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Commercials
- Thread starter Nebulous
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I find them more annoying online.
Such as Yahoo's flash garbage on the main portal page that has to run before anything else works.
Or the talking commercials on CNN and some of the others. There's a reason I leave my computer speakers off, but sometimes I want to hear something, and then forget to turn them off before moving on, and ... damn.
Not to mention the blinking banner ads that can cause migraines, and all the rest.
Such as Yahoo's flash garbage on the main portal page that has to run before anything else works.
Or the talking commercials on CNN and some of the others. There's a reason I leave my computer speakers off, but sometimes I want to hear something, and then forget to turn them off before moving on, and ... damn.
Not to mention the blinking banner ads that can cause migraines, and all the rest.
DrLeftover said:
I completely agree with this myself. I rarely watch TV, and more often watch either Netflix or DVDs with friends, so I don't normally deal with TV ads.
I do like listening to internet radio though, and ads on them can get quite annoying, if not straight up repetitive, since they seem to cycle even less on the radio.
When we were camping I was forced to watch local broadcast TV for the morning news.
A couple of local businesses have evidently made their own commercials.
Somebody, somewhere, decided that the best possible course of action was to use the owner's elementary school age children to shout at the camera.
One was for a car dealer, but I couldn't tell what they were saying. I'm not sure what the other one was selling, perhaps they were shouting about a building, or maybe interior decorating. I have no idea which, if either.
In the annoyance file. The gratuitous use of children has to be top 5.
A couple of local businesses have evidently made their own commercials.
Somebody, somewhere, decided that the best possible course of action was to use the owner's elementary school age children to shout at the camera.
One was for a car dealer, but I couldn't tell what they were saying. I'm not sure what the other one was selling, perhaps they were shouting about a building, or maybe interior decorating. I have no idea which, if either.
In the annoyance file. The gratuitous use of children has to be top 5.
Dr. L, you're not alone.
I had to go through stupid local commercials starring children from elementary, middle, and high school. These commercials are not only for the TVs for school, but for football games for two high schools near me. These commercials are far worse than the recent Super Bowl commercials.
I had to go through stupid local commercials starring children from elementary, middle, and high school. These commercials are not only for the TVs for school, but for football games for two high schools near me. These commercials are far worse than the recent Super Bowl commercials.
Oh, and have you noticed that the volume on some of them is starting to creep back up.
Particularly the ones with the sharp minor chord background music designed to be annoying so you pay attention. There's a couple of the diet magic potion scam commercials with that feature.
Particularly the ones with the sharp minor chord background music designed to be annoying so you pay attention. There's a couple of the diet magic potion scam commercials with that feature.
You can go here:
http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
click "Broadcast (TV and Radio), Cable, and Satellite Issues" then on the next page pick "Loud Commercials" and tell Uncle about it.
If they get enough complaints, they may make a phone call or two.
http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
click "Broadcast (TV and Radio), Cable, and Satellite Issues" then on the next page pick "Loud Commercials" and tell Uncle about it.
If they get enough complaints, they may make a phone call or two.
And then you have.....
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Youre_all_going_to_die_soft_drink_ad
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Youre_all_going_to_die_soft_drink_ad
Commercials (or adverts which I usually call them by) annoy me in general, especially when they appear while watching a film on TV. Thank goodness I have Sky+, where in a recorded programme you can fast-forward those annoying things.
Oh, by the way.
The FCC has chosen not to enforce the 'loud commercial' CALM (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act) law.
When you fill out a complaint they simply reject it, in spite of the fancy language on their web site.
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/loud-commercials
The FCC has chosen not to enforce the 'loud commercial' CALM (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act) law.
When you fill out a complaint they simply reject it, in spite of the fancy language on their web site.
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/loud-commercials
