Every ad I block is one fewer ad I have to see, so it’s a win either way
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This happened to me yesterday at someones house. Was a painful 90 seconds learning about Crisco firewalls.
the worst part about Crisco firewalls is the melting point. after one DDOS attack they just puddle on the floor.
last time I ever use a Crisco firewall to protect my Citrus desktops.
God, don’t even get me started on Citrus. “Work remotely, avoid scurvy”.
Nothing like a well seasoned firewall
I find it pretty easy actually, it's alien now but in a way that can be classified and instantly dismissed.
My reaction is instant annoyance and avoidance. I don't remember anything about the ad either, so it doesn't make it any more memorable either.
Exactly.
My brain just hears "buy product! We like our product to spend money on it to try to influence you! Now look at these pictures or hear these sounds of said product"
Like man in a suit walking up to me on the street and asking if I'd buy a cheeseburger from him because he likes it a lot.
Enjoy your product sir, ill be leaving now.
My reaction.. 
Same goes for influencers and internet celebrities. Or any celebrity.
Being almost completely detached from that lifestyle... It's very weird seeing it.
...it's scary too. That culture starts to look more like the culture of skid row. Just people that lost their minds. (Heavy generalization)
Shit... Just people that do those selfy videos with their opinion creep me tf out. ...and twitter opinions... Etc... what a weird place we live. And most of the opinions are just regular marketed news opinions recycled because these people don't even know how to be genuine or think for themselves. I feel like there's an epidemic and most people are zombies detached from honest genuine humanity. And it's so prominent...
Once you zoom out and view the humanity from a detached state, it just looks so fucking brainless, immature, and lacking integrity. ...even the "successful" people.
For example... In America you basically can't have an original serious genuine conversation about existentialism or honest politics. Most of the people don't know how to think originally. Like it's like talking to robots that were all built on a factory line and they only have the set of thoughts they were programmed to have.
Tge problem isn't so much that people have changed. It is that these people are more visible. It's a scale issue. The general public has always been this stupid, but before social media, they just kept to their local communities or even just their own households. Now those communities are online, global and mainstream and even the houswewives you wouldn't normally see are there. It's all the people, all at once.
Unless you want to do something about it, you can best ignore them. Stick to your own group and your own family. You'll be much happier that way.
If you do want to do something. Repetition is key. Keep having the arguments that seem so pointless. Keep pointing to tge facts and the science,even though they don't seem to listen. If they hear it often enough and from enough directions, it might spark something.
If I see the existence of a product being acknowledged in any way, I just assume it's an ad.
Now, you want me to actually go to your store and try your product? Put some promotional coupons in my mailbox, I love that shit.
At this point, I have difficulty following a conversation in the same room where a TV is playing.
I have had trouble not disassociating in a room where a TV is playing since I was a kid. I hate that it’s hard to find a place to eat that doesn’t have a million TVs these days.
I always save the 3.5 jack from headphones when they die. I carry them with me because they can instantly silence any TV you can reach. Doctors offices and airports are much better now.
Saaaaammmmeeeee
The silver lining of this is that now when I do see ads I am instantly angered by them. So I have a new kind of immunity, hatred for marketing
My solution to avoiding capitalist propaganda is being too poor to afford things
.. my blocking ads is a courtesy so you don't waste your time, cpu cycles, and bandwidth on serving them to me.
Precisely. The only time I tolerate ads are when I'm driving and listening to a podcast
Commercial starts: "Buy our new...."
Me: " Okay, this is clearly not meant for me..."
It's the opposite. Whenever I have to watch live TV, I get really aggressive and annoyed over the amount of ads
Yes, and now it’s not a subconscious message, but one I consciously loathe.
When my wife was pregnant with our youngest she had to eat a no fat diet so I joined her. After the birth we went back to eating normally and felt sick. We eat much healthier now.
When trying to lose weight I cut out soda, a few years later I tried a soda and it tasted like garbage to me. All I could taste was salty sugar and avoid just about anything but water idea days.
After years of no ads when I watch live sports (watched the Pikes Peak HC today for example) I have to mute the TV and look away. I'm repulsed by then completely.
This is a good thing.
I have to mute the TV and look away. I'm repulsed by then completely.
and this is why google is trying to incorporate cameras into TVs and entertainment systems.
can't look away if big brother is watching.
No not really, because I've also trained my eyes to immediately glaze over and flick away from any ads. It's kind of like riding a bike, you don't forget
There's some truth to that. Wherever i see an ad, I have a visceral adverse reaction these days.