Anyone see this and is ticked off like me?

[Msbeepbeep]

Since I don't watch TV, I spare myself a lot of agony.

I was watching the weather forecast and the commercial pop'n up. I could not tell you what shows are on don't watch them, just a couple of old shows, one in black and white!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

I find most commercials to be insulting to anyone of average intelligence. I agree with NHBandit, those Sonic guys are really annoying. close behind them are those two lame guys playing the guitar and telling really bad jokes. I think their selling insurance or something. This could actually be a real good thread to start. There's hundreds of them and they seem to get worse by the day.

I agree and one of these days the TV will find it's self parked at the curb on trash day!

 

[G.I.B.]

Yep, the fat guy lying on the beach chair certainly was offensive...

If this commercial bothers you- I bet the one where the teenage girls escapes out of the 2nd floor bathroom by tying tampons together probably toasts your muffin to no end.

So, shut off that idiot box, go outside and play.

 

[Frankn]

I remember the early days of advertisement. They put an actual picture of the product on the screen and then told you the good things about it. Maybe 5 seconds and back to the show.
Now, You have idiots jumping around on the screen, Real fine print scrolling by telling you how the product can kill you, and this takes a couple of minutes and is followed by several more commercials. In some you actually only get a two second view of the actual product. The illusion of advertising is sliding down the slippery slope.
Frank...

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Yep, the fat guy lying on the beach chair certainly was offensive...

If this commercial bothers you- I bet the one where the teenage girls escapes out of the 2nd floor bathroom by tying tampons together probably toasts your muffin to no end.

So, shut off that idiot box, go outside and play.

I'm not offended I'm angry. Tampons didn't close Nantasket Beach to metal detecting, misconceptions did!
The only thing I watch on the idiot box is news & weather and at times I wonder why I even bother watching that!
The only playing I can do out side now is shoveling snow which I do not enjoy.
I realize the commercial has a funny side to it but I guess you'd have to be effected by the negative aspects to get it.

 

[RGINN]

Looks like the old ad department did their job and you're talkin about their product. Good or bad don't matter, you're helpin spread the word.

 

[davemcc]

Hunting with Minelab Excal and custom made shaft....



The other guy in the clip looks like he's swinging a Fisher CZ model.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Your both right, I will shut up now, thanks!

 

[WVPapaw]

I wouldn't get my knickers in a knot, it's just another stupid commercial from a company known for stupid commercials. I wouldn't buy insurance from a company with such blatantly stupid commercials as theirs though. They really do need another company to create their ads.

Somebody should tell them their commercials are stupid so they wise up and get a new ad firm

 

[DixieLandMan]

I thought the commercial was funny. Even my wife laughed.

 

[g-olden years]

Don't watch much TV, but have noticed that most ads are for products which each citizen has already made up his mind about & chosen his favorites -- vehicles, fast food, medications, snacks, insurance, etc. Most ads include images or concepts of lifestyle that apparently give people feelings of power or satisfaction: gorgeous babes & hunky guys, people driving new vehicles through wide open beautiful landscapes at full throttle as the only vehicle on the road, gorging on fast food giving feelings of omnipotence (ha!ha!) and pharmaceutical ads conveying ideal pleasant family life, plus a widespread use of images of individual power to give viewer feelings of being "king of the hill". So why do companies spend big bucks on ads when most people will stick with the brands they already use? Mulled that over recently. My conclusion is that the corporations which run our government & other governments of this planet merely want to keep our minds full of foolish images & yearnings that may keep us from thinking about the big picture of humanity and joining together to take positive actions to improve government and shift the power balance from entrenched self-serving government to the people of our nation. Ads that puff up our human egos seem just a trick to keep people feeling they have real choices. A parallel to that is the fact that our government now permits only the "top" two political parties to participate in the so-called presidential debates every four years, thus pushing aside minor parties which want to make visible some alternate choices for the future of our government and this planet. Formula for small wealthy groups to control the burgeoning populace of humanity: keep people yearning for more material goods, keep people divided into opposing blocks which spar at & condemn one another instead of joining to improve things, keep people's thoughts full of baloney! Never thought I'd lean toward becoming a conspiracy theorist, but seem to be morphing that way these days, especially as I learned this week that 85 people control the same amount of wealth as half the population of the entire world, and the top 1% has 65 times the wealth of the bottom half . Ads? Blitz, glitz, and plenty of "duh". Whew, now I need seven straight days of beautiful leisurely beach detecting to recover from heating up my old brain here. HAVE FUN! Life is short, so do what you enjoy as long as it doesn't hurt others. Andi

 

[Frankn]

Don't watch much TV, but have noticed that most ads are for products which each citizen has already made up his mind about & chosen his favorites -- vehicles, fast food, medications, snacks, insurance, etc. Most ads include images or concepts of lifestyle that apparently give people feelings of power or satisfaction: gorgeous babes & hunky guys, people driving new vehicles through wide open beautiful landscapes at full throttle as the only vehicle on the road, gorging on fast food giving feelings of omnipotence (ha!ha!) and pharmaceutical ads conveying ideal pleasant family life, plus a widespread use of images of individual power to give viewer feelings of being "king of the hill". So why do companies spend big bucks on ads when most people will stick with the brands they already use? Mulled that over recently. My conclusion is that the corporations which run our government & other governments of this planet merely want to keep our minds full of foolish images & yearnings that may keep us from thinking about the big picture of humanity and joining together to take positive actions to improve government and shift the power balance from entrenched self-serving government to the people of our nation. Ads that puff up our human egos seem just a trick to keep people feeling they have real choices. A parallel to that is the fact that our government now permits only the "top" two political parties to participate in the so-called presidential debates every four years, thus pushing aside minor parties which want to make visible some alternate choices for the future of our government and this planet. Formula for small wealthy groups to control the burgeoning populace of humanity: keep people yearning for more material goods, keep people divided into opposing blocks which spar at & condemn one another instead of joining to improve things, keep people's thoughts full of baloney! Never thought I'd lean toward becoming a conspiracy theorist, but seem to be morphing that way these days, especially as I learned this week that 85 people control the same amount of wealth as half the population of the entire world, and the top 1% has 65 times the wealth of the bottom half . Ads? Blitz, glitz, and plenty of "duh". Whew, now I need seven straight days of beautiful leisurely beach detecting to recover from heating up my old brain here. HAVE FUN! Life is short, so do what you enjoy as long as it doesn't hurt others. Andi

Hay, you are not suppose to understand that! lol Frank...