I post my least favorite commercials here (2 Viewers)

[rockaction]

Ok the pediasure commercials. Really? "I noticed my kid was slowing down in growth" So she gives him pediasure? Like thats gonna work?
Also, I didn't notice this before, but they started to put a disclaimer that basically says kids suffering from malnutrition can have growth issues. Really? Here's a thought....Feed your kid a sandwich, then you won't need pediasure.

I think there’s something way more serious going on with Pediasure than “feed your kid a sandwich.” This sounds like a corrective for bad infant nutrition, an inability to process certain foods, or something else. Usually, children aren’t “behind” in growth. Something is likely awry and the people who are using it are compensating for either illness, immunity, or previous malnourishment.

 

[supermike80]

Ok the pediasure commercials. Really? "I noticed my kid was slowing down in growth" So she gives him pediasure? Like thats gonna work?
Also, I didn't notice this before, but they started to put a disclaimer that basically says kids suffering from malnutrition can have growth issues. Really? Here's a thought....Feed your kid a sandwich, then you won't need pediasure.

I think there’s something way more serious going on with Pediasure than “feed your kid a sandwich.” This sounds like a corrective for bad infant nutrition, an inability to process certain foods, or something else. Usually, children aren’t “behind” in growth. Something is likely awry and the people who are using it are compensating for either illness, immunity, or previous malnourishment.

I agree....but that's not how it it presented in the commercial. Which was my point

 

[rockaction]

Ok the pediasure commercials. Really? "I noticed my kid was slowing down in growth" So she gives him pediasure? Like thats gonna work?
Also, I didn't notice this before, but they started to put a disclaimer that basically says kids suffering from malnutrition can have growth issues. Really? Here's a thought....Feed your kid a sandwich, then you won't need pediasure.

I think there’s something way more serious going on with Pediasure than “feed your kid a sandwich.” This sounds like a corrective for bad infant nutrition, an inability to process certain foods, or something else. Usually, children aren’t “behind” in growth. Something is likely awry and the people who are using it are compensating for either illness, immunity, or previous malnourishment.

I agree....but that's not how it it presented in the commercial. Which was my point

Yeah, I wasn’t criticizing your criticism. More like adding context to what it might be glossing over.

 

[Rustoleum]

Something about it is off. I doubt she forgot the birthday. She might have gotten bogged down and forgotten or (gasp!) found selecting a gift for her husband difficult.

When the daughter hands him his present she says “I know you said no gifts this year..”, so the wife didn’t think she had to get him a present.

We’re obviously missing or not hearing that. I’ve seen it like three or four times and missed it every time. Thanks. Makes infinitely more sense now.

I still think there are clues whereby she’s not being nasty to him but is feeling other emotions.

My impression is that:
1. She forgot/wasn’t getting him a gift
2. Is jealous of the attention being given to the dad and seeing him moved by the girls
3. So she tries to piggyback/overshadow their gift with her own hastily created slideshow, insinuating that “you wouldn’t be enjoying this moment with your kids if I hadn’t gifted you with them”, thus making the day all about her.
4. Walks off into the sunset with a smug look on her face

So, I hate her and this commercial even if the marriage is otherwise happy.

 

[kupcho1]

85 pages of bad commercials, 83 of which are, if I'm not mistaken, in-depth analyses of Apple "Intelligence" and Pediasure.
Keep up the good work.

 

[mr. furley]

all State Farm commercials
all commercials involving Gronk. in fact, all media involving Gronk.

 

[supermike80]

I could do with less of the Domino's "pizza emergency" thingy.
So dumb

 

[kupcho1]

all commercials involving Gronk. in fact, all media involving Gronk.

Add also, Kelce

 

[heckmanm]

I could do with less of the Domino's "pizza emergency" thingy.
So dumb

Although the guy who can't open the jar makes me chuckle

 

[mr. furley]

all commercials involving Gronk. in fact, all media involving Gronk.

Add also, Kelce

the way ESPN flogs their personalities should be illegal. enough with trying to turn them into caricatures and pushing them 24/7 on every possible show their network carries.

the guy is getting a late night talkshow for chrissakes. who was calling for that???

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I could do with less of the Domino's "pizza emergency" thingy.
So dumb

Every time I see this commercial, it reminds me that a major corporation apparently thinks that scraping together $10 for a pizza on short notice is some kind of emergency for me that needs advance forethought. I can assure you that it isn't and doesn't.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

the way ESPN flogs their personalities should be illegal.

Hard disagree. We should flog ESPN personalities much more vigorously. It's for their own good.

 

[mr. furley]

the way ESPN flogs their personalities should be illegal.

Hard disagree. We should flog ESPN personalities much more vigorously. It's for their own good.

:laughemoji:

 

[nirad3]

I could do with less of the Domino's "pizza emergency" thingy.
So dumb

Every time I see this commercial, it reminds me that a major corporation apparently thinks that scraping together $10 for a pizza on short notice is some kind of emergency for me that needs advance forethought. I can assure you that it isn't and doesn't.

And you still have to pay the tax on it and the delivery fee oh and don't forget the tip. Ends up being a nothing-burger deal-wise.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

It is more likely to CAUSE an emergency if you eat a Dominos pizza.

 

[fatness]

I was fortunate enough today to see a commercial with a couple brief scenes of a dog pooping.
Thank you Dr. Marty's.

 

[Chemical X]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

 

[nirad3]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

I can't tell you how many commercials I notice where they purposefully make the "middle aged white guy" (usually a dad) look like a bumbling buffoon.

 

[Chemical X]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

I can't tell you how many commercials I notice where they purposefully make the "middle aged white guy" (usually a dad) look like a bumbling buffoon.

my wife knows it is called “idiot dad”. every commercial has some idiot dad living in a giant house, but the guy is a complete buffoon. i always think, how can someone so stupid and such a chode be married, have kids, a job and giant house if he’s such a @christopher_wilson

 

[Psychopav]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

I can't tell you how many commercials I notice where they purposefully make the "middle aged white guy" (usually a dad) look like a bumbling buffoon.

my wife knows it is called “idiot dad”. every commercial has some idiot dad living in a giant house, but the guy is a complete buffoon. i always think, how can someone so stupid and such a chode be married, have kids, a job and giant house if he’s such a @christopher_wilson

 

[IvanKaramazov]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

I can't tell you how many commercials I notice where they purposefully make the "middle aged white guy" (usually a dad) look like a bumbling buffoon.

my wife knows it is called “idiot dad”. every commercial has some idiot dad living in a giant house, but the guy is a complete buffoon. i always think, how can someone so stupid and such a chode be married, have kids, a job and giant house if he’s such a @christopher_wilson

White Men Are Stupid In Commercials

 

[Chemical X]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

I can't tell you how many commercials I notice where they purposefully make the "middle aged white guy" (usually a dad) look like a bumbling buffoon.

my wife knows it is called “idiot dad”. every commercial has some idiot dad living in a giant house, but the guy is a complete buffoon. i always think, how can someone so stupid and such a chode be married, have kids, a job and giant house if he’s such a @christopher_wilson

White Men Are Stupid In Commercials

 

[Gr00vus]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

I can't tell you how many commercials I notice where they purposefully make the "middle aged white guy" (usually a dad) look like a bumbling buffoon.

my wife knows it is called “idiot dad”. every commercial has some idiot dad living in a giant house, but the guy is a complete buffoon. i always think, how can someone so stupid and such a chode be married, have kids, a job and giant house if he’s such a @christopher_wilson

White Men Are Stupid In Commercials

And sitcoms.

 

[nirad3]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

I can't tell you how many commercials I notice where they purposefully make the "middle aged white guy" (usually a dad) look like a bumbling buffoon.

my wife knows it is called “idiot dad”. every commercial has some idiot dad living in a giant house, but the guy is a complete buffoon. i always think, how can someone so stupid and such a chode be married, have kids, a job and giant house if he’s such a @christopher_wilson

White Men Are Stupid In Commercials

Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one that's noticed this. It's been going on for awhile now and I've kinda just bit my tongue, but it's super prevalent.

 

[Chemical X]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

I can't tell you how many commercials I notice where they purposefully make the "middle aged white guy" (usually a dad) look like a bumbling buffoon.

my wife knows it is called “idiot dad”. every commercial has some idiot dad living in a giant house, but the guy is a complete buffoon. i always think, how can someone so stupid and such a chode be married, have kids, a job and giant house if he’s such a @christopher_wilson

White Men Are Stupid In Commercials

Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one that's noticed this. It's been going on for awhile now and I've kinda just bit my tongue, but it's super prevalent.

can we start a movement? @christopher_wilson

 

[nirad3]

Ugh, Red Bull commercial of some animated spy trying to diffuse a bomb... someone trying to help him pick what wire to cut and says "it's usually always the blue wire".

Usually always? Aren't those two completely different adverbs? Or am I missing something?

 

[Sullie]

Ugh, Red Bull commercial of some animated spy trying to diffuse a bomb... someone trying to help him pick what wire to cut and says "it's usually always the blue wire".

Usually always? Aren't those two completely different adverbs? Or am I missing something?

I think sometimes never.

 

[GroveDiesel]

This Hyundai Hybrid commercial.

It’s apparently 5 months old but I saw it for the first time tonight. But so many stupid things.

-Commercial starts with a woman backing into a spot at a gas pump. Backing into a spot at the pump has to be super rare. Like almost never happening. And since her backup camera shows no car behind her and very few other cars there, backing in makes little sense.

-She comments about so many people being outside. No idea why this statement is in the commercial at all

-They make a big deal about the giant line inside to pay for gas. Who goes inside to pay for gas anymore? I bet 75%+ pay with credit card at the pump. And not sure why there are that many people buying gas when there’s like one other car at the pump.

-But she’s better than everyone else because she’s not paying for gas so she can buy some snacks at the express like in the gas station! You know, the express line that all gas stations have for people not paying for gas.

-We find out at the end of the commercial that she didn’t pay for gas despite the fact that she had backed into a spot at the pumps. So cool, blocking a pump at a station that is so busy there is a giant line inside and not even buying gas. Hope someone slashed her tires.

 

[Osaurus]

Busta Rhymes shilling cheap plastic ####

 

[Snoopy]

US Cellular ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJt4E1ululc
At the beginning, there are 4 of 5 letters filled out in the across area in the crossword puzzle. How are the letters derived since no other letters appear in the down answers in those spaces?

 

[The General]

Anyone who listens to sports talk radio has likely been hearing this commercial with some dork talking about eating crispy quesadillas and then proceeds to eat one and make moaning noises. Plays like 3 times an hour.

The people who made this ad should be beaten with a rubber hose.

 

[Buckna]

Who the duck would be a Bama alumni going to a football game and think their motto is "High Tide" instead of "Roll Tide?" So stupid...

 

[rockaction]

It’s apparently 5 months old but I saw it for the first time tonight.

This was not a commercial aimed at middle-aged white guys. I’ll just go ahead and break that one down.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

This Hyundai Hybrid commercial.

It’s apparently 5 months old but I saw it for the first time tonight. But so many stupid things.

-Commercial starts with a woman backing into a spot at a gas pump. Backing into a spot at the pump has to be super rare. Like almost never happening. And since her backup camera shows no car behind her and very few other cars there, backing in makes little sense.

-She comments about so many people being outside. No idea why this statement is in the commercial at all

-They make a big deal about the giant line inside to pay for gas. Who goes inside to pay for gas anymore? I bet 75%+ pay with credit card at the pump. And not sure why there are that many people buying gas when there’s like one other car at the pump.

-But she’s better than everyone else because she’s not paying for gas so she can buy some snacks at the express like in the gas station! You know, the express line that all gas stations have for people not paying for gas.

-We find out at the end of the commercial that she didn’t pay for gas despite the fact that she had backed into a spot at the pumps. So cool, blocking a pump at a station that is so busy there is a giant line inside and not even buying gas. Hope someone slashed her tires.

It’s almost as bad as the hybrid commercial where the guy puts 80 cents worth of gas in his car so that he can get a squeegee on his windshield from the attendant. There’s no such thing as an attendant for self-serve pumps.

It’s weird to watch car commercials written by people who obviously don’t drive.

 

[heckmanm]

Who the duck would be a Bama alumni going to a football game and think their motto is "High Tide" instead of "Roll Tide?" So stupid...

I assume it's his wife who's the alum, and he's a clueless dolt tagging along to his first ever CFB game.

 

[Chemical X]

i especially don’t like the amazon singing janitor. i also don’t like that there are seemingly 17 versions of this commercial spliced.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

the walgreens calvin commercial. so dad asks if calvin’s meds or shots need to be ordered and smug wife says already taken care of…….making dad look the fool as always. but, she only ordered after dad asked and offered. so, she lied. the. the kid has this smug look like dad is an idiot. dad should say “great, i’m going for a pack of smokes” and never return.

I can't tell you how many commercials I notice where they purposefully make the "middle aged white guy" (usually a dad) look like a bumbling buffoon.

my wife knows it is called “idiot dad”. every commercial has some idiot dad living in a giant house, but the guy is a complete buffoon. i always think, how can someone so stupid and such a chode be married, have kids, a job and giant house if he’s such a @christopher_wilson

White Men Are Stupid In Commercials

Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one that's noticed this. It's been going on for awhile now and I've kinda just bit my tongue, but it's super prevalent.

Uh, nirad3, this has been going on since 1999. My ex-girlfriend (feminist, no doubt) and I used to talk about it. The demographic shift had already happened from the 80s and was well-entrenched by 1996 (and that’s being generous). The only “Father Knows Best” sitcoms were already parodies of themselves and the men on them.

I’m surprised people are just coming around to this now. It’s been about thirty years.

White men just coming around to this tells me at least one thing: you’ve started to watch network/mainstream cable television again. I only watch sports (seriously, that’s all I watch because all the plot lines of all the shows are left-wing identity loony bin **** and have been for twenty-five years) where the dumb white guy thing is toned down because of dumb white guy dollars responsible for all the spending of cheddar. Now all we have to worry about is the trend of annoying female color commentators in our sportscasts.

One quick caveat on your last paragraph. The only programs I ever watch with commercials any more are sports, football specifically. When you almost never see commercials and jump back in after a hiatus, the open racism and sexism jumps off the screen at you. I sometimes wonder if other people just never noticed it because they've been watching all this time, and the change was kind of slow.

 

[rockaction]

I sometimes wonder if other people just never noticed it because they've been watching all this time, and the change was kind of slow.

Probably? I don’t know. I don’t think I’m an unusually perceptive person and I had noticed this phenomenon way, way back when. I mean, when you have the girlfriends that I had and they agreed with me pretty much wholeheartedly you know it was bad. Of course, every time you bring it up outside of agreeable company, you were met with the, “Aw, you poor white guy” rejoinder, whereby my privilege was now open to be discussed by various left-leaning (and sometimes just zeitgeist swimming) people. Roundly mocked, I would retreat to my corner and vow silent revenge. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet in this thread. That’s the stock response to this particular bellyache.

I kid about vowing silent revenge, by the way, but I’m flummoxed people are just noticing this now. My brother said something about this eight years ago or so and I was so stunned that he hadn’t noticed before. I’m really just surprised. A staggering divorce/unmarried rate and kids that ghost their parents or have “no contact” with them are indicia of the prevailing cultural “pick on Dad” attitude. Pick on Daditude, one might call it.

The standard American story is no longer apple pie and GW and the cherry tree. It's two kids and a wife that hate Dad. It’s the owner of Levi Pants from A Confederacy of Dunces.

Why would someone watching this happen all the time sign up for it?

Got me. Good question, I think.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Who the duck would be a Bama alumni going to a football game and think their motto is "High Tide" instead of "Roll Tide?" So stupid...

Or go to an Oregon tailgate and not know they are the Ducks…

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I sometimes wonder if other people just never noticed it because they've been watching all this time, and the change was kind of slow.

Probably? I don’t know. I don’t think I’m an unusually perceptive person and I had noticed this phenomenon way, way back when. I mean, when you have the girlfriends that I had and they agreed with me pretty much wholeheartedly you know it was bad. Of course, every time you bring it up outside of agreeable company, you were met with the, “Aw, you poor white guy” rejoinder, whereby my privilege was now open to be discussed by various left-leaning (and sometimes just zeitgeist swimming) people. Roundly mocked, I would retreat to my corner and vow silent revenge. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet in this thread. That’s the stock response to this particular bellyache.

I kid about vowing silent revenge, by the way, but I’m flummoxed people are just noticing this now. My brother said something about this eight years ago or so and I was so stunned that he hadn’t noticed before. I’m really just surprised. A staggering divorce/unmarried rate and kids that ghost their parents or have “no contact” with them are indicia of the prevailing cultural “pick on Dad” attitude. Pick on Daditude, one might call it.

The standard American story is no longer apple pie and GW and the cherry tree. It's two kids and a wife that hate Dad. It’s the owner of Levi Pants from A Confederacy of Dunces.

Why would someone watching this happen all the time sign up for it?

Got me. Good question, I think.

I laughed at the part about retreating to your corner and vowing silent revenge, but I didn't want to use the laugh emoji on the off chance that it might be misinterpreted. Wonderful turn of phrase.

 

[kupcho1]

It’s the owner of Levi Pants from A Confederacy of Dunces.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Who the duck would be a Bama alumni going to a football game and think their motto is "High Tide" instead of "Roll Tide?" So stupid...

I assume it's his wife who's the alum, and he's a clueless dolt tagging along to his first ever CFB game.

Plenty of bandwagon fans out there with money to spend who have no idea about the actual fan culture.

Though I have to admit to a somewhat similar fan faux paux in my own part. I’ve been a Bills fan for 35+ years despite never having lived in Buffalo. It was only within the last few years that I found out that the one and only correct response to “Go Bills” Is a return “Go Bills.” I’ve messed that up many times in my past.

 

[Chemical X]

Who the duck would be a Bama alumni going to a football game and think their motto is "High Tide" instead of "Roll Tide?" So stupid...

I assume it's his wife who's the alum, and he's a clueless dolt tagging along to his first ever CFB game.

every white man in a commercial is a clueless dolt.

 

[Chemical X]

just a random one on laundry commercials….the in house laundry facilities that people have in laundry commercials are the size of a NYC apartment. cabinetry, folding tables, out in the open on the main living floor. yes, i have a 2500 sq ft house and 1400 sq ft is my laundry room!

 

[rockaction]

They’re on your desk, Frank.

 

[kupcho1]

I'm watching sports on TV and there was a commercial break with 4 different commercials and not one of them was for a gambling site.

I don't think this has happened to me since gambling was legalized.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

That AT&T "bundle of three" commercial with the dad of a newborn talking to his parents or in-laws creeps me out. He does not act or talk in any way like a human would. It feels like the ad was written and directed by an AI algorithm that doesn't quite understand human behavior.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I'm watching sports on TV and there was a commercial break with 4 different commercials and not one of them was for a gambling site.

I don't think this has happened to me since gambling was legalized.

I've become numb to this one, and I feel kind of bad about that.

 

[Gr00vus]

Most of the insurance company ones are awful. The state farm ones are the worst though. Written by 5 year olds.

 

[3C's]

Most of the insurance company ones are awful. The state farm ones are the worst though. Written by 5 year olds.

Bundle is life!