Things in advertising that piss you off?

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BowieZ said:
I hate how people in advertising are the model of perfection. Flaws are EVIL. Obviously they have to focus on flaws and getting rid of them because that's what their product ultimately is supposed to achieve, but still, that's what I hate about it.
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I hate it when ads intentionally go the other way for comedic effect.

"You're a dumbass, right? *funny skit of person acting the fool while doing basic tasks* Our product does the work for you!"

"You're a MAN right? *funny skit of 350 pound caveman doing MANLY things* Well MEN don't eat healthy food! Be a fat ass and eat our TV dinners! It's the MANLY thing to do!"

"You're a socially awkward basement dweller, right? *funny skit of anemic stoners on a shitty couch* Buy our videogame!"
 
Advertising products that have been around for decades.

Seriously, does Coke and Pepsi need advertising anymore? Are consumers going to magically forget about them if they don't see them in a commercial?
 
I actually really love advertising. Not so much TV (especially when I'm watching something) but print or text-based ones. Nothing gets me hornier than a well-executed headline followed by a great copy.

A lot of the stuff that's mentioned in this thread actually really works. Marketers have an excellent understand of human psychology and it's fascinating to read about em'.
 
The worst are ads in magazines that are designed in a way to make it seem like it's a glowing magazine article about the product
 
SexyNerd said:
Advertising products that have been around for decades.

Seriously, does Coke and Pepsi need advertising anymore? Are consumers going to magically forget about them if they don't see them in a commercial?
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Yes. If you don't remind people you still exist, they will think you went away or went out of business.
 
Selling products using little girls. They are usually annoying.

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The UK has now been taken over by Cash for Gold ads or the many other variants it might aswell have its own channel.
 
I thought advertising was like advertising is here in Norway. Some bland "trying to be sleek and getting their point across" commercials. Some cheesy ones and lots of "trying to be funny" ones, wherein actually 50% of them are funny the first time you see them. Then I go to america, and it's all of a sudden

"Do you need money?"
"Is your phone-plan sucky?"
"Get male enhancement pills today!"

and the rest are so cheesy and so stupid.. Ads on TV here in Norway rock compared to that stuff.
 
I love how American informercials always show how people are miserable without their products.

Such as the old quick chop infos where people are always cutting their hands because they are idiots.
 
In general Im incredibly wary of advertising. 21 years of seeing ads and about 2 years of studying them oughta leave you jaded about it.

But every once in a while comes a genuinely funny/ touching ad.
 
deadbeef said:
Advertising prescription medication
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Definitely.

Side effects may include: Death, swelling of the brain, your heart may explode and, on rare occasions, you may turn into Ethel Merman. Ask your doctor!

And this, too.

whalekock said:
TV ads where the volume is way higher than the show you are watching.
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-Perfume ads: they just try too hard to create a "story" that in the end makes no sense at all. It´s just perfume folks!

-Bank ads: the new trend here in Braziloland is bank ads towards kids, including cute and funny characters. Disgusting.

-Credit card ads: in the wonderful world of credit card ads or everybody is filthy rich or paying the expenses bill is non-existant concept.
 
- happy pregnancy test commericals: Can't they show one where the test is negative and met with relief?

- blue fluids in diapers, maxis and tampons
 
*cue generic rock*

(Manly voice over)
You're a MAN and you need a TRUCK because our trucks are STRONG and MANLY. We have enough TORQUE and HORSEPOWER to uproot MOTHERFUCKING WATERTOWERS. We get a whole TWENTY-ONE miles to the gallon which is UNBELIEVABLE (for a truck). *sound of something heavy dropped* FORD, BUILT TOUGH.

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Shiiiiiiiit, why aren't our trucks selling? How are people not willing to drop fifty thousand on a truck I guess it must be too MANLY for them. We need another baiiiilouuuut
 
  • Male enhancement pills. I don't want to see commercials about this shit
  • Political ads (I live in Ohio... need I say more?)
  • Girls Gone Wild ads, so annoying
  • Progressive commercials with that ugly fucking annoyingly voiced bitch! Ugh! I can't even stand to MERELY mute the TV, I have to change the channel, or back up the DVR 10 seconds and pause it for 30 seconds before returning to live TV again. I ACTUALLY DO THIS. IT IS NECESSARY
 
Danthrax said:
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  • Progressive commercials with that ugly fucking annoyingly voiced bitch! Ugh! I can't even stand to MERELY mute the TV, I have to change the channel, or back up the DVR 10 seconds and pause it for 30 seconds before returning to live TV again. I ACTUALLY DO THIS. IT IS NECESSARY
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YOU LEAVE FLO OUT OF THIS OR I WILL HURL YOU INTO THE SUN.
 
OMG Aero said:
I hate those adverts with people in them who have obviously been dubbed over with someone else's voice.
What was so bad with their voice that it was considering better to give them the most unconvincing voice ever?
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This, oh my god it is the single most annoying thing in adverts that i see.

Also, i love the safestyle ads
I SAID Y BUY ONE, Y GET ONE FREE!

Also.
Instead of properly advertising your own product, picking at the competition.
Mac ads.
 
I pretty much am in the boat with the 'all advertising' option, however I loathe daytime TV advertisements.

FOR THE BEST CAR INSURANCE RATES IN TOWN 1-800 GENERAL NOW. Ugh. That one is the worst.
 
-kids smarter than parents (should never happen)

-husbands dumber than wives (should happen as often as husbands smarter than wives)

-2 months salary for a fucking ring?!?!?!?
 
"Call 1-800-267-2001, ALAAAAARMFORCE"

Yeah, jingles based around phone numbers are really fucking annoying. Well, jingles in general too.
 
I hate how the women in commercials are always super intelligent, and the guys are always such idiots. And then the women make fun of the guys for something, and then the guy is like "Duuuuuuhhhh???? HUR HUR!" Although that seems to be the trend in sitcoms too.
 
All ads in general. I mute them immediately. I often wonder who buys stuff based on what they see in ads.

Car commercials mostly. If we all made our purchasing decisions based on television commercials we would have to buy every car. I swear to god almost every one is touted as being the best.

The worst car commercial I have seen lately is the recent Lexus ads with the guy driving up to another stopped vehicle. The other car is covered in so many "for sale" and sale balloons you can't even see what kind it is. Then the camera shows the Lexus driver making the smuggest smirk I have ever seen in my life and zooms away. Lesson from ad: your car is better because its not on sale and more expensive than all other cars. It might well be, but this ad campaign is manipulative.
 
The Charmin commercials with the bear that's got a bunch of TP stuck to his ass. I mean, I agree with it, that happens to me with Cottonelle so I don't use it, but jesus christ. Plus,. the cartoon bear has no actual asshole, so what was he wiping there for?
 
Multiple versions of what is essentially the same commercial.

Like the 50,000 different iPhone app store ads. WE FUCKING GET IT BY NOW. The iPhone is a pretty cool device — is there seriously no better way to market it? Same thing with the PC/Mac ads... Apple just sucks at advertising in general.

Progressive (and GEICO) do this, too. I generally don't mind TV commercials and can tune them out no problem, but this phenomenon gets to me for some reason.
 
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