Ads That Generally Annoy You
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Adverts for loan companies like Wonga.com which have a typical APR of 2600%. It pisses me of how these things are even legal.
Aside from the usual Go Compare, the tirade of ads that all seem to have the same structure.
I.e. They most often feature two people, a man and a woman. The man is a bumbling buffoon(usually overweight)who generally does or says something stupid, after which the smart, responsible woman(usually quite attractive) promptly 'saves the day' or otherwise makes the man even more of a moron than he first appeared.
And because it is extremely annoying, the Go Compare ad.
I.e. They most often feature two people, a man and a woman. The man is a bumbling buffoon(usually overweight)who generally does or says something stupid, after which the smart, responsible woman(usually quite attractive) promptly 'saves the day' or otherwise makes the man even more of a moron than he first appeared.
And because it is extremely annoying, the Go Compare ad.
Classic. That alone is a far better ad for insurance, booze, cheese and poker.Broady Brio said:
Agreed...drbarno said:
another annoying one is "You buy one, you get one free! I said you Buy one, you get one free" ...ie Safestyle UK windows. Amusing considering I just got my windows done by them.
My partner hates it also because it was his "nickname" since his name is Byron. So it became "You By...Ron, you get one free!" No wonder he got annoyed lol
These diet coke ads. I swear they are all over my city and both I and my sister find them just awful. Stupid demeaning adverts that portray a ludicrously stereotypical and shallow depiction of a marketer's idea of a female mind all to advertise a low calorie soft drink.
There are plenty of other ones but these ones just stand out with a particular degree of irritance for me because I can't seem to get on a bus and head into the city without spotting one of these somewhere.
It's like I'm living in the reality of that one Malibu Stacey episode of the Simpsons.
The one off the top of my head is the Dell commercial with them singing the oldie song "Lolipop". I hate it so much! You can't mix an oldie song like that to help advertise a contemporary item! It isn't clever!
Edit: Any commercial that is about the general.com.
I'll trust Geico or AllState or Progressive thank you. Those are companies that have access to enough money to make a real commercial that's actually funny in a way. Also the CGI for the general.com sucks.
Edit: Any commercial that is about the general.com.
I'll trust Geico or AllState or Progressive thank you. Those are companies that have access to enough money to make a real commercial that's actually funny in a way. Also the CGI for the general.com sucks.
The ads for some investment organization or something that are all rotoscoped, where they actually tape the people talking, then animate the same person talking directly over the live action filmy part. See the move "A Scanner Darkly", same thing. Only in the ads, it feels REALLY unneccessary, and probably costs a boat load more than if they were to just air the close up of some middle aged woman talking about her investments.
There's also a couple ads for an insurance company where it's just a guy talking while going through some mundane task. The first one, the camera follows him while he walks into a coffee shop. The coffee shop has nothing to do with what the guy is saying, he's just doing the usual pitch, but the camera follows him in a single shot, at one point panning off to follow a waitress while the guy continues talking. The visuals have nothing to do with the product or the monologue at all. In the other one, which I guess is supposed to be a kind of "sequel" to the other one, it's the same guy, standing outside the coffee shop, giving the same pitch. Towards the end, a waitress walks out, hands him his coffee, and walks back inside, during which time the guy continues talking as if nothing is happening. Am I supposed to be convinced that this insurance company is the one for me, simply because the dude digs a cuppa joe every now and then?
Well, that was longer than I'd planned...
There's also a couple ads for an insurance company where it's just a guy talking while going through some mundane task. The first one, the camera follows him while he walks into a coffee shop. The coffee shop has nothing to do with what the guy is saying, he's just doing the usual pitch, but the camera follows him in a single shot, at one point panning off to follow a waitress while the guy continues talking. The visuals have nothing to do with the product or the monologue at all. In the other one, which I guess is supposed to be a kind of "sequel" to the other one, it's the same guy, standing outside the coffee shop, giving the same pitch. Towards the end, a waitress walks out, hands him his coffee, and walks back inside, during which time the guy continues talking as if nothing is happening. Am I supposed to be convinced that this insurance company is the one for me, simply because the dude digs a cuppa joe every now and then?
Well, that was longer than I'd planned...
Little Caesars pizza Ads, mainly the one with the woman comparing it to frozen and delivered pizza, mostly because she's so smug and self satisfying.Heaven forbid you have to cook something you lazy smug *****.
Also the one about crazy bread for a buck, it acts like some amazing deal before you realize you have to buy one of their shitty pizzas first.
Also the one about crazy bread for a buck, it acts like some amazing deal before you realize you have to buy one of their shitty pizzas first.
The ones that play two times in a row or the ones that cut off before they should end. But the one I hate the most is HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FORHEAD x5.