Commercials on television.

[Betticus]

These things piss me off to no end. Commercials anger me. If the television service were free then it would be different but it's not.

I cannot help but feel that I'm actually paying some jackasses to pimp out crap I don't need or care about to me.

There were two commercial breaks while I wrote this post. Someone out there somewhere needs to be repeatedly kicked in the nuts.

 

[nymphee]

Which is why the bbc rocks. No adverts, ever.

And thus no stupid add breaks in the middle of your favourite program.

 

[Netzach]

I remember honestly trying to remember if I have ever bought anything just 'cause I saw it on a TV ad or wanted anything just 'cause I saw it on a TV ad. I don't think after the My Little Pony stage of life I ever have. Which is why ads are best targeted to those under 15 probably.

I used the detergent I liked the smell of, I used the dish soap that was cheapest, I used the camcorder that had optical stabilization, I wore what I thought looked ok -- don't most people do this?

Apparently a lot of places are getting hip to this and going the internet/viral marketing route rather than blowing huge budget on TV spots.

 

[Netzach]

Which is why the bbc rocks. No adverts, ever.

And thus no stupid add breaks in the middle of your favourite program.

European ads are great. Mercifully brief and often including cute animals. The fact that as much as I could understand French TV or talk about the newspaper in French at one point in my life, I never did understand those stupid ads anyhow.

 

[nymphee]

My favourite is a tictac advert that's been running for a few years now;

"Voici Georges, mon yeti. (shot of 20-something bloke spooning in bed with a big furry yeti)
Georges est douce, Georges est frais, mais, Georges n'est vraiment pas pratique (shot of yeti sitting on small dog by mistake)
Et puis, j'ai decouvert tictac. C'est douce, c'est frais, et c'est mieux qu'un yeti (shot fo Georges trudging back to the northpole with a suitcase)"

Made me giggle every time.

 

[neonflux]

These things piss me off to no end. Commercials anger me. If the television service were free then it would be different but it's not.

I cannot help but feel that I'm actually paying some jackasses to pimp out crap I don't need or care about to me.

There were two commercial breaks while I wrote this post. Someone out there somewhere needs to be repeatedly kicked in the nuts.

Are you perchance watching football? They always do that with football... (That's why I prefer to watch baseball on tv )

 

[saw_man1]

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[neonflux]

Hey Saw_Man1!

What happened to your AV? You look, you look, well, dare I say it,

... so darn wholesome

 

[saw_man1]

Hey Saw_Man1!

What happened to your AV? You look, you look, well, dare I say it,

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[greenmands]

Commercials????
Isn't that the time to go to the restroom or the fridge for another beer?

 

[myinnerslut]

My favourite is a tictac advert that's been running for a few years now;

"Voici Georges, mon yeti. (shot of 20-something bloke spooning in bed with a big furry yeti)
Georges est douce, Georges est frais, mais, Georges n'est vraiment pas pratique (shot of yeti sitting on small dog by mistake)
Et puis, j'ai decouvert tictac. C'est douce, c'est frais, et c'est mieux qu'un yeti (shot fo Georges trudging back to the northpole with a suitcase)"

Made me giggle every time.

traduction svp? je solo etudie le fances por moin que un anee dan l'ecole.

forgive my spelling which im sure is incorrect.

 

[AlecBond]

abcde

 

[AvaAdore]

That's why I don't watch TV. I just don't have the patience.

Instead I'll buy or rent box sets of series I like and watch them in a weekend.

 

[CBM_Redux]

That's why I download the shows I like and watch them at my leisure sans commercials. And, if something is terrible funny or interesting, I can "rewind" the show a bit and watch it again.

 

[Netzach]

My favourite is a tictac advert that's been running for a few years now;

"Voici Georges, mon yeti. (shot of 20-something bloke spooning in bed with a big furry yeti)
Georges est douce, Georges est frais, mais, Georges n'est vraiment pas pratique (shot of yeti sitting on small dog by mistake)
Et puis, j'ai decouvert tictac. C'est douce, c'est frais, et c'est mieux qu'un yeti (shot fo Georges trudging back to the northpole with a suitcase)"

Made me giggle every time.

LOL that's funny.

No US ads or few anyway would brave the silly that well.

 

[ammre]

This is why i do not watch tv. If i were to watch a show it would be becasue someone i live with happens to own it on DVD. I won't even buy tv series myself. I'll just borrow them.
Sometimes my roommates will watch tv so i'll catch something, and after al the media sensitivity and gender/class persuasion casses i've taken, i really feel offended watching commercials sometimes. After 200 soap commercials all with the woman doing the washing i just want to scream.

 

[Netzach]

This is why i do not watch tv. If i were to watch a show it would be becasue someone i live with happens to own it on DVD. I won't even buy tv series myself. I'll just borrow them.
Sometimes my roommates will watch tv so i'll catch something, and after al the media sensitivity and gender/class persuasion casses i've taken, i really feel offended watching commercials sometimes. After 200 soap commercials all with the woman doing the washing i just want to scream.

Oh you mean there's something to do in life other than have a clean HOUSE?

I'm a DVD person. South Park, a few hits of Rescue Me --- and I'm hooked on Project Runway. The commercials during project runway almost freak me out, if you're not used to them it's almost too much too fast to be subjected to them.

 

[Betticus]

We should all start an internet fronted business that supplies the whole range of S&M gear, books, art, etc.... and then start television ad campaigns that center around bdsm.