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Most hated adverts

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StockpotSoup · 02/05/2024 20:02

I’m sure we’ve had this thread before, but there are always new shit adverts 😁

My least favourite at the moment is the new Sainsbury’s ad where the boy says, “Daaaaaad…” and the dad cuts in with “Don’t say it!” before the boy asks what’s for dinner. Flummoxed looking dad then turns to the camera and asks “Any ideas, Sainsbury’s?”

What’s that all about? Is it really an outlandish question for a child to ask? It’s not like he wants to go to Disney World. It isn’t unusual for children to expect to be fed, and quite why the dad is so bewildered at the idea of having to think of something when dinner happens every day of every year, I can’t imagine.

What are your most hated ads?

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BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 02/05/2024 21:53

Anything with that gobshite Paddy mcGuinness in it.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 02/05/2024 21:56

The one with Stacy Solomon and Hello Fresh, where she removes a football from the box and says "this is what happens when your children get into the box before you do".

WTF?

LighthouseTheme · 02/05/2024 22:04

The Pot Noodle one of course. Not much better with the new sound effects and snarky onscreen comment.

Anything gambling.
Anything funeral/cremation/death, or policies to pay for them.

FionnulaTheCooler · 02/05/2024 22:05

The one for some food box subscription thing with the guy ranting on "You have to take into account the value of this food which is beyond reasonable" Is it fuck, its probably a total rip off.

Onmywayto60 · 02/05/2024 22:05

That bloody Lucozade ad before and between The Chase at night, although it is a break from the cremation, over 50's life, rising chairs, vibration plate and funeral services!

mum2jakie · 02/05/2024 22:07

The Andrex one with the farting woman making a big thing about going for a shit at work! Foul!

Also loathe the latest Farmfoods advert with the dowdily dressed woman getting excited about some rank looking frozen lumps of chicken and throwing ice cream lid across the room. There's a divorce waiting to happen!

Deludamol · 02/05/2024 22:10

I try and mute them as quickly as possible, but the Dominoes one I sometimes don't get to in time because they sponsor TV shows.

It boils my piss.

MollsDolls · 02/05/2024 22:13

This one for Sky

Not sure if you had it in the UK too or if it was just in Ireland. Shane quickly became the most hated man in Ireland 😂

Sky Stream - Sky over WiFi

Can't find something to watch? End the 'ehhh' with Sky Stream. The new way to get Sky without a dish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU4-sDv639o

eddiemairswife · 02/05/2024 22:14

the fat Dove woman with underarms. The women who wet themselves

justpeachy1234 · 02/05/2024 23:15

FknOmniShambles · 02/05/2024 20:13

Yes, the shit Domino's ones where they go "domino hoo hoooo"
Fuck me, it's annoying.

This!! I hate that advert!!

MsMuffinWalloper · 02/05/2024 23:27

Bolarpear · 02/05/2024 20:56

There's one for extra chewing gum where the guy has a mouth in his forehead, it makes me feel physically sick. Just the look/thought of it is vile

Yes! I know my mum would have been ranting about it too if she had been around.

Anything where they make babies talk or use AI to "cartoonise" people.

Anothe · 02/05/2024 23:27

Dominoes here too. Put me right off. They obviously are trying to get us all to use it as a catch phrase. Try harder advertising team! And maybe give your audience a little bit of credit for not being the morons you obviously think we are.
humpf!
if you need a catch phrase at least have a bit of effort. ( fondly remembers ‘do the shake and vac, beans means Heinz, for mash get smash. ..I could go on)
the Stacy Solomon football one. Grrr!
any with that presenter with the long fringe and black eyeliner. She does a head and shoulders. Cut your bloody fringe woman!

Volbeat · 02/05/2024 23:38

100% the daisy daisy daisy advert. So fucking stupid.

Also the woman's voice on the Vodafone ads. Her voice annoys me that much I switch off the radio or telly if it comes on. The thing that makes it worse is the shit jingle in the background then the music stops and it goes "aaahhhhhhhhhh". Makes me want to stick my head in a deep fat fryer. Fucking vile!!

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 02/05/2024 23:38

The online gambling ones where they make it sound like signing up to an online gambling site will be exactly the same as sitting around in a room with a bunch of friends all laughing and giggling and drinking together.

No. You're sitting on your own, pressing buttons and losing money. Don't try to make it sound like you're socialising.

Whycantiwinmillionsandsquillions · 03/05/2024 00:03

Daisy daisy daisy.
The fat family on holiday.
The Paddy Booking.com one.
Hotel Trivago makes me want to smash the guys head in. I will never ever use them.
Washing powder with the woman clicking the lid.
I don’t think any adverts are good.
Hate the aftershave one with the squinting fat tattooed ugly bloke.
Although I don’t mind the sailor ones- at least the men are fit.

Scorchio84 · 03/05/2024 00:11

Teenagequeenwithaloadedgun · 02/05/2024 20:30

The Betfair one with the annoying twat in yellow trousers singing a shit song whilst people inexplicably pretend to be interested.

Also the one for (I think) Tena where a woman deliberately wets herself doing yoga.

& then ends up on some chaps shoulders at a gig? Puke!

The Sky Glass one that's been on the radio over here with the "ehhhhhhhhhhhhh" oh god it gave me the rage & I mustn't have been alone because it's been shortened now to exclude that part now 😎

Scorchio84 · 03/05/2024 00:13

MollsDolls · 02/05/2024 22:13

This one for Sky

Not sure if you had it in the UK too or if it was just in Ireland. Shane quickly became the most hated man in Ireland 😂

OH MY GOD that's the one! 😡😡 I didn't realise there was a TV one I thought it was just radio..

MsMuffinWalloper · 03/05/2024 00:17

This one. Ick central. I've no idea why they've dressed and styled him like a 90s pedo either.

Paddy Power Games - More Chances Advert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITxspQ7SggY

PinkTonic · 03/05/2024 00:21

Haribo is as creepy as fuck. The obnoxious holiday people, now they’re in the bloody lounge as well! The Andrex farting woman, repulsive. All gambling adverts.

alwaysscared · 03/05/2024 00:29

The Andrex ones with snotty noses. My son has ASD and sensory issues, hates all bodily fluids so we have to pay an extortionate amount each month for no ads on YouTube as we can't risk it coming on! Why? Why would anyone want to see that??

alwaysscared · 03/05/2024 00:30

Same goes for the new super noodles one!

Fizzadora · 03/05/2024 00:36

What about that creepy Tails.com one with the weird sleazy song "Give a little bit of meeeee" and a dead rabbit. Makes me shudder.

Seeleyboo · 03/05/2024 00:44

Any advert with shit music that makes up words. Dat. Dis. Bro. Brave. Do fuck off

lollipoprainbow · 03/05/2024 01:22

The new lucozade one where rock off sounds like F off. Awful

StockpotSoup · 03/05/2024 08:35

Seeleyboo · 03/05/2024 00:44

Any advert with shit music that makes up words. Dat. Dis. Bro. Brave. Do fuck off

Or anything where they try to make it sound modern with an “urban” style voiceover. I can’t remember now whether it was KFC or Burger King, but one of them had an ad for their big meal deal (or similar) where the girl doing the voiceover was waxing lyrical about it being “oney seven niney nine”. Put me right off.

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