Actually it’s the opposite. It pisses me off so much when I see an ad now.
Yeah, getting away from ads after a lifetime’s exposure just highlights how disruptive they are when you see them again. Especially since most have negative value to the consumer.
How is that the opposite? Is that not like the whole point of the meme? That you can’t tune it out and that sucks?
You’re right, I completely misread the meme.
I assumed they meant it would work better on me since I’m not used to it.
But actually it mean that it would be more annoying than before.
Who they fuck watches broadcast TV? Back to bed Grandpa
It doesn’t say the TV is only broadcast. Lots of people have smart TVs and use streaming services that also force ads upon you.
I can’t help all stupid people
I’m watching the France match right now on live TV. Putting a cane on the wish list for my 38th this summer.
That’s totally the same😂
So what are you saying. Get the overpriced premium subscriptions or pirate?
I don’t use adblock just so I don’t have to see ads, I use adblock so that every time I view a news article I don’t have 50 different domains grabbing my browser fingerprint to build a profile on me that can be used to bypass my 4th amendment right to privacy.
What kind of dumb fucking oh you are worse off cause you are avoiding ads bullshit. That’s dumber than saying you are missing out on pop culture. You spent time on this meme and now im commenting on it. SAD
I don’t think that was the message at all. Where does it imply that you’re worse off? It’s just a (in my experience) true statement about how ads are even more annoying when you’re not so accustomed to tuning them out (like we were in the cable TV days)
Was this a spirial?
Ad Block already exists on TV:
Depends. On some Smart TVs, if you try to mute advertisements on certain streaming platforms, it won’t let you. It will only go to half volume.
Fuckin right
Life is hell
Yeah it’s just annoying to have to keep paying attention anyway so you know when to unmute. So you end up watching a little bit of silent ads anyway.
Nah, I have decades of practice filtering out ads and the old habits come right back when I have to endure them.
I’m so thankful my parent’s rule was that we muted TV commercials. Crazy how many people don’t think to just mute youtube ads and pay attention to something else for 30 seconds.
I grew up in the time when you watched live television and Mom made use mute all advertisements because she hated how loud they were. (Advertisements were broadcast louder than the programs) When I was in someone else’s home that didn’t mute them I don’t feel like it made me pay attention to the messaging. That was still time to talk, get a drink, or use the facilities.
There was actually a successful campaign to get the FCC to force the volume of ads to be the same as the programming.
But that’s the FCC so it only applies to broadcast TV. As soon as they could do it with streaming content, they went right back to blasting the volume for ads. Because fuck the spirit of the law, this is capitalism.
I had a really advanced CRT that had a Commercial button in the remote. It’d auto-set a 30-second timer (+30 for every subsequent press) and you could freely swap channels. Timer expires, it switches back to the channel you were watching originally.
I actively look to ads on purpose to remember what NOT to buy anytime anywhere for all my life. I only follow ads from small creators when they are clearly not invasive or disruptive and only if they are supporting the creator clearly.
At a certain point it becomes cult-like and you reel in disgust.
I do watch television. The Finnish public broadcaster, so no ads. Really good use for tax money, people tend to say. The streaming service is incredible considering it’s free and has no ads.
That sounds like a dream. I think public broadcasting is an excellent use of tax
dollarsmoney.A good reason to learn Finnish. Any downsides I should be aware of?
Dunno about downsides, but on the upside, once you can speak it, you’ll be an absolute ace behind the wheel of a car in snow and ice.
They actually plan on ads being tuned out, it’s more about choking out the presence of competitors than it is actually convincing the audience that their product is worth while; y’know, like a weed.
Either way, I don’t fall for it because I just make sure to type in “Reddit,” right after my search for a product I want so that I get honest human reviews and not ads. 😏
Lolz who is going to tell orioler25?
Do you people actually need “/s” to not be annoying? I added the fucking smug face and everything.
Ah yes, starting out with you people, the nicest way to do things. In case you didn’t realize plain text loses intonation and body language. Makes it hard to understand certain implications.
It doesn’t if you aren’t just dying to catch someone being stupid. I don’t care about being nice, this is the first time in my entire life that someone has admitted to expecting me to be nice online. /s
I guess we have different online experiences. Have a good one.
Okay, well this time I did put the “/s” and you guys still got mad about it, so I don’t think I’ve done any wrong here.
Who got mad?
I’m with you, I refuse to use it. If my comment gets downvoted because of that, then so be it.
Why try to be funny only to immediately compromise it?
I think it also depends on context. If you’re being “sarcastic” about something that could be harmful to someone if genuine, then it’s better to make that clear and avoid potentially doing that harm. In this case, I’m making fun of Reddit and ads, no harm done.
Every ad I block is one fewer ad I have to see, so it’s a win either way
Use adnauseum to burn advertisers cash
I find it pretty easy actually, it’s alien now but in a way that can be classified and instantly dismissed.
My reaction is instant annoyance and avoidance. I don’t remember anything about the ad either, so it doesn’t make it any more memorable either.
Exactly.
My brain just hears “buy product! We like our product to spend money on it to try to influence you! Now look at these pictures or hear these sounds of said product”
Like man in a suit walking up to me on the street and asking if I’d buy a cheeseburger from him because he likes it a lot.
Enjoy your product sir, ill be leaving now.
Like man in a suit walking up to me on the street and asking if I’d buy a cheeseburger from him because he likes it a lot.
I see you’ve met Danny. How’s he doing these days?
My reaction…
What kind of stupid take is this? I avoid ads because I find them annoying. It doesn’t supercharge the ones I can’t avoid.
Ads succeed when you “tune them out” so that they enter your unconscious mind, and then when you’re thinking, “I’m hungry, what’s for dinner,” the product comes to mind.
The best defence against this kind of inception is to consciously think about the ad that’s playing, and think, “I don’t want <X>”
By using adblock, you reduce your exposure to ads, and reduce the number of times you need to consciously resist them.
Q’s take is just wrong.
I use a vpn that builds in Adblock, and only stream ad free services. I see very few ads in general so when I am subjected to them it’s a visceral reaction. It makes me hate the product intensely. That seems to align with what you’re describing.
I also tend to overthink purchases and research them if there is not a suitable local option. I’m not just ordering the first thing that comes to mind, I’m picky.
It just seemed like an observation to me. One that personally rings true.
I didn’t read it as being pro-ad or anti-adblock. Just more of like, “have you noticed this?” type thing.
Was honestly surprised when I saw that so many people here are taking this to be some kind of anti ad blocker message. I just don’t see it.
It’s two fold: ads are annoying, and they actually work to slowly make you less happy without the advertised product.
I’ve never seen a Taco Bell add and thought I was missing out. I’m not suddenly craving plastic looking food.
I am unhappy that the product exists in any way, regardless of my having it or not. The only thing that would make me desire the object more, is if it kills billionaires. Always tempting, those ones.
thats what they want you to believe
“By not drinking antifreeze, you’ve just re-sensitized yourself so any antifreeze you drink will be impossible to metabolize.”
But I love my wine
