Advertising you just don't get

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Ming
Then I would have to give up live sports... And I would rather have to put up with commercials than pay some stupid TV tax

You don't have cable or sat?

[Dis]

Originally posted by Japher
Dominos pizza should stop showing their pizzas in the ads... makes me want to vomit

true. if they wanted people do buy their pizzas they would show a papa john's pizza in the ads.

[Dis]

last night during the football game I thought there should be a tv that turns the volume down during commercials/ads. Football has so many now days. I don't mind the breaks too much, as I was playing a game on the computer at the same time. I mainly want to listen to the game and watch the replays .

Anyone else find commercials extremely annoying? I think I have less patience with loud talking than I did when I was younger. Used to be only car salesman ads were annoying with the loud talking/yelling. But now all ads get on my nerves. Radio ads are the worst. It's the reason I listen to classical and jazz stations as they are publically funded and commercial free. I can't stand commercial radio anymore.

[Japher]

I don't get any ads for penis enlargement




apparently I don't need it?

[Dis]

ahh just reminded me.

WTF is penis enhancement? All those stupid commercials spike tv plays during star trek tng.

Does it supposedly make it bigger, or just hard? I have no idea. Not that I care that much. But is it necessary to run ads for that every 10 minutes? Is this such a problem in america? just lead a healthy lifestyle and you should never have any hardness problems (course I'm still young, so what do I know about it ). As for bigger, they are scams, and it shouldn't be on tv anyways.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Dis
Not that I care that much.

yea, sure you don't.

And I have no idea what it does. I think some of them don't do anything.

[Elok]

Originally posted by Ming
They were targeting poor people who still use collect calls. Carrot Top's low humor does well across that demographic.

If that is true, I may have to rethink my opposition to eugenics.

[Bkeela]

I don't notice ads unless they feature hot, scantily clad women. Then my attention is called forth from the mental recess it was resting in to savour the sight. I couldn't tell you what is being advertised, probably some kind of female product or a brand of jeans. When the commercial of interest is over, my attention sinks back into the waiting room of my mind.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Originally posted by Ming
While I hate many commercials, it doesn't really bother me if the commercial isn't targeting me. But it really bothers me when I hate a commercial that I know is targeted to me.

This is actually the part I dislike the most, philosophically, at least. If I'm watching a show and a commercial comes on, it is by definition targeted at me. Yeah, I know, advertisers aren't exactly shooting in the dark when they make decisions about where to place their ads, but basically any ad I see that I find stupid or annoying was targeted at me with the assumption I'd find it funny or persuasive just because I'm watching a certain show. I find that assumption to be worse than just being forced to watch a stupid ad.

[Dis]

I find it funny there are ads for women's products on spike tv. . That's supposed to be a channel for men.

[Elok]

On that note, Time-Life advertises a Xian rock collection during MythBusters on the Discovery Channel. Kinda strange that they paid money to try and sell religious music during a show hosted by a pair of atheists...

[Ming]

Originally posted by Kidicious
You don't have cable or sat?

Sure.. I have cable. And I can watch a lot of programming commercial free.

But most of the live sports in the US is shown on the commercial networks. It's free to watch.... and easy to ignore the bad commercials

If I'm watching a non live event on commercial television, I will usually tape it, and then watch it later and skip the commercials.

[Zoid]

I just don't get the car ads on TV. Especially SAAB and Volvo. WTF are they trying to convey here? I'm not getting up and buying a SAAB or a Volvo based on these crappy commercials. Or is it just a way of saying "Hey, look at us!!!"

[Zoid]

My favourite commercial right now:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=11075707

They're launching cream cheese on tube, but first they tested various other delivery systems like calabash, birch bark horn and mattress pump. They all failed

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Dis
ahh just reminded me.

WTF is penis enhancement? All those stupid commercials spike tv plays during star trek tng.

Does it supposedly make it bigger, or just hard? I have no idea. Not that I care that much. But is it necessary to run ads for that every 10 minutes? Is this such a problem in america?

It's just a problem for people who watch Star Trek.