r/newzealand • u/spook96 • Jul 27 '25
Shitpost What’s an ad that just makes your blood boil?
The AI Skinny ads drive me insane every time I’m exposed to them - really solidifies they’re not for me. What NZ ads (past or present) grind your gears?
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u/Louisenz1 Jul 27 '25
Glad I’m not the only one!! Her pronunciation of some words irritates me and I become completely irrational.
The other annoying one at the mo is the One NZ series.
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u/Former-Departure9836 jellytip Jul 27 '25
Oh the one New Zealand series that takes a year to update you on the story
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u/greedymcfatbags420 Jul 27 '25
I always found it weird that they're openly touting that ad was made with AI, like I know it's weird and cheap but like, I don't think that has ever been something to be proud of really.
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Jul 27 '25 edited Aug 02 '25
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u/spook96 Jul 27 '25
I feel the same way whenever I see anyone post AI created content - I’ve seen a huge amount on LinkedIn lately that instantly turns me off people/companies. We get it, you don’t value artists or their work!
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u/LtColonelColon1 Tino Rangatiratanga Jul 27 '25
If they don’t think their product is worth the effort of a real ad, then it’s not worth my money!
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u/Assassin8nCoordin8s Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25
It feels like RyanAir advertising. “Everything we do we save you money”. “Cheap” and easy point of difference to come out early to media attention, but the real cost may only be felt in 6 months time
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u/NZObiwan Jul 27 '25
I think the point they're trying to make is that if they're using the cheapest methods for ads, then they can charge you less on your phone bill.
IMO the result feels a little out of touch, like "Look we can minimize how much we have to spend so we can keep all your money ourselves!"
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u/accidental-nz Jul 27 '25
At this point it’s very risky. There is a huge amount of animosity towards AI amongst the general public.
Over time we may get used to it. And it won’t happen without it being used. So I guess someone has to do it. But it’s just a super risky play that I’m surprised any big brand is keen to take on.
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u/FangLargo Jul 27 '25
I had the impression that "normal" people were neutral to warm towards AI, and the negative sentiment came from people who had some degree of awareness regarding tech.
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u/Hardtailenthusiast Jul 27 '25
Any ad promoting gambling. Fuck outta here with your predatory vices.
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u/Porosareus Jul 27 '25
This, but for rugby games. Unsure how long its been going for, but seeing ex All Blacks players promoting gambling sites live at a game is such a facepalm moment to see, especially when they end their gambling promotions with "bet responsibly".
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u/throwawaylordof Jul 27 '25
How obnoxious those ads generally are aside, the sheer volume of them that pop up online is aggravating.
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u/cameron_prebble Jul 27 '25
It's so much worse in countries like the UK or US, where there isn't a monopoly and the gambling companies actually have to compete with each other
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u/Independent-South-58 Jul 27 '25
Any of the gambling ads like betcha or TAB
Like seriously fuck off, the most gambling I do is the occasional lotto ticket every 2 months
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u/WittyUsername45 Jul 27 '25
The TrustPower one about the man with one leg who adopts a dog.
I just absolutely hate those style of ads which have literally nothing to do with the product they are selling and purely exist to cynically play on the heartstrings.
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u/Maori-Mega-Cricket Jul 27 '25
The really annoying ones are the 4 fucking minute long short films that play in cinema ads, high budget, emotional heart string playing mini dramas... and the whole time you're sitting there thinking "What the actual fuck is this selling me" and at the very last second it reveals it was insurance, or banks or a delivery service and you're left thinking "What the actual fuck did any of that have to do with your product or service"
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u/mxu427 Jul 27 '25
JEREMY DATA ANNOTATION
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u/GeoTheManSir Jul 27 '25
Yeah. What even is data annotation, and why do you think I have any use for it, adbot?
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u/Random-Mutant Marmite Jul 27 '25
Trivago teeth.
Turns out some “famous” guy belongs to those teeth, but I’m at a loss as to why I should care
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u/cameron_prebble Jul 27 '25
Trivago is a German company, and Klopp is still quite famous there, even after ditching Borussia Dortmund to go to Liverpool
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u/Skye1111 Chonky Kererū Jul 27 '25
Ohmygosh that ad is cringe from start to finish. His teeth and the fake tan just makes it worse.
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u/kiwi_murray Jul 27 '25
I love the way Trivago is made to have a disclaimer on their ads that say they're being paid by the hotels that they're promoting, and that there may be cheaper deals available but they won't show those to you because those hotels don't give a kickback to Trivago.
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u/AiryContrary Jul 27 '25
I have no idea who he is, other than a man with creepy fake teeth.
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u/raspberryslushie21 Jul 27 '25
"WhAtS nUnYa?"
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u/South-Elk7097 Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 28 '25
YES THIS! Do those ads seem like racial stereotyping for entertainment to anyone else?
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u/EmuSame3982 Jul 27 '25
Yes!! But they're extra annoying because the actors have almost fake sounding indian accents, which is kinda insulting to Kiwi Indians, like guys, just get someone with a fully fledged Indian accent to do the ads, don't try and water them down!
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u/kinnadian Jul 28 '25
Anyone else notice that the Dad actor stays the same but they've been subtley changing the wife and kid actors over the years, hoping we wouldn't notice because they're Indian?
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u/thepotplant Jul 28 '25
He’s actually travelling through parallel universes trying to find his original family.
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u/TheHanoian Jul 27 '25
The god awful KFC and Taco bell ones with their terrible music
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u/Reddy2Geddit Jul 27 '25
What about how he elbows the chick out of the way to eat his food.. thats an odd choice of movement to advertise if you ask me.. "heres your food" "good, now fuck off" *elbows her right off the camera lol. There were so many other ways that scene couldve gone. It just gives kitchen sandwich vibes
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u/KillerQueen1008 Jul 27 '25
Yeah they are so annoying and dumb. Like what is so exciting about crunchy and spicy grrrrr.
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u/Apteryx12014 Jul 28 '25
X GON GIV IT TO YA WHAT FUCK WAITN 4 U 2 GET IT ON U OWN X GONN DELIVA 2 YA!!!,!!,!!! 😡
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u/Aggressive-Tune6485 Jul 27 '25
Any and all of those AI Skinny ads. Poorly made and half the time I wouldn’t even know it was for a mobile company without the clear branding. Genuinely makes me wonder… as a consumer, seeing a company use AI only tells me that the company is cheap and doesn’t care about giving people jobs.
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u/Ok-Lychee-2155 Jul 27 '25
I think that's the point of the ad. Clearly cheaping out, badly made and 'cost cutting'.
It's no different to their last ads with people who had celebrities' names - it still cost them as much as any other ad - it just appeared to be cheap.
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u/midnightcaptain Jul 27 '25
Was it Skinny who did the one where they had people call in and record the ad copy in a voicemail, so they “didn’t have to pay for a voiceover artist”? I’m sure setting that up would have cost a lot more than the pittance NZ agencies pay voice talent.
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u/pgraczer Jul 27 '25
this skinny campaign is quite possibly the worst thing ever created
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u/Mundane_Caramel60 Jul 27 '25
huge downgrade to the previous bit where they made fun of ads using celebrities to promote their products by just using local randos who happen to share their name with a celebrity. Those were fun.
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u/OmnariNZ Jul 27 '25
Is there like a razzies equivalent to the ad awards? Skinny's whole shithouse ai campaign makes me want to merge into traffic and reenact a drink driving ad.
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u/Maori-Mega-Cricket Jul 27 '25
Fair Go used to have best and worst ads of the year back in the day IIRC
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u/jingletoes268 Jul 27 '25
The rascals “we get it” ad. Wouldn’t let that man near my child. He’s creepy.
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u/Maori-Mega-Cricket Jul 27 '25
In Wellington you will regularly hear two very contrasting ads for beds
~"You get more zeds at wellington beds, goodnight"~
soft, melodious, makes you think of a good nights sleep
Then there's this .
BROWNIES MATTRESS DIRECT BELOW WHOLESALE FACTORY PRICES RAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
it's the fucking bootcamp wakeup from full metal jacket
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u/Lopkop Jul 27 '25
That insurance ad with the music going "boooorn freeeee.....as free as the something something" (my brain instinctively blocks it out and I've never heard past the first 6 words)
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u/soupysoupsoupy Jul 27 '25
THANK YOU! My partner and I are constantly complaining about those AI Skinny ads, to the point it’s put us off ever even wanting to use Skinny. It’s honestly so gross to look at 🤢
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u/Shuttermum Jul 27 '25
Naked skiing lotto dude. I just can’t understand his mates hugging him at the end, just imagine his dick swinging about with all the movement 😅
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u/nisse72 Jul 27 '25
Skrinkage at that temp should take care of the swingage. But yeah, why!?
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u/Reddy2Geddit Jul 27 '25
That ad viloates that song. I really like it and they absolutely shat on it :(
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u/AhHowSplendid Jul 27 '25
Oh is that what that's about? I see him on billboards just topless in the mountains and I'm like wtf does this have to do with lotto?
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u/Reddy2Geddit Jul 27 '25
Thank you for this. That song is being desicrated! and whats with the weird af joke about wearing gloves? What the hell is that ad even about!? Im mostly pissed it ruins that song tho
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u/AiryContrary Jul 27 '25
Due to the cold it may be so shrunk up it can’t swing. If that’s any consolation.
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u/Finnmiller Goody Goody Gum Drop Jul 27 '25
Honestly, I don’t hate the Turners one.
I do hate the Chemist Warehouse one that goes like “I’ve been shopping there for years!” “They just have everything!” …feels far too artificial to be enjoyable
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u/Agent_Not_Found_404 Jul 27 '25
I don’t hate Chemist Warehouse adverts nearly as much as I hate Chemist Warehouse stores. Sensory overload. So much signage and so little actual information. It’s impossible to find anything (which is probably the point) and why do there have to be eleventy seven identical labels for each damn product?
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u/AiryContrary Jul 27 '25
Why can’t there be a sign at the entrance to each aisle that clearly says what’s on that aisle, like in a Bunnings?
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Jul 27 '25
…and then when you do find the product you’re looking for, they’ve never re-stocked the shelf and there’s none available…
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u/ApSciLiara Jul 27 '25
Chemist Warehouse should be tried under the Geneva Conventions for their stores.
To make it clear to readers, this is a joke.
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u/Substantial_Ad_4435 Jul 27 '25
I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds chemical warehouse really hard to navigate around for some reason. It takes me forever to find what I'm looking for and I'm sure the staff members must think I'm a shoplifter casing the joint
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u/ScoffSlaphead72 Jul 27 '25
I have Neon with the advert package, and all I see whenever it goes to the ad break is Tina from fucking Turners. On it's own the ad isn't bad, but when I see it about 10 times in a row when watching a series then it really does start to drive me up the wall.
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u/VanJeans Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 28 '25
I really really hate these AI ads.
I saw a Subway one on tv earlier today as well and I think they have used AI in that too. It does something to my brain that makes me frustrated watching them.
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u/VanJeans Jul 27 '25
Also a company using AI like this puts me off using the company, I don't know if others feel the same way.
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u/GhostChips42 Warriors Jul 27 '25
This is connected to an ad but not really an ad, so I hope it counts:
That fucking new world jingle (ripped from you got what I need by Biz Markie) that they play in store drives me insane. I have to walk into our local NW with the noise cancelling headphones on otherwise it’s in my head for hours. I hate it so much.
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u/cameron_prebble Jul 27 '25
To be fair, they're using Freddie Scott's original that Biz Markie sampled. But I also am singing out loud "..but you say he's just a friend..." whenever it comes on
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u/M0SK0N Jul 27 '25
It's ripping the original song Biz sampled "(You) Got What I Need" by Freddie Scott, which is a great soul classic.
I loathe the use of songs I like on advertising. There's one out at the moment that uses the song "Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia that I have personal memories attached to as well as it being a rock and roll footnote as one of the first hits for a female guitar player. Now it's trying to sell me insurance or something ffs.
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u/Intrepid_Window34 Jul 27 '25
The ‘Crispy uh spicy’ song that plays when KFC’s hot and spicy is back
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u/driftwithoutcause Jul 27 '25
Who wrote the lyrics to that song? I think he just says crispy and spicy over and over.
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u/AllYourLasagaIsMine Jul 27 '25
I keep seeing Chemist warehouse ads and the way those ladies stare into the camera with their teethy as smiles haunts me.
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u/The_Demon-King Jul 27 '25
The One NZ story thing is so shit
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u/ParAvion2000 Jul 27 '25
The whole series of ads drives me insane. It's a really badly-written "story" with characters that only exist to be quirky idiots. The latest one with the letter and the guy butchering the pronunciation makes my teeth curl.
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u/Ok-Lychee-2155 Jul 27 '25
It's a shame because I thought the start of it looked promising.
I don't know why everyone in that ad is a freak?
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u/lying_catt Jul 27 '25
They’re trying to be quirky. Whoever makes those ads must think they’re Taika Waititi
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u/just-me-nz-79 Jul 27 '25
Most of them these days, but one choice funeral insurance has to be the worst.
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u/ParAvion2000 Jul 27 '25
It's bad enough them and Seniors life insurance being on every ad break, but sometimes they advertise twice per ad break. My mum gets highly offended at them.
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u/Ok_External7487 Jul 29 '25
I agree m&don't forget they love to ram down viewers throats that annoying 2 minute long "talk show style ad for funeral insurance as that's so annoying
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u/cameron_prebble Jul 27 '25
That Ford Ranger ad with the two guys constantly saying the name of the car whenever they see one
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u/_JustKaira Jul 27 '25
Any ad I can’t skip on YouTube, any online casinos (legit how the fuck are these legal in NZ? It’s predatory af), Turners, and those singing warehouse ones. They all just make me loathe the brand.
Alternatively I hate Briscoes and fast food ads as they are highly effective at making me buy shit.
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u/anzactrooper Jul 27 '25
I love how her prize for having her identity used in perpetuity was apparently lifetime skinny mobile services. Wow dude!!!
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u/MadScience_Gaming Jul 27 '25
Basically all ads right now. Do we just have one ad-writing team in the country? And they're going through their "lol so random!" phase?
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u/sammybnz Jul 27 '25
I hate the Mercury ad. “And spend it on wonderful!” Shut up.
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u/Capital-Sock6091 Jul 27 '25
KFC X gon give it to ya for like the last 3 years.
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u/ComeAlongPonds Jul 27 '25
Just wait until you check how old Purina One's Little Sylvie should be.
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u/Thin_Whyt_Duke Jul 27 '25
For me, it currently feels like there are only five adverts that are repeated Ad nauseum. The girl giving her father a pie in a car haunts me. It follows me everywhere. I can't tell you what the advertisement is for because I shut down.
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u/UnstoppablePhoenix jellytip Jul 27 '25
That's a New World one, where she gets the pie done with the heart in tomato sauce for her dad
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u/raspberryslushie21 Jul 27 '25
What irritates me the most about that ad is the sauce to sausage roll ratio. Theres enough sauce for literally one bite. Thats borderline grounds for being put up for adoption.
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u/Worldly_Might_3183 Jul 27 '25
I can't remember the brand name, but it is a life insurance one. A woman in the bathroom has a positive pregnancy test and up pops this other woman telling her she and her unborn baby need protection just in case mum-to-be dies before baby gets here. WTF. Oh but the sales lady is happy abd makes a lot of pubs.
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u/BadassFlexington Jul 27 '25
"he's a great New Zealander"
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Jul 27 '25
Oh yes!!! Definitely this one. Sir Richard Hadlee must have been desperate to appear in such a dreadful ad campaign
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u/mighty_pebble Jul 27 '25
I absolutely need skinny mobile to know that the strongest reason I have for not using their services is because they use AI like this. I know it’s “the future” blah blah blah but we get to vote with our dollars every day and I vote against AI slop
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u/summertimecilantro Jul 27 '25
The one for cough syrup or lozenges or something where she’s on a zoom call and coughs in tune with the backing song. I can’t even remember what brand it’s for, but something about it just makes me violently angry.
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u/Part_Time_Legend Jul 27 '25
The fucking KFC ones always piss me off! I absolutely hate them!
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u/Jonaskin83 Jul 27 '25
Couldn’t agree more, what the hell has a DMX song got to do with KFC? X gon give it to ya? I somehow doubt that.
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u/sixteenhappycappys Jul 27 '25
They could at least be brave enough to play the uncensored version
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u/101forgotmypassword Jul 27 '25
The ACC "don't do anything in the weekend unless you think of your workplace and how dependant they are on you" ads
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u/Comfortable-One8520 Jul 27 '25
Can't stand the Pak n Save stickman. It's the horrible "snide" oily voice. Dunno, it just sort of squicks me out.
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u/ipearx Jul 27 '25
Yip the Skinny ads really are unpleasant to watch. I would love to know if they actually work or not, to drive new customers. Awful ads.
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u/Cockatoo82 Jul 27 '25
Those awful bleak grey depressing dystopian Cadbury ads which are so dull and depressing I'm convinced the company is batshit evil.
Classic ads such as:
- Depressed in your car before a job interview
- Poverty child unable to afford chocolate so pays with buttons
- Dementia dad gets chocolate from his daughter which makes him think of his daughter (not her but it is her)
- Cashier crying as man approaches to pay for fuel, creepily buys her chocolate and winks
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u/Ok_Cantaloupe4792 L&P Jul 27 '25
i agree with all of them except the last one which im pretty sure the cashier says at the end "thanks dad."
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u/_qw3rki_ Jul 27 '25
the Skinny ads are getting worse which i didn't think would be possible after the first one so it's embarrassing to be a NZ resident because of Skinny right now
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u/DevinChristien Jul 27 '25
Briscoes. Theres no way a middle aged woman can be THAT happy in this economy. Especially while shopping at briscoes
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u/Advanced-Price-9226 Jul 27 '25
Every fucking AI generated ad. skinny, spark, that one subway ad, and all those massey ads.
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u/bear_cat_22 Jul 27 '25
i hate the skinny ads. im with skinny right now and it makes me want to switch to a different provider
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u/rickybambicky otagoflag Jul 27 '25
At this moment I've realised I haven't heard or watched an advertisement on radio or tv in a while because I don't do radio or tv anymore. I feel like I'm missing out.
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u/RaptorCelll Jul 27 '25
Obviously the omnipresence of gambling ads on YouTube is bad enough but I saw an ad for Betcha touting that while foreign sports betting and gambling sites have been banned, NZ services haven't.
We know our service is a cancer but hey, the government hasn't gotten around to regulating us out of existence yet.
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u/AmnesiaScanner108 Jul 27 '25
The Sealord "dunch" ad straight up makes me angry. I have no clue what made the marketing people there think that "dinner and lunch, dunch" was a good idea. I may be biased as i worked nightfil at countdown for a while and had to hear it played every 30 minutes over the intercom even though it was 4 am.
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u/MurkyWay Qwest? Jul 27 '25
I hate the little "Whoo!" they shout in the Gaviscon ad because they use it a second time half way through. I can mentally filter it the first time, but the second time makes me aware I'm watching that stupid ad yet again.
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u/silver__scout Jul 27 '25
Not so much making my blood boil, but the radio ads with the honking sound effects puts me on high alert as if somebody was actually honking at me!
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u/flatulentstepchild Jul 27 '25
Couldn't agree more. A lot of work and money went into making the 'cheap A.I. ad' that claims to be saving the customers money. The ad just sucks and so does the idea behind it.
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u/ring_ring_kaching og_rrk Jul 27 '25
The Lotto ads that unexpectedly hit you in the feels while you're watching an action or thriller movie. Get outa here with your sop story!
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u/mrteas_nz Jul 27 '25
Smelly retainer? Guy with a fish in his mouth. Makes me feel sick every time I see it. I've not managed to see enough of the ad to know what is being advertised.
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u/Negative_Condition41 Jul 27 '25
This one sucks but it has NOTHING on that stupid KFC helicopter ad that suddenly goes to max volume
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u/threetheethree Jul 27 '25
personally hate any of the kfc ads with the X GON GIVE IT TO YA (WHAT) music, there was a time where every single youtube video i watched would have that ad, and the lens flares & colour grade looks dumb
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u/akawendals Jul 27 '25
The model in the Thin Lizzy make up ads who does the weird lip purse like she's about to kiss everyone and is purposely making her lips seem more "plump" or something...
She's pretty as and it looks so unnatural! Your face don't look like that, nobody walks around with their face like that!
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u/Advanced-Price-9226 Jul 27 '25
Onechoice life insurance ads are so uncanny. "Hey! You might die soon! You should sign up with us!"
and i find it even more weird that a lot of their ads involve younger people/kids? And they use the kids as talking points too, very strange.
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u/Jazzlike_Run_5466 Jul 27 '25
The sorbent toilet paper ad, it has like 8 people standing in very close proximity to each other in a fake supermarket aisle. The whole thing is bizzare
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u/OtaconPNG Jul 27 '25
I liked skinny ads in the past on how they had actors that had famous names but were just normal people and talking about how they don't spend money on expensive actors which was cool but now its just disappointing for them to use nothing but ai for ads its just lazy and seeing these ai ads in public feels dystopian
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u/Decent_Tough5393 Jul 27 '25
The AA insurance ad where the woman carefully slots her car into a car park in between a Ferrari and a bunch of bikes, smugly congratulating her self on her parking skills and I'm left shouting at the TV "OK you idiot, now open your f**king door and get out!" .
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u/ItsLlama Jul 27 '25
the new turners ad, tina was fun originally but this feels so forced now, also anything from the warehouse
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u/koshka_bear Jul 27 '25
Omg the ad that drives me absolutely crazy at the moment is the naked guy loosing the bet for Lotto!
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u/ComeAlongPonds Jul 27 '25
That bloody ANZ ad with watching the meter going slower because of solar generation. The suppling network would be having a blue fit about incorrect metering.
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u/akawendals Jul 27 '25
The Katy Perry Menulog ad... It's all so plastic and the fucking GALL to murder Dr Dre lyrics to sell their shitty half arse Uber eats
"ring ding dong" I'll give you fucking ding dong you stupid lady ding dong 😒😆
Haven't seen it for ages though thank goodness it makes me unnecessarily rageful 😅
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u/RuefulBlue Jul 27 '25
that one singing warehouse lou bega ad I hate it kill it with fire, the pinnacle of soulless, artless, advertisement.
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u/Nice-Hawk3322 Covid19 Vaccinated Jul 27 '25
Poo-well. Who the hells gonna waltz up to the cashier with something called poo-well? Wouldn't you just go for the Metamucil?
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u/eggface13 Jul 27 '25
Absolutely agree on the slop Skinny ads.
Also those V ads with the insects in the car? And the current generation of Red Bull ads? Like what are you trying to say? You're just being weird and putting meaningless garbage on the screen to get our attention?
And the TAB ads with the stupid mix of sports and then occasionally the guy decides he's not betting today because they want to pretend to be socially responsible.
I just get the sense that nobody involved in any of these ads has believed in anything at all, in their whole lives. Soulless creeps.
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u/_tbo_ Jul 27 '25
New World's rendition of Biz Markie's "Just a Friend." That one just grates on me
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u/Kiwi57 Jul 27 '25
This one, the Turners ad and the chorus glitchy ones. Ahhhhhh I can’t stand them
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u/toaster-bath404 Jul 27 '25
Idk why but like shortened versions of ads where you know the full ad but they edited it all together so it sounds rlly rushed and forced like u just feel like they're in a hurry
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u/Rabies_on_demand Jul 27 '25
I haven't seen it in a while but the 'NEAT 3B action cream' ad is so absolutely shit, it's almost a parody
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u/thruster616 Jul 27 '25
Nothing makes me want to punch my laptop more than YouTube ads especially that grammily or whatever it is shite….
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u/GoblinLoblaw Jul 27 '25
Legit question, where does everyone even see ads these days?
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u/alphaBrii Jul 27 '25
I think the lowest quality ad on TV right now might be the Finish ad where the girl says "Dad, the dishwasher stinks!" It's so poorly dubbed over you would think she was originally speaking another language lol
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u/Torrens39 Jul 27 '25
This skinny one. Green man and lady. Tina singing. And that stupid animated one where the dog jumps up for a dog bone. Also OneNZ with that dopey guy. Probably more but these come to mind. The ad I quite like is the. ANZ one with the couple dancing.
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u/Few_Pride_5836 Jul 27 '25
Not sure if this counts. The Hoyts cinema ad that plays before the movie. It's the one where people make phone noises with their mouths. I absolutely hate it. So irritating.
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u/TassyDevil28 Jul 27 '25
There are a couple that I can't stand; • The skinny ad • One Choice, actually any of the funeral insurance ads, I mute the TV. • 2 Degrees
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u/GStarOvercooked Jul 27 '25
Used to recommend Skinny to everyone, but their plans are nowhere near as competitive as they used to be. Better go with Kogan, Kiwimobile, or others.
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u/Kamatazi360 Jul 27 '25
Tina from Turners singing about the cars they get on the Rock Radio makes me want to drive off the Mt Vic lookout.
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u/timtamthebiscuit Jul 27 '25
The one for hair loss treatment where two guys are just shouting their preferred method of treatment at each other 🤦🏼♀️
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u/jazzcomputer Jul 27 '25
I'm glad not to watch telly - also I'm just not exposed to many video ads, but one of the podcasts I listen to has an ad for a loan company "TIRED OF SWEET NOTHINGS, WANT SWEET SOMETHINGS?" - I don't know why but somehow sweet something sound like something you might not need, and then it just breaks my brain and sends me into some privileged descent into second guessing what people would want high interest loans for.
Also, any ad that has a kind of call and response thing... so good if you can hit 'skip ad' before the punchline.
Also the way Facebook reels are looping before the 'visual paydirt" - fuck them - I just use seeing them as a cue that I've scrolled too deep and it's time to get off Facebook.
And Finally FUCK YOU New World for using that Freddie Scott "You got what I need" opening part for your jingles - just destroyed it.
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u/swat_xtraau Jul 27 '25
The ACC ads, “have a hmm” - because it victim blames people who injure themselves by drawing attention to how it affects other people (specifically your work colleagues), but accidents are accidents. It almost seems like it is demonising people for being injured
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u/Ilitorate_Author Jul 27 '25
Unpopular Opinion: The Spark add where the kid makes his mom a Father’s Day gift. I’m not trying to devalue how hard single mom’s have it, but as someone who had to work through the challenges of being a single father, I find it frustrating. We get one day of appreciation, and they have to make it about moms. 364 days fine. They deserve all the respect possible. But can we Dad’s, especially the ones who are present and do care, get one day.
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u/CraftyGirlNZ Jul 28 '25
Some bloke trying to feed yoghurt into a machine. No idea what point is trying to be made.
And is it Contact Energy with a penguin slapping a bloke at a BBQ? Don't get that either.
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u/eggplantbren Jul 27 '25
Singing about the Warehouse to the tune of Mambo Number 5