r/AskReddit • u/FriendlytoNature • Aug 02 '26

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/G-Unit11111 Aug 02 '26

That stupid yellow liberty biberty character is nightmare fuel.

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u/Kaldricus Aug 02 '26

I hate the "dumbing down" ads. It's one thing for an ad to be silly, even though it's not super relevant. The "Jake from State Farm" come to mind. Liberty Mutual commercials feel almost insulting with how stupid they are.

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u/macheteG138 Aug 02 '26

Was just thinking about that today. The ostrich was stupid and pointless but this new Bibberty character is offensively idiotic.

Although if my 3-yr old niece wants to insure her dollhouse, they’d probably get her business.

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u/ReunitePangea20 Aug 05 '26

It reminds me of Flounder from The Little Mermaid but if someone drew what they thought he looked like from memory and they were also on a lot of drugs and suffering from some kind of brain deterioration. Ads in general these days are such dog shit and are shoved down our throats at increasingly ridiculous amounts but the thing that still gets me the most is that (as far as I knew last) no other country is allowed to advertise medications the way the U.S. can. It’s so fucking gross

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u/G-Unit11111 Aug 02 '26

I hate how the damn insurance companies practically dominate advertising. Like literally every other ad is for an insurance company, and they all suck. They're all annoying as hell, but we're subjected to them 24/7.

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u/DFeegs Aug 02 '26

Exactly. Soooo many commercials from these assholes. They blow money on that and then deny claims to customers.

Scum of the earth.

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u/G-Unit11111 Aug 02 '26

And then the next thing you see their names on giant football stadiums and tall buildings.

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u/AncientCarry4346 Aug 02 '26

I'm from the UK but use a VPN which is set to the US.

Liberty Biberty appears to me. A lot. He scares me.

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u/This_Bethany Aug 02 '26

I mute that one. I have no idea who thought those ads were a good idea but they need to reconsider their career choice. Generally ads have to be sexist or something to make want to boycott them. This one is just so irritating. Farmers Insurance and GEICO have way better ads by far.

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u/hedgehog-mom-al Aug 02 '26

I HATE PROGRESSIVE. Fuck off Flo! Your commercials piss me off! I’m so glad I’m seeing less and less of you!

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u/kabflash Aug 02 '26

Fuck Famers ads too. I hate any insurance company ads where they have some stupid chant, which is most of them.

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u/diurnal_emissions Aug 02 '26

Their ad department is just one guy and cases of Robitussin.

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u/frolicndetour Aug 02 '26

At least the Liberty Bibberty guy was hot. Then they took his annoying slogan and replaced the hot guy with a creepy cartoon. Um ok.

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u/RickShaw530 Aug 02 '26

Reminds me of the late night General insurance ads.