You know what really grinds my gears?

[pietasterp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I've missed more big plays and parts of shows because I never watch commercials. I'm either going to my backup show(s) or reading the guide during commercials, because I have no patience for them any more. I can't believe that as a kid, I would watch entire movies with commercials every 5-9 minutes. I would never do that now...

[bhurst99]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

It's why I hate Canadian commercials especially. You have the same bunch airing on every single channel. Although outside of sports, I never watch commercials anymore, but the same few air multiple times a game and it's so annoying.

Americans are fortunate they get to avoid the wasteland of Canadian commercials. Some Canadian companies run the same advertisements for years and years. McCain Foods is particularly bad. You'll see a kid eating french fries in their ad for years while the kid in real life has graduated from college.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Americans are fortunate they get to avoid the wasteland of Canadian commercials. Some Canadian companies run the same advertisements for years and years. McCain Foods is particularly bad. You'll see a kid eating french fries in their ad for years while the kid in real life has graduated from college.

I can give them a pass lately since most cant film anything new (although some simply just made new commercials with no people, either using all text/graphics or cartoon/animated characters).

But in general, they suck. The same few car commercials on every channel, often making you sick of hearing a popular song, fast food commercials get played so often but I dont get annoyed though.

It's those annoying banking commercials which I hate. I'm sure you know those questrade commercials. Basically being like "You're not still banking with mom and dads guy are you?!", aka trying to target millennials and making people who know little about banking think that their parents know nothing either and theres better options out there.

And lottery commercials. Clearly they're making good money if they can afford so many ads all the time.

Although seeing some of these commercials, it makes me mad that in school when teachers would make us do skits, they judged people so strictly when we were probably just as good if not better than the average actor on these commercials.

[pietasterp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I can give them a pass lately since most cant film anything new (although some simply just made new commercials with no people, either using all text/graphics or cartoon/animated characters).

But in general, they suck. The same few car commercials on every channel, often making you sick of hearing a popular song, fast food commercials get played so often but I dont get annoyed though.

It's those annoying banking commercials which I hate. I'm sure you know those questrade commercials. Basically being like "You're not still banking with mom and dads guy are you?!", aka trying to target millennials and making people who know little about banking think that their parents know nothing either and theres better options out there.

And lottery commercials. Clearly they're making good money if they can afford so many ads all the time.

Although seeing some of these commercials, it makes me mad that in school when teachers would make us do skits, they judged people so strictly when we were probably just as good if not better than the average actor on these commercials.

Really addressing a wide swath of old grievances here in this one post, Majingir

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Really addressing a wide swath of old grievances here in this one post, Majingir

TLDR version of it all, commercials suck.


Although I do wonder if TV will ever go the streaming way with short commercials more frequently.

You see it in a sports game where they take a 15 second break in play to show some ad and then back to the action. I wonder how many wouldn't channel flip during a game if they had a game with no lengthy breaks, but instead had 15-30 second breaks more often.

[Caulfield]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

TLDR version of it all, commercials suck.

and now I've heard the Superbowl probably won't have stellar adverts this year, particularly none for Budweiser. might have to pass on this years SB w/o great commercials

[Speedy]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People who I know HEAR me say thank you politely yet choose to ignore by turning away and not acknowledging it.

You know what then?

Have a day.

Good day? Bad day? I don't care now.

Just have a day and go on with your rude self.

[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Americans are fortunate they get to avoid the wasteland of Canadian commercials. Some Canadian companies run the same advertisements for years and years. McCain Foods is particularly bad. You'll see a kid eating french fries in their ad for years while the kid in real life has graduated from college.

Commercials here aren't any better, I'm seeing Descovy for prep, Rupaul drag show, teen mom OG, and a blood pressure commercial that haunts me, on an endless loop


the Rupaul commercial gets replayed 3 times in a row sometimes, and I'm hearing "condragulation!" as an earworm

[pietasterp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Commercials here aren't any better, I'm seeing Descovy for prep, Rupaul drag show, teen mom OG, and a blood pressure commercial that haunts me, on an endless loop


the Rupaul commercial gets replayed 3 times in a row sometimes, and I'm hearing "condragulation!" as an earworm

What channel are you watching? I never see any of those commercials...

[JHamilton9]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People who I know HEAR me say thank you politely yet choose to ignore by turning away and not acknowledging it.

You know what then?

Have a day.

Good day? Bad day? I don't care now.

Just have a day and go on with your rude self.

Thank you for sharing.

[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

What channel are you watching? I never see any of those commercials...

oddly enough, Comedy Central

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

oddly enough, Comedy Central

Randomly had it on wee hours of the morning as background noise for South Park and there was a commercial for call girls/phone sex in my area

[pietasterp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Randomly had it on wee hours of the morning as background noise for South Park and there was a commercial for call girls/phone sex in my area

Targeted advertising

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Targeted advertising

It's South Florida so I'm not surprised

[dubcity]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The fact that in 2021 local radio stations still act like the only music that came of the 1970s was Steve Miller, Foreigner, and Journey.