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I went and visited my parents who still have cable. I sat and watched for a little while and was dumbstruck by the ads every few minutes. It was unbearable. I d

I went and visited my parents who still have cable. I sat and watched for a little while and was dumbstruck by the ads every few minutes. It was unbearable. I don't know how anyone can deal with it unless you don't know better

irrational 7y ago
We were at a rented condo and my 6 year old told me that paw patrol was broken, she said it kept stopping and starting. I had to go watch it with her before realizing she was talking about advertisements. She had never seen advertisements before (having only ever watched shows like paw patrol on DVDs checked out from the library) and didn't understand what was going on. It was really eye opening for me.
- arthurjj 7y ago
  This exact situation happened with my 4 year old. He only gets "TV" time from streaming services. When we tried to let him watch cartoons at an Airbnb he told us the "channel was changing" whenver ads came on.
- yellowapple 7y ago
  This does give me some hope that future generations will start to see video-interrupting ads (like traditional commercial breaks) as absurd, unusual, disruptive, and annoying.
  - t34543 7y ago
    Can you speculate on what that generation perceives as normal ads?
    - irrational 7y ago
      This is a good question. All I can speak from is the experience of my own family. We don't watch TV that includes ads. We don't really watch any TV shows that would include product placements. All of our browsers have multiple ad blockers running (First Party Isolation, Change Geolocation, AdNaseum, Ghostery, and Ad Block Plus), so very few ads in browsers. We don't have any magazine subscriptions. Where we live there are very few billboards or other road side advertisements. I'm sure they are exposed to ads, I'm just not sure from where.
_virtu 7y ago
It pains me so much. Every time I visit the in-laws I find myself thinking this. Their living room is centered around a tv, that is on no matter the time even if no one is watching. During get togethers, you'll hear adverts blasting. It just feels offensive knowing that this has become their norm. To be fair to the in-laws, my parents do the same as well. It's mind numbing.
- magduf 7y ago
  I'll give my elderly mom credit: whenever I visit her, she has the TV on, but it's always playing something on Netflix. I never see ads at her house any more. Strangely, my ex-gf, who had zero interest in watching any kinds of movies or TV with me (she said it was all stupid) and just wanted to text her friends while I was visiting liked to watch the local news every morning, ads and all.

irrational 7y ago

We were at a rented condo and my 6 year old told me that paw patrol was broken, she said it kept stopping and starting. I had to go watch it with her before realizing she was talking about advertisements. She had never seen advertisements before (having only ever watched shows like paw patrol on DVDs checked out from the library) and didn't understand what was going on. It was really eye opening for me.

arthurjj 7y ago
This exact situation happened with my 4 year old. He only gets "TV" time from streaming services. When we tried to let him watch cartoons at an Airbnb he told us the "channel was changing" whenver ads came on.
yellowapple 7y ago
This does give me some hope that future generations will start to see video-interrupting ads (like traditional commercial breaks) as absurd, unusual, disruptive, and annoying.
- t34543 7y ago
  Can you speculate on what that generation perceives as normal ads?
  - irrational 7y ago
    This is a good question. All I can speak from is the experience of my own family. We don't watch TV that includes ads. We don't really watch any TV shows that would include product placements. All of our browsers have multiple ad blockers running (First Party Isolation, Change Geolocation, AdNaseum, Ghostery, and Ad Block Plus), so very few ads in browsers. We don't have any magazine subscriptions. Where we live there are very few billboards or other road side advertisements. I'm sure they are exposed to ads, I'm just not sure from where.

_virtu 7y ago

It pains me so much. Every time I visit the in-laws I find myself thinking this. Their living room is centered around a tv, that is on no matter the time even if no one is watching. During get togethers, you'll hear adverts blasting. It just feels offensive knowing that this has become their norm. To be fair to the in-laws, my parents do the same as well. It's mind numbing.

magduf 7y ago
I'll give my elderly mom credit: whenever I visit her, she has the TV on, but it's always playing something on Netflix. I never see ads at her house any more. Strangely, my ex-gf, who had zero interest in watching any kinds of movies or TV with me (she said it was all stupid) and just wanted to text her friends while I was visiting liked to watch the local news every morning, ads and all.