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Back when I started reading HN I saw a comment mentioning that that person always muted TV ads. I started requesting my family members to mute TV ads, and once
by the_pwner224 7y ago
Back when I started reading HN I saw a comment mentioning that that person always muted TV ads. I started requesting my family members to mute TV ads, and once you start doing it, hearing the occasional 'unblocked' TV ad in the background becomes extremely annoying. It is really no different from someone coming into your house and camping in your living room - their sound volume and jingles are intentionally meant to make you pay attention and distract you.
- mindcrime 7y agoSure, no argument there. But to me, there is a huge gap between "annoying" and "makes people miserable". Miserable, to me, is the excruciating pain I had for a week after shoulder surgery. Being annoyed by a jingle is barely on the same spectrum in my book.
- AlexandrB 7y agoI think the “miserable” here is in the Buddhist sense of a bottomless pit of desire that leaves your life feeling perpetually unfulfilled. Ads are like a backhoe for making that pit deeper.