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Heres something we can all relate to, as a real life story.

I qualify it as this, because well, its real, and it effects everyones life who watches TV.
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I watch a modest sum of maybe 2 hours of television a day. Way below the national average. Mostly CNN, Spike TV, Comedy Central, Sci-Fi, History Channel, or if im in for a good laugh, FOX NEWS.

Given, commercial advertisements on basic cable are at an alltime high in history. I PAY* for cable. Thats right. I i go work my lame ass job and when I come home, i get bombarded with 15 minutes of bogus advertisements for every 1 hour of television I watch.

Heck, sometimes its more than 15 minutes. And because I watch 2 hours of television, thats a staggering 30* MINUTES Of capitalism targeted at the people who have cash to buy useless garbage. Im poor, I have no cash, so what the flippin 'eck do i need spinning rims, cellphone wallpapers, diet coke, or armani suits for?!

seks seks seks... oooo shes nekkid

As if 30 minute of mind numbing bollox compared to the 90 minutes of ADD-Esque entertainment, isnt really worth it. Especially when that 30 minutes includes commercials targeted at all demographics... USING SEX.

Examples:
Shaving cream.... smooth face gets you a sexy lady friend.
Mouth wash... nice breath gets you a sexy lady friend.
Hair Products... nice hair gets you a sexy lady friend.
Over Priced Clothing Line... nice clothes gets you a sexy lady friend.

... oh and penis pills. dont get me started on penis pills.

Once you HAVE that sexy lady friend with all the consumed items youve just bought. 1/3 of americans is overweight, so im going to safely assume that fat people have low blood flow to mr willy. Causing erecticle dysfunction, and low self esteem.

Its time to get a penis pill!... oo now you have nice clothes, nice hair, nice breath, a smooth face, shaved crotch, and a hard on that is only matched by the passion of christ.

If penis pills isnt your thing, then maybe anti-depressents are.

Are you Depressed?
Do your friends hate you?
Do you think about jumping off your office buildings roof?

if so.... buy some anti-depressents. Guaranteed to make you look like a drugged out fool incapable of fighting back like a man if someone insults you.

TOPIC FOR THREAD

Now, lets hear your opinion on commercial advertisements in television, or some other media. Hell, even billboards. Lets hear it.

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voltion

It's threads such as this one that make the 420 Lounge worth visiting.

I also hate ads, but what's worse is that they synchronise them. So if I'm watching a program on Random channel #1 and it's time for the ads and I switch channel, not only will there be more ads but as advertisments become more complex companies are starting to book the exact same slot on each channel. So I have a choice, either watch an advert about how much I really need to have yet another variation of the Crazy Frog ringtone on my phone, or I can switch over and see the exact same ad on a different channel.

Also, Sky Movies.

There are three main problems with Sky Movies.

1 - I pay them monthly for 9 Movie channels, while they do show some good movies they show a maximum of two worth watching per night. The other nine channels are just repeats of what I've already watched.

2 - Due to the watershed during the day they can't show anything above a PG. Because of this everything on during the day is complete crap, why can't they just put a password on the channels? Because if they did that they wouldn't be able to justify me paying for nine channels, as really they only need 2-3.

3 - Sky Movies feel the need to advertise themselves on their own channel, I mean damn I've already signed up for your service. I'm already a customer, I'm already paying you stupid ammounts of money a month. Why do I need to know how good you are? Feel free to pat yourselves on the back, let yourself how clever you all are for some how convincing me into paying you for movies I've already seen, just don't interupt my viewing while you do that.

Hashishi

well said. i feel redundancy slipping away by the minute.

that was ****ing hilarious.

the thing that pisses me off the most is how during adverts they wack up the volume to at least twice the decibal it was when you were watching the program. this should be illegal. if you jump into freezing water after sitting in a sauna you go into shock; so why the **** hasn't this rule been observed on my satellite television? there's me nodding off at 2:30am after a heavy night of mind-twisting substances and suddenly i'm blasted through the wall by an aural assault of polyphonic ringtones.

the reason i truly hate adverts is because they lay in front of you, like an aids-ravaged whore of the west; naked and painful to the eyes, our direction as a race. its ugly, and that's all there is to it.

you'll probably enjoy this link on the submergence of the internet into the cum-bucket of capitallist design: ATTENTION FAT CORPORATE BASTARDS!

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Thread Moved to Movies & Television.

I have tivo and usually wait for movies to come out on dvd unless it is something I know needs the Silver Screen effect. I dont mind the movie previews but commercials for pepsi and car insurance in the movies? Give me a break already.

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Coolguy

The worst are the commercials that attempt to be funny but fail miserably -- the majority of them. I really despise commercials. I wish they were illegal or at least put on a "commercial channel" so that I would never have to see them unless I hit a wrong button or something. How it is now... my t.v. is lucky if I will give him 2 hours exercise a week.

Wish I had the funds for a TiVo

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