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hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:08 AM Jul 2019

No, We don't "all love Video Doorbells," Property Brothers! (Ads that Annoy, Irritate or Outrage)

That damned commercial runs 24/7 and beyond the fact I find turning over one's entire home and functions to the possibility of internet hacking to be intensely stupid, that ad, that assumes WE all are going to do so really irritates me, (although less so than the actual "ad performance" from the Scott Brothers. "FACT!" )

So, what's your least favorite commercial currently?

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No, We don't "all love Video Doorbells," Property Brothers! (Ads that Annoy, Irritate or Outrage) (Original Post) hlthe2b Jul 2019 OP
My daughter and son in law just moved into a house with new appliances. greymattermom Jul 2019 #1
Ultimately, I think all these interconnected "time, energy & supposed $$ saving" technologies hlthe2b Jul 2019 #2
I hit the mute button on 99.999% of all commercials Siwsan Jul 2019 #3
Anything snowybirdie Jul 2019 #4
+1000000000 Lochloosa Jul 2019 #8
And Limu the Emu. Archae Jul 2019 #14
Yesterday I was bingeing on the American Heroes Channel Zorro Jul 2019 #5
Speaking as a woman... wryter2000 Jul 2019 #9
Agree 100%. sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #6
Ba-da book ba-da boom wryter2000 Jul 2019 #7
That one! I hate it the most! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #13
I record most of the shows I watch on network stations and fast forward thru the commercials. Fla Dem Jul 2019 #10
I watch very little TV anymore Sherman A1 Jul 2019 #11
The grand prize for annoying ads goes to....... SCantiGOP Jul 2019 #12
Any Progressive insurance commercial. n/ t MicaelS Jul 2019 #15
The precription ads are the worst. Archae Jul 2019 #16
anything with LOUD bells, alarms, screaming people/babies, etc. IcyPeas Jul 2019 #17
I absolutely despise the Captain Morgan commercial Zorro Jul 2019 #18

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
1. My daughter and son in law just moved into a house with new appliances.
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:16 AM
Jul 2019

Their dishwasher talks to their cell phones. YUK.

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
2. Ultimately, I think all these interconnected "time, energy & supposed $$ saving" technologies
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:18 AM
Jul 2019

are going to cost consumers more to securely "safeguard" than any savings or real convenience. I'm no Luddite, but I am cautious, given what we already know to date.

Siwsan

(26,259 posts)
3. I hit the mute button on 99.999% of all commercials
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:36 AM
Jul 2019

The Big Pharma ones were driving me around the twist. They all seem to list more ways the drug can kill you, than ways it can help you. Most of the rest of the ads are just flat out annoying. The writing seems geared for middle-schoolers.

I'm probably the marketing ad world's biggest kind of nightmare.

Zorro

(15,737 posts)
5. Yesterday I was bingeing on the American Heroes Channel
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:59 AM
Jul 2019

aka The Nazi History Channel and saw a Peyronies Disease commercial multiple times.

I didn't know that condition was such a problem, but comparing one's Johnson to a green jalapeño pepper is disturbing on many levels.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
11. I watch very little TV anymore
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 10:20 AM
Jul 2019

that which i do watch is recorded. I have also given up on CNN, MSNBC and alike which are nothing more than 24/7 Breaking Noise designed to fill airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed. I find them to be nothing but hype that occasionally brushes up against journalism but it is becoming more of a rare thing when it happens .

SCantiGOP

(13,869 posts)
12. The grand prize for annoying ads goes to.......
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 12:13 PM
Jul 2019

CPI. Not only does the cop arresting the vaguely looking Hispanic guy run constantly, I really get pissed every time the cop whines that "I can't stop everybody walking down the street...." Damn liberals, stopping him from being able to decide who should be stopped, like a brown guy in a white neighborhood.

Anything by Liberty Insurance, and the horrible Wayfair music are runners-up.

Archae

(46,318 posts)
16. The precription ads are the worst.
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 02:10 PM
Jul 2019

And of the worst, the worst of those is that one for manic-depression.

IcyPeas

(21,858 posts)
17. anything with LOUD bells, alarms, screaming people/babies, etc.
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 02:30 PM
Jul 2019

if that's supposed to get your attention. it does -- and I immediately hit MUTE. I hate loud obnoxious commercials no matter what product they are selling. and I hate live audiences where everyone is screaming.

also LIBERTY, LIBERTY, LIBERTY............. LIBERTY

Zorro

(15,737 posts)
18. I absolutely despise the Captain Morgan commercial
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 09:04 PM
Jul 2019

They took the beautiful tune "Guantanamera" (lyrics by the Cuban patriot José Marti) and made it stupid, ugly, and obnoxious by a bunch of louts shouting about rum. Outrageous.

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