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I've been blocking ads for so long that actually seeing them feels perverse (leminal.space)

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I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don't belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren't installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say "Download this app today". The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't often watch TV, but I get what you're saying. Sometimes it's fun to just watch through the ads and make fun of them with my gf until a movie comes on, it's sort of a guilty pleasure

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I hear you, it is an interesting cultural and quasi historic experience. It's fun to go back and compare commercials over the decades.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's why I have a bunch of VHS recordings from the 90's. They're like little time capsules and the ad's of the time are telling of the events at the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One of my dad's friends would mute the TV when commercials came on. We'd entertain ourselves by making up new narration and dialogue.

The viagra commercials were the best.