Yep -- it's the animal equivalent of Sally Struthers and the Christian Children's Fund.

[33girl]

All I can think of now with Sally Struthers is South Park. Lol

[chi-o_cat]

For everyone who hates Maxwell the Geico pig, all I will say to you is this:

Boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants...

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by chi-o_cat

For everyone who hates Maxwell the Geico pig, all I will say to you is this:

Boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants...

[AOIILisa]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

Oooh boy, do I have a lot of these. I'll add in votes for the Geico pig commercials, the EHarmony commercials (the founder gives me the creeps for some reason), Charmin bears, and Kay Jewelers - in fact, I'll expand that to all jewelry commercials.



Also:

• All Viagra/Cialis/Levitra commercials - and all "male enhancement" commercials
• ASPCA commercials. I have to change the channel every time one comes on. They upset me.

I'll agree with everything in this whole thread - especially that Geico pig! I hate the white hairs all over his body, they gross me out. The male enhancement commercials are gross - especially the "significant looks" exchanged between the man and the woman. Ew. And I've told my husband if he ever buys me any of that cheap-ass Kay "open hearts" garbage, it's going right back to the store.

I change the channel at ASPCA commercials too, I can't take them. And I do donate about $1k/year to local animal shelters, but not the ASPCA.

Some others I can't stand - the Mrbetriq commercial with the animated bladder hand in hand with its owner, and any "don't reuse old catheters" commercials. For some reason, these always air when I'm eating and I have to change the channel. I don't want to think about bladders and catheters during dinner.

[LXA SE285]

Mrbetriq commercial with the animated bladder

The first time I saw this, I was all "Why is one of the talking M&M's in a commercial about incontinence meds?"

[naraht]

There is a Radio commercial in the DC area (National?) that starts out with children singing 1-877-Kars4Kids that I will change stations to *anything* (Country Music, Gospel, 700 club, hard rap) as soon as I hear the first 2 musical bars of the commercial come on. The only reason that I know its a K in Kars is because while grocery shopping, I heard the entire commercial in a location where I couldn't get it changed...