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minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·24 hours ago“Ads” are a health break to mute the volume and close our eyes for a few seconds.
minus-squareLustyArgonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 hours agoAds have been one of the most destructive forces on humanity in the last 100 years.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 hours agoI play the guitar. I once knew a guy that pumped iron through ever commercial break. None of that is the point. They want the chance to get into your brain, and if you don’t even allow the ads to run, then they lose that opportunity. They paid out all that money, and you’re getting it for free. Corporations hate that more than anything.
minus-squareBackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·23 hours agoI do housework during the ads. Get on your feet, get something accomplished, feel like a triumphant victor when returning to couch potato mode :)
“Ads” are a health break to mute the volume and close our eyes for a few seconds.
Ads have been one of the most destructive forces on humanity in the last 100 years.
I play the guitar. I once knew a guy that pumped iron through ever commercial break.
None of that is the point. They want the chance to get into your brain, and if you don’t even allow the ads to run, then they lose that opportunity.
They paid out all that money, and you’re getting it for free. Corporations hate that more than anything.
I do housework during the ads. Get on your feet, get something accomplished, feel like a triumphant victor when returning to couch potato mode :)