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10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
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Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
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OK, that was just creepy.
Speaking of Flo, the Progressive folks are really desperate now.
I also can't stand the Trivago guy, who thankfully I haven't seen since the virus outbreak.
Oh, and those goddamn "what's in YOUR wallet" commercials featuring celebrities who probably don't give a shit about earning free miles and cashback on their credit cards.
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And to any "actress" who lives a pampered life with facials and massages and injections and crap, please don't hawk L'Oreal and Olay products to me, bitch.
"So you have a lil fungus on your toenails? Take this spiffy pill and it'll get rid of it in just a few months."
"It has been found that in some, Spiffy Toenail Fungus Killer has caused bleeding from both eyes, fingers to necrose, spleens to explode and unexplainable internal swelling with oily discharge."
"Spiffy Toenail Fungus Killer. Ask your doctor today about a way to get your beach feet ready again."
The recent spate of commercials related to lockdown. The Microsoft Teams commercials (which seemed to play 6 times an hour). Flo and company doing a zoom meeting in several commercials. The aforementioned Toyota gal saying "we're still here and when you need a new car we'll be here"
My first thought when I read the thread title. So, I jumped in to see if it had been named. And nofuckinjoke...it started playing on the radio just as I was reading DK's response to T-n-G's listing it. That commercial is the god damned devil!
"A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
My first thought when I read the thread title. So, I jumped in to see if it had been named. And nofuckinjoke...it started playing on the radio just as I was reading DK's response to T-n-G's listing it. That commercial is the god damned devil!
Every time that thing comes on the radio in the car I switch stations as fast as I can.
My first thought when I read the thread title. So, I jumped in to see if it had been named. And nofuckinjoke...it started playing on the radio just as I was reading DK's response to T-n-G's listing it. That commercial is the god damned devil!
Every time that thing comes on the radio in the car I switch stations as fast as I can.
To no avail....
I SAW PEARL JAM
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Way back when my car finally died and I was going to donate it, I briefly thought about Kars 4 FuckingKids, became irritated in a Pavlovian sense, and went with another organization.
My first thought when I read the thread title. So, I jumped in to see if it had been named. And nofuckinjoke...it started playing on the radio just as I was reading DK's response to T-n-G's listing it. That commercial is the god damned devil!
Every time that thing comes on the radio in the car I switch stations as fast as I can.
Me too, but every time, it is too late. The damage has already been done. Just as @hedonist suggested, I would specifically donate a car to another organization just to spite that damn commercial. Sorry kids, but I am not giving in to that commercial.
Seriously though, how many commercial bits do they buy. And it's been going on for so many years.
"A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
My first thought when I read the thread title. So, I jumped in to see if it had been named. And nofuckinjoke...it started playing on the radio just as I was reading DK's response to T-n-G's listing it. That commercial is the god damned devil!
Every time that thing comes on the radio in the car I switch stations as fast as I can.
Me too, but every time, it is too late. The damage has already been done. Just as @hedonist suggested, I would specifically donate a car to another organization just to spite that damn commercial. Sorry kids, but I am not giving in to that commercial.
Seriously though, how many commercial bits do they buy. And it's been going on for so many years.
I have heard that the percent of donations they make to charity is very low compared to others. Which makes sense as their advertising budget is $69 Billion per day. When we donated an old car of my wife's years ago, we donated it to The Salvation Army.
"For example, about one-half of the average resale value of each donated car in 2015 went to pay for Kars4Kids’ fundraising and advertising expenses that year. Therefore, although Kars4Kids may have cheaper processing costs than many other car donation charities, it still spent more on overhead than it did on programs in 2015, when just 47% of its cash budget went to programs – an unsatisfactory level by CharityWatch’s standards."
And the kids who benefit are just Jewish kids apparently, something I learned today.
"Kars4Kids’ low rate of program spending is also particularly concerning given that the vast majority of Kars4Kids’ program expenses consist of grants to its “sister charity,” Oorah, which runs the “educational, developmental, and recreational programs for Jewish youth and their families” funded by Kars4Kids, per its mission. About 93% of Kars4Kids’ cash-based program spending in 2015 was in the form of a grant to Oorah in the amount of approximately $16.9 million. By comparison, Kars4Kids reported spending about $17.1 million on advertising and promotion in 2015 – about $150,000 more than its cash grant to Oorah. Furthermore, as a percentage of the funds Kars4Kids generated from donated vehicles (including boats & planes) in 2015, its grant to Oorah represented only about 46% of those total funds raised.
Additionally, as the car donation proceeds get passed along from Kars4Kids to Oorah, Oorah itself has fundraising and general administrative costs to pay for, which it does primarily with the grant money it receives from Kars4Kids. Therefore, the proceeds Kars4Kids generates from car donations get another “hair cut” when they make their way to Oorah. Fortunately, Oorah’s cash-based program spending percentage was 74% in 2015, which is above CharityWatch’s reasonableness benchmark of 60%. Even with Oorah’s very reasonable rate of program spending, though, once Oorah’s and Kars4Kids’ overhead expenses are considered in aggregate, only about 38% of Kars4Kids’ donated car proceeds were spent on bona fide programs in 2015. In other words, based on the average resale value of about $365 for a car donated to Kars4Kids in 2015, less than $139 actually went towards benefitting “kids,” who, as a reminder, are mostly Jewish youth that participate in Oorah’s Orthodox Jewish outreach programs."
My first thought when I read the thread title. So, I jumped in to see if it had been named. And nofuckinjoke...it started playing on the radio just as I was reading DK's response to T-n-G's listing it. That commercial is the god damned devil!
HAHAHAHAHA!!! I forgot who, but someone chastised me for getting this song in their head!
Any commercial that features an alarm clock buzzing. Also hate most insurance commercials. Geico is the worst. But progressive and State Farm suck too.
Insurance commercials drive me nuts. I'm pretty sure that insurance premiums would be $50 a year if they just stopped running so many ads. FYI - my friend who is an independent adjuster told me the companies that run the most ads are the worst to deal with.
I had to go youtube premium to stop ads because I was starting to fantasize about murdering a certain emu
Insurance commercials drive me nuts. I'm pretty sure that insurance premiums would be $50 a year if they just stopped running so many ads. FYI - my friend who is an independent adjuster told me the companies that run the most ads are the worst to deal with.
I had to go youtube premium to stop ads because I was starting to fantasize about murdering a certain emu
I absolutely HATE the mayhem ones. I don't find them funny at all. Can't stand any of them. And it sucks bc I really like/liked the guy who plays "mayhem" when he's on Brooklyn 99. But in these commercials - can't stand him...
"I'm only civil because I don't know any swear words."
"So you have a lil fungus on your toenails? Take this spiffy pill and it'll get rid of it in just a few months."
"It has been found that in some, Spiffy Toenail Fungus Killer has caused bleeding from both eyes, fingers to necrose, spleens to explode and unexplainable internal swelling with oily discharge."
"Spiffy Toenail Fungus Killer. Ask your doctor today about a way to get your beach feet ready again."
I never realized how many drug commercials were on American TV until I moved to Europe. (Prescription drug ads are illegal
in the EU.) But if I'm watching an American sports stream that doesn't
black out the ads, it feels like drug commercial after drug commercial
after drug commercial.
Insurance commercials drive me nuts. I'm pretty sure that insurance premiums would be $50 a year if they just stopped running so many ads. FYI - my friend who is an independent adjuster told me the companies that run the most ads are the worst to deal with.
I had to go youtube premium to stop ads because I was starting to fantasize about murdering a certain emu
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8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
Speaking of Flo, the Progressive folks are really desperate now.
I also can't stand the Trivago guy, who thankfully I haven't seen since the virus outbreak.
Oh, and those goddamn "what's in YOUR wallet" commercials featuring celebrities who probably don't give a shit about earning free miles and cashback on their credit cards.
Ahh, that felt good.
"So you have a lil fungus on your toenails? Take this spiffy pill and it'll get rid of it in just a few months."
"It has been found that in some, Spiffy Toenail Fungus Killer has caused bleeding from both eyes, fingers to necrose, spleens to explode and unexplainable internal swelling with oily discharge."
"Spiffy Toenail Fungus Killer. Ask your doctor today about a way to get your beach feet ready again."
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
The Microsoft Teams commercials (which seemed to play 6 times an hour). Flo and company doing a zoom meeting in several commercials.
The aforementioned Toyota gal saying "we're still here and when you need a new car we'll be here"
Seriously though, how many commercial bits do they buy. And it's been going on for so many years.
When we donated an old car of my wife's years ago, we donated it to The Salvation Army.
https://www.charitywatch.org/charity-donating-articles/costly-and-continuous-kars4kids-ads-disguise-charity39s-real-purpose
"For example, about one-half of the average resale value of each donated car in 2015 went to pay for Kars4Kids’ fundraising and advertising expenses that year. Therefore, although Kars4Kids may have cheaper processing costs than many other car donation charities, it still spent more on overhead than it did on programs in 2015, when just 47% of its cash budget went to programs – an unsatisfactory level by CharityWatch’s standards."
And the kids who benefit are just Jewish kids apparently, something I learned today.
"Kars4Kids’ low rate of program spending is also particularly concerning given that the vast majority of Kars4Kids’ program expenses consist of grants to its “sister charity,” Oorah, which runs the “educational, developmental, and recreational programs for Jewish youth and their families” funded by Kars4Kids, per its mission. About 93% of Kars4Kids’ cash-based program spending in 2015 was in the form of a grant to Oorah in the amount of approximately $16.9 million. By comparison, Kars4Kids reported spending about $17.1 million on advertising and promotion in 2015 – about $150,000 more than its cash grant to Oorah. Furthermore, as a percentage of the funds Kars4Kids generated from donated vehicles (including boats & planes) in 2015, its grant to Oorah represented only about 46% of those total funds raised.
Additionally, as the car donation proceeds get passed along from Kars4Kids to Oorah, Oorah itself has fundraising and general administrative costs to pay for, which it does primarily with the grant money it receives from Kars4Kids. Therefore, the proceeds Kars4Kids generates from car donations get another “hair cut” when they make their way to Oorah. Fortunately, Oorah’s cash-based program spending percentage was 74% in 2015, which is above CharityWatch’s reasonableness benchmark of 60%. Even with Oorah’s very reasonable rate of program spending, though, once Oorah’s and Kars4Kids’ overhead expenses are considered in aggregate, only about 38% of Kars4Kids’ donated car proceeds were spent on bona fide programs in 2015. In other words, based on the average resale value of about $365 for a car donated to Kars4Kids in 2015, less than $139 actually went towards benefitting “kids,” who, as a reminder, are mostly Jewish youth that participate in Oorah’s Orthodox Jewish outreach programs."
bwahahahaaaa!!!
This song is damn annoying but catchy!
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
I never realized how many drug commercials were on American TV until I moved to Europe. (Prescription drug ads are illegal in the EU.) But if I'm watching an American sports stream that doesn't black out the ads, it feels like drug commercial after drug commercial after drug commercial.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly