Commercials that annoy you in the 2024-25 season

[Bard Marchand]

Not like I am a fast food expert or anything, but whenever I see a commercial from the big brands, they at least paid their food makeup artist to make the food look somewhat tasty.

Then DQ has commercials where they're aggressively trying to tell me that their plastic fake looking props are somehow delicious meals. This year they have fake plastic burgers. Last year they ran an ad campaign for their fake plastic chicken strips.

I know all fast food is bad... but come on, DQ isn't even trying. The sad thing is if they actually think their product looks good in those commercials.

Oh and 2 or 3 years ago there was a godawful Taco Bell commercial that was just constant closeups of people's mouths as they slammed that grade D beef down their throats. Gross on a completely different level.

 

[HarrisonFord]

Questtrade. Wouldn’t matter how good their offering was, I’d never invest on their platform

 

[Jetcetera]

The awful mobile ads currently on this forum

 

[FlappyGiraffe]

Winnipeg has an infuriating commercial for about recycling, with a bunch of children mocking you for 30 seconds.

The commercial actively makes me want to throw my recycling in the trash, I've come close a few times now because of it

 

[wunderpanda]

tim hortons spicy rose chicken flatbread pizza. none of those things are a pizza.

 

[Chet Manley]

Everyone makes fun of us old people that still have cable but I rarely have to sit through a studid commercial. Do most people not have things in place to avoid advertising? Are young people just rawdogging through the media they absorb?

 

[wunderpanda]

Everyone makes fun of us old people that still have cable but I rarely have to sit through a studid commercial. Do most people not have things in place to avoid advertising? Are young people just rawdogging through the media they absorb?

kek! you pay for cable

 

[Ratatoskr]

Liberty Mutual. I want to stab myself in the ear with a rusty screwdriver every time that one's on.

 

[Disturbed1]

The French sports network RDS has about three sponsors; yes, even for Habs hockey games; and they repeat the same commercials over and over; every break. Over and over. Over and over. Over and over. Over and over...

 

[ThePrideofStockholm]

All of them, as a non American it makes no sense

 

[Ratatoskr]

All of them, as a non American it makes no sense

I agree with the general sentiment, but as a German I'm surprised how much better than ours those North American commercials tend. Doesn't make me want to watch them, mind you, butthe overall quality is certainly higher than over here. Plus it was kinda interesting at first to gain insights in the cultural and legal differences regarding ads between NA and over here. Things like what kinds of products are featured, which disclaimers seem to be needed etc.
I don't think we have commercials for law firms, hospitals or prescription drugs, presumably for legal reasons. Like North Americans, we have tons of commercials for beer, telecom providers and cars, although the types of cars that get promoted are quite different.