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Adverts that make you want to avoid the product

223 replies

chickbean · 08/01/2023 12:14

I can't stand the new Zoopla adverts, they really make me cringe. That said, I won't actually stop looking at it (surely everyone already knows that that's how you can be nosey about what your neighbours are selling their houses for).

However ... I will never consider buying Daisy by Marc Jacobs, because the advert makes me want to scream. Also, my mum won't ever by Muller products because she hated one of their ads so much.

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ExFiles · 08/01/2023 15:25

Any and all perfume ads. They remind me that we live in a capitalist dystopia.

CarpeVitam · 08/01/2023 15:25

The current Pantene shampoo one - can't stand it!

Happygirl79 · 08/01/2023 15:26

LaughingPriest · 08/01/2023 12:49

Darling hold my hand!!
I can't explain why I hate it so much!

Same here. Its so annoying

unsync · 08/01/2023 15:27

Ameanstreakamilewide · 08/01/2023 14:03

She's wearing a beautiful green dress, though.

Well that's OK then 🙄

Quveas · 08/01/2023 15:32

Justdancinginthedark · 08/01/2023 12:21

I was coming on to say 'Daisy daisy daisy daisy' Ah so cringe.

Oh yes this one... Take three women, make sure that there's a bit of diversity so nobody can call us racist, then assume that they can't recall the lines for a 30 second advert.... I literally want to smash the TV every time I see it.

ChangedmynameagainforChristmas · 08/01/2023 15:32

@Blossomandbee · Today 15:02

That cringey advert with Ian Botham and his awful acting skills 'wow, you must have been using Revitive'

It's his feet that I can't get over. Revolting

Skiphopbump · 08/01/2023 15:32

Agree with the On the beach advert- the boy eating ice cream makes me want to vomit.

Supernoodles (I think), the lady licking her lips at the end also makes me want to vomit.

Any advert with Philip Schofield puts me straight off.

ChangedmynameagainforChristmas · 08/01/2023 15:33

When the old guy bites down on the Magnum ice cream I want to throw a brick at the TV, I cover my ears at the stupid over exaggerated noise. I actually hate that advert

ExFiles · 08/01/2023 15:33

LaughingPriest · 08/01/2023 12:49

Darling hold my hand!!
I can't explain why I hate it so much!

Oh god, yes this one. ‘I’m ready for this’ is the line that makes me irrationally angry!

CrossPurposes · 08/01/2023 15:34

I usually skip ads but I was obliged to watch mercifully short breaks watching a series on Now and they were always for perfume and aftershave. I had to shut my eyes during the Sauvage one but the one that puzzled me the most was where the man kissed his reflection because unless you have a narcissist in your life, who is interested? And I can't even remember what it was advertising.

YouJustDoYou · 08/01/2023 15:34

Any advert with multicoloured-haired Gen-Zers doing stupid poses to stupid music with serious faces.

Skiphopbump · 08/01/2023 15:34

Also the nationwide poem ads - in particular the ones with the two sisters singing.

pinneddownbytabbies · 08/01/2023 15:38

Any advert involving food where the children eating it appear to have never been taught how to hold a fork properly.

Useyourfork · 08/01/2023 15:41

LaughingPriest · 08/01/2023 12:49

Darling hold my hand!!
I can't explain why I hate it so much!

I remember being delayed on Jet 2 flight on the runway with this song on a loop 😩😂

Ohgoodyanotherone · 08/01/2023 15:43

I think the people who thought up the annoying yodelling Dominoes ad may need to re-think their campaign if last Friday evening in this house is anything to go by.

Annoying ad comes on t.v
Me "ooh I quite fancy a pizza tonight"
Him " Yep me too...shall I order one?"
Me "yes please"
Him...dials number "Hello? Papa Johns?"

Not the outcome Dominoes intended.

swimlyn · 08/01/2023 15:46

Roundlampshade · 08/01/2023 12:31

On the beach. That boy is an arsehole.

Oh yes, @Roundlampshade, an appalling ad that's returned from last year.

Do I want to holiday with families like that? Let me think...

WomanhoodIsABirthright · 08/01/2023 15:50

Any make up or cosmetic brand that has men advertising it.

Current one that is pissing me off is Expedia.

swimlyn · 08/01/2023 15:50

LittleGreenDuck · 08/01/2023 12:42

Yes, we're talking about these adverts, therefore they've worked.

No, they haven't @Spaghetti201.

See thread title if in doubt.

Pudmyboy · 08/01/2023 15:55

Any life assurance especially those with June and the serial killer parsnip jam neighbour.
I always thought they were having an affair and all the talk about insurance and parsnips was a cover story to explain why they were round each others' houses all the time!

Pudmyboy · 08/01/2023 15:58

Roundlampshade · 08/01/2023 12:31

On the beach. That boy is an arsehole.

I hate the way he gloats with his ice-cream when his sister drops hers: I want the next scene to be her knocking his elbow upwards so it goes straight into his smug face!

swimlyn · 08/01/2023 15:58

smileladiesplease · 08/01/2023 15:11

Oh the sun life funeral plan one. The neighbours discussing flowers and then suddenly their deaths. Smiling all the time too. Who has a funeral plan honestly mad unless you know you are dying soon.

Exactly when are you going to die then?

Bunnynames101 · 08/01/2023 16:01

The new Jane plan advert. the repeated dinging upsets one of the buns who then sets of the others.

All marc Jacobs adverts, daisy/perfect/probably another that I've blocked from my memory

Pudmyboy · 08/01/2023 16:02

Justdancinginthedark · 08/01/2023 12:21

I was coming on to say 'Daisy daisy daisy daisy' Ah so cringe.

Yes, x1000! Definitely the worst ad I can think of! Would never buy it because of theannoying daisydaisydaosydaisy !!! Don't care if it smells of angel farts!

LindorDoubleChoc · 08/01/2023 16:02

Oral B toothpaste "But how do I keep my MOUTH healthy?"

Brush your teeth, love. You know, like your parents taught you when they first started to come through.

DangerBangers · 08/01/2023 16:02

The Head&Shoulders one - "I didn't know you had dandruff.... I don't!"
Gahhhh!!!!