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  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,457
    The ‘leave a gift in your will’ one for dementia or whatever it is. As previously mentioned it’s disgusting to ask people for money when they die full stop, but the advert doesn’t even make sense. He says “no one asks to forget who their loved ones are” etc and then says “but you could change that”. What, change it so that people do start asking?!
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,358
    Barry's making older people even more embarassing...
  • The bloke crying over losing his baked beans.
    Is that a euphemism?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited October 2024
    iaitch said:
    Barry who has just arranged some insurance with Age Co UK.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjxRq4LLJFM&t=4s
    I applied for a job with Age UK a few years ago.  I couldn't believe the extent to which they were basically a front for the life insurance industry.  At the interview strategies for maximising income from LI was all they really wanted to talk about.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,148
    Anything that uses the phrase "living your best life". 
  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,844
    JaShea99 said:
    The ‘leave a gift in your will’ one for dementia or whatever it is. As previously mentioned it’s disgusting to ask people for money when they die full stop, but the advert doesn’t even make sense. He says “no one asks to forget who their loved ones are” etc and then says “but you could change that”. What, change it so that people do start asking?!
    Alzheimer's Society running the campaign again, voice is Colin Firth. I came on here to post this as I've been hearing it a lot again recently. 

    It's the advert I hate more than any other and has made me vow to never give a penny to them. Until recently I worked for a dementia wellbeing company (based around promoting independence and joy through someone's entire dementia journey) and everyone thought it was poor, but it really impacted me.

    I lost my dad 7 years ago to early onset dementia, he was only 58 and had been ill for 6 years. The idea of someone in the early stages of dementia hearing that advert, as well as the other one they have where they talk about people "dying many times" upset me a lot the first time and still does every time I hear it. That's as well as family members who know that their loved one is at the foothills of what is a terrible journey, but one that can have moments that are positive and joyful, but instead they completely disregard those people, the people they should be representing in a shameless money grab. They will be causing anxiety and panic in people already going through a terrible time, and that is inexcusable in my book. 

    We also partnered a lot with Alzheimer's Research UK, who in my opinion were a lot more about fighting the good fight rather than accumulating as much cash as possible.
  • ads
    ads Posts: 3,224
    Anything that uses the phrase "living your best life". 
    Add to that 'winning the internet '
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,737
    The bloke crying over losing his baked beans.
    Is that a euphemism?
    The bloke crying over losing his baked beans.
    Is that a euphemism?
    The bloke crying over losing his baked beans.
    Is that a euphemism?

  • ads said:
    Anything that uses the phrase "living your best life". 
    Add to that 'winning the internet '
    Along with breaking the internet!
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    the Funky Pidgeon Foxy Cleopatra advert grates!
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  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,921
    I hate having to watch adverts on any platform that I pay a subscription fee to.
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,581
    Huskaris said:
    JaShea99 said:
    The ‘leave a gift in your will’ one for dementia or whatever it is. As previously mentioned it’s disgusting to ask people for money when they die full stop, but the advert doesn’t even make sense. He says “no one asks to forget who their loved ones are” etc and then says “but you could change that”. What, change it so that people do start asking?!
    Alzheimer's Society running the campaign again, voice is Colin Firth. I came on here to post this as I've been hearing it a lot again recently. 

    It's the advert I hate more than any other and has made me vow to never give a penny to them. Until recently I worked for a dementia wellbeing company (based around promoting independence and joy through someone's entire dementia journey) and everyone thought it was poor, but it really impacted me.

    I lost my dad 7 years ago to early onset dementia, he was only 58 and had been ill for 6 years. The idea of someone in the early stages of dementia hearing that advert, as well as the other one they have where they talk about people "dying many times" upset me a lot the first time and still does every time I hear it. That's as well as family members who know that their loved one is at the foothills of what is a terrible journey, but one that can have moments that are positive and joyful, but instead they completely disregard those people, the people they should be representing in a shameless money grab. They will be causing anxiety and panic in people already going through a terrible time, and that is inexcusable in my book. 

    We also partnered a lot with Alzheimer's Research UK, who in my opinion were a lot more about fighting the good fight rather than accumulating as much cash as possible.
    100% agree this really pisses Mrs H off.....me to....her mum passed away earlier in the year...she had Alzheimers.
  • Any advert for woman’s personal hygiene products. 
    They are getting more graphic and are on when I watch tv and generally when I’m eating. The latest one was for when you get that gush moment. 
    I know what goes on in women’s bodies but please spare me the details. 

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    You settle down to eat a jam doughnut and a tampon advert appears on the TV.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    The Barclaycard ad with the bloke singing Africa extremely poorly. Truly abysmal.
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    Strikes me that adverts, TV adverts especially, are an irrelevance.
    Anything I want to watch on a commercial channel, I schedule on the PVR and skip all the ads.  Two presses on the >> key and they're gone.
    Similarly with 'radio', just about everything is available to download or stream and any ads get skipped. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    That noncey mustard advert (sounds like John Lloyd). It might be trying to be funny, but it just gives me the creeps. 
  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,844
    Stig said:
    That noncey mustard advert (sounds like John Lloyd). It might be trying to be funny, but it just gives me the creeps. 
    I can tell you and I both listen to Global stations, we always seem to hate the same things. 
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,640
    iaitch said:
    You settle down to eat a jam doughnut and a tampon advert appears on the TV.
    lucky it's not a chocolate ring doughnut.
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Bloody hate the Amazon one when the cleaner gets bought a jacket and suddenly becomes Frank Sinatra, absolute slushy tosh.
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  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    Most adverts these days, especially those aimed at corporate types (normally shown around F1 and Golf shows) just have to mention AI…. basically a way of saying they can streamline and make people redundant.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    Dancing.

    Presumably due to TikTok but…..

    Doing the ironing, hoovering, selling your car?
    Why not prance around like a c***?

    Ten years ago if you saw one of these adverts you’d think wtf!
  • addick19
    addick19 Posts: 378
    Any advert for bloody perfumes/after shave.
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    addick19 said:
    Any advert for bloody perfumes/after shave.
    thats usually down to the bloody pretentious frogs.
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    The robin advert with the old man and his dead wife. No idea what's is for, but it looks awful and the song is worse than Boyzone b-side.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    edited November 2024
    The Barclays one with the kids sitting in a restaurant and one says 'I didn't have any calamari so I'm not paying for any calamari'.

    Not sure I hate the ad but we've all been out with people like that.

  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,457
    The talking butterfly. Is that really aimed at adults?
  • Hal1x said:
    addick19 said:
    Any advert for bloody perfumes/after shave.
    thats usually down to the bloody pretentious frogs.

  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,845

  • The Colmans Mustard ad on the radio. Shame , because I like Colman's mustard.