I'm sorry, but this is a flawed analogy. When you leave the room for the duration of the commercial, you are essentially skipping/ignoring/blocking it. This is

I'm sorry, but this is a flawed analogy. When you leave the room for the duration of the commercial, you are essentially skipping/ignoring/blocking it. This is the same as hiding an ad on a webpage in that you are taking steps (pun intended) to avoid seeing/hearing the advertisement.