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cornflakecrunchie · 2025-09-28T10:46:21+00:00

I mean, how many sweets must Haribo sell, to be able to afford to show their irritating ads SO often?

Portakalkedi · 30/09/2025 15:54

Just about all of them. I mute the volume but I'm sure the audio is as bad as the visual. The last one that I considered good was the Twix one with two bears. The ones which 'sponsor' a programme by having the same ad, and often ONLY that ad in the frequent breaks, ensure that I will never ever buy that product. This is all catchup TV, don't watch live TV but I imagine it's even worse.

FirstCuppa · 30/09/2025 15:47

MasterBeth · 30/09/2025 15:35

No, it's on every ad break when you play Channel 4 on demand.

Advertisers are targeting you specifically with messages if it's on streaming TV. That's why it might feel like there are fewer different ads and you're seeing the same ones repeatedly.

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Well that's horrifying.
The algorithms think I want Dominos, Tena Lady and a job as that horrible Indeed jobs recruitment ad comes up a lot for me too (agree it is absolutely ridiculous to think the HR wouldn't have a salary bracket down for an interview - is it trying to make her look stupid? It's grating).

MasterBeth · 30/09/2025 15:35

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 29/09/2025 23:05

OMG that is fecking awful! It's on every ad break when you play Channel 4 On Demand! So it's hard to avoid.

'Errrr I think you, as an employer, should tell me what the salary is.....' 'no you say what you want.' 'But you tell me what it is please.' 'But YOU need to tell me what you want.' 'But maybe you could give me an idea.' 'No YOU!'

Fecking daft, annoying ad. And he has an annoying pinched little face! 😆

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No, it's on every ad break when you play Channel 4 on demand.

Advertisers are targeting you specifically with messages if it's on streaming TV. That's why it might feel like there are fewer different ads and you're seeing the same ones repeatedly.

IAmThePrettiestManOnMyIsland · 30/09/2025 13:01

@LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway

'I hate this too. ANYone licking a yogurt lid just makes me wanna hurl! 😖'

It should be illegal 😂

Horrace · 30/09/2025 10:59

The ones about gushing periods and the diarrhoea singing in a Welsh accent.
I have to grab the remote at lightening speed to mute or switch off before I put a fist through the telly

FirstCuppa · 30/09/2025 10:51

I deliberately watch everything on catch-up and mute adverts these days. Too much CGI eyes on chins, manly mouths on babies - all of it is horrid.

The Domino hoo-hoo shite seems to have been going on for a hundred years. It's just not a clever idea and actually makes me want to get my pizza from Pizza Hut!

I think a lot of ads push me away from what they are selling because the ads show how stupid they think their customers are.

Oh just thought of the Tena lady one where she says "I've let it allll goooo" and grins because she's pissed herself on the mat. Nice.

TweedledumTweedleddee · 30/09/2025 10:50

All of them, but especially those with slow, warbling female singers killing a previously good pop song. I mute the tv for adverts every single time!

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 30/09/2025 10:47

Dontcallmescarface · 30/09/2025 09:15

No although I do love that song. It's from a serious accident when I was a child and guess what the other kids called me.

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Kids can be so cruel
Thanks for the reply.

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cornflakecrunchie · 30/09/2025 10:26

@Vroomfondleswaistcoat I see!
I'd heard of Gaviscon before that, it's firmly fixed in my mind, & I always choose that (or cheaper own brand) so you're probably right!

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Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 30/09/2025 10:02

cornflakecrunchie · 30/09/2025 09:55

Just wondering.. I mean, ads must work, or they wouldn't spend all that money on them.. but have you seen any that have actually spurred you on to buy their product?
I can't think of ANY.. even Pepto Bismol.. ;-)

Ah but it's not about making you buy the product, it's about brand recognition. People are more likely to buy something they have heard of, and I think it's something like something needs to be mentioned twenty times before the name sinks into the memory. So they are just trying to put their name out there so when you are in the shop and surrounded by 50 types of, say, stomach remedy, you will see Pepto Bismol and think 'I've heard of that' and buy it.

Not that the ads will directly make you rush out to purchase said item. It's subtler than that.

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cornflakecrunchie · 30/09/2025 09:55

Just wondering.. I mean, ads must work, or they wouldn't spend all that money on them.. but have you seen any that have actually spurred you on to buy their product?
I can't think of ANY.. even Pepto Bismol.. ;-)

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Jojoanna · 30/09/2025 09:28

I hate the one in school where they all cheer the boy for going to the loo ,, and his classmate pulls his finger 🤢

TY78910 · 30/09/2025 09:16

nomas · 30/09/2025 09:10

Lol, my 20 year old niece wouldn't recognise them. Are you gen z?

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No, a millennial! But I just googled and when Harry met sally came out in 89? Way before me!

Dontcallmescarface · 30/09/2025 09:15

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 30/09/2025 06:36

Out of curiosity..is your username from the Specials record Gangsters?

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No although I do love that song. It's from a serious accident when I was a child and guess what the other kids called me.

nomas · 30/09/2025 09:10

TY78910 · 30/09/2025 08:56

Nope!! Not my generation 😬

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Lol, my 20 year old niece wouldn't recognise them. Are you gen z?

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 30/09/2025 09:06

I’ve looked all through the thread and haven’t seen it! Can’t believe no one’s mentioned the Fage Yoghurt ad with the 2 kids. I so hate it.

It’s Fa-YEH

NC4thehaters · 30/09/2025 09:04

Zoopet · 29/09/2025 16:23

Dying donkey/dog/ cat ( insert animal of your choice) begging adverts for charity.
Also that dreadful one where a woman skips down the path to a man on a bench and joyfully talks about planning her funeral.
WTF I'll finish her off now so that her family can claim a refund for her planned funeral etc.

The ‘give us your money’ adverts play loads on daytime TV especially during older viewer friendly programmes- they’re obvs targeting the pensioners which pisses me off.

TY78910 · 30/09/2025 08:56

nomas · 30/09/2025 08:51

lol did you not recognise Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal?

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Nope!! Not my generation 😬

NC4thehaters · 30/09/2025 08:53

Vogue S and her bloody washing powder
Any Flash advert
The cheap gambling ones with the woman with long curly ginger hair, I reckon the budget was £50 per ad!

It’s annoying when you watch anything on catchup because they play the same frigging ad every break so you see it 4 or 5 times🤬

Most adverts actually work in reverse on me - I hate them so much I’ll refuse to buy a product!

nomas · 30/09/2025 08:51

TY78910 · 30/09/2025 08:43

Ahhhh okay that makes more sense!

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lol did you not recognise Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal?

nomas · 30/09/2025 08:48

The Jude Law one with Uber Eats, which is looping endlessly on one streaming app.

He’s known for one twee romantic film, why does this mean he’s a romcom hero? He’s not! He’s a has-been nanny shagger!

TY78910 · 30/09/2025 08:43

sittingonabeach · 30/09/2025 00:23

@TY78910 that’s the actors who were in When Harry met Sally re-enacting a scene from the film

Ahhhh okay that makes more sense!

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 30/09/2025 07:31

KimberleyClark · 30/09/2025 00:03

That Direct Cremation one where the woman is hovering outside the bathroom banging on to her husband, who is in the bath, about the lovely funeral they’ve just been to. Why on earth wouldn’t she just go in and sit on the loo to talk to him?

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A smart cookie that Millie
Ooo sausage rolls.
I hate that advert with a passion,it's on so bloody often I know the bloody words!

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 30/09/2025 06:36

Dontcallmescarface · 30/09/2025 05:28

All of them .

Out of curiosity..is your username from the Specials record Gangsters?

muddyford · 30/09/2025 05:52

All of them. No idea what three-quarters of them are about. BBC is just as bad with its trailers.