Ads you despise

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  1. Beastwarsfan95

    Beastwarsfan95 Putting the ‘Bi’ in Bionicle.

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    I second this. I hate that ad!
     
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  2. Scarlet knight

    Scarlet knight Emergency Food Connoisseur

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    Say that name again and you will have lost your right to speak
     
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  3. Belgrath

    Belgrath Boom! Nutshot!

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    Poker gaming ads (even on mobile)... argh
     
  4. rattrap007

    rattrap007 one with the Force TFW2005 Supporter

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  5. Incepticon

    Incepticon |-+-|

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    I still remember when those commercials popped up. Back at the time, my girlfriend & I were watching this new little show called Arrested Development, and just when we didn't think we could laugh anymore without passing out (because AD was that f'ing brilliant), these commercials showed up and we damn near blacked out. Funniest fucking things I had ever seen... and sooooo out of left field for ANY commercial, let alone one for food. Hahaha. I also remember how hard they were to find online back then, and most people didn't believe what you were describing until they actually saw it.

    So, yeah, well done on digging those out again, guys :thumb 
     
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  6. TheWarPathGuy

    TheWarPathGuy Banned

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    Mafia City

    I don't hate it, it's just hilarous.
     
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  7. Sixwing

    Sixwing You have chosen poorly

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    This ad, brought to you by Raid:Shadow Legends!
    I hate those pop up ads for crappy mobile games.
     
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  8. Noideaforaname

    Noideaforaname Pico, let's go up to Zuma

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  9. MegaMoonMan

    MegaMoonMan OFFICIAL MMM REP

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    The worst ones are still those goddamn truth ads about vaping. Just when I think they can't make anything more braindead and full of BS lies and half truths, they make something even more stupid and idiotic.

    I can stand almost any stupid thing on TV, but those and the ones about abused animals get an instant channel change.
     
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  10. *Deathblade

    *Deathblade Well-Known Member

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    QFT!!! Both are some of the most irritating shit around! I almost break my hand mashing the channel change
     
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    I hate ads for puzzle mobile games where the person playing is brain dead dumb. I can look at it for 2 seconds and instantly figure that level out. Saying "Only 2% of players can make it past level 100" to me means that a) either your game is total crap and everyone deletes it quickly. Or b) everyone who stick around is a total moron. This applies to all games where they say it is harder than it looks, but you can figure it out in seconds.

    that and ones that lie about what the game is. Gardenscapes is a good example. The ads look like "here is a kitchen with lots to fix. Use the right items to fix right problem" ok sounds mildly interesting puzzle. Nope it is a candy crush type game with matching gems/tiles. Want to sell me your game be honest. Show me real gameplay.
     
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    I have that issue with those that advertise a puzzle (like a guy trapped in a vault with various hazards and you have to get him out in as few moves as possible), but that turn out to be a pretty basic action RPG. I actually want to play the puzzle games :( 
     
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  13. TenScaryMonkeys

    TenScaryMonkeys Can You Believe How Great These Pants Look?

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    This creepy-ass one popped up on one of the news sites I read.

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    WHAT? WHO IS THIS AIMED AT?! I’m sure as fuck not ordering anything like that for MY mom.
     
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  14. Inanimate Carbon Rodimus

    Inanimate Carbon Rodimus In Rod We Trust

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    Anything from the Ad Council. Those have to be some of the stupidest, most patronizing ads ever.

    Hell, more like any YouTube channel in general.

    I suspect you’d order that for a woman whom you some day intend to make into a mother. Or a woman whom you already have.
     
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  15. TenScaryMonkeys

    TenScaryMonkeys Can You Believe How Great These Pants Look?

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    Let’s hope your theories are accurate, because if my Mom shows up to brunch in that, I am going to put a grapefruit spoon through my eye.
     
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    Belgrath Boom! Nutshot!

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    This on all counts... frak that s--t
     
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    galvatran Galvatran lives!

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    Put the grapefruit spoon down.
     
  18. TLP

    TLP Ain't No Chicken Wing

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    What's that one medicine commercial where they BUTCHER Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way" with this auto tuned, millennial cover playing the background?

    Literally have to plug my ears when that comes on.
     
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