not sure if it just me, but for 99% of the ads on TV for products of all sorts - the ads make me want to never, ever buy the product

the ads are very stupid, clearly the people that approved the ads are just as dumb, and that is a direct reflection on the company and the product

if you have a product that you would like me to consider buying, don't make me feel like I need a shower after watching your commercial

But what if its for soap or shampoo?

The ones that gets me are for Dixie Paper Plates.

What idiot loads up a paper plate with a pound of spaghetti, topped with a jar of sauce, and half dozen meatballs, and then walks over to his girlfriend and dumps it all over her lap? You put spaghetti, sauce, and meatballs in a serving bowl and bring it to the table. Leastwise the dog that he tripped over gets a delicious dinner.

And then there’s the next one where a woman loads up a plate with a hero sandwich and salad, and while holding it with one hand walks over to her friend who has a paintbrush in her hand and tries to hand it off to her, thus dumping it all over the floor. No, the friend needs to come over to you, after she puts down the loaded paintbrush, to get her lunch.

Sheesh!!!

One that grinds my gears is for some kind of dishwasher detergent. It claims that "Every time you rinse dishes you waste up to 20 gallons of water". Who is gullible enough to believe that it takes a half bathtub of water to rinse dishes (unless you're a complete idiot)?

I find the "Recticare Advanced" ads to be lacking in decorum.

You're complaining that ads are stupid? You expect Neil deGrasse Tyson to do a technical dissertation for all commercials?

I'm certain every commercial you see from S&P 500 companies are vetted through several processes to ensure they get the right response from their target demographic.

The stupidity of the ads aren't a direct reflection of how dumb the people who approve the ads are; it's a reflection of the ad's target demographic.

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:
I find the "Recticare Advanced" ads to be lacking in decorum.

Worse than Xiaflex' bent carrot TV advert?

A lot of the late night ads are very short and concatenated. Many of them are impossible to read what the item is that is being advertised (not that I really care).

Food ads. Most of them seem to be pushing more and more cheese. They are unaware that 10% of humankind does not like cheese (I am one). I guess they are satisfied with the 90% who do.

Life Insurance. So many offer very high-Dollar policies for only about $20/month. I cannot see how a person paying that low a premium could possibly pay in enough to cover a $500,000 death payback--We're talking $240/year and it would take 2000 years to pay in that much. Yes, compound interest would cut that time down, but interest rates have been so low I don't see how it could justify those policy numbers.

Male supplements. I don't know about everyone else but the sly "And she'll like it, too!" at the end kind of irks me.

Affliction lawyers. Several kinds of cancer and now Parkinson's Disease have a slew of law firms touting their wares over TV, promising that the affliction "may" have been due to exposure to this or that and one "may" be eligivle for "significant compensation" (whatever that is). How does a person prove that sufficient exposure to the dreaded product occurred? Most of the ailments show up years or decades after the potential exposure. How much exposure? How long? Prove that the seller even knew (years ago) that exposure might cause the ailment. If they didn't, payment now is sort of an "ex post facto" situation.

flashguy

Fat chicks wearing Depends makes me want to turn off the television for sure. I also feel bad for all the out of work white actors. But then again they wanted diversity and inclusion. They probably didn’t realize inclusion wouldn’t include them.

It’s not just you- todays commercials are a major turnoff. I pretty much DVR everything these days so I can fast forward through commercials which helps a bit.

concatenated. Used by flashguy

Well, that is a new one on me. hadtolookitup.

I too am so tired of commercials that I'll switch to a different channel , but wait, they have learned to time it so ads run at the same time on all the channels.

How about the latest disease (that you have never heard of) that plagues the masses has a miraculous new drug to cure it - with 45 seconds worth of grotesque side effects. And, the disease can be called by a tricky 3 letter acronym that rolls off your tongue. Speaking of acronyms, DVR comes to mind.

Commercials are moronic. They have been designed to reach the general population and consider all of us helmet wearing window licking booger eating retards.

I think if it were not for big pharma, there would be no television. If I have to ask my doctor about zxcvbnmulubim, I need a new doctor. The son of a bitch should be telling me about the wonderful new medication that's clinically proven to reduce hemorrhoids' when taken orally.

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Originally posted by frayedends:
Fat chicks wearing Depends makes me want to turn off the television for sure. I also feel bad for all the out of work white actors. But then again they wanted diversity and inclusion. They probably didn’t realize inclusion wouldn’t include them.

It's truly amazing how black people have taken over ads. Even body parts....such as ads for things on the (black) hands. An alien from space would think all inhabitants here are black. Racism?

Pharmaceutical companies should consider no longer advertising on TV. When your advertisement is about 90% warnings on the possible side effects of your new and stupid sounding product are you really accomplishing anything?

Maybe it’s not even advertising and the real intent is to throw money at a media outlet in exchange for favorable media coverage once it comes out their product is indeed making people lose control of their anus or causing mass stupidity.

If adverts are indicative of the TV watching population as a whole then the vast majority of these people might be retarded.

Every time Joe Nathath or JJ comes on, I can't
reach the remote fast enough.

Anything woke..

I don't believe Wonder Bread really helps build strong bodies 12 ways.

You mean like car insurance commercials?

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Originally posted by 6guns:

It's truly amazing how black people have taken over ads. Even body parts....such as ads for things on the (black) hands. An alien from space would think all inhabitants here are black. Racism?

Yup, noticed that myself. I'll bet 90% of the ads now are like that.