Things That Annoy You

[Juan]

In my market, there's a commercial for some hearing treatment, I suppose it's hearing aids, but it's not clear.  It shows a woman isolated from her family by her hearing loss.   

I'm rather deaf (too much rock 'n roll) so I have closed captioning on at all times.  This commercial, made to sell to the deaf, has no closed captioning.  How stupid.

[HorrorRetro]

If I had before me the persons responsible for making all these ads where supposed 65-year-olds (played by incredibly beautiful 43-y.o.s) are spending the weekend running ultra-marathons together, or parachuting from 75,000 feet, and then on Monday run a Fortune 500 company or preside over an NGO that saves baby koalas, and then spend the after-work hours at their inexplicably young children's school-programs and thence to some world-saving fundraiser, and finally home in their $90,000 vehicle where they will roger the spouse until dawn, at which they time they train with a local SEAL detachment, all the time with an insipid smile on their faces because they use some product (that just might give you thoughts of suicide or make you throw a clot), I think I really might bitch slap them to tears. I do hate them. All.

Bravo!  Training with the local SEAL detachment did cause some coffee spewage. 

Commercials are almost all crap these days.  So fake and ridiculous.  I long for the days of local commercials where you'd hear about one-hour Martinizing dry cleaning or even national commercials like Crisco.  Now every other commercial is a drug commercial, promising fantastic results.  There are one or two drug commercials -- I think one is for eczema and the other for arthritis -- where the possible side effects include lymphoma and other cancers.  I think I'd rather go through the effects of the original diagnosis than risk various cancers.   

[ItsOver]

Too bad Bill Mays has passed on.  He would have livened-up a Cialis commercial. 

[Eddie Coyle]

In my market, there's a commercial for some hearing treatment, I suppose it's hearing aids, but it's not clear.  It shows a woman isolated from her family by her hearing loss.   

        Hmmm, never tried that tactic. Sounds good though.

[Juan]

        Hmmm, never tried that tactic. Sounds good though.

It is good.  I'm deaf as a post, particularly around my family.

[Juan]

The woman with 8-foot wide hips annoys me greatly for some reason.  It's even worse in millimeters - 2438.

[analog kid]

If I had before me the persons responsible for making all these ads where supposed 65-year-olds (played by incredibly beautiful 43-y.o.s) are spending the weekend running ultra-marathons together, or parachuting from 75,000 feet, and then on Monday run a Fortune 500 company or preside over an NGO that saves baby koalas, and then spend the after-work hours at their inexplicably young children's school-programs and thence to some world-saving fundraiser, and finally home in their $90,000 vehicle where they will roger the spouse until dawn, at which they time they train with a local SEAL detachment, all the time with an insipid smile on their faces because they use some product (that just might give you thoughts of suicide or make you throw a clot), I think I really might bitch slap them to tears. I do hate them. All.

And it's invariably either common B12 or a blend of innocuous "herbs."

[coaster]

The other thing I hate about commercials is the new trend to add the most annoying shrilly song to it. One of the most annoying is the new citibank commercial where some scratchy throated woman who looks like bob dylan screams "somebody left the gaaaate ooooopen" I doubt citibank knows the song is about two lesbians robbing a roadside gas station.

LP - Into The Wild [Official Music Video]
And the worst? State Farms commercial where some idiot starts singing and a sales rep pops out of nowhere.

State Farm® Commercial "Magic Jingle Buffalo" :30

[McPhallus]

And the worst? State Farms commercial where some idiot starts singing and a sales rep pops out of nowhere.

State Farm® Commercial "Magic Jingle Buffalo" :30

They're a piece of shit company, too.

[Sardondi]

Bravo!  Training with the local SEAL detachment did cause some coffee spewage. 

Commercials are almost all crap these days.  So fake and ridiculous.  I long for the days of local commercials where you'd hear about one-hour Martinizing dry cleaning or even national commercials like Crisco.  Now every other commercial is a drug commercial, promising fantastic results.  There are one or two drug commercials -- I think one is for eczema and the other for arthritis -- where the possible side effects include lymphoma and other cancers.  I think I'd rather go through the effects of the original diagnosis than risk various cancers.   

Tell us what your product does and why it's as good or better a value than other similar products. I believe most of America would rather have this kind of selling than anything else. (The C. Crane Radio ads sound like they're this kind of company. I certainly hope it's true and that they aren't just another bunch of slingers of fairy dust and hyperbole.)

Advertising as an industry has done more to undermine our nation's confidence in authority than crooked politicians. Who among us hasn't taught our children at an absurdly young age that they must be extremely careful about what they hear on tv, and can't just automatically accept it? This default setting of cynicism and suspicion is a huge part of what is wrong with postmodern Western culture. It wasn't that way until the post-Kennedy 60's, and the counterculturists and revolutionaries who relentlessly pushed this attitude as a way to undermine the status quo are just as much to blame as the Nixons, whose crimes have actually been dwarfed in the last decades.

[coaster]

The local news and their team of incompetent meteorologists who forecasted decent weather for the week.  I just walked out back and measured 6+ inches of snow... which means i'll have to shovel the walks of at least a dozen properties this morning. fun. I know more about meteorology and the weather  than these fools do, and I didnt go to school for it.

[MV/Liberace!]

I know more about meteorology and the weather  than these fools do, and I didnt go to school for it.

also, by installing a weather app on your phone, you'll have access to the SAME information they do (just more quickly).


tv weather is fuuuuuuuucking useless.

[Marc.Knight]

The local news and their team of incompetent meteorologists who forecasted decent weather for the week.  I just walked out back and measured 6+ inches of snow... which means i'll have to shovel the walks of at least a dozen properties this morning. fun. I know more about meteorology and the weather  than these fools do, and I didnt go to school for it.

The little secret is most of them didn't go to school for it either.  TV stations are notorious for hiring empty suit "weather men" instead of meteorologists to save money.

[Imconfused]

The last piece of toilet paper.  Because it's glued on the roll.  And then the glue sticks to your .......

Never mind.

[Juan]

I'm highly annoyed that Beeeyont Bleef is no longer advertising on Coastgab.  I enjoyed clicking through and knowing that sNoory was paying MV.

[ziznak]

The last piece of toilet paper.  Because it's glued on the roll.  And then the glue sticks to your .......

Never mind.

ewwwwwwwwwwwww....

And where did all of those adds for Bleef go?

[analog kid]

Being incredibly drunk and incredibly lonely.

Here's a cute gif of a fox cub

[coaster]

Being incredibly drunk and incredibly lonely.

Here's a cute gif of a fox cub

cheers. I watched a video of a fox playing catch earlier. cute little critter.

[McPhallus]

Not to sound like a douche, but do you get out much these days?

Being incredibly drunk and incredibly lonely.

Here's a cute gif of a fox cub

[General Johnson Jameson]

Having the flu. No chicken soup without msg. Public intolerance of pissjugs.

[analog kid]

Not to sound like a douche, but do you get out much these days?

What's this "get out" you speak of?

I live in a remote area in the country. There isn't such a thing as getting out.

[Imconfused]

What's this "get out" you speak of?

I live in a remote area in the country. There isn't such a thing as getting out.

Ahahaha.  Very good sir. This post cracked me up.

Oh yeah,  right....  I am annoyed at George Noory.

There...

[McPhallus]

What's this "get out" you speak of?

I live in a remote area in the country. There isn't such a thing as getting out.

I live in a suburb near a major metropolitan area (Chicago).  Reclusive tendencies and social anxiety issues aside, I find it best to live somewhere where I can always get out and have something to do when I get the urge. 

Maybe a change of scenery is in order.  Just sayin'.

[ziznak]

as much as I believe what you are saying makes sense mr mcphallus... even getting out might not help some of us.  You can be incredibly drunk and lonely in a bar full of people you know as well.

we live alone inside of our own heads after all dont we?

[Imconfused]

we live alone inside of our own heads after all dont we?

Living in your head must be a challenge. You know,  since it's served on a platter.   

[analog kid]

I live in a suburb near a major metropolitan area (Chicago).  Reclusive tendencies and social anxiety issues aside, I find it best to live somewhere where I can always get out and have something to do when I get the urge. 

Maybe a change of scenery is in order.  Just sayin'.

That would be nice. I have a lot of responsibilities here though, unfortunately. I'm usually fine until I get drunk, and then all I can think is woman.

[ziznak]

Living in your head must be a challenge. You know,  since it's served on a platter.   

oh dear lord if i lived in THAT head EVERYTHING would be a challenge... especially talking

[Eddie Coyle]

 
         Hershey squirts, puking and passing out.

        And it has nothing to do with over imbibing alcohol.

[HorrorRetro]

         Hershey squirts, puking and passing out.

        And it has nothing to do with over imbibing alcohol.

Ick.  Hope you feel better soon.

[Coasted2astop]

...So now that I am up earlier than I planned I thought does anyone else have moments of--I am going to kill them?

All I ask is the issues revolve around your day to day. No politics please.

I used to listen to a national, late-night, paranormal talk radio program whose regular host could often bring rage of this sort - but I've stopped and it's all good now.