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CaptYossarian

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13. The target audience is American oligarchs.

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Mon Apr 15, 2019, 11:10 AM

Apr 2019

What gets me is the overexposure of Flo from Progressive and the loudness of car/truck commercials.

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Guess I'm just a cranky old man, but these damn "BDO" ads every 5 minutes on CNN are [View all] Atticus Apr 2019 OP

Turn off the cable noise Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #1

Oh my... handmade34 Apr 2019 #2

I think I'm not their target audience. SharonAnn Apr 2019 #49

BDO? Shell_Seas Apr 2019 #3

I don't know who BDO is either. alfie Apr 2019 #6

You are not alone in your confusion.... I have no idea either. whopis01 Apr 2019 #8

It's the name of the company. Pacifist Patriot Apr 2019 #9

Look carefully... You'll see what Shell_Seas did there. DontBooVote Apr 2019 #15

I'm apparently cognitively impaired. All I'm seeing are three letters and a punctuation mark. Pacifist Patriot Apr 2019 #56

BDO tag line is "People who know, know BDO." Shell_Seas didn't know BDO, lol. DontBooVote Apr 2019 #60

LOL! Got it. Pacifist Patriot Apr 2019 #61

Yep! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2019 #4

At least they're not hair loss or boner pills or Lot-T supplements commercials... Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #5

"The Big Hurt". 🤮 LakeArenal Apr 2019 #25

He's my boy from Auburn, though... Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #42

There's 3 Of Those ProfessorGAC Apr 2019 #57

Clearly the company blew all their budget on Thomas as a celeb spokesman Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #59

I gave up eating MFM008 Apr 2019 #7

mmmmmmm..... rich people... PeeJ52 Apr 2019 #10

Raw ChazInAz Apr 2019 #18

Smothered and covered. Mr. Evil Apr 2019 #24

I'm not a cranky old man, but I get annoyed every time I see that ad too tulipsandroses Apr 2019 #11

I never watch CNN & I only watch one hour & 15 min of commercial TV each day yaesu Apr 2019 #12

The target audience is American oligarchs. CaptYossarian Apr 2019 #13

The theme of those ads is pretty obnoxious. George II Apr 2019 #14

Want to piss off Repukes, air repeated ads on the radio am/fm Historic NY Apr 2019 #16

i just hate commercials. barbtries Apr 2019 #17

Right there with ya on that! shanti Apr 2019 #26

Can't you pause whatever your streaming robbob Apr 2019 #35

No shanti Apr 2019 #37

For On Demand or streaming, FF is no longer an option SoCalDem Apr 2019 #43

Atticus, would you happen to have some Grey Poupon? JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2019 #19

Grey Poupon? Well, well. I can see those ads have worked their magic on you. pangaia Apr 2019 #39

My Grey Poupon is obviously "tres ordinaire", now I have to find ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2019 #50

LOL pangaia Apr 2019 #51

Well, this begs for an SNL parody ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2019 #20

There's a joyful way you can accept those BDO commercials: good for Democrats Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2019 #21

Won't work cause the dumb and dumber still believe that someday THEY will be as rich. pangaia Apr 2019 #40

It's better than the ones selling a cure for Peyronie's disease (nt) JaneQPublic Apr 2019 #22

Or even worse cannabis_flower Apr 2019 #32

The odd thing to think of -- is how many viewers could actually be the target market karynnj Apr 2019 #23

I can't even get mad at the accounting firm for advertizing trc Apr 2019 #27

Well, you COULD shanti Apr 2019 #28

Its all over MSNBC too. I rarely watch CNN. I see this ad on MSNBC tulipsandroses Apr 2019 #55

Yeah, that one kind of annoys me too. whathehell Apr 2019 #29

I'm sick of the blind/can't sleep ads, too. Like blind people need to be reminded lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #30

Why I am so glad I don't have a TV. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #31

But.. cannabis_flower Apr 2019 #34

I don't. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #46

Do you pay for YouTube? cannabis_flower Apr 2019 #47

Nope. I pay for Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #48

There is a YouTube pay service cannabis_flower Apr 2019 #53

Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #54

All I see is ads for bent penises greymattermom Apr 2019 #33

Don't watch CNN. Listen to MSNBC on sirius. Pissed about them airing a commercial with Bill O'Reilly Fla Dem Apr 2019 #36

im so glad i gave up tv 2 years ago. every month the price went up. AllaN01Bear Apr 2019 #38

EVERYBODY.... I have the perfect solution.. pangaia Apr 2019 #41

My wife and I disconnected our television a little over ten years ago. hunter Apr 2019 #44

The ad that's currently driving me crazy is the one for the device that cleans out your stuffy nose. Vinca Apr 2019 #45

So, at the gym today... pangaia Apr 2019 #52

My take it slightly different fescuerescue Apr 2019 #58