When I go to the office instead of being on my home network with a pihole, and I go to show a website in a meeting, I’m just embarrassed by what shows up because the site didn’t look anything like that when I was looking at it previously at home. I legitimately don’t know how people actually use websites that are 80% ads
I was fortunate enough to have some creative input into our browser policies at work. Needless to say, Adnauseum ublock origin and some password safe extensions got added to the allow list
After my parents quit smoking, they ended up with this, IDK, “born again nonsmoker” attitude where they were completely disgusted by the smell of cigarette smoke and couldn’t stand to be around it at all.
My parents quit smoking a few years ago, my mom had tried unsuccessfully to quit a few times, and what finally did it for her was getting a really bad cold during a really bad cold snap so she really didn’t want to go outside to smoke. Then since she quit I think my dad just kind of hopped on the bandwagon with her.
But I remember one time, a year or two later, being at a party at their house with some friends sitting outside, and my one friend who is a smoker lights up, and she told him to come sit next to her because she still really liked the smell.
So different strokes for different folks I suppose.
This! I have ZERO ad tolerance, in any form. Most annoying thing is that you can’t get rid of them in podcasts, other than hammering the fast-forward button.
Are u referring to podcasts in spotify? You can circumvent ads here as well by downloading the episode, and then listening to it with wifi/cellular turned off. Or just use a third party website that let’s you convert and download an episode into an mp3 file.
I love this idea but nowadays I’m actively looking for commercials in many shows—watching Sealab or Family Guy or Space Ghost or super old Pokémon and the like is infinitely better with original commercials from the late 90s or early 2000s, ripped in mediocre quality from an SP VHS.
Nope, I’m just disgusted by ads from every era. It’s psychological manipulation to make you buy shit you don’t need. Consumerism is disgusting, and I’m sorry that your nostalgia is caught up in it.
Half of lemmy who have either been pirating or freebooting since the mid 90’s:
I have managed to cut ads out of my life so completely that I am legitimately offended by ads
When I go to the office instead of being on my home network with a pihole, and I go to show a website in a meeting, I’m just embarrassed by what shows up because the site didn’t look anything like that when I was looking at it previously at home. I legitimately don’t know how people actually use websites that are 80% ads
I was fortunate enough to have some creative input into our browser policies at work. Needless to say, Adnauseum ublock origin and some password safe extensions got added to the allow list
After my parents quit smoking, they ended up with this, IDK, “born again nonsmoker” attitude where they were completely disgusted by the smell of cigarette smoke and couldn’t stand to be around it at all.
I have the same attitude about ads.
My parents quit smoking a few years ago, my mom had tried unsuccessfully to quit a few times, and what finally did it for her was getting a really bad cold during a really bad cold snap so she really didn’t want to go outside to smoke. Then since she quit I think my dad just kind of hopped on the bandwagon with her.
But I remember one time, a year or two later, being at a party at their house with some friends sitting outside, and my one friend who is a smoker lights up, and she told him to come sit next to her because she still really liked the smell.
So different strokes for different folks I suppose.
I like the smell of certain brands of cigarettes, up close
when they’re further than 3 feet away you lose the enjoyable delicate tobacco scent and can only smell the burnt ass shitty cig smell
Doesn’t smoking suppress your sense of smell? I wonder if they couldn’t smell how bad it is while they were still smoking.
Yep, but the key is that you become more sensitive to it after doing it and quitting than before you started.
This! I have ZERO ad tolerance, in any form. Most annoying thing is that you can’t get rid of them in podcasts, other than hammering the fast-forward button.
Are u referring to podcasts in spotify? You can circumvent ads here as well by downloading the episode, and then listening to it with wifi/cellular turned off. Or just use a third party website that let’s you convert and download an episode into an mp3 file.
On youtube music you can get rid of 'em with just uBlock and SponsorBlock
Yep, they make me irrationally angry. Or rationally angry since fuck ads.
Ya, I get that. I have to stop myself from being weird and overly aggressive about it when watching tv at a friend’s house.
Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you!
Totally this. When I iwatch live TV I will actively mute commercials. Literal ear cancer.
I am mostly offended by those slop ads.
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Every time I go to my moms place and see what they put up with on a fire stick, it makes me fucking sick.
I’m doing my part.
I love this idea but nowadays I’m actively looking for commercials in many shows—watching Sealab or Family Guy or Space Ghost or super old Pokémon and the like is infinitely better with original commercials from the late 90s or early 2000s, ripped in mediocre quality from an SP VHS.
BUY KOOLAID, BUY TOYS R US TOYS, BUY VIDEO GAMES.
They’re ya go, champ.
Nahhh you don’t get it, I’m guessing you’re pretty young. That’s cool.
Nope, I’m just disgusted by ads from every era. It’s psychological manipulation to make you buy shit you don’t need. Consumerism is disgusting, and I’m sorry that your nostalgia is caught up in it.
why edit in the word commercial but not change “the” to “a”?