I think I watch too much TV. The reason I have come to this conclusion is because I have determined that there are certain stores I won't go to, and certain products that I won't buy, just because the commercials for these things and places are just so completely stupid. Not just stupid....insulting.
Not that I could ever afford it anyway, but I will never shop at Ikea based off of a commercial I saw where a husband and wife are congratulating their kitchen appliances on a dinner. Talking to the stove like some kind of athlete - bad enough. The stupid husband giving the refrigerator a poorly executed chest bump that looked more like an awkward gay bar encounter - the final straw.
There are other commercials that strike nerves with me - mostly because they portray teenagers as.... well, current teenagers. Obnoxious and disrespectful. There is a mobile phone commercial where the teenage son with the fruit loop haircut and the "I'm too cool to sit in the back of the car" attitude tells his mother that he "threw away his rollover minutes because they were old." The whole deal of throwing away old minutes like they were old Life Savers stuck to the back seat is bad enough, but to have the kid be as much of a pompous ass as he was made me want to reach in and choke the little SOB.
Gamefly - the video game version of Netflix - shows college age kids screaming and getting violent because they bought a video game that they didn't like. Here's an idea - stop playing video games.
So, my friends, I ask - do I watch too much TV? Mostly, I ask...are there any commercials that affect you this way? Comments welcomed and encouraged!
I'm the same way--though I don't watch many commercials due to my fantastic DVR, but when I do catch them there are some I get infuriated by! Dan actually thinks I am insane because I talk back to these commercials with a running commentary of why they are stupid and how they must think I am stupid to buy into their stupidity. (of course, I can't think of any now.
ReplyDeleteSide note--IKEA is the Mecca! You CAN afford to go there because their stuff is awesome and cheap (because you assemble yourself)--most of my place is IKEA! ;-) Which brings up a sidebar to the commercial question--will you STOP going to a place or buying a product BECAUSE of their commercials??? I would never stop going to IKEA. But I can imagine if a product I was so-so about had a REALLY dumb commercial, I'd stop using it.