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> Just because we end up enjoying something more when it has commercials doesn’t mean we expect to enjoy it more that way. DVRs appeal to us because prior to ou

by Lev1a 4y ago

> Just because we end up enjoying something more when it has commercials doesn’t mean we expect to enjoy it more that way. DVRs appeal to us because prior to our viewing experience, we think we want no ads. It’s only after we have the experience that we realize it’s more enjoyable when it’s interrupted. ----- Basically: "You think you don't like ads but we know you actually do like them deep-down." > Jail is incomprehensibly horrible the first day. Eventually, it’s less awful. > But if you let that prisoner out for a day… > That’d be practically cruel. You’d stop the adaptation and retrigger those initial feelings about jail when they had to go back. Yikes! "Don't mind being in jail for long, you'll get used to it." ----- To me the only good point of this article is the last question by the interviewer: > What are you doing next? Trying to prove we actually love the dentist? ----- What was the meme'd phrase again from one of the press conferences years ago? Something like "you think you do but you don't"?

scrollaway 4y ago
I have met a lot of Ukrainian war refugees the past few months. What they all have in common is the adaptation to how bad things are in Ukraine, and when coming to safer countries, their mind readjusts and they realise what kind of fucked up shit they got used to and how unnatural it all was. Things such as “Don’t mind the explosions, it’s not my city block”, etc.
- mynameishere 4y ago
  - profile53 4y ago
    The subtext on this comment is rather hostile. Refugees anywhere likely want to leave because of the current situation, not because they always hated/disliked/whatever their country.
  - xmonkee 4y ago
    Did you leave your country and community because they were bombing your block? Nah, bro, I just love McDonalds.
  - hedora 4y ago
    Victim blaming is inappropriate. The refugees I know (none from Ukraine, though they were all victims of Russia-supported regimes) all liked their homes before they became war zones. They experienced starvation-related long-term health issues, having loved ones arrested, tortured and worse, being hunted for sport, etc... Whatever beefs they had with their local neighborhood prior to that didn't really enter into their decisions to leave.
    - mynameishere 4y ago
  - scrollaway 4y ago
    The people I've met, with zero exceptions, miss their home and want to go back. One of them had just finished buying and decorating hers when the war broke out. Another I met yesterday didn't even leave until a week ago, because of all the chatter about the upcoming danger with Independence Day on August 24 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_of_Ukraine). Who is your comment directed to, anyway? You're saying "just so you know", as if of the two of us, you met with more UA refugees than I have -- you clearly haven't talked to a single one. You're wrong, prejudiced, and frankly a little disgusting. Sorry, did I say a little? Hm.
icehawk 4y ago
> What was the meme'd phrase again from one of the press conferences years ago? Something like "you think you do but you don't"? Yeah it was a Q&A session and the topic of adding servers to play original World of Warcraft. The full thing was "You don't want to do that. You think you do, but you don't." To to tell you how correct they were about this, Blizzard later added "World of Warcraft: Classic", which was popular enough to add "Burning Crusade Classic" severs, and will be adding "Wrath of The Lich King Classic."
- nullhack 4y ago
  Can't wait for WoW Classic 2: ReClassed once WoW Classic gets old
Fnoord 4y ago
> > Just because we end up enjoying something more when it has commercials doesn’t mean we expect to enjoy it more that way. DVRs appeal to us because prior to our viewing experience, we think we want no ads. It’s only after we have the experience that we realize it’s more enjoyable when it’s interrupted. To me, this appears to be rose tinted glasses. We can pause 'TV' now, and do stuff in between like dishes or toilet. But we don't have to. No more forced commercials. Both are features I enjoyed in past with this technology called VHS. One thing I miss is certain jokes at school/work based on TV commercials. But that too is likely those glasses being rose-tinted. Cause nowadays we got memes. Many memes, handle it. I thoroughly enjoy the ability to have a video on my smartphone on the toilet, in bed or music or a podcast with my smartphone while doing chores/errands or either during commute. And the quality and availability and price of the streaming services is good enough right now (if it isn't I go back to piracy). Same with ebooks (though I use a Kobo; not Amazon).
- WalterBright 4y ago
  > One thing I miss is certain jokes at school/work based on TV commercials. One commercial I remember was for shampoo for women. The girl who tries it gets a "hello Betty!" from the high school hunk, and she preens. For a while every Betty in my high school got that treatment :-/ I suppose the commercial didn't actually work, because I have no recollection of what that shampoo was.
  - Fnoord 4y ago
    We (in NL) had a similar one with a girl on bicycle. "Pam, your hair is dancing" I guess it was Andrelon. Regardless the commercial does not give me a positive connotation to the brand, since commercials don't appear to influence me like that. Perhaps because I am on the spectrum?
  - zdw 4y ago
    Early 90's "Zack the Lego Maniac" ads were fun when you shared a name...
  - lupire 4y ago
    You weren't the target audience.
krsrhe 4y ago
reaperducer 4y ago
we think we want no ads. It’s only after we have the experience that we realize it’s more enjoyable when it’s interrupted. In the 90's, I had a Panasonic VCR that could detect superblack and use those markers to automatically skip commercials on playback. After several months of using it, I found myself not understanding a lot of general cultural references that my coworkers would make around the office. It became increasingly hard to socialize with them between tasks because I was left out of a lot of what the rest of society knew about. It's how I learned that commercials were a big part of our shared culture back then. i assume it's sort of like being the only kid in high school without Netflix today.
- easrng 4y ago
  *without Netflix or knowing how to pirate things

by Lev1a 4y ago

scrollaway 4y ago

I have met a lot of Ukrainian war refugees the past few months. What they all have in common is the adaptation to how bad things are in Ukraine, and when coming to safer countries, their mind readjusts and they realise what kind of fucked up shit they got used to and how unnatural it all was. Things such as “Don’t mind the explosions, it’s not my city block”, etc.

mynameishere 4y ago
- profile53 4y ago
  The subtext on this comment is rather hostile. Refugees anywhere likely want to leave because of the current situation, not because they always hated/disliked/whatever their country.
- xmonkee 4y ago
  Did you leave your country and community because they were bombing your block? Nah, bro, I just love McDonalds.
- hedora 4y ago
  Victim blaming is inappropriate. The refugees I know (none from Ukraine, though they were all victims of Russia-supported regimes) all liked their homes before they became war zones. They experienced starvation-related long-term health issues, having loved ones arrested, tortured and worse, being hunted for sport, etc... Whatever beefs they had with their local neighborhood prior to that didn't really enter into their decisions to leave.
  - mynameishere 4y ago
- scrollaway 4y ago
  The people I've met, with zero exceptions, miss their home and want to go back. One of them had just finished buying and decorating hers when the war broke out. Another I met yesterday didn't even leave until a week ago, because of all the chatter about the upcoming danger with Independence Day on August 24 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_of_Ukraine). Who is your comment directed to, anyway? You're saying "just so you know", as if of the two of us, you met with more UA refugees than I have -- you clearly haven't talked to a single one. You're wrong, prejudiced, and frankly a little disgusting. Sorry, did I say a little? Hm.

icehawk 4y ago

> What was the meme'd phrase again from one of the press conferences years ago? Something like "you think you do but you don't"? Yeah it was a Q&A session and the topic of adding servers to play original World of Warcraft. The full thing was "You don't want to do that. You think you do, but you don't." To to tell you how correct they were about this, Blizzard later added "World of Warcraft: Classic", which was popular enough to add "Burning Crusade Classic" severs, and will be adding "Wrath of The Lich King Classic."

nullhack 4y ago
Can't wait for WoW Classic 2: ReClassed once WoW Classic gets old

Fnoord 4y ago

> > Just because we end up enjoying something more when it has commercials doesn’t mean we expect to enjoy it more that way. DVRs appeal to us because prior to our viewing experience, we think we want no ads. It’s only after we have the experience that we realize it’s more enjoyable when it’s interrupted. To me, this appears to be rose tinted glasses. We can pause 'TV' now, and do stuff in between like dishes or toilet. But we don't have to. No more forced commercials. Both are features I enjoyed in past with this technology called VHS. One thing I miss is certain jokes at school/work based on TV commercials. But that too is likely those glasses being rose-tinted. Cause nowadays we got memes. Many memes, handle it. I thoroughly enjoy the ability to have a video on my smartphone on the toilet, in bed or music or a podcast with my smartphone while doing chores/errands or either during commute. And the quality and availability and price of the streaming services is good enough right now (if it isn't I go back to piracy). Same with ebooks (though I use a Kobo; not Amazon).

WalterBright 4y ago
> One thing I miss is certain jokes at school/work based on TV commercials. One commercial I remember was for shampoo for women. The girl who tries it gets a "hello Betty!" from the high school hunk, and she preens. For a while every Betty in my high school got that treatment :-/ I suppose the commercial didn't actually work, because I have no recollection of what that shampoo was.
- Fnoord 4y ago
  We (in NL) had a similar one with a girl on bicycle. "Pam, your hair is dancing" I guess it was Andrelon. Regardless the commercial does not give me a positive connotation to the brand, since commercials don't appear to influence me like that. Perhaps because I am on the spectrum?
- zdw 4y ago
  Early 90's "Zack the Lego Maniac" ads were fun when you shared a name...
- lupire 4y ago
  You weren't the target audience.

krsrhe 4y ago

reaperducer 4y ago

we think we want no ads. It’s only after we have the experience that we realize it’s more enjoyable when it’s interrupted. In the 90's, I had a Panasonic VCR that could detect superblack and use those markers to automatically skip commercials on playback. After several months of using it, I found myself not understanding a lot of general cultural references that my coworkers would make around the office. It became increasingly hard to socialize with them between tasks because I was left out of a lot of what the rest of society knew about. It's how I learned that commercials were a big part of our shared culture back then. i assume it's sort of like being the only kid in high school without Netflix today.

easrng 4y ago
*without Netflix or knowing how to pirate things