Tue May 12, 2020, 11:19 AM
Coventina (22,073 posts)
Annoying Ads: I'm ready to strangle that kid with the Roomba
One of the downsides of streaming: can't skip ads like on DVR.
That kid making an intentional mess needs a major beatdown. No, not really. I don't actually endorse violence against children. But it sure doesn't make me want to buy a Roomba. Anybody else have a current ad that's driving them crazy? ![]()
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Author | Time | Post |
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Coventina | May 2020 | OP |
CaliforniaPeggy | May 2020 | #1 | |
Coventina | May 2020 | #3 | |
CaliforniaPeggy | May 2020 | #4 | |
Coventina | May 2020 | #6 | |
Chipper Chat | May 2020 | #2 | |
Stallion | May 2020 | #7 | |
lastlib | May 2020 | #16 | |
Fla Dem | May 2020 | #5 | |
MH1 | May 2020 | #13 | |
wcmagumba | May 2020 | #8 | |
Coventina | May 2020 | #9 | |
Collimator | May 2020 | #10 | |
Coventina | May 2020 | #12 | |
Collimator | May 2020 | #17 | |
a kennedy | May 2020 | #11 | |
LAS14 | May 2020 | #14 | |
3catwoman3 | May 2020 | #15 | |
Collimator | May 2020 | #18 | |
zanana1 | May 2020 | #19 |
Response to Coventina (Original post)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:23 AM
CaliforniaPeggy (136,117 posts)
1. My dear Coventina, if you buy a star (for any amount) the ads disappear!
And there's other benefits: posting polls, as well as supporting the site.
If you can afford it, of course. ![]() |
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:25 AM
Coventina (22,073 posts)
3. My dear CP!!!
![]() I actually wasn't referring to DU ads, but to ads on streaming services. I'm watching a lot of Animal Planet on their streaming channel and this annoying Roomba ad is really wearing on me! ![]() |
Response to Coventina (Reply #3)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:28 AM
CaliforniaPeggy (136,117 posts)
4. OOOPS!
I'm sorry--I misunderstood!
I assumed that because you don't have a star, that that was the problem! ![]() |
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #4)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:30 AM
Coventina (22,073 posts)
6. No worries, my dear CP.
Completely understandable.
I used to be a star member. I was for years. Then, I decided, as much as I love DU, I felt my money was better spent supporting candidates. Every time I'm tempted to buy a star, I give our wonderful Dem candidates money instead. It's a little reminder to myself to donate. ![]() |
Response to Coventina (Original post)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:23 AM
Chipper Chat (7,985 posts)
2. Most Liberty mutual commercials.
GIMME YOUR HAND..(loud siren blaring).I CAN SAVE YOU.
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Response to Chipper Chat (Reply #2)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:30 AM
Stallion (5,974 posts)
7. Worst Commercials Ever
...make them stop
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Response to Chipper Chat (Reply #2)
Tue May 12, 2020, 08:53 PM
lastlib (17,225 posts)
16. +1 gazillion!!
ABSOLUTELY SICK of 'em! That futhermucker and his damnable bird! Almost as bad as a tRump presser.
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Response to Coventina (Original post)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:28 AM
Fla Dem (15,869 posts)
5. On sirius xm. Kars for kids.
Response to Fla Dem (Reply #5)
Tue May 12, 2020, 06:52 PM
MH1 (17,059 posts)
13. It isn't just sirius xm.
I agree, that one is a channel changer for me.
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Response to Coventina (Original post)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:34 AM
wcmagumba (1,952 posts)
8. The mute button is my special friend...
kind of a pain to have to use it every time but once I got used to punching it...it has become easy...also lets me take a bit of aggression out on the Liberty Mutual people and others...
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Response to wcmagumba (Reply #8)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:35 AM
Coventina (22,073 posts)
9. Liberty liberty liberty...liberty liberty!!!
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Response to Coventina (Original post)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:37 AM
Collimator (1,138 posts)
10. I, too, despise
that child making a mess to amuse herself by challenging a Roomba. It is especially aggravating to see her waste food. She needs to be met in a dark hallway by a group of children from a hungry area.
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Response to Collimator (Reply #10)
Tue May 12, 2020, 05:24 PM
Coventina (22,073 posts)
12. IKR? It seems really tone deaf, especially now.
What were the ad guys and Roomba thinking?
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Response to Coventina (Reply #12)
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:54 AM
Collimator (1,138 posts)
17. I guess the nation's mothers
stopped getting daily reports on where the starving children are.
(And I don't mean to make light of that reality.) I read a book as a kid and it touched on the idea that moms get regular updates so that they can mention the children in "fill-in-the-blank" who would appreciate the sandwich crusts, spinach or whatever it is that their children would be turning up their noses over. I know that I sound like a child-hating meany, (I'm really only that second thing), but commercials nowadays seem to regularly show parents capitulating to their children's food-refusal dramas and feeding them whatever crap said commercial is trying to sell. A parent I knew made a good point about "choosing your battles", and I agree that everyone--including kids--should have some rights to refuse some foods that they find intolerable, but no kid will willingly starve themselves to death if they have to eat salmon instead of pizza or whatever. Sorry for the rant. I am very open-minded and progressive about a lot of things, but kind of old-fashioned about others. |
Response to Coventina (Original post)
Tue May 12, 2020, 11:57 AM
a kennedy (22,011 posts)
11. ALL MEDICARE ADVERTISEMENTS.....
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Response to Coventina (Original post)
Tue May 12, 2020, 08:05 PM
LAS14 (11,443 posts)
14. Love! It's what makes a Subaru a Subaru. I HATE THAT AD!!!!!!!!! nt
Response to Coventina (Original post)
Tue May 12, 2020, 08:24 PM
3catwoman3 (16,428 posts)
15. Any and all Progressive insurance ads - enough already with...
..the super annoying Flo and her equally irritating side kicks.
The Charmin bears waxing rhapsodic about their clean butts. |
Response to 3catwoman3 (Reply #15)
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:56 AM
Collimator (1,138 posts)
18. It's funny (in a stupid way)
When they note how clean the underwear on the floor is--because they never wear clothes of any kind.
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Response to Coventina (Original post)
Wed May 13, 2020, 07:00 AM
zanana1 (4,404 posts)
19. Kars for Kids
I guess it's supposed to be cute because kids are "playing" musical instruments, but it drives me up a wall!
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