Commercials Waste Valuable Years

I installed a "mute" button years before TVs came with remotes. Major improvement.
It annoys me that the "mute" buttons are not bigger on the remote. It is the button that I use most.
 

Amazon videos used to be commercial-free, but now even with a paid “Prime” subscription, you get some commercials with movies. Ahh well, death, taxes, and advertising are inevitable, I suppose...but I’m already paying a premium for the Amazon! I use commercial time for bathroom, drink, or snack breaks, or to check something on my tablet. Sometimes, I just zone out and close my eyes. They can broadcast ads, but I don’t have to receive them!

What irks me are the “stealth“ commercials I’m subjected to. Even on my gas pumps, a small screen runs ads at me while the pump is working. Now I pay for the fuel plus tax on the gas, so being subjected to commercials while captive to a pump strikes me as yet another charge being imposed… 😠
 
If my program isn't recorded, I hit either the mute or previous channel buttons. If it's recorded, I fast forward through the commercials and love every time I do it!
 

It sounds like elitism to me: "Why should poor people have any access to news and entertainment? If they deserved it they'd have the money to pay through the nose for it."
 
I accept the television commercials as part of my free AirTV and do much of my cleaning during those extended commercial breaks.

I have to admit that the political attack ads from now til November become tedious and annoying, do they really have an impact on how people vote. 🤔

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Manatee said:
I installed a "mute" button years before TVs came with remotes. Major improvement.
It annoys me that the "mute" buttons are not bigger on the remote. It is the button that I use most.
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Wouldn't be great if we were born with Mute Buttons? Nothing physical, just the ability to control sounds in our heads. We could ignore people without them ever knowing it. Nice thought, but I can't even control the thoughts that pop into my own head.
 
Fyrefox said:
Amazon videos used to be commercial-free, but now even with a paid “Prime” subscription, you get some commercials with movies. Ahh well, death, taxes, and advertising are inevitable, I suppose...but I’m already paying a premium for the Amazon! I use commercial time for bathroom, drink, or snack breaks, or to check something on my tablet. Sometimes, I just zone out and close my eyes. They can broadcast ads, but I don’t have to receive them!

What irks me are the “stealth“ commercials I’m subjected to. Even on my gas pumps, a small screen runs ads at me while the pump is working. Now I pay for the fuel plus tax on the gas, so being subjected to commercials while captive to a pump strikes me as yet another charge being imposed… 😠
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We have a lot in common Fox.
 
dilettante said:
It sounds like elitism to me: "Why should poor people have any access to news and entertainment? If they deserved it they'd have the money to pay through the nose for it."
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I feel like I'm repeating myself but, one more time for the stubborn, read my heading and try and focus on the 'commercial-aspect'. See what I did there? I adore double entendres.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I accept the television commercials as part of my free AirTV and do much of my cleaning during those extended commercial breaks.

I have to admit that the political attack ads from now til November become tedious and annoying, do they really have an impact on how people vote. 🤔

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Free Air commercials aren't quite as offensive to me, but I still avoid them like the plague.
 
mvsimmons said:
If I'm not multitasking, I feel like I'm doing something wrong.
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I am opposite of that when it comes to TV programs - I like t o watch a program and give it undivided attention.

Occasionally have something like a sports program on in background while doing something else and just keeping eye on the score - but otherwise TV goes on for the program only and off rest of time and I just entirely watch the program
 
January said:
I am opposite of that when it comes to TV programs - I like t o watch a program and give it undivided attention.

Occasionally have something like a sports program on in background while doing something else and just keeping eye on the score - but otherwise TV goes on for the program only and off rest of time and I just entirely watch the program
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RE: 'undivided attention': I was like that about movies when they were worth spending money on in theaters. Now, I can't tell you the last time I saw a preview that convinced me I couldn't wait until it streamed. And of the streamers, maybe one in ten, including those critics recommend, are good enough to make watch them until the end. And of those 'winners', about one in twenty are good enough that I'd consider watching them again some day.
As for sports, I do the same thing, only I avoid almost all commercials; even if I have to power down to do so.
 
If you're going to correct all of my errors, typos and overall lazy writing, you might want to hire an assistant. Not only do I multi-task, I suffer from an undiagnosed form of dyslexia; following a serious head trauma. The good news is I welcome all the help I can get, so no worries that I might get defensive.

Sincerely,

'Try To Focus'
 
Some movies will run commercials like crazy. I sometimes pick up my book during commercials.

I used to have the TV on for company but with rate increases, I keep it off. I try not to watch much TV between peak hours, 4-9.
 
mvsimmons said:
RE: 'undivided attention': I was like that about movies when they were worth spending money on in theaters. Now, I can't tell you the last time I saw a preview that convinced me I couldn't wait until it streamed. And of the streamers, maybe one in ten, including those critics recommend, are good enough to make watch them until the end. And of those 'winners', about one in twenty are good enough that I'd consider watching them again some day.
As for sports, I do the same thing, only I avoid almost all commercials; even if I have to power down to do so.
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I dont often watch movies. Occasionally but not often.

But I do enjoy some TV series.
 
mvsimmons said:
I get the fact that television's a relatively cheap form of entertainment. I even understand how some of us think it's a major factor in broadening our horizons. And by watching ads, we're paying for the privilege of having concealed voyeurism wired/aired straight into our homes.

But if you take a minute to think about it, you might be shocked at just how much of our lives is spent in front of a box. If you watch ten hours a day, that's three thousand six hundred and fifty hours a year. Times ten years is Thirty Six Thousand five hundred and if you live to be a hundred, you will have watched 365000 hours of TV. That's 15.208.33 years!

Even if you only watch half of that much, do you really think television's worth over seven and a half years of our time on earth? Now comes the kicker, I don't have the actual numbers to go by, but if around half of that is commercials, when you pass on you will have spent three to four years watching junk.

And the proverbial cherry is that you likely spend around a hundred American dollars a month just to be sold to. And by the time you've bought one of their products, you will have been tripled dipped and smothered in shame.

Moral of the story is, stop watching and start LIVING!
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I must admit I record and sometimes watch The View. After forwarding through many commercials the show begins. It is not unusual for one of the women to promote her book or current film or guest appearance or whatever.

Then there is a segment called ,I think, View your Deal where they promote assorted items at supposedly reduced prices. This seems like commercial after commercial after commercial. Way too much.
 
Alizerine said:
I must admit I record and sometimes watch The View. After forwarding through many commercials the show begins. It is not unusual for one of the women to promote her book or current film or guest appearance or whatever.

Then there is a segment called ,I think, View your Deal where they promote assorted items at supposedly reduced prices. This seems like commercial after commercial after commercial. Way too much.
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I lived a lot of years without a DVR, but now that I have one, I'd hate to have to go without it.

And as for The View, obviously what's entertainment to you would be torturous for me. As they say, to each his/her own.
 
mvsimmons said:
I lived a lot of years without a DVR, but now that I have one, I'd hate to have to go without it.

And as for The View, obviously what's entertainment to you would be torturous for me. As they say, to each his/her own.
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I rarely watch an entire show. But I do like to peek in on programs that might otherwise be objectionable to see what others are saying. Some I find too difficult for even that.
 
mvsimmons said:
I lived a lot of years without a DVR, but now that I have one, I'd hate to have to go without it.

And as for The View, obviously what's entertainment to you would be torturous for me. As they say, to each his/her own.
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By the way, Welcome!
 
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