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TV Adverts you despise

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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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Gilead · 29/02/2024 17:32

The pot noodle slurping one!

TinselSniffer · 29/02/2024 17:34

@MoonWoman69 you didn't 'look it up' very well then because it's not Mel C or Anna Wintour in the Virgin Atlantic ad.

MoonWoman69 · 29/02/2024 18:02

TinselSniffer · 29/02/2024 17:34

@MoonWoman69 you didn't 'look it up' very well then because it's not Mel C or Anna Wintour in the Virgin Atlantic ad.

I saw a few sites saying the same thing? Ok then, you clearly know better! 🤷‍♀️

LighthouseTheme · 29/02/2024 18:25

Gilead · 29/02/2024 17:32

The pot noodle slurping one!

You're not alone.... I started a thread in AIBU at the weekend, and there is another thread in Chat.
It's so bad that it gets threads of it's own!

redboots765 · 01/03/2024 10:57

MoonWoman69 · 29/02/2024 18:02

I saw a few sites saying the same thing? Ok then, you clearly know better! 🤷‍♀️

It's not Mel C. All the actors are Virgin employees.

I also had to google, I was convinced it was her!

DeadDoveDoNotEat · 01/03/2024 11:05

I haaaaaaate the one where the people have little mouths in their foreheads 🤮

I don't even know what it's for as I have to look away when it comes on.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 01/03/2024 11:09

All the ludicrous perfume ads.

The current ones about laundry ‘freshness’ with people practically having orgasms because the sheets are ’WAY more fresh!’

(aka way more artificial stink of course.)

MoonWoman69 · 01/03/2024 11:20

redboots765 · 01/03/2024 10:57

It's not Mel C. All the actors are Virgin employees.

I also had to google, I was convinced it was her!

My husband said it was her and I disagreed! I actually thought it was a bloke! The only one I recognised was Ru Paul! It's a weird advert for sure!

StarlightLady · 01/03/2024 11:30

Any ad you despise is one you remember. That is advertising that works. And further publicity is given on threads like this.

StarlightLady · 01/03/2024 11:31

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 01/03/2024 11:09

All the ludicrous perfume ads.

The current ones about laundry ‘freshness’ with people practically having orgasms because the sheets are ’WAY more fresh!’

(aka way more artificial stink of course.)

Orgasms? I’ll have some of that!

TinselSniffer · 01/03/2024 11:39

@MoonWoman69 sorry to keep correcting you but it's not Ru Paul either 😂

MoonWoman69 · 01/03/2024 12:06

@TinselSniffer Are we talking about the same advert?! Ah, having just looked again, yes we are! Well that's odd, the lists that I originally saw have now been removed! I'm assuming the celebrities that have the lookalikies didn't want their names linking with something they aren't involved in! Because to me, they are lookalikies!
I stand fully corrected, thank you for that! 🤗💐

redboots765 · 01/03/2024 17:06

StarlightLady · 01/03/2024 11:30

Any ad you despise is one you remember. That is advertising that works. And further publicity is given on threads like this.

NOOOO 😂 I actively choose not to buy a product from any fucking advert that annoys me 😂

Honestly when I have to watch them I mutter..no I don't need you. It creates a very negative association for me.

DannyLovesFanny · 01/03/2024 17:18

MoonWoman69 · 01/03/2024 11:20

My husband said it was her and I disagreed! I actually thought it was a bloke! The only one I recognised was Ru Paul! It's a weird advert for sure!

It's a bloody awful advert!

Deathraystare · 03/03/2024 08:29

The Listerine Donkey or as he says "Lusterine"! It is on too much!

Floogal · 03/03/2024 09:03

Deathraystare · 03/03/2024 08:29

The Listerine Donkey or as he says "Lusterine"! It is on too much!

Is that the girl who's in Mimi's World on those adverts?

MalewhoisLaffinalltheway · 04/03/2024 13:26

All of the 'Bold' adverts, without exception!
Same goes for the 'Flash' ones!
And I just don't get the Kit Kat one... What has Buttercup123 got to do with your uncles favourite rock or whatever they're asking...?

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 09/03/2024 16:38

The Malteasers adverts... where the young women with disabilities talk about dating. They're really crude, I cringe when they come on.

Lifestooshort71 · 09/03/2024 16:47

The bulky pee pants one where the woman sits on a bloke's shoulders at some rave and her pants are full of pee!! Hotly followed by the pee pants one where same woman attends a yoga class and let's it all out!! No, please, no!

LighthouseTheme · 09/03/2024 19:46

MalewhoisLaffinalltheway · 04/03/2024 13:26

All of the 'Bold' adverts, without exception!
Same goes for the 'Flash' ones!
And I just don't get the Kit Kat one... What has Buttercup123 got to do with your uncles favourite rock or whatever they're asking...?

He is using the Question Reminder, which can help you remember your password. But when her horse snorts or neighs, she says their name, which is Buttercup! and her password obviously. Don't you get it?
(I use my horses' names for various passwords, with numbers added, so it was obvious to me.)

LighthouseTheme · 09/03/2024 19:48

Lifestooshort71 · 09/03/2024 16:47

The bulky pee pants one where the woman sits on a bloke's shoulders at some rave and her pants are full of pee!! Hotly followed by the pee pants one where same woman attends a yoga class and let's it all out!! No, please, no!

Totally agree. And made almost the same comment a few months ago.
Repulsive. (Even though I am the target demographic. I guess.....}

MalewhoisLaffinalltheway · 12/03/2024 11:23

LighthouseTheme · 09/03/2024 19:46

He is using the Question Reminder, which can help you remember your password. But when her horse snorts or neighs, she says their name, which is Buttercup! and her password obviously. Don't you get it?
(I use my horses' names for various passwords, with numbers added, so it was obvious to me.)

I get that, and I should have been clearer, it's the bit about 'what's your favourite type of rock', that I don't get...

LighthouseTheme · 12/03/2024 17:43

MalewhoisLaffinalltheway · 12/03/2024 11:23

I get that, and I should have been clearer, it's the bit about 'what's your favourite type of rock', that I don't get...

I think they are just asking extra-ridiculous reminder questions. I think it's sort of funny.

lollipoprainbow · 20/03/2024 21:14

The meerkat and the soppy girl dancing urgh!

Willyoubuymeahouseofgold · 20/03/2024 22:14

The Insurance one with a couple and a boxer dog !! She pokes her feet in his face 🤮and the dog has fake child voice/ syntax ..what doing?
I can't change it fast enough!