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Old 06-06-25 | 03:32 PM
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Anyone see this Qatar Airlines commercial where there is a man and woman who can’t seem to connect until the end. But, they keep changing faces and looks like some AI thing, I think. What is that?
Old 06-07-25 | 11:33 AM
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I can't stand the Matt Damon/David Beckham commercials. They are aggressively unfunny.
Old 06-07-25 | 12:38 PM
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The Haribo gummy commercials... especially the one(s) with the football players.
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Old 06-07-25 | 06:53 PM
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The Haribo gummy commercials... especially the one(s) with the football players.
With the kids' voices dubbed in? Gods, yes, I hate those.
Old 06-07-25 | 06:55 PM
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With the kids' voices dubbed in? Gods, yes, I hate those.
Yeah those!
Old 06-09-25 | 12:14 AM
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The Will Farrell credit card commercials where he's singing Fleetwood Mac
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I'm always shocked at how terrible the jingle is for Jardiance. They really got a room of professional ad men together and came up with "Jardiance is really swell/ The little pill with a big story to tell!". Like, really? That's the best they could come up with? Was this their ad guy?




Hell, Lois Lane thought "swell" was a terrible word to use, and that was almost 50 years ago.

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Old 06-11-25 | 11:37 AM
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I'm always shocked at how terrible the jingle is for Jardiance. They really got a room of professional ad men together and came up with "Jardiance is really swell/ The little pill with a big story to tell!". Like, really? That's the best they could come up with? Was this their ad guy?
As time went on, it was easy to see...I'm lowering my A1C

Old 06-11-25 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Decker
I'm always shocked at how terrible the jingle is for Jardiance. They really got a room of professional ad men together and came up with "Jardiance is really swell/ The little pill with a big story to tell!". Like, really? That's the best they could come up with? Was this their ad guy?
I always got laugh out of that commercial because while they're all dancing around the office singing the praises of Jardiance, the voice over is warning about the drug causing everything from amputation of your legs to crotch rot to death from ketoacidosis. It's like an SNL parody commercial.

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Most drug commercials are irritating where the majority of them spend most of the commercial listing all the ways their wonder drug will fuck you up and/or outright kill you. But a recent anti-depression horror called Spravado is so damn depressing I honestly have to mute it now! The music is the worst part, being a slow, repetitive dirge that makes me want to wither and die. Hold Music would be an improvement. A truly awful commercial that almost depresses me to the point of needing the product!
Old 06-17-25 | 04:03 PM
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Most drug commercials are irritating where the majority of them spend most of the commercial listing all the ways their wonder drug will fuck you up and/or outright kill you. But a recent anti-depression horror called Spravado is so damn depressing I honestly have to mute it now! The music is the worst part, being a slow, repetitive dirge that makes me want to wither and die. Hold Music would be an improvement. A truly awful commercial that almost depresses me to the point of needing the product!
No kidding!!! They spend more time with what the legal department told them had to be in the ad than anything else.
Old 06-17-25 | 06:56 PM
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Old 07-26-25 | 10:19 PM
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I keep seeing this commercial and I don't understand what is going on and I hate it. I was glad to see all the comments were from people equally as confused. You tried to get too abstract and you pissed me off!


Old 07-29-25 | 03:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Decker
I'm always shocked at how terrible the jingle is for Jardiance. They really got a room of professional ad men together and came up with "Jardiance is really swell/ The little pill with a big story to tell!". Like, really? That's the best they could come up with? Was this their ad guy?
We got a new one

Old 07-29-25 | 04:06 PM
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^I made it 16 seconds, and still hate myself for it.
Old 07-29-25 | 05:26 PM
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Drug commercials are so gross.
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Old 07-29-25 | 06:47 PM
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Drug commercials are so gross.
They shouldn't even be legal. But...'Murica!
Old 07-29-25 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by cultshock
They shouldn't even be legal. But...'Murica!
I assume they work or else they wouldn’t bother airing them but every time I see a drug ad come on I immediately tune out. I honestly couldn’t tell you what any of these medications do for you. I might recognize the name if I hear it but I genuinely couldn’t tell you what any of them actually do.
Old 07-30-25 | 08:43 AM
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I assume they work or else they wouldn’t bother airing them but every time I see a drug ad come on I immediately tune out. I honestly couldn’t tell you what any of these medications do for you. I might recognize the name if I hear it but I genuinely couldn’t tell you what any of them actually do.
I figured they were mainly to get you familiar with the name so that when a doctor suggests it to you you go "yeah, I've heard of it." Seems expensive but then again without that and insurance I'm not sure how linear tv would be funded at this point.
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Old 07-30-25 | 09:39 AM
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I think the drug commercials are 100% designed for people with that condition, so that they ask for that drug by name from their doctor. The rest of us don't matter.
Old 07-30-25 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
I assume they work or else they wouldn’t bother airing them but every time I see a drug ad come on I immediately tune out. I honestly couldn’t tell you what any of these medications do for you. I might recognize the name if I hear it but I genuinely couldn’t tell you what any of them actually do.
I can tell you want they may or may not do...

They might cause you diarrhea or constipation, increased or decreased heart rate, high or low blood pressure, seizures or temporary paralysis, dry throat or vomiting, penis shrinking or vaginal dryness, healing or death.

Spoiler:
"Ask your doctor if Risprexaline right for you." This commercial actually does tell you what the pill is for and then spends the rest of the commercial breaking the bad news gently: "If you have seasonal allergies, Mxyzptlkacine may be right for you. Side effects of Mxyzptlkacine are uncommon, and include headache, nausea, vomiting, death, dizziness, ejaculation, dysentery, cardiac arrhythmia, mild heart explosions, varicose veins, darkened stool, darkened soul, lycanthropy, trucanthropy, more vomiting, arteriosclerosis, hemorrhoids, diabeetus, virginity, mild discomfort, vampirism, gender impermanence, spontaneous dental hydroplosion, sugar high, even more vomiting, total scrotal implosion, brown, your mom, and mild rash."

Side Effects Include... - TV Tropes

Old 07-30-25 | 11:16 AM
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The Happy Fun Ball SNL skit is being eclipsed by reality at this point.
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Old 07-30-25 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by fujishig
I figured they were mainly to get you familiar with the name so that when a doctor suggests it to you you go "yeah, I've heard of it." Seems expensive but then again without that and insurance I'm not sure how linear tv would be funded at this point.
That’s probably about right. Though I’d typically take it a step further and say, “Yeah, I’ve heard of it. Does that come in a generic brand?”
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I figure most of these that are advertised are too new to have a generic version? But maybe that's not how it works anymore.
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Old 07-30-25 | 04:50 PM
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^I made it 16 seconds, and still hate myself for it.
But you missed the next 50 seconds, where it talks about the side effects that can kill you


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