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Topic: Fitbit
Posted By: ThatNerdInPhilly
Subject: Fitbit
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 1:05pm
Made a horrible mistake of falling asleep with my TV on, this commercial woke me up! Angry
WTH is this!!




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Posted By: Neil R
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 4:21pm
Thanks for finding this, a stupid commercial for an equally stupid product!


Posted By: Papa Lazarou
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 4:55pm
horrible commercial, but actually not that bad a product. Not the one I'd go for, but I see the usefulness even in something as primitive and basic as Fitbit.

Just wish they didn't make me hate them with commercials like this....

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Posted By: crainbebo
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 6:27pm
Yep. Another s-----y commercial with hipster "singing." So it's now Fitbit, Wendy's and Charter Spectrum (which is still the worst) with singing commercials almost every break. UGH! Jingles used to be much better in the late 1980s when there wasn't hipsters running all the commercials. 

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Back after a long absence...still hating those commercials. Go away Limu Emu and Doug!


Posted By: madwoman
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 6:31pm
Stupid commercial. And I'll keep my Polar fitness watch, thanks.


Posted By: Papa Lazarou
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 7:52pm
^I went Samesung Gear 2 myself.

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Posted By: Ad nauseous
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2014 at 10:01pm
Gag! That was terrible! I've only seen it muted on TV so this is first time I heard it. I miss the jingles of the 90s even the old Mentos jingle was better than this s#!t!

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One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off


Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 30 Nov 2014 at 8:01pm
Originally posted by madwoman madwoman wrote:

Stupid commercial. And I'll keep my Polar fitness watch, thanks.
Thank you, I didn't even know what they were trying to sell, I did see the 4 watches at the end.
With todays tech, does it measure your mileage or something?


Posted By: Papa Lazarou
Date Posted: 30 Nov 2014 at 8:10pm
I believe fitbit is a simple one that works as a pedometer/heartrate tracker, sending the information back to the phone. It's probably also similar to my watch in that you can have it monitor you constantly, so during walking, running, hiking, or cycling, it does a constant monitoring of heartrate to better calculate your calorie burning during the activity.

I'm happy with mine. The only reason I'd upgrade would be that the Gear S has built-in GPS and can function without a phone nearby (The Gear 2 operates via Bluetooth, so it only functions for texting, browsing, etc. when you're within a certain distance of your phone.)

But even then, I'd have to get it dirt cheap or free, so it'll probably be a year or so before I even begin considering that.

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Posted By: jon1
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2014 at 4:56am
I remember (barely, thank god) a Comcast ad from a few years ago that was basically the same musical idea - a "tune" that's basically just one note. I'm not sure what's more annoying - the relentless nothingness of the "song" itself, or the fact that some idiot that calls himself a "composer" is making all kinds of money from "writing" this garbage. (Which is the same question I had whenever I heard the Comcast ad.)

But yeah  it could be worse. You could have the Wendy's folks trying to sing THIS ad...off key...;-)


Posted By: thedude
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2014 at 5:57am
Wow. It's like as if they passed a law that all startup tech commercials have to have jingly bullsh*t "music" with "oohhhhh"s and "owwwehhhoooo"s. At least there's no vocal fry singing this time.


Posted By: Synesthesia
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 2:33am
This is an annoying commercial and I hate how NOISY and bad this song is! It's so terrible!

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Is this love big enough to watch over me?
Big enough to let go of me
Without hurting me,
Like the day I learned to swim?-Kate Bush The Fog


Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 2:34pm

Anyone notice the "holy $#*!fit" near the end?  Seems admen are finding new ways to get the forbidden words into their ads.  Same with the PGA Superstore commercial---"He took a sh*tzu on the green".   And then there was "I shipped my pants".  I think that was UPS.





Posted By: ThatNerdInPhilly
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 9:30pm
Originally posted by Thor Thor wrote:


Anyone notice the "holy $#*!fit" near the end?  Seems admen are finding new ways to get the forbidden words into their ads.  Same with the PGA Superstore commercial---"He took a sh*tzu on the green".   And then there was "I shipped my pants".  I think that was UPS.


I noticed that. I just picture the VERY detailed letter to the FCC from KMart, Verizon, etc before these ads get the green light.

"Dear FCC. Please understand that we are using the words 'SHIPPED MY PANTS', 'HALF FAST.'
This hopefully will clear up any confusion and no fines will be imposed..." blah blah.

Speaking of Verizon, that now old and unfunny term 'half fast' Christmas ad with the spoiled sh*ts getting nice electronics on Christmas morning - then complaining to the parents the gifts are half-assed (thats how I take hear it). I just wanna smack them!


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Posted By: Synesthesia
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2014 at 12:04am
I thought you can't say that on teevee. Because that is what I keep hearing in that ad.

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Is this love big enough to watch over me?
Big enough to let go of me
Without hurting me,
Like the day I learned to swim?-Kate Bush The Fog


Posted By: Ad nauseous
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2014 at 12:45am
This song is kinda catchy! OMG what is happening to me!?

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One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off


Posted By: Triple J
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2014 at 4:29am
I think this one sucks too. Thumbs Down


Posted By: CaptainErnie
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2014 at 4:57am
Originally posted by Ad nauseous Ad nauseous wrote:

This song is kinda catchy! OMG what is happening to me!?

Don't waste any time! Sit yourself down with a pair of headphones and throw a Black Sabbath or Jimi Hendrix CD on. Set the CD player to repeat, and don't get up until the Fitbit voices have left your head.
CaptainErnie - Rock & Roll Doctor


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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2014 at 4:57am

Originally posted by Ad nauseous Ad nauseous wrote:

This song is kinda catchy! OMG what is happening to me!?

I kinda like the rhythm.  Reminds me of Subterranean Homesick Blues, Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me), and Ca Plane Pour Moi.

The lyrics, however, are just commercial stupid.




Posted By: madwoman
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2014 at 2:31am
Or you could try singing "It's a Small World" over and over, loudly. I frequently use that to get rid of earworms.



Posted By: CapeCat
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2014 at 5:11am
Or you could just yell at the TV whenever the ad comes on... substitute whatever comes to mind.  "BitchFit, Nit Wit, Pick a Peck of Horse (poop)".   Hell, it makes the same amount of sense, which is none anyway!Wink 

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Posted By: Synesthesia
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2014 at 12:46am
You need Dir en grey instead.

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Is this love big enough to watch over me?
Big enough to let go of me
Without hurting me,
Like the day I learned to swim?-Kate Bush The Fog


Posted By: Papa Lazarou
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2014 at 5:03am
^Just downloaded their newest album. I quite like it, actually. As much as I like them, They're usually a 'song' band for me rather than full albums.

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Posted By: sgtrock21
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2014 at 6:12pm
I'm thinking they may have sneaked it in at the deadline to win the CIH worst of 2014.

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Posted By: Ad nauseous
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2014 at 8:36pm
I still mute it, its still not my favorite, I noticed they got rid of "$@#% bit" and replaced it with "Woah Bit" very lame, we can't even as hint or suggestion of swearwords without somebody having a fit!

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One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off


Posted By: Jimmy
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2014 at 5:00pm
This jingle is torturous! I'd rather be put on a water board than have to endure this song any longer. People who find sh*te like this to be "catchy" should be put in an institution.
It is monosyllabic, monotonous, and lacks any wit or humour. It is about as imaginative as most today's modern pop music.......pure trash!!

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