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TV ads that drive you crazy

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cornflakecrunchie · 28/09/2025 11:46

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

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IAmThePrettiestManOnMyIsland · 29/09/2025 15:29

Abominableday · 28/09/2025 16:29

Never got the Craig David hate - Walking Away was a lovely song. And he was only 17 when his first single came out.

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I think it's the unnecessary warbling, and 'Ooooo Craig David' in his songs. Plus the obvious autotune that sounds robotic. He's not very good live.

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cornflakecrunchie · 28/09/2025 19:55

@NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag I've said the same in the past re the TV sanitary pads ads on here & got called out.. I STILL hate them, & the incontinence pads ad.. 'I'm letting it all go'.. dirty bugger, bet she smells..

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cornflakecrunchie · 28/09/2025 19:50

@DarkLion How could I have forgotten the deodorant one?
Talk about playing on people's fears about smelling.. I shout at the tv 'just get a shower, you'll be fine'.. feck's sake..

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Myblueclematis · 28/09/2025 18:47

There is a sponsorship advert for Indeed that comes on with hideous regularity when watching anything on All4. It's actually put me off even starting to watch a series because the ad is so awful. I normally watch a lot of Ch4 stuff on catchup but you can't even fast forward through it as it won't let you.

The sponsorship ads are usually pretty dire but this is one of the worst ones I've ever seen. 😡

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 28/09/2025 18:45

Old hat comment, I suppose, but why must we see red on sanitary pads now? What next, brown smears on toilet paper, 😑😝.

menopausalfart · 28/09/2025 18:37

@Tooty78 The Daisy, Daisy, Daisy, one last year, drove me to distraction.

Tooty78 · 28/09/2025 18:34

menopausalfart · 28/09/2025 17:48

All of the bastard Christmas perfume/aftershave ones we'll be getting soon.

Especially the one with Natale Portman where the singer is screaming the accompanying song.

Mama2many73 · 28/09/2025 18:23

CapabilityBrownsHaHa · 28/09/2025 16:01

Tui "Hold my hand". When will it go away??

Pepto Bismol "diarrhoea". Nuff said.

Pesto bismol! Who the fuck thought that idea up??
The detergent where EVERYTHING is white!! Dont bloody paint with your kid with them and yourselves in white clothes!

CosyAutumn · 28/09/2025 18:21

Jamie Redknapp advertising slip on Skechers. 😂

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 28/09/2025 18:18

Vogue Williams..all in white, child all in white painting,all the stains come out.
Aye right!!
Haribo ads.
YSl perfume advert scantily clad woman ✓
Bird of prey ✓
Big fiery word✓
Then scream freedom ✓
What a load of crap.

Myblueclematis · 28/09/2025 18:00

MasterBeth · 28/09/2025 17:32

It’s not a rip-off, it’s a choice.

No-one is forcing you to buy your groceries from Whoosh or Just Eat. You pay (heavily) for the convenience.

Don’t want it? Don’t buy it.

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I had Covid back in July and I used Whoosh as I was pretty low on some essentials. I did the order and it turned up in an Uber within half an hour once I sent the request.

I only needed less than a dozen items but I'd definitely use it again if I was unable to get out and needed food items pretty quickly.

menopausalfart · 28/09/2025 17:48

All of the bastard Christmas perfume/aftershave ones we'll be getting soon.

BrownyMousy · 28/09/2025 17:45

Corsodyl advert where the woman screams at the other woman in the mirror. Awful.

TheSaltedCaramelPath · 28/09/2025 17:39

Dominic West in the Nationwide ad.
I’m going to have to change my account…

MasterBeth · 28/09/2025 17:32

Bladderpool · 28/09/2025 17:26

Whoosh is a complete rip off, they get the groceries from express shops which are horribly overpriced to begin with then turbocharge you for delivery.

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It’s not a rip-off, it’s a choice.

No-one is forcing you to buy your groceries from Whoosh or Just Eat. You pay (heavily) for the convenience.

Don’t want it? Don’t buy it.

AutieAdult · 28/09/2025 17:32

Peptomismol
charity adverts, pretty much all of them
sanitary or pants ones
find the haribo creepy

Bluescissorsbluepen · 28/09/2025 17:28

The poonami one! Prevents leaks so you all get a nights sleep, apart from the baby I assume who’s lying in its own filth all night! Clearly never understood what the problem is, leaky nappy means light on, clothes change, bed changes and probably a run under the tap not just containing it till morning. Drives me crazy every time.

Bladderpool · 28/09/2025 17:26

LorrieTosh · 28/09/2025 17:17

Tesco whoosh winds me right up.
The whole point is that it’s fast, so why has that man settled into his hot tub with a face mask on when he knows someone’s about to come to the door?
Why is that woman with the pigtails all dressed up as if she’s about to do karate, only to scream, punch the air, and act an absolute fool in the vague direction of a dummy?

Surely it’d be better to show normal people using it (like a harassed mum carrying a baby with a toddler hanging off her, looking in the fridge and realising she’s got no milk for her tea) than whatever the unrelatable fuck is going on in those ads.

Whoosh is a complete rip off, they get the groceries from express shops which are horribly overpriced to begin with then turbocharge you for delivery.

Mafstonight · 28/09/2025 17:20

The slip on Skechers adverts

DarkLion · 28/09/2025 17:20

The full body deodorant ones, nothing beats sitting in the cinema waiting for your film for an advertisement about deodorant for a man’s balls, grim

FrodoBiggins · 28/09/2025 17:19

One got stuck in my head yday, a song about indigestion, and really pissed me off for hours. The only live tv i watch is sports though so it's mainly betting ads and the like which I dislike but don't find annoying.

LorrieTosh · 28/09/2025 17:17

Tesco whoosh winds me right up.
The whole point is that it’s fast, so why has that man settled into his hot tub with a face mask on when he knows someone’s about to come to the door?
Why is that woman with the pigtails all dressed up as if she’s about to do karate, only to scream, punch the air, and act an absolute fool in the vague direction of a dummy?

Surely it’d be better to show normal people using it (like a harassed mum carrying a baby with a toddler hanging off her, looking in the fridge and realising she’s got no milk for her tea) than whatever the unrelatable fuck is going on in those ads.

Wiglio · 28/09/2025 16:37

The brat in the stair lift ad ‘I can’t sleep without bunny’
Yes you can.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 28/09/2025 16:32

FaitesVosJeux · 28/09/2025 15:54

Bastard Vintage Cash Cow and their ads that seem longer than some feature films. Fuck off you grabby scammy bastards just hoping than some fool sends you a Faberge trinket in with their haul of utter shite.

Phew. That's better. Grin

I was thinking earlier about those cash for gold adverts that were everywhere about fifteen years ago. They went something like "do you have gold jewellery that you never wear,? Then send it to us in the post and we'll give you cash at a much reduced rate" and then seemingly disappeared.

Wonder if they've just rebranded themselves. Also on the VCC adverts, the woman who simperingly goes "does she need the toilet?" when the dog starts barking can get to fuck as well.

Abominableday · 28/09/2025 16:29

IAmThePrettiestManOnMyIsland · 28/09/2025 14:54

Oh I know the Craig David one is awful! He was naff then and even naffer now.

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Never got the Craig David hate - Walking Away was a lovely song. And he was only 17 when his first single came out.