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Post by jono62 on Jan 16, 2022 20:40:56 GMT
Thought we had a thread for this, but couldn't see it.
Saw one for Starling Bank where some woman in the queue at the bank flies up and shatters the glass roof. Surely she's now scarred loads of people. Found an extended version and she's even worse
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Post by spacein_vader on Jan 17, 2022 0:15:19 GMT
All of them. All ads are annoying. The day I installed Pi Hole was a godsend. No ads on the net and none on More4/ITV player or any of the others either.
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Post by achnisch on Jan 17, 2022 8:26:15 GMT
Can't stand those Just Eat ads with the robotic voiceover. They've been running for so long, just piss off already!
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Post by Vandelay on Jan 17, 2022 8:40:52 GMT
I've been listening to quite a bit of James O'Brien recently on LBC, so I've had to suffer the far worse adverts that go out on the radio. They are all just excruciating, but the worst is probably anything put out by Barclays Bank. Whenever they mention "money-verse" as if it is a term that people know and use I just want to start maiming.
I avoid adverts as much as possible and it puts me off watching most TV. I can just about bear it to watch Taskmaster, but pretty much everything else I will just not bother with.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 17, 2022 8:57:59 GMT
I might have to take another look at pihole. Currently using diversion on my router which works for some stuff (no ads on my Shield TV home screen), but it's not so great for TV streaming services.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 17, 2022 9:01:09 GMT
There's an advert doing the rounds on YouTube for something Google related that has ones of the shittiest uncatchy jingles I've ever heard. I can't even remember what it's for but I'm sure they paid someone a lot to write it. Plus it's Google so you can't skip it
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Post by dfunked on Jan 17, 2022 9:30:34 GMT
I watch a fair bit of YouTube, so went for the premium plan (well, via India)
The number of channels who started to shill recently to get extra ad revenue is ridiculous. I don't give a fuck about Squarespace, butcher box or that shitty gin that you're peddling. Don't get me started on those shitty looking raycon earbuds!
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 17, 2022 13:36:07 GMT
Ha, Skillup LOVES those Raycons. Loves them.
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Post by jono62 on Jan 17, 2022 13:44:32 GMT
I watch a fair bit of YouTube, so went for the premium plan (well, via India) The number of channels who started to shill recently to get extra ad revenue is ridiculous. I don't give a fuck about Squarespace, butcher box or that shitty gin that you're peddling. Don't get me started on those shitty looking raycon earbuds! Yes! My missus watches some woman called Bailey Sarien and from listening she does ads with a bit of content between those ads. |
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Post by patrick on Jan 24, 2022 12:33:13 GMT
Martin Kemp and his dumb son advertising Hello Fresh on YouTube ads. A right pair of cockney twats.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jan 24, 2022 12:47:29 GMT
jono62That starling ad is awful. Firstly, even the traditional banks have pretty decent mobile and online banking facilities now. I haven't been into a bank for years. Didn't even go in when I opened my new account at a high Street name recently. Secondly I'm annoyed at the daft floaty girl fucking up all the paperwork for lols. Some poor cunt will need to clean that up. I mean, good for you if want to use a new bank, but you don't need to an be an arse about it. I had vaguely considered applying for an account there but that's literally put me off.
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Post by Reviewer on Jan 24, 2022 12:49:23 GMT
I've been listening to quite a bit of James O'Brien recently on LBC, so I've had to suffer the far worse adverts that go out on the radio. They are all just excruciating, but the worst is probably anything put out by Barclays Bank. Whenever they mention "money-verse" as if it is a term that people know and use I just want to start maiming. I avoid adverts as much as possible and it puts me off watching most TV. I can just about bear it to watch Taskmaster, but pretty much everything else I will just not bother with. Just listen to the podcast version? Shorter and skippable adverts and no news breaks very 15 minutes. |
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Post by patrick on Jan 24, 2022 13:43:43 GMT
jono62That starling ad is awful. Firstly, even the traditional banks have pretty decent mobile and online banking facilities now. I haven't been into a bank for years. Didn't even go in when I opened my new account at a high Street name recently. Secondly I'm annoyed at the daft floaty girl fucking up all the paperwork for lols. Some poor cunt will need to clean that up. I mean, good for you if want to use a new bank, but you don't need to an be an arse about it. I had vaguely considered applying for an account there but that's literally put me off. I ditched HSBC for Starling at the start of last year as the latter were ranked pretty high in a list of ethical banks. They're pretty good, as far as banks without a physical branch go, but then I hardly ever used to step foot in mine. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jan 24, 2022 13:51:12 GMT
patrickThat's why they appealed to me, but yeah. That advert.
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Jan 28, 2022 19:39:09 GMT
Kind of the antithesis of this thread, but here's a great rundown of how the Guinness 'Surfer' ad was commissioned and made:
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Post by Lizard on Jan 28, 2022 20:11:11 GMT
That I can no longer share my pain in this thread is one of the downsides of leaving the UK.
Here there's a heinous series of adverts for ASB bank featuring a young couple to the sound of Jefferson Starship's 'Nothing's Going to Stop Us'. Ngghh.
And some horrible, horrible ones for a payday loans company. Grggh.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 29, 2022 0:41:03 GMT
Trowel 🏴 - I remember seeing that ad for the first time in the cinema (possibly before the first LOTR film) and being blown away. Probably helped that I adored Leftfield at the time. It's pretty fucking good. Not sure Twitter is the right platform for that amount of info though
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 29, 2022 3:13:12 GMT
Last time I came back to the UK I was pretty shocked by how bad the tv ads seemed to have become.
I always thought they were pretty good, with lots of good visuals or clever writing, but they seemed to have deteriorated to mainly cheap ads for insurance comparison websites.
Mind you, they're still better than ads in most other countries.
I used to love the Guiness Rutger Hauer ad where he was in the weird fantasy city. That used to play before loads of movies when I was young.
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Post by X201 on Jan 29, 2022 18:17:48 GMT
When you just had ITV and Channel 4 to aim at you needed to be on top of your game.
Now there are a bajillion channels and ‘influencers’ and net ads, the budget gets sliced thinner than Italian ham
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Post by Quasi on Jan 31, 2022 16:57:52 GMT
Online sports betting just became legal here and it would barely be an exaggeration to say that every other ad on and offline is for a sportsbook now. But, annoying as they are, at least they're harmless. A little gambling never hurt anybody.
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Post by dogbot on Jan 31, 2022 17:07:06 GMT
That Claudia Winkelman one for the CBD company.
"We just want everyone to take it"
For what?
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Jan 31, 2022 17:13:33 GMT
My bank is fine but I'm not overly happy with them lining bloody Ant And Decks's pockets 🤬 The ads are shite as well.  |
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Post by X201 on Feb 20, 2022 12:46:01 GMT
Any car advert that tries to sell me a lifestyle instead of a car
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Post by X201 on May 8, 2022 13:54:24 GMT
Smart Insurance
I’m 32 and a non-smoker and statistically at low risk of dying, I’d like to sign up for insurance premiums that will increase year-on-year to a level that when I’m in my late 40s and 50s I’ll decide to cancel the insurance at a time when I’m at greater risk of dying so that I leave my family struggling for cash.
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Post by rammy18 on May 8, 2022 14:27:56 GMT
Invasive pop up ads on websites puzzle me. I don’t understand how they’re viable, and they must be, cos some cunt somewhere is paying for them.
Who, amongst the billions of people on line, has ever failed to be annoyed by them? Other than accidental clicks when missing the ‘x’ to close them, how the fuck do they provide value to the fuckwits that arrange them?
Unless it’s all a devious plot by the ad blocking industry…
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Post by X201 on May 8, 2022 14:31:28 GMT
Invasive pop up ads on websites puzzle me. I don’t understand how they’re viable, and they must be, cos some cunt somewhere is paying for them. Who, amongst the billions of people on line, has ever failed to be annoyed by them? Other than accidental clicks when missing the ‘x’ to close them, how the fuck do they provide value to the fuckwits that arrange them? Unless it’s all a devious plot by the ad blocking industry… You chuck it out millions of times, a 1% hit rate still gets you 10,000 hits |
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Post by baihu1983 on May 10, 2022 19:59:32 GMT
EBay ad
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Post by Blue_Mike on May 11, 2022 1:31:44 GMT
Click "Play" button on YouTube.
Download a free audiobook with your 30 day trial at Audible.com.
10 seconds of YouTube video.
That advert for Visit Qatar with the loud as fuck singing, that completely fails to mention the human rights abuses.
10 seconds of YouTube video.
Learn 100 fart jokes with TikTok.
And they wonder why people install uBlock Origin.
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Post by britesparc on May 11, 2022 9:30:32 GMT
Last time I came back to the UK I was pretty shocked by how bad the tv ads seemed to have become. I always thought they were pretty good, with lots of good visuals or clever writing, but they seemed to have deteriorated to mainly cheap ads for insurance comparison websites. Mind you, they're still better than ads in most other countries. I used to love the Guiness Rutger Hauer ad where he was in the weird fantasy city. That used to play before loads of movies when I was young. I'm aware that I'm responding to a five-month-old comment, but those Guinness ads were directed by Ridley Scott, which helps explain why they were so bloody good. |
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Post by cubby on May 11, 2022 9:45:49 GMT
That Chris Ramsey and his missus' show trailer that keeps playing. Did they not even rehearse it once? They realise that those get played over and over and are supposed to make people want to watch your show right??
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