Over here, I get national ads and local ads and I cannot decide which ones I dislike the most.

The local ads that pop up during the local evening news have redefined the word "annoying". Almost 80% of them have terrible jingles that sound like they've been done by the same group of people. "The most comforting call you can maaaaake", "Call Lothamer's, we'll save youuuuu" and on and on. One of the exceptions to this are the ads for a large used car place called Sundance Chevrolet. The owner does not have a jingle, but he's got a gimmick that he's a cowboy. He walks around on a horse in the ads, and since his voice is somewhat muppet-like, he's constantly screaming at the camera to try and get his words through. Of course, the volume is turned up.

The national ads anger me in another way. While it is a faux pas to venture near backroom territory, I have to get this across. A large majority of national ads involve demonstrating a product's usefulness through the misfortune and suffering of a stupid, fat, white male. Of course, the product which saves the man is introduced to him by either his intelligent and sensible wife, a street-smart, athletic, black man, or last but not least a cool, collected asiatic. I see this in so many advertisments and it worries me.