Flo: An Example Of Annoying Commercials

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Commercials are used to advertise goods, services, organizations, ideas, or anything in that category. Commercials can be an eyesore nowadays because they have started to become annoying. Commercials are those entertaining, annoying, educational breaks between shows. I do not enjoy watching most of the commercials because they either have an annoying song playing, or some sort of talking animal. Sometimes, I would switch through the channels when commercials come on to avoid watching them. I started to believe that commercials that are being played now have become annoying. The Progressive commercial featuring Flo is an example of an annoying commercial. At first it was bearable to watch whenever it came on, but recently it had become annoying.

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