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TV Adverts you despise

223 replies

beeonmybonnett · 05/10/2023 20:56

Lighthearted.

I hate that Sainsbury’s “hey big saver” ad. It really grinds my gears!

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sallysausagedig · 08/10/2023 21:37

RunningUpThatBuilding · 05/10/2023 21:03

All adverts with an awful scripted conversation that they try to pass off as natural. Really winds me up.

e.g. man on phone to call centre: "I hear you do life insurance plans for all adults based in the UK with no invasive medicals or complicated forms".

NO ONE says that! NO ONE!

Oh yea!!!! I always think they must get the shit ribbed outta them when they're with their mates 😂

AmIAutumnalNow · 08/10/2023 23:26

LighthouseTheme · 05/10/2023 22:47

On the donkey theme - the one for Supernoodles. It drags it out so much, there is always time to press Mute. Hate it.
(And I used to work for the manufacturer....)

Vogue Williams talks like a robot in the Fairy ads. It's though her top lip is stuck to her teeth

Anything Tena! (And now there is one for men too.) Involving a fish tank and a grey-haired chap in his undies.

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The close up of the old dear pretending to lick her lips at the end gives me the rage

Blahbie · 09/10/2023 00:32

Dove ad featuring a former anorexic girl just no that's not how it's done tbh

'Pee pants' I think the tena ad everything about it is annoying and cringe 😬

Blahbie · 09/10/2023 00:34

lollipoprainbow · 05/10/2023 23:53

The lotto one with the two guys ergh !!

I know, I mentioned this to my partner and he just sighed. lol

AlexaCanYouHearMe · 09/10/2023 20:16

Blahbie · 09/10/2023 00:34

I know, I mentioned this to my partner and he just sighed. lol

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I absolutely clucking HATE this one too! Angry 'I lost the ticket!' 😩

Awful cringeworthy PC bollux.

Elderflower14 · 10/10/2023 21:18

Just remembered another one..
The bloody man in the well,trolley, Tesco advert!!! 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡

OnGoldenPond · 11/10/2023 01:18

toadasoda · 08/10/2023 15:47

Any sanitary product ad that feels the need to show us using graphics how they work, cos us women folk are too bloody stupid to figure it out. Same for 'sensitive bladder' ads.

Always wondered what a sensitive bladder is. Does it read poetry and shed a tear when watching documentaries about children in war zones? Confused

GirlFromTheBackstreetsOfNever · 11/10/2023 02:02

OnGoldenPond · 11/10/2023 01:18

Always wondered what a sensitive bladder is. Does it read poetry and shed a tear when watching documentaries about children in war zones? Confused

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GirlFromTheBackstreetsOfNever · 11/10/2023 02:32

Blahbie · 09/10/2023 00:32

Dove ad featuring a former anorexic girl just no that's not how it's done tbh

'Pee pants' I think the tena ad everything about it is annoying and cringe 😬

@Blahbie not sure what the issue is with the Dove advert.

agree regarding pee pants. At least they've stopped using that Live laugh love slogan.

tintinandhisdogsnowy · 11/10/2023 03:25

That bloody haribo advert where the police are in the car talking in bloody baby voices. I absolutely loathe it. I have to mute it because I can't bear to listen to it.

AlexaCanYouHearMe · 11/10/2023 09:59

OnGoldenPond · 11/10/2023 01:18

Always wondered what a sensitive bladder is. Does it read poetry and shed a tear when watching documentaries about children in war zones? Confused

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Alighttouchonthetiller · 11/10/2023 10:40

CosyCoffee · 05/10/2023 22:20

The Omaze ads with the grinning woman who over emphasises every word. She looks and sounds demented.

I saw this for the first time this morning! Why is she speaking like that?! Has she bumped her head? And why does she look like she hasn't bothered to get ready for the day - her hair looks like she just got out of the shower and she's wearing the sort of outfit only fit for putting out the bins.

barbiekitty · 31/12/2023 23:18

The virgin air advert. I hate it

MalewhoisLaffinalltheway · 09/02/2024 10:09

Not despise as such, but the lack of research is astounding...

The Vitality Health insurance adverts with the dacshund - the backing music...

Enola Gay!

Nothing healthy associated with Enola Gay was there? About 160k people died!

OhSnow · 09/02/2024 10:50

All of them.

Bonjovispjs · 09/02/2024 10:53

On the beach, just came on as I was reading this thread 😡

Floogal · 09/02/2024 10:55

Bonjovispjs · 09/02/2024 10:53

On the beach, just came on as I was reading this thread 😡

@Bonjovispjs you're not the first to mention it. Hate the father and son

drudgewithagrudge · 09/02/2024 10:58

The daft teacher who is too afraid to lick the top of her yoghurt in front of the kids.

The boy who announces to his family at the dinner table that he likes Muller rice warm. Weird.

rooftopbird · 09/02/2024 11:09

The holiday one where Jess Glynne screeches 'darling hold my hand' in the first millisecond of it. DS thinks it's hilarious that it makes me wince so violently!

ToHellBackAndBeyond · 09/02/2024 11:11

The Wuka advert.

Mindlesspuzzles · 09/02/2024 11:12

There's one for F And C , some kind of investment company, where a dad is telling his grown up daughter how to paint a room.

Its so grating and behind the times .

rooftopbird · 09/02/2024 11:14

The Virgin airlines one is cringe too.

redboots765 · 09/02/2024 11:23

I thought it was Mel C too. But I am face blind.

The Tampax flow, weather.
The ninja pajama pants.

redboots765 · 09/02/2024 11:28

Also the poonami advert, poor child not wearing pjs.

WinkyTinky · 09/02/2024 11:34

Agree about the On The Beach advert. Makes me feel totally justified in never wanting to go on a beach holiday. Bloody awful.

Really feel uncomfortable at the Food Hub porn parody advert. Bloody awful.

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