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The last Ads You Hate thread was one of my favorite threads on the forums, so I'm delighted to present the all new, re-designed 2011 Ads You Hate thread: Cobalt Edition. I'll get the hate ball rolling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWRFkCUATdM The McNuggets are the ding. The guy is the dong.
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# ? Jun 6, 2011 20:35 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 03:23 |
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The iced tea ads where the lady sees her van frozen over or the guy buys a half gallon of the stuff to drink by himself. Just fine as they are but i cannot loving stand the gulpy sounds they make as they drink it. Probably more just a pet peeve of mine but still.
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# ? Jun 7, 2011 12:56 |
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There is some commercial on TV with one woman commenting on how another looks like she lost weight. Here is the exchange (roughly): Woman 1: Yeah I started watching my diet, exercising more, and whole grain. Woman 2: Whole Grain? Woman 1: Whole. Grain. END COMMERCIAL I saw this again the other day, and they completely removed the snake oil from the ad! It reminds me of those Activia commercials which said that they promote "a healthy digestive system" then once more research was done, it turned out that those claims were not true. Now in these Activia commercials, they pretty much state that their product is a placebo ("I feel better"), and all of the yogurt in the world isn't going to help you poo poo out those McRibs any faster.
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# ? Jun 7, 2011 19:28 |
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Teeth whitening commercials are the scourge of the earth. Never before has there been a set of commercials that are so useless, manipulative and outright annoyingly dumb. They all have that same premise of attractive woman looking at their teeth and thinking oh ho hum my teeth just aren't white enough. Yeah this would be fine if their teeth weren't already the whitest teeth I have ever seen, why does one woman think her teeth aren't white enough when compared to her wedding dress? YOU'RE COMPARING IT TO THE WHITEST THING KNOWN TO MANKIND, OF COURSE IT WON'T STACK UP. Or the woman on her date who thinks the guy won't like her because her teeth aren't white enough, here's a hint: he doesn't give a jack poo poo. I wouldn't have such a problem if they had actors with non-white teeth or who didn't fret over such stupid poo poo but it's always presented in such a stupid way that it infuriates me.
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# ? Jun 7, 2011 19:35 |
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Well it's getting to summer and that means more horrible Stop Bugging Me ads here in Washington. Here's the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-PmQ242AHI&feature=related The second: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqm9fGKE8UI&feature=related And the latest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZiv0q_-G5o&feature=related
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# ? Jun 7, 2011 22:24 |
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I really loving hate the MyLife commercials. Dumbass bitch: Seven people are searching for me? Tee-hee. Seven? Yes, you stupid cow, they're called stalkers and bill collectors. I hope they find you and hack you to pieces.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 00:45 |
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Since I got the last real post in the last thread I will re post it here. That loving AT&T commercial with the postponed flash mob is going to give me a stroke. Oh lol, it's a chubby middle aged white guy doing something wacky! What hijinks will he get up to next?
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 01:21 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H_BwyiwbB4&hd=1 I am in love with the McDonalds girl She has a smile of innocence (ohhh, so tender and warm) I am in love with the McDonalds girl She is an angel in a Golden Arches uniform Aatrek fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jun 8, 2011 |
# ? Jun 8, 2011 01:25 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Since I got the last real post in the last thread I will re post it here. Anyone in a flash mob deserves to be pushed in front of a moving train.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 01:33 |
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I can't find a video of it, but Title Max, a payday loan place, has these "Short On Cash" commercials featuring a dwarf actor that come off as incredibly offensive.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 01:36 |
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DJExile posted:The iced tea ads where the lady sees her van frozen over or the guy buys a half gallon of the stuff to drink by himself. Just fine as they are but i cannot loving stand the gulpy sounds they make as they drink it. Probably more just a pet peeve of mine but still. Gulpy sounds in ads are always disgusting every single time. I think beer companies use them more frequently than sodas, disgusting in both. Whispering (loudly!) is super annoying as well. You know what, in real life too. Whispering in that... "breathy" way is so dumb, if you want anyone to hear what you're saying, you have to be way louder than you would if you just... talked very softly. gently caress whispers. Fiskiggy fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Jun 8, 2011 |
# ? Jun 8, 2011 01:39 |
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The Exxon Mobil Oil Sands commercial. It's just outright misleading and if you know anything about oil extraction it's a loving ridiculous commercial. http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/news_ad_us11_oilsands.aspx
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 01:55 |
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cheese eats mouse posted:The Exxon Mobil Oil Sands commercial. It's just outright misleading and if you know anything about oil extraction it's a loving ridiculous commercial. No you see, oil extraction doesn't totally rape the environment and make it uninhabitable. That's just liberal commie talk.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 02:05 |
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Now that the awful Toyota kid is finally gone, the ad I'm sick of the most is the phone ad where the woman loses her poo poo over the guy's tarantula picture in the restaurant.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 02:47 |
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Ah yes, people are in awe of your lovely, bland food. The frat douche waiter also elevates the hate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X16DUEEuhNo
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 03:49 |
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Any of the many JG Wentworth ads. I hate them all so, so much. Here they are: http://www.youtube.com/jgwentworth
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 03:50 |
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Aatrek posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H_BwyiwbB4&hd=1 And you can buy the song on itunes! wooooo!
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 03:54 |
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Apple iPhone Yup. If you don't have an iPhone, well...you don't have an iPhone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onLYKU-CNhM Tupping Liberty posted:And you can buy the song on itunes! wooooo! It's the program so far up it's own rear end, we've called it "Genius". But why stop there? Popeye's Chicken Time fo' some of that sweeeeeeeet ice tea. Fo' sho'. You'll clean surrender. I've said it before, the Popeye's commercials are literally a re-write or two away from becoming The General's Fried Chicken commercial from Undercover Brother. ElectricSheep fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Jun 8, 2011 |
# ? Jun 8, 2011 03:56 |
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McDonalds thought it might be a wise idea to have a woman in their commercial whose body structure resembles that of Brian Urlacher.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 04:04 |
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Aatrek posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H_BwyiwbB4&hd=1 I didn't click on this (I have embeds set to convert to links) because for some reason I thought I knew what it was. There's a commercial where this cute McDonald's employee uses a Bic Mac (I think) to subtly hit on her male friend who's dealing with his own romance troubles. (He ends up getting too focused on the food to get the picture.) I thought the song was you being funny. Then I realized it was too stupid to be fake, so I clicked. Somebody needs to be taken out back and shot for this.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 06:10 |
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I can't find audio, but the Netflix "game show" ads on the radio are the worst. Here's a question! Here's a stupid unrelated answer. Repeat a couple times, then the question is what do you get with a Netflix account and the person lists off features and the nightmare is over... until the next time it comes on.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 06:17 |
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HH Greg is opening some stores around here for the first time ever. They have this ad playing almost non-stop with a lovely cover of Help! and I think I hate this chain already even though their stores technically aren't even open yet.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 06:24 |
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Watching any streaming event related to video games in the last month has This Bing ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC2VFcXt3dA YOOOOO YOOOO YOOOO YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH gently caress bing, I will never use it for anything ever again and gently caress that sellout band forever and ever, amen. maniacripper fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Jun 8, 2011 |
# ? Jun 8, 2011 06:46 |
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Acolyte! posted:I can't find audio, but the Netflix "game show" ads on the radio are the worst. Those commercials drive me insane.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 06:54 |
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Acolyte! posted:I can't find audio, but the Netflix "game show" ads on the radio are the worst. "....I-i-i-INSTANTLY!" DING DING DING "Corrrrect!" "WOOO HOOABLUABLUAGLAHAHEBLALRGRLRLRLRLRLLLLL" Yeah, I fuckin hate those too.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 07:27 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Since I got the last real post in the last thread I will re post it here. I made the mistake of complaining about that ad to some friends of mine so every time it comes on during a baseball game, I get flooded with texts that say "Flash mob moved to 12:30" You aren't funny, idiots
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 07:40 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:HH Greg is opening some stores around here for the first time ever. They have this ad playing almost non-stop with a lovely cover of Help! and I think I hate this chain already even though their stores technically aren't even open yet. Ugh now you've reminded me of that HH Gregg commercial they ran during christmas with a cover of deck the halls only replacing fa la la la la with hh greggg. How does one do this? Well it's exactly as awful as you think it would be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJzt8L_i7_U I'm from Canada too so I've never even heard of this place or know what channel I must have been watching to be exposed to this.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 08:02 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Since I got the last real post in the last thread I will re post it here. And who sends a short "hey the meeting's moved" text as one big image attachment? No one, that's who.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 08:36 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYS5NtRXlZQ I wanna sever that head to neck con-nec-shun whenever this garbage plays E: An ad for KaBoom/Oxyclean/other poo poo Billy used to pimp that isn't done by Anthony Sullivan can gently caress right off as well.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 08:59 |
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Here's a couple terrible local (central Nebraska) commercials that play constantly on ESPN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzWQaxdc5oU MAKE IT RAIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDPBKYejBx0 This couldn't have cost more than 30$ to make, which means they can use the rest of their budget to buy air time. As for national commercials, any car commercial that spends half their ad telling you how they make better cars than Toyota/Honda/whoever pisses me off. Toyota doesn't spend all their money telling me how bad the Ford Fusion sucks. fake edit: Speaking of car commercials, this Chevy ad makes me want to vomit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDRFQHRHGNs BRINGING HOME HEROES 4EVER BUY OUR CARS!!!! foastwab fucked around with this message at 12:29 on Jun 8, 2011 |
# ? Jun 8, 2011 12:11 |
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Rhyno posted:Anyone in a flash mob deserves to be pushed in front of a moving train. I thought this one was pretty funny, but that's pretty much the only one. ElwoodCuse posted:HH Greg is opening some stores around here for the first time ever. They have this ad playing almost non-stop with a lovely cover of Help! and I think I hate this chain already even though their stores technically aren't even open yet. At least you've been spared the ones with a lovely cover of "Get Down Tonight," count your blessings. raditts fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Jun 8, 2011 |
# ? Jun 8, 2011 13:44 |
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It's probably mostly jealousy, but I have always hated this smug pouty gently caress, and was incredibly glad when Charlie Brooker voted him top in one of his Biggest Cocks In Advertising reviews. Meet Mickey. Hate Mickey. Then watch Brooker hate Mickey too. ChuckDHead fucked around with this message at 14:35 on Jun 8, 2011 |
# ? Jun 8, 2011 14:32 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:HH Greg is opening some stores around here for the first time ever. They have this ad playing almost non-stop with a lovely cover of Help! and I think I hate this chain already even though their stores technically aren't even open yet. I can't stand ANY HH Greg advertisements, based purely on the mascot. On what planet is a rolled-up advertising circular with the Walmart smile for a head an effective public relations tool?
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 18:12 |
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That awful Klondike "Five Seconds to Glory" commercial where the man's challenge is to...LISTEN TO HIS WIFE. Wimminfolk, amirite?
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 19:25 |
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Eh, there are plenty of awful "my husband is an incompetent and dangerous child and needs me to save him from himself" ads too. Marketing and progressive attitudes toward gender don't really go together.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 20:07 |
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This is still the best husband/wife ad I've ever seen
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 20:16 |
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maniacripper posted:Watching any streaming event related to video games in the last month has This Bing ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC2VFcXt3dA Actually Foxy Shazam is pretty amazing; I was a bit depressed the first time I heard Chromeo used in a Burger King ad though or I just saw one with Matt & Kim hocking a car. Sigh, I suppose I can enjoy music without having to know it was ever in a commercial.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 20:42 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:Eh, there are plenty of awful "my husband is an incompetent and dangerous child and needs me to save him from himself" ads too. Marketing and progressive attitudes toward gender don't really go together. They're not really comparable because the commercials about incompetent dads/husbands are usually talking down to women and pigeonholing them in traditional domestic roles ("Men are just no good at cooking and cleaning, right ladies? Good thing they have us, and the new Mister Clean Magic Eraser! ") while the ones about nagging wives are usually from the perspective of the husband tolerating them from a position of superiority. It's the gender equivalent of complaining about how black people can say "cracker".
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 20:46 |
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I'm not excusing either of them, I'm just not surprised any more that companies go that route.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 20:51 |
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Mercedes Benz E-Class Commercial You guys all know it. It is the one where every single one of those rich drivers should have killed themselves while driving, but their car saved them. Not a goddamn one of them takes any personal responsibility. "My car got my attention, telling me that I wasn't paying attention." "I had no idea the guy in front me stopped short." "I was literally falling asleep behind the wheel." Every single one of those drivers should lose their license indefinitely until they realize how much of a danger they are to others on the road. Instead, because they have money, Mercedes panders to the don't-have-to-give-a-poo poo demographic who think that they are better than everyone else. It is the most infuriating ad on television. Also, Hyuandi and Pomplamosse. I will never, ever purchase one of your cars. That campaign ruined your brand.
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# ? Jun 8, 2011 21:06 |