Adverts/Commercials that annoy you

TheSma11Print
TheSma11Print Posts: 165 Member
edited November 13 in Chit-Chat
Hello everyone. This is something i feel passionately about and i'm known for getting wound up easily by annoying TV ads. I thought i'd create a forum to see if anyone else gets annoyed as easily as me and post what ads annoy you the most at the moment.

At the moment- in the UK there is a TalkTalk advert with a couple sitting on a sofa and the woman starts laughing/screaching in this really annoying way. Naturally, this ad only ever comes on when my energetic puppy finally goes to sleep and it wakes her up everytime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq1PKGB5Pzg <--- here is the ad that makes me want to punch a hole through my tv
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  • Grey_1
    Grey_1 Posts: 1,139 Member
    I really don't think I could pick just one. I rarely watch TV, but it seems there's only 15 minutes of show for every 20 minutes of commercials. It's crazy.
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    Record everything and when watching F/Forward through the ads - I've can't remember seeing a TV ad for a few years.
  • Grey_1
    Grey_1 Posts: 1,139 Member
    StealthHealth wrote: »
    Record everything and when watching F/Forward through the ads - I've can't remember seeing a TV ad for a few years.
    We use an on demand when able, and some of the shows won't let you ff. It's a cable rule with our ISP apparently. Maddening
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    I used to have that problem with a previous TV service I had but the On Demand programs served by UK Sky allow F/Forward, so luckily we don't have that very annoying problem.

    I have noticed recently that some programs have ads in very weird places which makes it difficult to f/forward them. National Geographic's MARS program is one example.
  • dc8066
    dc8066 Posts: 1,439 Member
    There's rarely anything worth watching on TV anyway but when I do, I get disgusted by most of the ads. For some reason, most of the ads in the U.S. are discussing bodily functions. Here I am, trying to watch a movie and there comes a toilet paper ad, a bladder leakage medication ad, a menstrual pads ad, diarrhea and constipation medications pitches, one right after another. Yuk
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited November 2016
    All TV commercials to me are just annoying noise...

    If I am watching the local news and even the national news around dinner time, I am ready to kill myself, or I know enough about medication that I will never want to take it cause the side effects have to be worse than you medical condition.

    Netflix is wonderful.
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    https://youtu.be/mW8d4oZ_UCE

    I HATE Oliver (The Cashman)!! I've been hating this commercial, and a dozen others by him, for over 20 years....EVERYTHING about his voice makes me wanna pull my hair out..lol!
  • Grey_1
    Grey_1 Posts: 1,139 Member
    StealthHealth wrote: »
    I used to have that problem with a previous TV service I had but the On Demand programs served by UK Sky allow F/Forward, so luckily we don't have that very annoying problem.

    I have noticed recently that some programs have ads in very weird places which makes it difficult to f/forward them. National Geographic's MARS program is one example.

    They had a pretty big court battle over the fast forwarding thing here in the US, and I don't know if all providers were included in the ruling, but the cable companies won...forced commercials, wow...
  • kschwab0203
    kschwab0203 Posts: 610 Member
    Over the weekend I saw a commercial for something called V.I.POO...I *kitten* you not (pun intended). I really thought it was a joke, but NOPE. Made by Airwick ( I had to google it).
  • dc8066
    dc8066 Posts: 1,439 Member
    kschwab0203 wrote: »
    Over the weekend I saw a commercial for something called V.I.POO...I *kitten* you not (pun intended). I really thought it was a joke, but NOPE. Made by Airwick ( I had to google it).

    That one, the worst!
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    I'll see a viagra commercial with the middle age women.

    I look at each one and think either: I'd hit that!

    Or : Nah, she's not my type.

    Don't blame me for thinking like this; viagra set the tone of the conversation, not me
  • dc8066
    dc8066 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I'll see a viagra commercial with the middle age women.

    I look at each one and think either: I'd hit that!

    Or : Nah, she's not my type.

    Don't blame me for thinking like this; viagra set the tone of the conversation, not me

    Something creeps me out in this as too, have to figure yet. Big pharma with all their money have such offputting commercials. The psoriasis ads are OK but there are unproportionate amounts of time devoted to those meds. I don't believe we have a raging psoriasis epidemic in this country, as they portray
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    All advertising annoys me. I run an ad blocker in the browser, don't actually watch TV (Netflix doesn't interrupt what you're watching to try to sell you things you don't need), etc.
  • Karb_Kween
    Karb_Kween Posts: 2,681 Member
    Any Progressive commercial gets on my nerves because they think they're funny but the jokes are usually flat and dumb but this annoys the hell out of me. It probably wouldn't be so bad if they didn't play it so frequently but they do

    https://youtu.be/VJKjCvuPSCw
  • dc8066
    dc8066 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Cutaway_Collar wrote: »
    dc6088 wrote: »
    There's rarely anything worth watching on TV anyway but when I do, I get disgusted by most of the ads. For some reason, most of the ads in the U.S. are discussing bodily functions. Here I am, trying to watch a movie and there comes a toilet paper ad, a bladder leakage medication ad, a menstrual pads ad, diarrhea and constipation medications pitches, one right after another. Yuk
    Were you watching doctor Oz?

    Nope, don't watch that, just the usual morning traffic
  • Karb_Kween
    Karb_Kween Posts: 2,681 Member
    kschwab0203 wrote: »
    Over the weekend I saw a commercial for something called V.I.POO...I *kitten* you not (pun intended). I really thought it was a joke, but NOPE. Made by Airwick ( I had to google it).

    I saw that and thought it was a joke too lol
  • dbanks80
    dbanks80 Posts: 3,685 Member
    Karb_Kween wrote: »
    kschwab0203 wrote: »
    Over the weekend I saw a commercial for something called V.I.POO...I *kitten* you not (pun intended). I really thought it was a joke, but NOPE. Made by Airwick ( I had to google it).

    I saw that and thought it was a joke too lol

    I thought it was a joke as well cuz it's so stupid.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    This one! I mean come on now.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited November 2016
    amychambers22 wrote: »
    Hello everyone. This is something i feel passionately about and i'm known for getting wound up easily by annoying TV ads. I thought i'd create a forum to see if anyone else gets annoyed as easily as me and post what ads annoy you the most at the moment.

    At the moment- in the UK there is a TalkTalk advert with a couple sitting on a sofa and the woman starts laughing/screaching in this really annoying way. Naturally, this ad only ever comes on when my energetic puppy finally goes to sleep and it wakes her up everytime.

    In theory there is suppose to be a volume standard that normalizes loud commercials so they don't blasts your TV. Don't know if they will ever implement it, but it was passed years ago.

    I actually stream most of my TV shows. It's great, no wait. The only time I see a commercial now is if I go over to my parents or watch some sporting events.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Honestly, we don't really watch much t.v. at all...and what we do watch is usually recorded on DVR (so we can just skip the commercials) or Netflix or Hulu or something. I can't actually remember the last time I actually sat there and watched an actual commercial...I suppose during a football game or something...but I usually get up to go to the bathroom or get a beer or something.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    The luxury car commercials geared at Christmas morning make me want to stomp on a basket full of new born kittens.

    Lexus can kiss my @$$
  • Grey_1
    Grey_1 Posts: 1,139 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    The luxury car commercials geared at Christmas morning make me want to stomp on a basket full of new born kittens.

    Lexus can kiss my @$$
    PREACH IT BRUTHA!

    They make me crazy.
  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Those farmersonly.com ones are like nails on a chalkboard.

    You don't have to be lonely, at farmersonly.com. :mask:
  • EZDUZIT68
    EZDUZIT68 Posts: 1,168 Member
    This one, because they run it about 35 times every NFL game.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncQeJSMEn4Q
  • Grey_1
    Grey_1 Posts: 1,139 Member
    EZDUZIT68 wrote: »
    This one, because they run it about 35 times every NFL game.

    EVERY freaking game, it'll drive a guy insane lol
  • Grey_1
    Grey_1 Posts: 1,139 Member
    This is the other one: I get that song stuck in my head...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49ht-GHpm5U
  • EZDUZIT68
    EZDUZIT68 Posts: 1,168 Member
    Grey_1 wrote: »
    This is the other one: I get that song stuck in my head...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49ht-GHpm5U

    Yup. Feels like Sunday in my basement all over again!
  • Grey_1
    Grey_1 Posts: 1,139 Member
    edited November 2016
    EZDUZIT68 wrote: »

    Yup. Feels like Sunday in my basement all over again!
    My wife and grandson get annoyed because I'm either hitting MUTE or leaving the room every 5 minutes lol. I just want my football dammit! :D
  • Char231023
    Char231023 Posts: 700 Member
    Four words that make me stabby "You named it Brad". Who the *kitten* names their car Brad? I really want to punch that girl in the face!
  • ClubSilencio
    ClubSilencio Posts: 2,983 Member
    How come McDonalds commercials always feature a group of good looking, fit young people? Give me a frickin break! :laugh:

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